The Mandrake (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
FLORENTINE we now design to show;—A greater blockhead ne'er appeared below;It seems a prudent woman he had wed,With beauty that ...
FLORENTINE we now design to show;—A greater blockhead ne'er appeared below;It seems a prudent woman he had wed,With beauty that ...
Argument:The Queen of Hearts,She made some tartsAll on a summer's day;The Knave of Hearts,He stole those tartsAnd carried them away!The ...
NOW cease the exulting strain! And bid the warbling lyre complain.Heave the soft sigh, and drop the tuneful tear,And mingle notes ...
Forgive me, dressing gown! My friend in idle bliss,Comrade of leisure, a witness to my secret thoughts!With you I knew ...
I reached the cottage. I knew it from the cardHe had given me--the low door heavily barred,Steep roof, and two ...
Lying in bed this morning, just a yearSince our first days, I was trying to assess --Against my natural caution ...
Lying in bed this morning, just a yearSince our first days, I was trying to assess -Against my natural caution ...
Days I enjoy are days when nothing happens,When I have no engagements written on my block,When no one comes to ...
Wanting for their young limbs praise,Their thighs, hips, and saintly breasts,They grow from awkwardness to delight,Their mouths made perfect with ...
This is not exactly what I meanAny more than the sun is the sun.But how to mean more closelyIf the ...
The gate was thrown open, I rode out alone,More proud than a monarch who sits on a throne.I am but ...
Ah, how I love it in these first few days,Fresh from the forest and out of the snow,Awkwardness obvious still ...
Ah, truant, thou art here again, I see!For in a season of such wretched weatherI thought that thou hadst left ...
This is not exactly what I mean Any more than the sun is the sun. But how to mean more ...
FLORENTINE we now design to show;-- A greater blockhead ne'er appeared below; It seems a prudent woman he had wed, ...
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