Poetry
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Bacchus by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bacchus was published in the anthology, The Oxford Book of English Verse (1900), compiled by the author Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.BacchusBRING…
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Air and Angels by John Donne
TWICE or thrice had I loved thee,Before I knew thy face or name;So in a voice, so in a shapeless…
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A Hymn to God the Father by John Donne
Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,Which is my sin, though it were done before?Wilt thou forgive that sin…
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A Fever by John Donne
O ! DO not die, for I shall hateAll women so, when thou art gone,That thee I shall not celebrate,When…
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Mr. Pottle And The One Man Dog by Richard Connell
“Ambrose! Ambrose dear!” The new Mrs. Pottle put down the book she was reading–Volume Dec to Erd of the encyclopedia.…
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The Court of Love by Geoffrey Chaucer
This poem was Geoffrey Chaucer’s first writing of consequence, composed at eighteen while he was studying at Cambridge (1346). The…
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Dato Barbakadze – Selections from Still Life with Snow
Translated from the Georgian by Lyn Coffin and Nato Alhazishvili Monastery in the Hills (Monk’s Song) Each morning I fetch water from…
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Galagtion Tabidze – Snow Fell On Winter Gardens
Snow fell on winter gardens,a coffin was brought outand the standards unfoldedcaught by the dishevelled breeze.The roadway was desolate,without form…
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Galagtion Tabidze – You at the Sea-Side
The sea grew gray in the coming night.You stood on the shore like a guiding light.Your beauty lashed at me…
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Galagtion Tabidze – Somewhere I saw a face…
Somewhere I saw a face,Lovely…It haunts my wake and sleep.Love words whisper in my ear,Soft hands touch caressingly,Breast clings to…
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