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Sunday, June 7, 2009

My Dear and Only Love
by James Graham, First Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650)
My dear and only Love, I pray
This noble world of thee
Be governed by no other sway
But purest monarchy;
For if confusion have a part,
Which virtuous souls abhor,
And hold a synod [...]

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

In a Station of the Metro
by Ezra Loomis Pound (1885-1972)
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

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Friday, June 5, 2009

Heaven
by Stephen Crane
In heaven,
Some little blades of grass
Stood before God.

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Wind
by Fannie Stearns Davis (1884-1966)
The Wind bows down the poplar trees,
The Wind bows down the crested seas;
And he has bowed the heart of me
Under his hand of memory.
O heavy-handed Wind, who goes
Hurting the petals of the rose;
Who leaves the grasses on the hill
Broken and pallid, spent and still!
O heavy-handed Wind, who brings
To me all echoing [...]

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Ich liebe dich
by Detlev von Liliencron (1844-1909)
Vier adlige Rosse
Voran unserm Wagen.
Wir wohnen im Schlosse
In stolzem Behagen.
Die Fr

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

In Time of

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Monday, June 1, 2009

The End of the Furrow
by William Wilfred Campbell (1858-1958)
When we come to the end of the furrow,
When our last day

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