Paradise Lost : Book VII. (John Milton Poems)
Descend from Heaven, Urania, by that nameIf rightly thou art called, whose voice divineFollowing, above the Olympian hill I soar,Above ...
Descend from Heaven, Urania, by that nameIf rightly thou art called, whose voice divineFollowing, above the Olympian hill I soar,Above ...
The soul--state, intermediate 'twixt earth's lifeAnd the world future, unconceived till seen,We search with curious awe; mark dormant death;Nor, joyless, ...
I. InvocationIt's crazy to think one could describe them-Calling on reason, fantasy, memory, eves and ears-As though they were all ...
Home (from Court Square Fountain-where affluent ghosts still importunea taciturnslave to entertainthem with a slow barbarous tunein his auctioned baritone-to ...
Power above powers, O heavenly eloquence,That with the strong rein of commanding wordsDost manage, guide, and master th' eminenceOf men's ...
Not much of a dog yet,that smudge in the distance, beyond the reachof focus. It's just an impressionistgesture, a guess. ...
Fine is the wine that is in love with us,The goodly bread we wait for from the oven,And woman whom ...
When first the Gods, whose Empire is eternal, In Time's deep chalice poured Life's sacred wine,Flashed all the crystal ...
Because a lady asks me, I would tellOf an affect that comes often and is fellAnd is so overweening; Love ...
Slow days have passed that make a year, Slow hours that make a day, ...
Greatest of beings! Source of life!Sovereign of air, and earth, and sea!All nature feels thy power, and allA silent homage ...
What can you do with a woman under thirty?It's true she has a certain freshness, like a green apple,but how ...
This boy, of course, was dead, whatever that might mean. And nobly dead. I think we should feel he was ...
An old man cocked his car upon a bridge; He and his friend, their faces to the South, Had trod ...
Bohemia, o'er thy unatlassed borders How many cross, with half-reluctant feet, And unformed fears of dangers and disorders, To find ...
How this tart fable instructs And mocks! Here's the parody of that moral mousetrap Set in the proverbs stitched on ...
Descend from Heaven, Urania, by that name If rightly thou art called, whose voice divine Following, above the Olympian hill ...
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