A Word That Makes Us Linger (Frederick Locker-Lampson Poems)
(Written in the visitor's book at Gopsall) KIND hostess mine, who raised the latch And welcomed me beneath your thatch, ...
(Written in the visitor's book at Gopsall) KIND hostess mine, who raised the latch And welcomed me beneath your thatch, ...
To sighs of morning air, that froze,-(With her lips opened for a say), How curiously has smiled the roseOn a ...
The world's an Inn; and I her guest. I eat; I drink; I take my rest. My hostess, nature, does ...
to a friend No! those days are gone away And their hours are old and gray, And their minutes buried ...
The man who stands above the bird, his knife Sharp as a Turkish scimitar, first removes A thigh and leg, ...
NOUGHT more accursed in war I know Than getting off scot-free; Inured to danger, on we go In constant victory; ...
They worked well together, the crew of the boat The Captain and the Pilot, each knowing their roles, the work ...
There were three cavaliers that went over the Rhine, And gayly they called to the hostess for wine. "And where ...
NO city I to Rheims would e'er prefer: Of France the pride and honour I aver; The Holy Ampoule and ...
NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road, Was seen a humble innkeeper's abode; Small sums were charged; few ...
YE Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, Wha represent our brughs an' shires, An' doucely manage our affairs In parliament, ...
arrive. The Ladies from the Ladies' Betterment League Arrive in the afternoon, the late light slanting In diluted gold bars ...
I was fairly drunk when it began and I took out my bottle and used it along the way. I ...
Sorry, Neil Oram (with an orange in my pocket) I can't make ,your loch-side commune by bonny Drummadrochit. Sorry Brenda ...
A prince I was, blue-eyed, and fair in face, Of temper amorous, as the first of May, With lengths of ...
Desponding Phillis was endu'd With ev'ry Talent of a Prude, She trembled when a Man drew near; Salute her, and ...
WHEN my young lady has grown great and staid, And in long raiment wondrously arrayed, She may take pleasure with ...
There is one thing that ought to be taught in all the colleges, Which is that people ought to be ...
More than a catbird hates a cat, Or a criminal hates a clue, Or the Axis hates the United States, ...
Now when I have a cold I am careful with my cold, I consult a physician And I do as ...
At dinner, she is hostess, I am host. Went the feast ever cheerfuller? She keeps The Topic over intellectual deeps ...
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