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The Art of Poetry
The Art of Poetry
To gaze at a river made of time and water
And remember Time is another river.
To know we stray like a river
and our faces vanis…
Susana Soca
Susana Soca
With lingering love she gazed at the dispersed
Colors of dusk. It pleased her utterly
To lose herself in the complex melody
Or in the…
Limits
Limits
Of all the streets that blur in to the sunset,
There must be one (which, I am not sure)
That I by now have walked for the last time
Withou…
Remorse For Any Death
Remorse For Any Death
Free of memory and of hope,
limitless, abstract, almost future,
the dead man is not a dead man: he is death.
Like the God o…
El Instante
El Instante
Dónde estarán los siglos, dónde el sueño
de espadas que los tártaros soñaron,
dónde los fuertes muros que allanaron,
dónde el Árbol d…
History of the Night
History of the Night
Throughout the course of th generations
men constructed the night.
At first she was blindness;
thorns raking bare feet,
Adam Cast Forth
Adam Cast Forth
Was there a Garden or was the Garden a dream?
Amid the fleeting light, I have slowed myself and queried,
Almost for consolation, if the b…
Art of Poetry, The
Art of Poetry, The
To gaze at a river made of time and water
And remember Time is another river.
To know we stray like a river
and our faces vani…
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D.
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D.
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew
From Nature, I believe 'em true:
They argue no corrupted mind
…
Toland’s Invitation To Dismal To Dine With The Calve’s Head Club
Toland’s Invitation To Dismal To Dine With The Calve’s Head Club
If, dearest Dismal, you for once can dine
Upon a single dish, and tavern wine,
T…
To Stella On Her Birth-Day, 1721-2
To Stella On Her Birth-Day, 1721-2
While, Stella, to your lasting praise
The Muse her annual tribute pays,
While I assign myself a task
W…
To Stella, Who Collected and Transcribed His Poems
To Stella, Who Collected and Transcribed His Poems
As, when a lofty pile is raised,
We never hear the workmen praised,
Who bring the lime, or pla…
The Virtues Of Sid Hamet The Magician’s Rod
The Virtues Of Sid Hamet The Magician’s Rod
The rod was but a harmless wand,
While Moses held it in his hand;
But, soon as e'er he laid it down, …
To Lady Carteret
To Lady Carteret
FROM India's burning clime I'm brought,
With cooling gales like zephyrs fraught.
Not Iris, when she paints the sky,
Can …
The Revolution At Market-Hill
The Revolution At Market-Hill
From distant regions Fortune sends
An odd triumvirate of friends;
Where Phoebus pays a scanty stipend,
Wher…
The Progress Of Marriage
The Progress Of Marriage
Aetatis suae fifty-two,
A rich Divine began to woo
A handsome young imperious girl,
Nearly related to an Earl. <…
The Lady's Dressing Room
The Lady's Dressing Room
By haughty Celia spent in dressing;
The goddess from her chamber issues,
Arrayed in lace, brocades, and tissues.
…
The Grand Question Debated: Whether Hamilton’s Bawn Should Be Turned
The Grand Question Debated: Whether Hamilton’s Bawn Should Be Turned
Into A Barrack Or Malt-House
Thus spoke to my lady the knight full of care,
…
The Famous Speech-Maker Of England Or Baron (Alias Barren) Lovel’s Charge
The Famous Speech-Maker Of England Or Baron (Alias Barren) Lovel’s Charge
At The Assizes At Exon, April 5, 1710
From London to Exon,
By special d…
The Fable Of Midas
The Fable Of Midas
Midas, we are in story told,
Turn'd every thing he touch'd to gold:
He chipp'd his bread; the pieces round
Glitter'd l…
The Dean’s Answer
The Dean’s Answer
The nymph who wrote this in an amorous fit,
I cannot but envy the pride of her wit,
Which thus she will venture profusely to th…
The Author Upon Himself
The Author Upon Himself
By an old ——pursued,
A crazy prelate, and a royal prude;
By dull divines, who look with envious eyes
On ev'ry gen…
Stella's Birthday March 13, 1719
Stella's Birthday March 13, 1719
Stella this day is thirty-four,
(We shan't dispute a year or more:)
However, Stella, be not troubled,
Al…
Stella's Birthday March 13, 1727
Stella's Birthday March 13, 1727
This day, whate'er the Fates decree,
Shall still be kept with joy by me:
This day then let us not be told,