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Who Ever Loved That Loved Not at First Sight? from Hero and Leander It lies not in our power to love, or hate, For will in […]
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At the Mermaid Caffeteria TRUTH is enough for prose: Calmly it goes To tell just what it knows. For verse, skill will suffice– Delicate, nice Casting […]
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Burning Leaves in Spring WHEN withered leaves are lost in flame Their eddying gosts, a thin blue haze, Blow through the thickets whence they came On […]
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Burning Leaves, November THESE are the folios of April, All the library of spring, Missals gilt and rubricated With the frost’s illumining. Ruthless, we destroy these […]
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Caught in the Undertow COLIN, worshipping some frail, By self-deception sways her: Calls himself unworthy male, Hardly even fit to praise her. But this tactic insincere […]
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Dedication for a Fireplace THIS hearth was built for thy delight, For thee the logs were sawn, For thee the largest chair, at night, Is to […]
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Elegy Written in a Country Coal-Bin THE furnace tolls the knell of falling steam, The coal supply is virtually done, And at this price, indeed it […]
READ MOREHymn to the Dairymaids on Beacon Street
Hymn to the Dairymaids on Beacon Street Sweetly solemn see them stand, Spinning churns on either hand, Neatly capped and aproned white Airy fairy dairy sight. […]
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Inscription For A Grammar There were two cheerful pronouns And nought did them disturb: Until they met, out walking. A conjugative verb. The pronouns, child, were […]
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On Naming a House WHEN I a householder became I had to give my house a name. I thought I’d call it “Poplar Trees,” Or “Widdershins” […]
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