The Hermit (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine, Oft pranks are played that show a deep design; Men are but men, and friars ...
WHEN Venus and Hypocrisy combine, Oft pranks are played that show a deep design; Men are but men, and friars ...
I RECOLLECT, that lately much I blamed, The sort of lover, avaricious named; And if in opposites we reason see, ...
DAN CUPID, though the god of soft amour, In ev'ry age works miracles a store; Can Catos change to male ...
IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring; As proof, Candaules' story we will bring; In folly's scenes the king was ...
NO master sage, nor orator I know, Who can success, like gentle Cupid show; His ways and arguments are pleasing ...
After the separation of death one can eventually swallow back one's grief, but the separation of the living is an ...
The old fellow from Shao-ling weeps with stifled sobs as he walks furtively by the bends of the Sepentine on ...
I didn't make you know how glad I was To have you come and camp here on our land. I ...
I'll tell you the story of Jonah, A really remarkable tale; A peaceful and humdrum existence he had Until one ...
Joe Dunn were a bobby for football He gave all his time to that sport, He played for the West ...
Relax. This won't last long. Or if it does, or if the lines make you sleepy or bored, give in ...
We, the living, buried deep in selfish grief strive to comprehend the passing of your hour, minds are numbed, aghast ...
The mystery of a smile that glows within your eyes and is framed in an innocent countenance passes not unheeded. ...
I had no profound feelings of shock or surprise to those matter-of-fact revelations which spelled the end of this chapter ...
To the tune of "Telling My Most Intimate Feelings" When night comes, I am so flushed with wine, I undo ...
Hark ! from the battlements of yonder tower The solemn bell has tolled the midnight hour ! Roused from drear ...
PART I On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming! Although the wild-flower on thy ruin'd wall, And roofless homes, a sad remembrance ...
Low was our pretty Cot : our tallest Rose Peep'd at the chamber-window. We could hear At silent noon, and ...
Summer pleasures they are gone like to visions every one And the cloudy days of autumn and of winter cometh ...
A fine and subtle spirit dwells In every little flower, Each one its own sweet feeling breathes With more or ...
Ellen, you were thoughtless once Of beauty or of grace, Simple and homely in attire, Careless of form and face; ...
Farewell to thee! but not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of thee: Within my heart they still shall dwell; ...
A fine and subtle spirit dwells In every little flower, Each one its own sweet feeling breathes With more or ...
'Maiden, thou wert thoughtless once Of beauty or of grace, Simple and homely in attire Careless of form and face. ...
WE take from life one little share, And say that this shall be A space, redeemed from toil and care, ...
I. THE GARDEN. ABOVE the city hung the moon, Right o'er a plot of ground Where flowers and orchard-trees were ...
ARRANGING long-locked drawers and shelves Of cabinets, shut up for years, What a strange task we've set ourselves ! How ...
In summer's mellow midnight, A cloudless moon shone through Our open parlour window, And rose-trees wet with dew. I sat ...
Often rebuked, yet always back returning To those first feelings that were born with me, And leaving busy chase of ...
Come, walk with me, There's only thee To bless my spirit now - We used to love on winter nights ...
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