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A dozen poems

A version friendly to printer and palmtop

Elizabeth of Bohemia, by Sir Henry Wotton



YOU meaner beauties of the night,
That poorly satisfy our eyes
More by your number than your light,
You common people of the skies;
What are you when the moon shall rise?

Complete Poem

Devotee, by Bob Childs



Even from here I can sense her
devotion
For hours she has knelt silent on the
chapel floor
Bruised knees before the virgin

Complete Poem

A White Rose, by John Boyle O'Reilly



THE red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love;
O the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.

But I send you a cream-white rosebud

Complete Poem

I'll never love Thee more, by James Graham, Marquis of Montrose



MY dear and only Love, I pray
That little world of thee
Be govern'd by no other sway
Than purest monarchy;
For if confusion have a part

Complete Poem

To Mistress Margery Wentworth, by John Skelton



WITH margerain gentle,
The flower of goodlihead,
Embroidered the mantle
Is of your maidenhead.
Plainly I cannot glose;

Complete Poem

Song, by Margaret Widdemer



The Spring will come when the year turns,
As if no Winter had been,
But what shall I do with a locked heart
That lets no new year in?

The birds will go when the Fall goes,

Complete Poem

An Upper Chamber, by Frances Bannerman



I CAME into the City and none knew me;
None came forth, none shouted 'He is here!
Not a hand with laurel would bestrew me,
All the way by which I drew anear--
Night my banner, and my herald Fear.

Complete Poem

Martin, by Joyce Kilmer



When I am tired of earnest men,
Intense and keen and sharp and clever,
Pursuing fame with brush or pen
Or counting metal disks forever,
Then from the halls of shadowland

Complete Poem

The Resolve, by Alexander Brome



TELL me not of a face that 's fair,
Nor lip and cheek that 's red,
Nor of the tresses of her hair,
Nor curls in order laid,
Nor of a rare seraphic voice

Complete Poem

To Chloe,Who for his sake wished herself younger, by William Cartwright



THERE are two births; the one when light
First strikes the new awaken'd sense;
The other when two souls unite,
And we must count our life from thence:
When you loved me and I loved you

Complete Poem

Matin Song, by Thomas Heywood



PACK, clouds, away! and welcome, day!
With night we banish sorrow.
Sweet air, blow soft; mount, lark, aloft
To give my Love good-morrow!
Wings from the wind to please her mind,

Complete Poem

Death's Door, by Stephanie Van Ekeris



I walk the hallway
Of one thousand tears
One thousand screams
Monsters lingering
Amongst forbidden shadows

Complete Poem

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