APRIL. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
TELL me, eyes, what 'tis ye're seeking; For ye're saying something sweet, Fit the ravish'd ear to greet, Eloquently, softly ...
TELL me, eyes, what 'tis ye're seeking; For ye're saying something sweet, Fit the ravish'd ear to greet, Eloquently, softly ...
SONG OF THE IMPRISONED COUNT. COUNT. I KNOW a flower of beauty rare, Ah, how I hold it dear! To ...
A village Chorus is supposed to be assembled, and about to commence its festive procession. [Written for the birthday of ...
IF to a girl who loves us truly Her mother gives instruction duly In virtue, duty, and what not,-- And ...
ON bridges small and bridges great Stands Nepomucks in ev'ry state, Of ...
A national day of prayer, duly designated, sanctioned to pray for our country, our blessings for our leaders, in these ...
Of all the opry-houses then obtaining in the West The one which Milton Tootle owned was, by all odds, the ...
I Once a fowler, young and artless, To the quiet greenwood came; Full of skill was he and heartless In ...
What perfumed, posie-dizened sirrah, With smiles for diet, Clasps you, O fair but faithless Pyrrha, On the quiet? For whom ...
THE husband's dire mishap, and silly maid, In ev'ry age, have proved the fable's aid; The fertile subject never will ...
Amherst never had a witch O Coos or of Grafton But once upon a time There were three old women. ...
I'll tell of the Battle of Hastings, As happened in days long gone by, When Duke William became King of ...
I'll tell of Canute, King of England, A native of Denmark was he, His hobbies was roving and raiding And ...
Taking my pen, with words to cast my woe, Duly to count the sum of all my cares, I find ...
Were I not a patriot, which of course I am, I would explain just how the term remains a sticking ...
Here lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swiftewd greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard ...
PART I 'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock And the owls have awakened the crowing cock; Tu-whit!- ...
THIS last denial of my faith, Thou, solemn Priest, hast heard; And, though upon my bed of death, I call ...
NOT in scorn do I reprove thee, Not in pride thy vows I waive, But, believe, I could not love ...
SIT stilla worda breath may break (As light airs stir a sleeping lake,) The glassy calm that soothes my woes, ...
BUT two miles more, and then we rest ! Well, there is still an hour of day, And long the ...
I. You're my friend: I was the man the Duke spoke to; I helped the Duchess to cast off his ...
I. How well I know what I mean to do When the long dark autumn-evenings come: And where, my soul, ...
A Child's Story Hamelin Town's in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city; The river Weser, deep and wide, Washes its wall ...
THOU whom chance may hither lead, Be thou clad in russet weed, Be thou deckt in silken stole, Grave these ...
SIR, as your mandate did request, I send you here a faithfu' list, O' gudes an' gear, an' a' my ...
DAUGHTER of Chaos' doting years, Nurse of ten thousand hopes and fears, Whether thy airy, insubstantial shade (The rights of ...
MY lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride, I scorn each selfish ...
AS Mailie, an' her lambs thegither, Was ae day nibbling on the tether, Upon her cloot she coost a hitch, ...
UPON that night, when fairies light On Cassilis Downans 2 dance, Or owre the lays, in splendid blaze, On sprightly ...
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