The Poet (Mark Akenside Poems)
-A RhapsodyOf all the various lots around the ball,Which fate to man distributes, absolute;Avert, ye gods! that of the Muse's ...
-A RhapsodyOf all the various lots around the ball,Which fate to man distributes, absolute;Avert, ye gods! that of the Muse's ...
As it fell out on a Pentecost day,King Arthur at Camelot kept his court royall,With his faire queene dame Guenever ...
In this war the Hun has brought us,Some have learnt to make returns out,Some have learnt to write out orders.Some ...
Their heads together fused, professors scold at me:He's capable - in certain things - but not too serious.But I - ...
THE SWEETNESSE OF RETIREMENT,OR The Happinesse of a Private Life.The Segregation.THE ARGUMENT. True Blisse! Thou know'st but Few, to Few ...
"Teapots and Quails,Snuffers and Snails,Set him a sailingand see how he sails!..Mitres and Beams,Thimbles and Creams,Set him a screamingand hark! ...
As it fell out on a Pentecost day,King Arthur at Camelot kept his court royall,With his faire queen dame Guenever ...
Thou, who when fears attackBidst them avaunt, and BlackCare, at the horseman's backPerching, unseatest;Sweet when the morn is gray;Sweet when ...
I see a day, before we win this war,When razors — and cosmetics — are no more;When whiskered bishops will ...
Razors pain you;Rivers are damp;Acids stain you;And drugs cause cramp.Guns aren't lawful;Nooses give;Gas smells awful;You might as well live.(Dorothy Parker)
A drifting, April, twilight sky, A wind which blew the puddles dry, And slapped the river into waves That ran ...
He was six foot four, and forty-six and even colder than he thought he was James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks ...
High dormers are rising So sharp and surprising, And ponticum edges The driveways of gravel; Stone houses from ledges Look ...
When I am safely laid away, Out of work and out of play, Sheltered by the kindly ground From the ...
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