St. Julian’s Prayer (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers,How many round attribute all their cares!In these howe'er I never can believe,And ...
TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers,How many round attribute all their cares!In these howe'er I never can believe,And ...
When shall the woes of War and Discord cease!When shall the morn of Harmony arise!When shall the dawn of Concord, ...
Man was made of social earth,Child and brother from his birth;Tethered by a liquid cordOf blood through veins of kindred ...
I love the woods when the magic hand Of Spring, as if sweeping the keys Of a wornout instrument, touches the earth; When ...
The secret—nay, the silent prayer, Which the meek spirit wafts above,Will meet with sweet acceptance there, And bloom around the throne of ...
Spirals fascinate me:They ascendBy such gentle gradations.Little green spiralsOf the vineThat creep softly--Then lay strong holdOn stony crevices,Lifting a great ...
I.Ye subjects of Britain, attend to my ...
SWEET girl! affection's pleading voice attend,And hear the tender counsels of a friend;By friendship's pen impress'd, these lines receive,And tho' ...
IIn the Indian dawnMany a long, voluminous fold,Vicious blue and viscous gold,Twenty living feet of hell,Glides a snake into the ...
What shall we talk of? Li Po? Hokusai?You narrow your long dark eyes to fascinate me;You smile a little. . ...
THRONE of expression! whence the spirit's rayPours forth so oft the light of mental day,Where fancy's fire, affection's melting beam,Thought, ...
When I was a young man, I loved to write poems And I called a spade ...
I am not dazzled by my muse:One could not call her beautiful.Nor would the sight of her dispatchYoung men in ...
Peaches, pears, oranges,strawberries, cherries, figs,apples, melon, honey dew,oh, music of my senses,pure pleasure of the tongue;let me speak nowof fruit ...
Paths really fascinate meGuess they always will,Whether in a clover fieldOr up a grassy hill,Is it curiosityOr will I ever ...
Once I believed in you, And then you came, Unquestionably new, as fame Had said you were. But that was ...
Shiny record albums scattered over the living room floor, reflecting light from the lamp, sharp reflections that hurt my eyes ...
TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers, How many round attribute all their cares! In these howe'er I never ...
Man was made of social earth, Child and brother from his birth; Tethered by a liquid cord Of blood through ...
What shall we talk of? Li Po? Hokusai? You narrow your long dark eyes to fascinate me; You smile a ...
SORC'RESS of the Cave profound! Hence, with thy pale, and meagre train, Nor dare my roseate bow'r profane, Where light-heel'd ...
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