Hesperia
by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909)
Out of the golden remote wild west where the sea without shore is,
Full of the sunset, and sad, if at all, with the fulness of joy,
As a wind sets in with the autumn that blows from the region of stories,
Blows with a perfume of songs [...]
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To Lucasta, Going to the Wars
by Richard Lovelace (1618-1657)
Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind
That from nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind,
To war and arms I fly.
True, a mew mistress now I chase,
The first foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith embrace
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Das zerbrochene Ringlein
by Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788-1857)
In einem k
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Little Boy Blue
by Eugene Field (1850-1895)
The Little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and stanch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And the musket moulds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was new,
And the soldier was passing fair;
And that [...]
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Nuremburg
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands
Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands.
Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song,
Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng:
Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors, rough and [...]
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A client came in the other day who had just received his green card and wanted to sponsor his adult children, who are currently in his home country. I explained the process. He could file an I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) on behalf of his children. This puts them in category 2B where the current [...]
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I recently received the following email, which I think was originally intended to be a comment on one of my posts. Since I believe in open and public debate (and have no interest in private debate), I am (with the author’s permission) reposting it here. Needless to say, the views expressed do not necessarily reflect [...]
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Invictus
by William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is [...]
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The Tree
by Anne Finch (1661-1720)
Fair tree! for thy delightful shade
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Mira’s Will
by Mary Leapor (1722-1746)
IMPRIMIS
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