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A dozen poems

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Summer Dawn, by William Morris



PRAY but one prayer for me 'twixt thy closed lips,
Think but one thought of me up in the stars.
The summer night waneth, the morning light slips
Faint and gray 'twixt the leaves of the aspen, betwixt the
cloud-bars,

Complete Poem


I'm Selfish And In Love With God, by Brother De Buff



it really alright you see i have peace in side
something that a make a sad man happy
joy of knowing who i am
it a real blessing from the father up above
i feel my lord carrying me

Complete Poem


Balow, by Anonymous



BALOW, my babe, lie still and sleep!
It grieves me sore to see thee weep.
Wouldst thou be quiet I'se be glad,
Thy mourning makes my sorrow sad:
Balow my boy, thy mother's joy,

Complete Poem


Aubade, by Sir William Davenant



THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest,
And climbing shakes his dewy wings.
He takes this window for the East,
And to implore your light he sings--
Awake, awake! the morn will never rise

Complete Poem


Too solemn for day, too sweet for night, by William Sidney Walker



TOO solemn for day, too sweet for night,
Come not in darkness, come not in light;
But come in some twilight interim,
When the gloom is soft, and the light is dim.

Complete Poem


Harps hung up in Babylon, by Arthur Colton



The harps hung up in Babylon,
Their loosened strings rang on, sang on,
And cast their murmurs forth upon
The roll and roar of Babylon:
"Forget me, Lord, if I forget

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


Willie and Helen, by Hew Ainslie



'WHAREFORE sou'd ye talk o' love,
Unless it be to pain us?
Wharefore sou'd ye talk o' love
Whan ye say the sea maun twain us?'

'It 's no because my love is light,

Complete Poem


The Clematis, by Alexander Bathgate



Fair crown of stars of purest ray,
Hung aloft on Mapau tree,
What floral beauties ye display,
Stars of snowy purity;
Around the dark-leaved mapau's head

Complete Poem


To Mr. Lawrence, by John Milton



LAWRENCE of vertuous Father vertuous Son,
Now that the Fields are dank, and ways are mire,
Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire
Help wast a sullen day; what may be won
From the hard Season gaining: time will run

Complete Poem


Where My Books go, by William Butler Yeats



ALL the words that I utter,
And all the words that I write,
Must spread out their wings untiring,
And never rest in their flight,
Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,

Complete Poem


Serenading to Heavens, by Madan G. Gandhi



From far-off realms come light beams
by eternity of silence propelled
irradiating a light of million suns.

The lights set in a circle
blazing symphonically

Complete Poem

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