Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries
by A. E. Housman (1859-1936)
These, in the day when heaven was falling,
The hour when earth
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The Despairing Lover
by William Walsh (1663-1708)
Distracted with care,
For Phillis the fair,
Since nothing could move her,
Poor Damon, her lover,
Resolves in despair
No longer to languish,
Nor bear so much anguish;
But, mad with his love,
To a precipice goes;
Where a leap from above
Would soon finish his woes.
When in rage he came there,
Beholding how steep
The sides did appear,
And the bottom how [...]
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Lament for the Makers
by William Dunbar (1460?-1520?)
I that in heill was and gladness
Am trublit now with great sickness
And feblit with infirmitie:
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Even Star
by Richard Garnett (1835-1906)
First-born and final relic of the night,
I dwell aloof in dim immensity;
The grey sky sparkles with my fairy light;
I mix among the dancers of the sea;
Yet stoop not from the throne I must retain
High o
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Der Schmied
by Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862)
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Trees
by Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth
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Easter 1916
by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
I have met them at close of day
Coming with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
Eighteenth-century houses.
I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
And thought before I had done
Of a mocking tale or a gibe
To please a companion
Around the [...]
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Shakespeare
by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
Others abide our question. Thou art free.
We ask and ask
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Ode to a Lady on the Spring
by Joseph Warton (1722-1800)
Lo! Spring, array
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