Biography In The First Person (Stephen Dunn Poem)
This is not the way I am. Really, I am much taller in person, the hairline I conceal reaches back ...
This is not the way I am. Really, I am much taller in person, the hairline I conceal reaches back ...
You'll find -- it when you try to die -- The Easier to let go -- For recollecting such as ...
To One denied the drink To tell what Water is Would be acuter, would it not Than letting Him surmise? ...
Till Death -- is narrow Loving -- The scantest Heart extant Will hold you till your privilege Of Finiteness -- ...
The Leaves like Women interchange Exclusive Confidence -- Somewhat of nods and somewhat Portentous inference. The Parties in both cases ...
The Beggar Lad -- dies early -- It's Somewhat in the Cold -- And Somewhat in the Trudging feet -- ...
Somewhat, to hope for, Be it ne'er so far Is Capital against Despair -- Somewhat, to suffer, Be it ne'er ...
My Portion is Defeat -- today -- A paler luck than Victory -- Less Paeans -- fewer Bells -- The ...
Let Us play Yesterday -- I -- the Girl at school -- You -- and Eternity -- the Untold Tale ...
It knew no Medicine -- It was not Sickness -- then -- Nor any need of Surgery -- And therefore ...
What we see we know somewhat Be it but a little -- What we don't surmise we do Though it ...
This morning, coffee in hand, standing at the kitchen window thinking of things that need to be done I contemplated ...
We are honored and humble and earnest to share in events which would happen although we weren't there, a trifling ...
Our efforts are those of the unfortunate; our efforts are like those of the Trojans. Somewhat we succeed; somewhat we ...
He said that he had hurt himself on a wall or that he had fallen. But there was probably another ...
I never had you, nor will I ever have you I suppose. A few words, an approach as in the ...
See the flying French depart Like the bees of Bonaparte, Swarming up with a most venomous vitality. Over Baden and ...
Thus heav'nward all things tend. For all were once Perfect, and all must be at length restor'd. So God has ...
THE PROLOGUE. This worthy limitour, this noble Frere, He made always a manner louring cheer* *countenance Upon the Sompnour; but ...
THE PROLOGUE. WHEN folk had laughed all at this nice case Of Absolon and Hendy Nicholas, Diverse folk diversely they ...
THE PROLOGUE. The Sompnour in his stirrups high he stood, Upon this Friar his hearte was so wood,* *furious That ...
WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot*, *sweet The drought of March hath pierced to the root, And bathed every ...
THE PROLOGUE. When that the Knight had thus his tale told In all the rout was neither young nor old, ...
PART I 'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock And the owls have awakened the crowing cock; Tu-whit!- ...
The First Voice HE trilled a carol fresh and free, He laughed aloud for very glee: There came a breeze ...
I painted her a gushing thing, With years about a score; I little thought to find they were A least ...
Now as an angler melancholy standing Upon a green bank yielding room for landing, A wriggling yellow worm thrust on ...
Since now from woodland mist and flooded clay I am fled beside the steep Devonian shore, Nor stand for welcome ...
I. THE GARDEN. ABOVE the city hung the moon, Right o'er a plot of ground Where flowers and orchard-trees were ...
"Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er ...
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