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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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A Shropshire Lad – XXXVII by A. E. Housman
As through the wild green hills of WyreThe train ran, changing sky and shire,And far behind, a fading crest,Low in…
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The half-moon westers low, my love by A. E. Housman
The half-moon westers low, my love,And the wind brings up the rain;And wide apart lie we, my love,And seas between…
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The Olive Branch by Robert Herrick
Sadly I walk’d within the field,To see what comfort it would yield;And as I went my private way,An olive-branch before…
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To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses by Robert Herrick
Now is the time for mirth;Nor cheek or tongue be dumb;For with [the] flowery earthThe golden pomp is come. The…
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To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick
Published in 1648 this poem originally appeared in Herrick’s book of poetry Hesperides as poem 208. The poem is in…
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If This Little World To-Night by Oliver Herford
If This Little World To-Night is the prologue in Herford’s whimsical collection, The Bashful Earthquake & Other Fables and Verses,…
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