The H. Communion (George Herbert Poem)
Not in rich furniture, or fine array, Nor in a wedge of gold, Thou, who from me wast sold, To ...
Not in rich furniture, or fine array, Nor in a wedge of gold, Thou, who from me wast sold, To ...
WITHIN the chamber, far away From the glad feast, sits Love in dread Lest guests disturb, in wanton play, The ...
[First published in Schiller's Horen, in connection with a friendly contest in the art of ballad-writing between the two great ...
In the space between the words the things left unsaid, not spoke aloud in the musings of our hearts deep ...
Where to look, where to find more stones for the rows the walk waiting in the yard unfinished lines, longing ...
Fervent prayer in the temple a woman mouthing her petition to God watched by a judging priest; but not for ...
WHAT various ways in which a thing is told Some truth abuse, while others fiction hold; In stories we invention ...
OFT have I seen in wedlock with surprise, That most forgot from which true bliss would rise When marriage for ...
HOW weak is man! how changeable his mind! His promises are naught, too oft we find; I vowed (I hope ...
HE surely must be wrong who loving fears; And does not flee when beauty first appears. Ye FAIR, with charms ...
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold. Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold. To this the god ...
DAN CUPID, though the god of soft amour, In ev'ry age works miracles a store; Can Catos change to male ...
IN Eastern climes, by means considered new; The Mount's old-man, with terrors would pursue; His large domains howe'er were not ...
IN Lombardy's fair land, in days of yore, Once dwelt a prince, of youthful charms, a store; Each FAIR, with ...
Not any sunny tone From any fervent zone Find entrance there -- Better a grave of Balm Toward human nature's ...
Is the current rate of global warming a serious and cogent warning? Do we need to think about the fact ...
So it is eighteen years, Helena, since we met! A season so endears, Nor you nor I forget The fresh ...
So it is eighteen years, Helena, since we met! A season so endears, Nor you nor I forget The fresh ...
Gray rainwater lay on the grass in the late afternoon. The carp lay on the bottom, resting, while dusk took ...
I have gone backward in the work, The labour has not sped, Drowsy and dark my spirit lies, Heavy and ...
Eternal Power, of earth and air! Unseen, yet seen in all around, Remote, but dwelling everywhere, Though silent, heard in ...
She's gone -- and twice the summer's sun Has gilt Regina's towers, And melted wild Angora's snows, And warmed Exina's ...
Eternal power of earth and air, Unseen, yet seen in all around, Remote, but dwelling everywhere, Though silent, heard in ...
The winter wind is loud and wild, Come close to me, my darling child; Forsake thy books, and mateless play; ...
Death! that struck when I was most confiding In my certain faith of joy to be - Strike again, Time's ...
Whene'er I view those lips of thine, Their hue invites my fervent kiss; Yet, I forego that bliss divine, Alas! ...
I. You're my friend: I was the man the Duke spoke to; I helped the Duchess to cast off his ...
WHILE winds frae aff Ben-Lomond blaw, An' bar the doors wi' driving snaw, An' hing us owre the ingle, I ...
Coldly, sadly descends The autumn-evening. The field Strewn with its dank yellow drifts Of wither'd leaves, and the elms, Fade ...
WHILE briers an' woodbines budding green, An' paitricks scraichin loud at e'en, An' morning poussie whiddin seen, Inspire my muse, ...
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