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Dear Doctor, I have Read your Play
Dear Doctor, I have Read your Play
Dear Doctor, I have read your play,
Which is a good one in its way,
Purges the eyes, and moves the bowels,
And d…
Don Juan: Canto the Eleventh
Don Juan: Canto the Eleventh
I
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter,"
And proved it'
twas no matter what he sald:
They say his syste…
Damætas
Damætas
In law an infant, and in years a boy,
In mind a slave to every vicious joy;
From every sense of shame and virtue wean'd;
In lies an a…
Churchill's Grave: A Fact Literally Rendered
Churchill's Grave: A Fact Literally Rendered
I stood beside the grave of him who blazed
The comet of a season, and I saw
The humblest of all sepulchres, …
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt. Canto IV.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt. Canto IV.
I.
I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs;
A palace and a prison on each hand:
I saw from out t…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt. Canto III.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt. Canto III.
I.
Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child!
Ada! sole daughter of my house and heart?
When l…
Beppo, A Venetian Story
Beppo, A Venetian Story
I.
'Tis known, at least it should be, that throughout
All countries of the Catholic persuasion,
Some weeks before Shrove Tu…
Bright Be The Place Of Thy Soul!
Bright Be The Place Of Thy Soul!
Bright be the place of thy soul!
No lovelier spirit than thine
E'er burst from its mortal control
In the orbs of t…
And Wilt Thou Weep When I Am Low?
And Wilt Thou Weep When I Am Low?
And wilt thou weep when I am low?
Sweet lady! speak those words again:
Yet if they grieve thee, say not soI
would…
Answer To Some Elegant Verses Sent By A Friend To The Author, Complaining
Answer To Some Elegant Verses Sent By A Friend To The Author, Complaining
That One Of His Descriptions Was Rather Too Warmly Drawn
'But if any old lady, knight…
All Is Vanity, Saieth the Preacher
All Is Vanity, Saieth the Preacher
I.
Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine,
And health and youth possess'd me;
My goblets blush'd from every vin…
Adrian's Address To His Soul When Dying
Adrian's Address To His Soul When Dying
Ah! gentle, fleeting, wav'ring sprite,
Friend and associate of this clay!
To what unknown region borne,
Wil…
A Spirit Passed Before Me [From Job]
A Spirit Passed Before Me [From Job]
A spirit passed before me: I beheld
The face of immortality unveiledDeep
sleep came down on every eye save mineAnd <…
Address, Spoken At The Opening Of Drury-Lane Theatre. Saturday, October
Address, Spoken At The Opening Of Drury-Lane Theatre. Saturday, October
10, 1812
In one dread night our city saw, and sigh'd,
Bow'd to the dust, the Dram…
A Riddle, On The Letter E
A Riddle, On The Letter E
The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space,
The beginning of every end, and the end of every place.
A Fragment: When, To Their Airy Hall
A Fragment: When, To Their Airy Hall
When, to their airy hall, my father's voice
Shall call my spirit, joyful in their choice;
When, poised upon the gale…
The Old Lizard
The Old Lizard
In the parched path
I have seen the good lizard
(one dropp of crocodile)
meditating.
With his green frock-coat
of an abb…
Weeping
Weeping
Weeping,
I go down the street
Grotesque, without solution
With the sadness of Cyrano
And Quixote.
Redeeming
I…
The Faithless Wife
The Faithless Wife
So I took her to the river
believing she was a maiden,
but she already had a husband.
It was on St. James night
and almost…
The Gypsy and the Wind
The Gypsy and the Wind
Playing her parchment moon
Precosia comes
along a watery path of laurels and crystal lights.
The starless silence, fleeing <…
Saturday Paseo: Adelina
Saturday Paseo: Adelina
Oranges
do not grow in the sea
neither is there love in Sevilla.
You in Dark and the I the sun that's hot,
loan me yo…
Sonnet
Sonnet
I know that my profile will be serene
in the north of an unreflecting sky.
Mercury of vigil, chaste mirror
to break the pulse of my st…
Preciosa Y El Aire
Preciosa Y El Aire
Su luna de pergamino
Preciosa tocando viene
por un anfibio sendero
de cristales y laureles.
El silencio sin estrellas,
Peaceful Waters:Variation
Peaceful Waters:Variation
peaceful waters of the air
under echo's branches
peaceful waters of a pool
under a bough laden with stars