Sonnet XXVIII. “O when shall this frail tenement of clay” (Henry Alford Poems)
O when shall this frail tenement of clay Be emptied by Death's peremptory call, And its celestial guest be fetched away From mortal ...
O when shall this frail tenement of clay Be emptied by Death's peremptory call, And its celestial guest be fetched away From mortal ...
Oh! when shall this frail tenement of clayBe emptied by Death's peremptory call,And its celestial guest be fetched away,From mortal ...
In that soft season, when descending show'rsCall forth the greens, and wake the rising flow'rs;When op'ning buds salute the welcome ...
The Restauration.ARGUMENT. Laetior una Dies, JESU, tua Sacra Canenti; Qu?m sine Te, melicis Secula mille Lyris. Ut paveam Scelus omne, ...
Scene I.The great Hall of Wynhavod House. The walls hung with old portraits, arms, trophies of the chase, and a ...
READ BEFORE THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF MEXICAN WAR VETERANS, JANUARY 16, 1874. "WHEN CALIFORNIA WAS A FOREIGN LAND!" How many ...
… Thus from a mixture of all kinds began, That het'rogeneous thing, an Englishman: In eager ...
A WAS the Act, Antecursor of strife,B was the Bill that had brought it to life,C was the Court, overcrowded ...
I trust my love for thee may expiate The many passions I have felt or feigned For the deluded idols ...
857Uncertain lease-develops lustreOn TimeUncertain Grasp, appreciationOf Sum-The shorter Fate-is oftener the chiefestBecauseInheritors upon a tenurePrize-(Emily Dickinson)
GRANDMOTHER's mother: her age, I guess, Thirteen summers, or something less; Girlish bust, but womanly air; Smooth, square forehead with ...
From the Spanish of Pedro Calderon de la Barca A dream it was in which I found myself. And you ...
Uncertain lease -- develops lustre On Time Uncertain Grasp, appreciation Of Sum -- The shorter Fate -- is oftener the ...
My beloved called to me to come and see Steve's tears, he was crying on TV; Steve Irwin, The Crocodile ...
Eclogue the First. Whanne Englonde, smeethynge from her lethal wounde, From her galled necke dyd twytte the chayne awaie, Kennynge ...
"Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er ...
Now Night came down, and rose full soon That patroness of rogues, the Moon; Beneath whose kind protecting ray, Wolves, ...
Nothing is given which is not taken. Little or nothing is taken which is not freely desired, freely, truly and ...
Is it thy will thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my ...
In my youth's years, she loved me, I am sure. The flute of seven pipes she gave in my tenure ...
If Ezra Pound were alive today (and he is) he'd be teaching at a small college in the Pacific Northwest ...
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