By day she woos me, soft, exceeding fair: But all night as the moon so changeth she; Loathsome and foul with hideous leprosy And subtle serpents gliding in her hair. By day she woos me to the outer air,...
Thanks to the morning light, Thanks to the foaming sea, To the uplands of New Hampshire, To the green-haired forest free; Thanks to each man of courage, To the maids of holy mind,...
So far as I conceive the World's rebuke To him address'd who would recast her new, Not from herself her fame of strength she took, But from their weakness, who would work her rue....
The world was husht, the moon above Sailed thro' ether slowly, When near the casement of my love, Thus I whispered lowly,-- "Awake, awake, how canst thou sleep? "The field I seek to-morrow...
I'm a gentle, meek, and patient human worm; Unattractive, Rather active, With a sense of right, original but firm. I was taught to be forgiving, For my enemies to pray; But what's the use of living...
I. Would it were I had been false, not you! I that am nothing, not you that are all I, never the worse for a touch or two On my speckled hide; not you, the pride...
Cupid as he lay among Roses, by a Bee was stung. Whereupon in anger flying To his Mother, said thus crying; Help! O help! your Boy's a dying. And why, my pretty Lad, said she?...
Come, bring your sampler, and with art Draw in't a wounded heart, And dropping here and there; Not that I think that any dart Can make your's bleed a tear, Or pierce it any where;...
One day a shameless and impudent wight Went into a shop full of steel wares bright, Arranged with art upon ev'ry shelf. He fancied they were all meant for himself; And so, while the patient owner stood by,...
O pupils of Gaza... Teach us... A little of what you have For we have forgotten... Teach us... To be men For we have men... dough they become... Teach us... How the rocks become...
I bring thee, love, a golden chain, I bring thee too a flowery wreath; The gold shall never wear a stain, The flowerets long shall sweetly breathe. Come, tell me which the tie shall be,...
In a fair and sunny forest glade O'erarched with chesnuts old, Through which the radiant sunbeams made A network of bright gold, A girl smiled softly to herself, And dreamed the hours away;...