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The Burden of Nineveh In our Museum galleries To-day I lingered o’er the prize Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes,— Her Art for ever in fresh […]
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The Can-Can At Valentino’s THE first, a mare; the second, ‘twixt bow—wow And pussy—cat, a cross; the third, a beast To baffle Buffon; the fourth, not […]
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The Card-Dealer Could you not drink her gaze like wine? Yet though its splendour swoon Into the silence languidly As a tune into a tune, Those […]
READ MOREThe Church-Porches
The Church-Porches I (To M.F.R.) SISTER, first shake we off the dust we have Upon our feet, lest it defile the stones Inscriptured, covering their sacred […]
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The Cloud Confines THE day is dark and the night To him that would search their heart; No lips of cloud that will part Nor morning […]
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The Day-Dream THE thronged boughs of the shadowy sycamore Still bear young leaflets half the summer through; From when the robin ‘gainst the unhidden blue Perched […]
READ MOREThe English Revolution Of 1848
The English Revolution Of 1848 HO ye that nothing have to lose! ho rouse ye, one and all! Come from the sinks of the New Cut, […]
READ MOREThe Honeysuckle
The Honeysuckle I PLUCKED a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn, And climbing for the prize, was torn, And fouled my feet […]
READ MOREThe House Of Life
The House Of Life A Sonnet is a moment’s monument,— Memorial from the Soul’s eternity To one dead deathless hour. Look that it be, Whether for […]
READ MOREThe King’s Tragedy James I. Of Scots.—20th February 1437
The King’s Tragedy James I. Of Scots.—20th February 1437 I Catherine am a Douglas born, A name to all Scots dear; And Kate Barlass they’ve called […]
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