The Sick Abbess (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use;At other times it cherishes abuse;'Tis not my purpose, howsoe'er, to tellWhich of the two ...
EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use;At other times it cherishes abuse;'Tis not my purpose, howsoe'er, to tellWhich of the two ...
I.HAIL meek-ey'd maid! of matchless worth!Our best companion here on earth;To thee sole pow'r is giv'n,T' illume our dark and ...
The wanton boy that sports in May,Among the wild flowers, blooming, gay,With laughing eyes and glowing cheeks,The brightest, freshest, fairest ...
SUMMER still lingers, though its glories fade,Still soft and fragrant are the gales that blow;The yellow foliage now adorns the ...
OF THE BARONESSD' H------, TO HER TWO DAUGHTERS.BRIGHT nymphs, of NEWA'S banks the pride, Receive, before we part,For you, and your ...
FORERUNNERS Walter. I HAVE a strain of a departed bard; One who was born too late into this world. A ...
'Taint my idea uv argument to call a man a fool,An' I ain't lookin' round for bricks to 'eave at ...
Cats walk the floor at midnight; that enemy of fog,The moon, wraps the bedpost in receding stillness; sleepCollects all weary ...
Fair crown of stars of purest ray, Hung aloft on Mapau tree, What floral beauties ye display, Stars ...
CXVOh spring, that hides the wrinkled earth in green, And decorates the cracked and rugged bark Of trees with lichens ...
EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use; At other times it cherishes abuse; 'Tis not my purpose, howsoe'er, to tell Which ...
Here droops the muse! while from her glowing mind, Celestial Sympathy, with humid eye, Bids the light Sylph capricious Fancy ...
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