Sonnet XCV: “Death on his mission sought my lady’s side” (George Henry Boker Poems)
XCVDeath on his mission sought my lady's side; She turned her eyes, and caught him in their glance: Something he ...
XCVDeath on his mission sought my lady's side; She turned her eyes, and caught him in their glance: Something he ...
Closer and closer draw thou to my side! Thou hast more need of love than ever yet Since first thy ...
Her mouth, that scarlet herald of her heart, Pouts just a little, but enough to tell That nature's self, who ...
Dear Lord, this sense of supernatural power, This stately mastery over earthly things, This plastic art that modulates and brings ...
LXXMy lady's senses are so pure and fine, She takes small pleasure in the close embrace That love and nature ...
LThis is the perfect crown of all things here! So proud am I, in my own self-esteem, I touch myself ...
CIIMy Darling's temper is beyond compare, Tender and gentle in its will to me; Yielding so nimbly and so gracefully, ...
Thy birthday opened with artillery;-- The flash and thunder of the breaking wave, At early dawn, a greeting salvo gave, ...
My darling's brow is classic, low and wide, A forehead Grecian Helen might have kissed, In envious homage that her ...
To thee I oft have boasted, in my pride, That come what may, Fate never can annul Our glorious past--so ...
Her prudish foot, seen rarely as a nun, Is steep and narrow, flexible as steel, Touching her pathway but at ...
A torpid season once in every year Falls on my nature, when in vain I wring A sullen discord from ...
Like to an aged poet who reviews An early volume, once his secret pride, With a distaste that scarcely can ...
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