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I had no time to Hate
I had no time to Hate -- Because The Grave would hinder Me -- And Life was not so Ample I Could finish -- Enmity -- Nor had I time to Love -- But since Some Industry must be -- The little Toil of Lov
Who has not found the Heaven -- below --
Who has not found the Heaven -- below -- Will fail of it above -- For Angels rent the House next ours, Wherever we remove --
Given in Marriage unto Thee
Given in Marriage unto Thee Oh thou Celestial Host -- Bride of the Father and the Son Bride of the Holy Ghost. Other Betrothal shall dissolve -- Wedlock of Will, decay -- Only the Keeper of this Ring
I noticed People disappeared
I noticed People disappeared When but a little child -- Supposed they visited remote Or settled Regions wild -- But did because they died A Fact withheld the little child --
Bliss is the plaything of the child --
Bliss is the plaything of the child -- The secret of the man The sacred stealth of Boy and Girl Rebuke it if we can
The fascinating chill that music leaves
The fascinating chill that music leaves Is Earth's corroboration Of Ecstasy's impediment -- 'Tis Rapture's germination In timid and tumultuous soil A fine -- estranging creature -- To something upper
So We'll Go No More a-Roving
So we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast,
It sounded as if the Streets were running
It sounded as if the Streets were running And then -- the Streets stood still -- Eclipse -- was all we could see at the Window And Awe -- was all we could feel. By and by -- the boldest stole out of
Lightly stepped a yellow star
Lightly stepped a yellow star To its lofty place -- Loosed the Moon her silver hat From her lustral Face -- All of Evening softly lit As an Astral Hall -- Father, I observed to Heaven, You are punctua
The Sea said "Come" to the Brook --
The Sea said "Come" to the Brook -- The Brook said "Let me grow" -- The Sea said "Then you will be a Sea -- I want a Brook -- Come now"! The Sea said "Go" to the Sea -- The Sea said "I am he You cher
Oh Sumptuous moment
Oh Sumptuous moment Slower go That I may gloat on thee -- 'Twill never be the same to starve Now I abundance see -- Which was to famish, then or now -- The difference of Day Ask him unto the Gallows
On Fanny Godwin
Her voice did quiver as we parted, Yet knew I not that heart was broken From which it came, and I departed Heeding not the words then spoken. Misery--O Misery, This world is all too wide for thee.
Lain in Nature -- so suffice us
Lain in Nature -- so suffice us The enchantless Pod When we advertise existence For the missing Seed -- Maddest Heart that God created Cannot move a sod Pasted by the simple summer On the Longed for
The butterfly obtains
The butterfly obtains But little sympathy Though favorably mentioned In Entomology -- Because he travels freely And wears a proper coat The circumspect are certain That he is dissolute -- Had he the
On a Faded Violet
The odour from the flower is gone Which like thy kisses breathed on me; The colour from the flower is flown Which glowed of thee and only thee! A shrivelled, lifeless, vacant form, It lies on my aban
The Spell Is Broke, the Charm Is Flown!
The spell is broke, the charm is flown! Thus is it with Life's fitful fever: We madly smile when we should groan; Delirium is our best deceiver. Each lucid interval of thought Recalls the woes o
Love's Philosophy
The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one spirit meet
7. Ah, woe is me, my Mother dear
AH, woe is me, my mother dear! A man of strife ye’ve born me: For sair contention I maun bear; They hate, revile, and scorn me. I ne’er could lend on bill or band, That five per cent. might bl
To the Moon
Art thou pale for weariness Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth, Wandering companionless Among the stars that have a different birth,-- And ever changing, like a joyless eye That finds no objec
Epigram on the Braziers' Address to Be Presented in _Armour_ by the Company to Queen Caroline
IT seems that the Braziers propose soon to pass An Address and to bear it themselves all in brass; A superfluous pageant, for by the Lord Harry! They'll _find_, where they're going, much more than the
Journal in Cephalonia
THE dead have been awakened--shall I sleep? The World's at war with tyrants--shall I crouch? The harvest's ripe--and shall I pause to reap? I slumber not; the thorn is in my Couch; Each day a trum
Cancelled Stanza
Gather, O gather, Foeman and friend in love and peace! Waves sleep together When the blasts that called them to battle, cease. For fangless Power grown tame and mild Is at play with Freedom's fearless
The Charity Ball
WHAT matter the pangs of a husband and father, If his sorrows in exile be great or be small, So the Pharisee's glories around her she gather, And the saint patronises her "Charity Ball!" What mat
Fragment of a Ghost Story
A shovel of his ashes took From the hearth's obscurest nook, Muttering mysteries as she went. Helen and Henry knew that Granny Was as much afraid of Ghosts as any, And so they followed hard-- But Hele