Absalom And Achitophel (John Dryden Poem)
In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, ...
In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, ...
It pleased the Lord of Angels (praise His name!) To hear, one day, report from those who came With pitying ...
What shall I do -- it whimpers so -- This little Hound within the Heart All day and night with ...
As willing lid o'er weary eye The Evening on the Day leans Till of all our nature's House Remains but ...
The Gentian weaves her fringes -- The Maple's loom is red -- My departing blossoms Obviate parade. A brief, but ...
How do you win a football game? Not by skill alone or clever plays, in modern days the game has ...
I was schooled well before he died, able at least to feel what others felt when their fathers were deceased. ...
I am having a haircut today, it is not a complex event requiring excellent foresight, careful planning or indecent logistical ...
We are the vagabonds of time, And rove the yellow autumn days, When all the roads are gray with rime ...
SO grieves th' adventurous merchant, when he throws All the long toil'd-for treasure his ship stows Into the angry main, ...
1/ Genius is not a generous thing In return it charges more interest than any amount of royalties can cover ...
PART I On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming! Although the wild-flower on thy ruin'd wall, And roofless homes, a sad remembrance ...
What thousands never knew the road! What thousands hate it when 'tis known! None but the chosen tribes of God ...
Ah! wherefore should my weeping maid suppress Those gentle signs of undissembled woe? When from soft love proceeds the deep ...
"To Lionel Engers-Kennedy: to the memory of Hargrave Jennings: and to A. C. W. G. and H. E. H." Beneath ...
"To Lionel Engers-Kennedy: to the memory of Hargrave Jennings: and to A. C. W. G. and H. E. H." Beneath ...
Scene--A spacious drawing-room, with music-room adjoining. Katharine. What are the words ? Eliza. Ask our friend, the Improvisatore ; here ...
The day was wet, the rain fell souse Like jars of strawberry jam, a sound was heard in the ...
A BOAT beneath a sunny sky, Lingering onward dreamily In an evening of July -- Children three that nestle near, ...
A boat, beneath a sunny sky Lingering onward dreamily In an evening of July -- Children three that nestle near, ...
The First Voice HE trilled a carol fresh and free, He laughed aloud for very glee: There came a breeze ...
How agreeable it is not to be touring Italy this summer, wandering her cities and ascending her torrid hilltowns. How ...
Today we woke up to a revolution of snow, its white flag waving over everything, the landscape vanished, not a ...
The flag that hung half-mast today Seemed animate with being As if it knew for who it flew And will ...
The Cowboy had a sterling heart, The Maiden was from Boston, The Rancher saw his wealth depart- The Steers were ...
It pricks the arms like poison, knowing that some things, once chosen, are yours and that meanwhile the night comes ...
'The mist is resting on the hill; The smoke is hanging in the air; The very clouds are standing still: ...
Brightly the sun of summer shone, Green fields and waving woods upon, And soft winds wandered by; Above, a sky ...
Lough, vessel, plough the British main, Seek the free ocean's wider plain; Leave English scenes and English skies, Unbind, dissever ...
ALL that I serve will die, all my delights, the flesh kindled from my flesh, garden and field, the silent ...
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