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Monthly Archives: July 2008

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On My Birthday, July 21
by Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
I, my dear, was born to-day

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The Sorrows of Werther
by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
Werther had a love for Charlotte
Such as words could never utter;
Would you know how first he met her?
She was cutting bread and butter.
Charlotte was a married lady,
And a moral man was Werther,
And for all the wealth [...]

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Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite
by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them so;
Let bears and lions growl and fight,
For

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Love Not Me For Comely Grace
by John Wilbye (1574-1638)
Love not me for comely grace,
For my pleasing eye or face,
Nor for any outward part,
No, nor for my constant heart;
For those may fail or turn to ill,
So thou and I shall sever;
Keep therefore a true woman

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I am a Parcel of Vain Strivings Tied
by Henry D. Thoreau (1817-1862)
I am a parcel of vain strivings tied
By a chance bond together,
Dangling this way and that, their links
Were made so loose and wide,
Methinks,
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Between The Dusk Of A Summer Night
by William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)
Between the dusk of a summer night
And the dawn of a summer day,
We caught at a mood as it passed in flight,
And we bade it stoop and stay.
And what with the dawn of night began
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The Dying Christian To His Soul
by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Vital spark of heav

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Epithalamium
by John Gardiner Calkins Brainard (1796-1828)
I saw two clouds at morning,
Tinged with the rising sun;
And in the dawn they floated on,
And mingled into one:
I thought that morning cloud was blest,
It moved so sweetly to the west.
I saw two summer currents,
Flow smoothly to their [...]