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Sonnet 22 - When our two souls stand up erect and strong
Sonnet 22 - When our two souls stand up erect and strong
XXII
When our two souls stand up erect and strong,
Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and …
Sonnet 24 - Let the world's sharpness, like a clasping knife
Sonnet 24 - Let the world's sharpness, like a clasping knife
XXIV
Let the world's sharpness, like a clasping knife,
Shut in upon itself and do no h…
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 time I sat al…
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 now upon my…
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,
Thou ca…
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 say
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 bright,
…
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 brow,
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
Alon…
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
And …
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! where
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, beside
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 flocks an…
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 feels nor fears.…
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;
W…
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 behind <…
Minstrelsy
Minstrelsy
For ever, since my childish looks
Could rest on Nature's pictured books;
For ever, since my childish tongue
Could name the themes …
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.
The mo…
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
When …
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
Re-sighing…
III
III
Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart !
Unlike our uses and our destinies.
Our ministering two angels look surprise
On one another, as …
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
To bear a…
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 out of sig…
Futurity
Futurity
AND, O beloved voices, upon which
Ours passionately call because erelong
Ye brake off in the middle of that song
We sang together so…