My Namesake (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
Addressed to Francis Greenleaf Allison of Burlington, New Jersey.You scarcely need my tardy thanks,Who, self-rewarded, nurse and tend--A green leaf ...
Addressed to Francis Greenleaf Allison of Burlington, New Jersey.You scarcely need my tardy thanks,Who, self-rewarded, nurse and tend--A green leaf ...
A dear old friend of mine is very ill, I hear,I have not seen his face for many a weary ...
Who will wed the Dowager's youngest daughter,The Captain? filled with ale?He moored his expected boat to a stake in the ...
The day is done; and, lo! the shades Melt 'neath Diana's mellow grace.Hark, how those deep, designing maids Feign terror ...
rose unto the bights of fameAnd with the great men stood, He heard the people cheer his name And speak ...
He was believed by his peers to be an important poet, But his erotic obsession, condemned and strictly forbidden, Compromised ...
A painful truth is alive in the world We now speak only with compromised authority just another voice, no better ...
The Clover's simple Fame Remembered of the Cow -- Is better than enameled Realms Of notability. Renown perceives itself And ...
The manic fires flared again today, very much the same irrational urges blazing from the open grate, urgent fervours that ...
I. THE GARDEN. ABOVE the city hung the moon, Right o'er a plot of ground Where flowers and orchard-trees were ...
As Parmigianino did it, the right hand Bigger than the head, thrust at the viewer And swerving easily away, as ...
Frau Doktor, Mama Brundig, take out your contacts, remove your wig. I write for you. I entertain. But frogs come ...
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