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Sonnet 20 - Beloved, my Beloved, when I think
Sonnet 20 - Beloved, my Beloved, when I think
XX
Beloved, my Beloved, when I think
That thou wast in the world a year ago,
What t…
Sonnet 18 - I never gave a lock of hair away
Sonnet 18 - I never gave a lock of hair away
XVIII
I never gave a lock of hair away
To a man, Dearest, except this to thee,
Which…
Sonnet 16 - And yet, because thou overcomest so
Sonnet 16 - And yet, because thou overcomest so
XVI
And yet, because thou overcomest so,
Because thou art more noble and like a king,
Sonnet 14 - If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Sonnet 14 - If thou must love me, let it be for nought
XIV
If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not…
Sonnet 10 - Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed
Sonnet 10 - Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed
X
Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed
And worthy of acceptation. Fire is brig…
Sonnet 12 - Indeed this very love which is my boast
Sonnet 12 - Indeed this very love which is my boast
XII
Indeed this very love which is my boast,
And which, when rising up from breast to…
Sonnet 08 - What can I give thee back, O liberal
Sonnet 08 - What can I give thee back, O liberal
VIII
What can I give thee back, O liberal
And princely giver, who hast brought the gold …
Sonnet 06 - Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand
Sonnet 06 - Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand
VI
Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand
Henceforward in thy shadow. Nevermore …
Sonnet 02 - But only three in all God's universe
Sonnet 02 - But only three in all God's universe
II
But only three in all God's universe
Have heard this word thou hast said,-Himself, be…
Sonnet 04 - Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor
Sonnet 04 - Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor
IV
Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor,
Most gracious singer of high poems!…
Rosalind's Scroll
Rosalind's Scroll
I LEFT thee last, a child at heart,
A woman scarce in years:
I come to thee, a solemn corpse
Which neither feel…
Patience Taught By Nature
Patience Taught By Nature
'O DREARY life,' we cry, ' O dreary life ! '
And still the generations of the birds
Sing through our sighing, and the f…
On A Portrait Of Wordsworth
On A Portrait Of Wordsworth
WORDSWORTH upon Helvellyn ! Let the cloud
Ebb audibly along the mountain-wind,
Then break against the rock, and show …
Pain In Pleasure
Pain In Pleasure
A THOUGHT ay like a flower upon mine heart,
And drew around it other thoughts like bees
For multitude and thirst of sweetnesses;…
My Heart and I
My Heart and I
I.
ENOUGH ! we're tired, my heart and I.
We sit beside the headstone thus,
And wish that name were carved for us.
<…
Minstrelsy
Minstrelsy
For ever, since my childish looks
Could rest on Nature's pictured books;
For ever, since my childish tongue
Could name…
Irreparableness
Irreparableness
I HAVE been in the meadows all the day
And gathered there the nosegay that you see
Singing within myself as bird or bee <…
IX
IX
Can it be right to give what I can give ?
To let thee sit beneath the fall of tears
As salt as mine, and hear the sighing years
…
I
I
I thought once how Theocritus had sung
Of the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years,
Who each one in a gracious hand appears
III
III
Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart !
Unlike our uses and our destinies.
Our ministering two angels look surprise
On one …
How Do I Love Thee?
How Do I Love Thee?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling ou…
Futurity
Futurity
AND, O beloved voices, upon which
Ours passionately call because erelong
Ye brake off in the middle of that song
We sang…
De Profundis
De Profundis
I
The face, which, duly as the sun,
Rose up for me with life begun,
To mark all bright hours of the day
With…
Exaggeration
Exaggeration
WE overstate the ills of life, and take
Imagination (given us to bring down
The choirs of singing angels overshone
B…