Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Wonder and Joy
by Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
The things that one grows tired of
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The City in the Sea
by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Lo! Death has reared himself a throne
In a strange city lying alone
Far down within the dim West,
Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best
Have gone to their eternal rest.
There shrines and palaces and towers
(Time-eaten towers that tremble not!)
Resemble nothing that is ours.
Around, by [...]
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Rose Leaves
by Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921)
I intended an Ode,
And it turned to a Sonnet.
It began
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
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The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna
by Charles Wolfe (1791-1823)
Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note,
As his corpse to the rampart we hurried;
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Nation Builders
by George Essex Evans (1863-1909)
A handful of workers seeking the star of a strong intent
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Dead Boy
by John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974)
The little cousin dead, by foul subraction,
A green bough from Virginia
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Bedouin Song
by Bayard Taylor (1825-1878)
From the Desert I come to thee
On a stallion shod with fire;
And the winds are left behind
In the speed of my desire.
Under your window I stand,
And the midnight hears my cry:
I love thee, I love but thee,
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