Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints Above
Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints Above Hark, all ye lovely saints above, Diana hath agreed with Love, His fiery weapon to remove. Fa la. Do you […]
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The Ape, the Monkey, and Baboon The ape, the monkey and baboon did meet, And breaking of their fast in Friday street, Two of them swore […]
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Tomorrow Is the Marriage Day Tomorrow is the marriage day Of Mopsus and fair Philida. Come shepherds, bring your garlands gay. O do not weep, fair […]
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The Baby Sorceress My baby sits beneath the tall elm-trees, A wreath of tangled ribbons in her hands; She twines and twists the many-coloured strands,– A […]
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The Snowing of the Pines Softer than silence, stiller than still air, Float down from high pine boughs the slender leaves. The forest floor its annual […]
READ MOREA Riverina Road
A Riverina Road NOW while so many turn with love and longing To wan lands lying in the grey North Sea, To thee we turn, hearts, […]
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Absence AH, happy air that, rough or soft, May kiss that face and stay; And happy beams that from above May choose to her their way; […]
READ MOREThe Boundary Rider
The Boundary Rider THE BRIDLE reins hang loose in the hold of his lean left hand; As the tether gives, the horse bends browsing down to […]
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To The Poet WHAT cares the rose if the buds which are its pride Be plucked for the breast of the dead or the hands of […]
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