Vestigia Retrorsum (George Henry Boker Poems)
There is a spot I call accursed,Because my thoughts for ever wingBack to its gloom, from whence they burst,And settle ...
There is a spot I call accursed,Because my thoughts for ever wingBack to its gloom, from whence they burst,And settle ...
Closer and closer draw thou to my side! Thou hast more need of love than ever yet Since first thy ...
I have thy love, and were I drunk with joy That were enough. I'd revel out my day, Thoughtless of ...
XXIISome hearts prevail by action; some have skill, With tone, phrase, look and gesture to subdue The wondering listeners, and ...
XVWhere is my merit? By what special grace Am I so blessed above all other men? I have some fancy, ...
I do not merit it that thou shouldst stir A step beyond the coldness of the shrine My heart has ...
IWhen to his class the surgeon's skilful blade Reveals the mysteries of the inner man, So lost is science, brooding ...
Although the story of our love be lost In the long vista of the coming years,-- All its fair smiles, ...
CIIMy Darling's temper is beyond compare, Tender and gentle in its will to me; Yielding so nimbly and so gracefully, ...
There is no greater sorrow, Dante said, Than to remember happy days in grief. But to remember? Is this sorrow ...
Some man will one day tell a passing friend That I am dead; and he who hears the word Will ...
Within my mind I keep a holy plot, Where such ideas as wear unsullied white May move through scenes of ...
Her face is perfect oval, one long sweep From temple round to temple, taking in A line uncut of cheek ...
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