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LET dew the flowers fill;No need of fell despair,Though to the grave you bearOne still of soul-but now too still,One fair-but now too fair.For..

As mad sexton's bell, tollingFor earth's loveliest daughterNight's dumbness breaks rollingGhostily:So our boat breaks the waterWitchingly.As her look..

Over the water an old ghost strodeTo a churchyard on the shore,And over him the waters had flowedA thousand years or more,And pale and wan and..

Snowdrop of dogs, with ear of brownest dye,Like the last orphan leaf of naked treeWhich shudders in black autumn; though by thee,Of hearing careless..

STREW not earth with empty stars,Strew it not with roses,Nor feathers from the crest of Mars,Nor summer's idle posies.'Tis not the primrose-sandalled..

Old Adam, the carrion crow,The old crow of Cairo;He sat in the shower, and let it flowUnder his tail and over his crest;And through every..

And in that rosy rosy hour,When bird sang out and scented flower,Came words to me from heaven above:'Awake, young heart, awake and love!'

Write it in gold - a Spirit of the sun,An Intellect ablaze with heavenly thoughts,A soul with all the dews of pathos shining,Odorous with love, and..

Act IV, scene iiiA cypress-bough and a rose-wreath sweet,A wedding robe, and a winding-sheet,A bridal bed and a bier.Thine be the kisses, maid,And..

Yes, Mary Ann, I freely grant,The charms of Henry's eyes I see;But while I gaze, I something want,I want those eyes -- to gaze on me.And I allow, in..

Act II Scene ii, lines 26-55A ho! A ho!Love's horn doth blow,And he will out a-hawking go.His shafts are light as beauty's sighs,And bright as..

TO sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;The wanton water leaps in sport,And rattles down the pebbly shore;The dolphin wheels, the sea-cow snorts,And unseen..

Thread the nerves through the right holes;Get out of my bones, you wormy souls.Shut up my stomach, the ribs are full;Muscles be steady and ready to..

IF thou wilt ease thine heartOf love, and all its smart,-Then sleep, dear, sleep!And not a sorrowHang any tear on your eyelashes;Lie still and..

Tis a moon-tinted primrose, with a wellOf trembling dew; in its soft atmosphere,A tiny whirlwind of sweet smells, doth swellA lady bird; and when no..

IF there were dreams to sell,   What would you buy?Some cost a passing bell;   Some a light sigh,That shakes from Life's fresh crownOnly a rose-leaf..

Act I, scene iv, lines 259-72The swallow leaves her nest,The soul my weary breast;But therefore let the rainOn my graveFall pure; for why..

Hark to the echo of Time’s footsteps; goneThise moments are into the unseen graveOf ages. Thy have vanished nameless. None,While they are deep under..

HOW many times do I love thee, dear?   Tell me how many thoughts there be   In the atmosphere   Of a new-fall'n year,Whose white and sable hours..

So thou art come again, old black-winged night,Like an huge bird, between us and the sun,Hiding, with out-stretched form, the genial light;And still..

By heaven and hell, and all the fools between them,I will not die, nor sleep, nor wink my eyes,But think myself into a god; old DeathShall dream he..

IF thou wilt ease thine heartOf love and all its smart,Then sleep, dear, sleep;And not a sorrowHang any tear on your eye-lashes;Lie still and..

To sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;The wanton water leaps in sport,And rattles down the pebbly shore;The dolphin wheels, the sea-cows snort,And unseen..

When we were girl and boy together,We toss'd about the flowersAnd wreath'd the blushing hoursInto a posy green and sweet.I sought the youngest..

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