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By day she woos me, soft, exceeding fair:But all night as the moon so changeth she;Loathsome and foul with hideous leprosyAnd subtle serpents gliding..

The wind has such a rainy soundMoaning through the town,The sea has such a windy sound, -Will the ships go down?The apples in the orchardTumble from..

THE FLESH"Sweet, thou art pale.""More pale to see,Christ hung upon the cruel treeAnd bore His Father's wrath for me.""Sweet, thou art sad.""Beneath a..

IThe irresponsive silence of the land,The irresponsive sounding of the sea,Speak both one message of one sense to me:--Aloof, aloof, we stand aloof..

The summer nights are shortWhere northern days are long:For hours and hours lark after larkTrills out his song.The summer days are shortWhere..

The earth was green, the sky was blue:I saw and heard one sunny morn,A skylark hang between the two,A singing speck above the corn;A stage below, in..

The rose that blushes rosy red,She must hang her head;The lily that blows spotless white,She may stand upright.

How comes it, Flora, that, whenever wePlay cards together, you invariably,However the pack parts,Still hold the Queen of Hearts?I've scanned you with..

"Too late for love, too late for joy,Too late, too late!You loitered on the road too long,You trifled at the gate:The enchanted dove upon her..

'Oh whence do you come, my dear friend, to me,With your golden hair all fallen below your knee,And your face as white as snowdrops on the lea,And..

The peacock has a score of eyes,With which he cannot see;The cod-fish has a silent sound,However that may be;No dandelions tell the time,Although..

The peach tree on the southern wallHas basked so long beneath the sun,Her score of peaches great and smallBloom rosy, every one.A peach for brothers..

Vanity of vanities, the Preacher saith,All things are vanity. The eye and earCannot be filled with what they see and hear.Like early dew, or like the..

Once I thought to sit so highIn the Palace of the sky;Now, I thank God for His Grace,If I may fill the lowest place.Once I thought to scale so..

I bore with thee long weary days and nights,Through many pangs of heart, through many tears;I bore with thee, thy hardness, coldness, slights,For..

The lily has an air,And the snowdrop a grace,And the sweetpea a way,And the heartsease a face, -Yet there's nothing like the roseWhen she blows.

The lily has a smooth stalk,Will never hurt your hand;But the rose upon her briarIs lady of the land.There's sweetness in an apple tree,And profit in..

The horses of the seaRear a foaming crest,But the horses of the landServe us the best.The horses of the landMunch corn and clover,While the foaming..

'There's a footstep coming: look out and see,''The leaves are falling, the wind is calling;No one cometh across the lea.'—'There's a footstep coming;..

I wonder if the sap is stirring yet,If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate,If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sunAnd crocus fires are kindling one..

I wish I could remember the first day,First hour, first moment of your meeting me;If bright or dim the season, it might beSummer or winter for aught..

The dog lies in his kennel,And Puss purrs on the rug,And baby perches on my kneeFor me to love and hug.Pat the dog and stroke the cat,Each in its..

The dear old woman in the laneIs sick and sore with pains and aches,We'll go to her this afternoon,And take her tea and eggs and cakes.We'll stop to..

The days are clear,Day after day,When April's here,That leads to May,And JuneMust follow soon:Stay, June, stay! -If only we could stop the moonAnd..

There's blood between us, love, my love,There's father's blood, there's brother's blood,And blood's a bar I cannot pass.I choose the stairs that..