Only a Woman
by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826-1887)
So, the truth
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Euthanasia
by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
When Time, or soon or late, shall bring
The dreamless sleep that lulls the dead,
Oblivion! may thy languid wing
Wave gently o
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Song of the Hindustanee Minstrel
by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831)
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With surmah tinge the black eye
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The Morning Watch
by Henry Vaughn (1622-1695)
O joys! Infinite sweetness! with what flowers,
And shoots of glory, my soul breaks, and buds!
All the long hours
Of night, and [...]
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Prelude
by John Millington Synge (1871-1909)
Still south I went and west and south again,
Through Wicklow from the morning till the night,
And far from cities, and the sights of men,
Lived with the sunshine and the moon
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A Dialogue
by Bliss Carman (1861-1929)
THE FAITHLESS LOVER
O Life, dear Life, in this fair house
Long since did I, it seems to me,
In some mysterious, doleful way
Fall out of love with thee.
For, [...]
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An Epitath
by William Whitehead (1715-1785)
Here lies a youth (ah wherefore breathless lies !)
Learn
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Written at Tinemouth, Northumberland, After a Tempestuous Voyage
by William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850)
As slow I climb the cliff
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Megalosaurus
by Babette Deutsch (1895-1982)
A Monster like a mountain, leathern limbed,
With eyes of sluggish ore and claws of stone,
He heaved his thunder-throated body, rimmed
By marsh fires human eyes have never known.
A monolith carved out of savage night,
He hid in his impenetrable [...]
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Mirth
by Christopher Smart (1722-1771)
If you are merry, sing away,
And touch the organs sweet;
This is the Lord
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