Berrying (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poem)
"May be true what I had heard, Earth's a howling wilderness Truculent with fraud and force," Said I, strolling through ...
"May be true what I had heard, Earth's a howling wilderness Truculent with fraud and force," Said I, strolling through ...
The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel, And the former called the latter, "little prig": Bun replied, You are ...
Now shall I walk Or shall I ride? "Ride", Pleasure said; "Walk", Joy replied. Now what shall I -- Stay ...
In robes of Tyrian blue the King was drest, A jewelled collar shone upon his breast, A giant ruby glittered ...
The Fingers of the Light Tapped soft upon the Town With "I am great and cannot wait So therefore let ...
I died for Beauty -- but was scarce Adjusted in the Tomb When One who died for Truth, was lain ...
She came at night, her gentle hands defused the ticking bomb that was his brain, she soothed the pain and ...
PART I On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming! Although the wild-flower on thy ruin'd wall, And roofless homes, a sad remembrance ...
PART I 'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock And the owls have awakened the crowing cock; Tu-whit!- ...
Once I saw mountains angry, And ranged in battle-front. Against them stood a little man; Aye, he was no bigger ...
A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me ...
The Hunting The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow. "If only you'd spoken before! It's excessively awkward to mention ...
"DON'T they consult the 'Victims,' though?" I said. "They should, by rights, Give them a chance - because, you know, ...
"OH, when I was a little Ghost, A merry time had we! Each seated on his favourite post, We chumped ...
The Baker's Tale They roused him with muffins--they roused him with ice-- They roused him with mustard and cress-- They ...
Lays of Mystery, Imagination, and Humor Number 1 I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, And each damp thing that ...
ONE winter night, at half-past nine, Cold, tired, and cross, and muddy, I had come home, too late to dine, ...
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's ...
The First Voice HE trilled a carol fresh and free, He laughed aloud for very glee: There came a breeze ...
I have a fairy by my side Which says I must not sleep, When once in pain I loudly cried ...
Dedication Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea. Girt with ...
"SISTER, sister, go to bed! Go and rest your weary head." Thus the prudent brother said. "Do you want a ...
"You are old, Father william," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly ...
Tweedledee said to Alice, "You like poetry-" "Ye-es, pretty well-some poetry," Alice said doubtfully. "What shall I repeat to her," ...
Bhaskar Roy Barman Once in my childhood I watched mesmerized a magician magic everything away from before my eyes and ...
I bowed my head in anguish sore When Life made Death his bride; "Soul, we are lost forever more!" Unto ...
'Twas after dread Pultowa's day, When fortune left the royal Swede - Around a slaughtered army lay, No more to ...
BY QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS SUGGESTED BY THE COMPOSITION SO ENTITLED BY THE AUTHOR OF 'WAT TYLER' 'A Daniel come to judgment! ...
LARA. CANTO THE FIRST. I. The Serfs are glad through Lara's wide domain, And slavery half forgets her ...
There's a palace in Florence, the world knows well, And a statue watches it from the square, And this story ...
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