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by Richard Lovelace 1618-1657
When Love with unconfined wingsHovers within my gates,And my divine Althea bringsTo whisper at the grates;When I lie tangled in her hairAnd fetter’d to her eye,The gods that wanton in the airKnow no such liberty.
When lowing cups run swiftly roundWith no allaying Thames,Our careless heads with roses crown’d,Our hearts with loyal flames;When [...]
by Robert Browning (1812-1889)
The grey sea and the long black land;And the yellow half-moon large and low;And the startled little waves that leapIn fiery ringlets from their sleep,As I gain the cove with pushing prow,And quench its speed i’ the slushy sand.
Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;Three fields to cross till a farm appears;A [...]
by Robert Browning
Escape me?Never-Beloved!While I am I, and you are you,So long as the world contains us both,Me the loving and you the loth,While the one eludes, must the other pursue.My life is a fault at last, I fearIt seems too much like a fate, indeed!Though I do my best I shall scarce succeedBut what [...]
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