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The Undertaking by John Donne
I HAVE done one braver thingThan all the Worthies did;And yet a braver thence doth spring,Which is, to keep that…
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The Will by John Donne
BEFORE I sigh my last gasp, let me breathe,Great Love, some legacies; I here bequeathMine eyes to Argus, if mine…
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Twickenham Garden by John Donne
Blasted with sighs, and surrounded with tears,Hither I come to seek the spring,And at mine eyes, and at mine ears,Receive…
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Valediction To His Book by John Donne
I’ll tell thee now (dear love) what thou shalt doTo anger destiny, as she doth us;How I shall stay, though…
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Witchcraft by a Picture by John Donne
I FIX mine eye on thine, and therePity my picture burning in thine eye;My picture drown’d in a transparent tear,When…
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Woman’s Constancy by John Donne
NOW thou hast loved me one whole day,To-morrow when thou leavest, what wilt thou say?Wilt thou then antedate some new-made…
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A Bird Came Down the Walk by Emily Dickinson
Also referred to as In the Garden, Dickinson’s poem is a vivid account of a bird eating a worm. It’s…
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A Book by Emily Dickinson
There is no frigate like a bookTo take us lands away,Nor any coursers like a pageOf prancing poetry.This traverse may…
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A Narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson
A narrow fellow in the grassOccasionally rides;You may have met him—did you notHis notice sudden is,The grass divides as with…
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A Thunderstorm by Emily Dickinson
The wind begun to rock the grassWith threatening tunes and low, –He flung a menace at the earth,A menace at…
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