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Dave Lilly
Dave Lilly
There's a brook on the side of Greylock that used to be full of trout,
But there's nothing there now but minnows; they say it is all fished out.
I f…
Easter
Easter
The air is like a butterfly
With frail blue wings.
The happy earth looks at the sky
And sings.
Alarm Clocks
Alarm Clocks
When Dawn strides out to wake a dewy farm
Across green fields and yellow hills of hay
The little twittering birds laugh in his way
And poise…
Ballade of my Lady's Beauty
Ballade of my Lady's Beauty
Squire Adam had two wives, they say,
Two wives had he, for his delight,
He kissed and clypt them all the day
And clypt and ki…
To a Cat
To a Cat
Mirrors are not more silent
nor the creeping dawn more secretive;
in the moonlight, you are that panther
we catch sight of from afar.
By t…
But, of your courtesy, Monsignore,
But, of your courtesy, Monsignore,
Do me this favour:
When you this morning make your way
To the Ivory Throne that bursts into bloom with roses
because o…
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 cunous …
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 vanish like w…
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
Without guessi…
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 of the my…
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,
fear 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 de Adán y…
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 bygone …
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 vanish like …
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
In him; t…
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,
Toland to…
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 place the s…
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
Which you e…
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 show more …
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,
Tw…
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.
Her p…
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,
Where never ye…
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.
Strephon,…
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,
'Let me …