The Nightingale (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
NO easy matter 'tis to hold, Against its owner's will, the fleece Who troubled by the itching smart Of Cupid's ...
NO easy matter 'tis to hold, Against its owner's will, the fleece Who troubled by the itching smart Of Cupid's ...
HOW weak is man! how changeable his mind! His promises are naught, too oft we find; I vowed (I hope ...
SOME wit, handsome form and gen'rous mind; A triple engine prove in love we find; By these the strongest fortresses ...
FLORENTINE we now design to show;-- A greater blockhead ne'er appeared below; It seems a prudent woman he had wed, ...
WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine, Oft pranks are played that show a deep design; Men are but men, and friars ...
HOWEVER exquisite we BEAUTY find, It satiates sense, and palls upon the mind: Brown bread as well as white must ...
NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road, Was seen a humble innkeeper's abode; Small sums were charged; few ...
SOME time ago from Rome, in smart array, A younger brother homeward bent his way, Not much improved, as frequently ...
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold. Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold. To this the god ...
WHO knows the world will never feel surprise, When men are duped by artful women's eves; Though death his weapon ...
IF truth give pleasure, surely we should try; To found our tales on what we can rely; Th' experiment repeatedly ...
IN ev'ry age, at Naples, we are told, Intrigue and gallantry reign uncontrolled; With beauteous objects in abundance blessed. No ...
TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers, How many round attribute all their cares! In these howe'er I never ...
IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring; As proof, Candaules' story we will bring; In folly's scenes the king was ...
YOUR name with ev'ry pleasure here I place, The last effusions of my muse to grace. O charming Phillis! may ...
I let myself in at the kitchen door. "It's you," she said. "I can't get up. Forgive me Not answering ...
Bulkeley, Hunt, Willard, Hosmer, Meriam, Flint, Possessed the land which rendered to their toil Hay, corn, roots, hemp, flax, apples, ...
Who gave thee, O Beauty! The keys of this breast, Too credulous lover Of blest and unblest? Say when in ...
You've read of several kinds of Cat, And my opinion now is that You should need no interpreter To understand ...
WEBSTER was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin; And breastless creatures under ground Leaned backward ...
A dear old couple my grandparents were, And kind to all dumb things; they saw in Heaven The lamb that ...
Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, ...
I Once, only once, I saw it clear, -- That Eden every human heart has dreamed A hundred times, but ...
Knight-errant of the Never-ending Quest, And Minstrel of the Unfulfilled Desire; For ever tuning thy frail earthly lyre To some ...
To try to speak, and miss the way And ask it of the Tears, Is Gratitude's sweet poverty, The Tatters ...
Dreams are the subtle Dower That make us rich an Hour -- Then fling us poor Out of the purple ...
It feels a shame to be Alive -- When Men so brave -- are dead -- One envies the Distinguished ...
Circumference thou Bride of Awe Possessing thou shalt be Possessed by every hallowed Knight That dares to covet thee (Emily ...
Has life ever dumped you in a heap? Perhaps you've found self belief so strongly reinforcing that doubt never enters ...
Travelling on the thumb, it wasn't hard to do, you took the rides that you could get with no regrets ...
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