Poems about toilette (14 Poems)
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The Adirondacs (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poems)
A JOURNAL.DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW-TRAVELLERS IN AUGUST, 1858. Wise and polite,–and if I drewTheir several portraits, you would ownChaucer had no such worthy crew,Nor Boccace in Decameron. We crossed Champlain to Keeseville with our friends,Thence, in strong country carts, rode … Continue reading
The Fan : A Poem. Book I. (John Gay Poems)
I sing that graceful toy, whose waving play,With gentle gales relieves the sultry day.Not the wide fan by Persian dames display’d,Which o’er their beauty casts a grateful shade;Nor that long known in China’s artful land,Which, while it cools the face, … Continue reading
Hans Carvel (Matthew Prior Poems)
Hans Carvel, impotent and old,Married a lass of London mould.Handsome? Enough; extremely gay;Loved music, company, and play:High flights she had, and wit at will,And so her tongue lay seldom still;For in all visits who but sheTo argue or to repartee? … Continue reading
Saturday, the Small-Pox (Mary Wortley Montagu Poems)
FLAVIA. The wretched FLAVIA on her couch reclin’d, Thus breath’d the anguish of a wounded mind ; A glass revers’d in her right hand she bore, For now she shun’d the face she sought before. ‘How am I chang’d ! alas ! how … Continue reading
The Bride-Cake (Maria Logan Poems)
“HERE! take this potent charm,” Mauritius said,“And see if Time hath ought in store for thee;“With care beneath thy downy pillow laid“‘Twill sure reveal whate’er the Fates decree.“Thrice has it three times pass’d the encircling gold“That decks the linger of … Continue reading
Her Right Name (Matthew Prior Poems)
As Nancy at her toilette sat,Admiring this, and blaming that,Tell me, she said, but tell me true,The nymph who could your heart subdue.What sort of charms does she possess?Absolve me, fair one, I’ll confessWith pleasure, I replied: Her hair,In ringlets … Continue reading
The Modern Saint (Matthew Prior Poems)
Her time with equal prudence Silvia shares,First writes her billet-doux, then says her prayers,Her mass and toilette, vespers, and the play;Thus God and Ashtaroth divide the day:Constant she keeps her Ember-week and Lent,At Easter calls all Israel to her tent:Loose … Continue reading
Louisa: A Poetical Novel. Fourth Epsitle. (Anna Seward Poems)
LOUISATOEMMA. APRIL 25th, 1781. OH! my lov’d EMMA , I have much to tell,Since last I sent thee an abrupt farewell;But be the chain of those events regain’d,That led my steps, where … Continue reading
Time Spent In Dress (Charles Lamb Poems)
In many a lecture, many a book, You all have heard, you all have read,That time is precious. Of its use Much has been written, much been said. The accomplishments which gladden life, As music, drawing, dancing, areEncroachers on our … Continue reading
To make One’s Toilette—after Death (Emily Dickinson Poems)
485 To make One’s Toilette—after DeathHas made the Toilette coolOf only Taste we cared to pleaseIs difficult, and still— That’s easier—than Braid the Hair—And make the Bodice gay—When eyes that fondled it are wrenchedBy Decalogues—away— (Emily Dickinson)
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