Saturday, February 9, 2008
Venus Transiens
by Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
Tell me,
Was Venus more beautiful
Than you are,
When she topped
The crinkled waves,
Drifting shoreward
On her plaited shell?
Was Botticelli
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Trust Thou Thy Love
by John Ruskin (1819-1900)
Trust thou thy Love: if she be proud, is she not sweet?
Trust thou thy Love: if she be mute, is she not pure?
Lay thou thy soul full in her hands, low at her feet;
Fail, Sun and Breath!
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Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Ivy Green
by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green,
That creepeth o
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Drury Lane Prologue Spoken by Mr. Garrick
by Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
When learning
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
On the Dark, Still, Dry, Warm Weather
Occasionally happening in the Winter Months
by Gilbert White (1720-1793)
Th
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Alma minha gentil
by Luis de Camo?s (1524-1580)
Alma minha gentil, que te partiste
Tam cedo desta vida descontente;
Repousa Ia no ceo eternamente,
E viva eu c
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From the Flats
by Sidney Lanier (1842-1881)
What heartache
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Saturday, February 2, 2008
A Lost Chord
by Adelaide Proctor (1825-1864)
Seated one day at the Organ,
I was weary and ill at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly
Over the noisy keys.
I do not know what I was playing,
Or what I was dreaming then;
But I struck one chord of music,
Like the sound of a great [...]
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Battle Hymn of the Republic
by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.
(Chorus)
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching [...]
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