ALLURE POEMS
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The Maiden's Vow
(A speaker at the National Education Association advised girls not to
study algebra. Many girls, he said, had lost their souls through this
study. The idea has been taken up with enthusiasm.)
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Alice Duer Miller
(A speaker at the National Education Association advised girls not to
study algebra. Many girls, he said, had lost their souls through this
study. The idea has been taken up with enthusiasm.)
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Alice Duer Miller
The Rose-bud
'See, Daphne, see!' Florelio cried,
'And learn the sad effects of pride;
Yon shelter'd rose, how safe conceal'd!
How quickly blasted when reveal'd!
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William Shenstone
'See, Daphne, see!' Florelio cried,
'And learn the sad effects of pride;
Yon shelter'd rose, how safe conceal'd!
How quickly blasted when reveal'd!
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William Shenstone
The Passionate Pilgrim
I.
When my love swears that she is made of truth,
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor'd youth,
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William Shakespeare
I.
When my love swears that she is made of truth,
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor'd youth,
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William Shakespeare
The Hunter
The hunter crouches in his blind
'Neath camouflage of every kind
And conjures up a quacking noise
To lend allure to his decoys
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Ogden Nash
The hunter crouches in his blind
'Neath camouflage of every kind
And conjures up a quacking noise
To lend allure to his decoys
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Ogden Nash
What Sayst Thou, Traveller, Of All Thou Saw'st Afar?
What sayst thou, traveller, of all thou saw'st afar?
On every tree hangs boredom, ripening to its fall,
Didst gather it, thou smoking yon thy sad cigar,
Black, casting an incongruous shadow on the wall?
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Paul Verlaine
What sayst thou, traveller, of all thou saw'st afar?
On every tree hangs boredom, ripening to its fall,
Didst gather it, thou smoking yon thy sad cigar,
Black, casting an incongruous shadow on the wall?
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Paul Verlaine
Love-song
“See'st thou o'er my shoulders falling,
Snake-like ringlets waving free?
Have no fear, for they are twisted
To allure thee unto me.”
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Emma Lazarus
“See'st thou o'er my shoulders falling,
Snake-like ringlets waving free?
Have no fear, for they are twisted
To allure thee unto me.”
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Emma Lazarus
In Absence
Sleep, dearest, sleep beside the murmuring sea;
Sleep, dearest, sleep, and bright dreams compass thee.
My sleepless thoughts a guard of love shall be
Around thy couch and bid thee dream of me.
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Arthur Weir
Sleep, dearest, sleep beside the murmuring sea;
Sleep, dearest, sleep, and bright dreams compass thee.
My sleepless thoughts a guard of love shall be
Around thy couch and bid thee dream of me.
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Arthur Weir
Veteran Sirens
The ghost of Ninon would be sorry now
To laugh at them, were she to see them here,
So brave and so alert for learning how
To fence with reason for another year.
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Edwin Arlington Robinson
The ghost of Ninon would be sorry now
To laugh at them, were she to see them here,
So brave and so alert for learning how
To fence with reason for another year.
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Edwin Arlington Robinson
Sonnet Xxi
WAs it the worke of nature or of Art?
which tempred so the feature of her face:
that pride and meeknesse mixt by equall part,
doe both appeare t'adorne her beauties grace.
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Edmund Spenser
WAs it the worke of nature or of Art?
which tempred so the feature of her face:
that pride and meeknesse mixt by equall part,
doe both appeare t'adorne her beauties grace.
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Edmund Spenser
Song
Not the soft sighs of vernal gales,
The fragrance of the flowery vales,
The murmurs of the crystal rill,
The vocal grove, the verdant hill;
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Samuel Johnson
Not the soft sighs of vernal gales,
The fragrance of the flowery vales,
The murmurs of the crystal rill,
The vocal grove, the verdant hill;
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Samuel Johnson
A Rune Of The Rain
I.
O many-toned rain!
O myriad sweet voices of the rain!
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George Parsons Lathrop
I.
O many-toned rain!
O myriad sweet voices of the rain!
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George Parsons Lathrop
First Love
A clergyman in Berkshire dwelt,
The REVEREND BERNARD POWLES,
And in his church there weekly knelt
At least a hundred souls.
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William Schwenck Gilbert
A clergyman in Berkshire dwelt,
The REVEREND BERNARD POWLES,
And in his church there weekly knelt
At least a hundred souls.
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William Schwenck Gilbert
The Creole Girl; Or, The Physician-s Story
I.
SHE came to England from the island clime
Which lies beyond the far Atlantic wave;
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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
I.
SHE came to England from the island clime
Which lies beyond the far Atlantic wave;
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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
Valedictory Sonnet
Serving no haughty Muse, my hands have here
Disposed some cultured Flowerets (drawn from spots
Where they bloomed singly, or in scattered knots),
Each kind in several beds of one parterre;
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William Wordsworth
Serving no haughty Muse, my hands have here
Disposed some cultured Flowerets (drawn from spots
Where they bloomed singly, or in scattered knots),
Each kind in several beds of one parterre;
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William Wordsworth
The Lonesome Little Shoe
The clock was in ill humor; so was the vase. It was all on account of the little shoe that had been placed on the mantel-piece that day, and had done nothing but sigh dolorously all the afternoon and evening.
"Look you here, neighbor," quoth the clock, in petulant tones, "you are sadly mistaken if you think you will be permitted to disturb our peace and harmony with your constant sighs and groans. If you are ill, pray let us know; otherwise, have done with your manifestations of distress."
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Eugene Field
The clock was in ill humor; so was the vase. It was all on account of the little shoe that had been placed on the mantel-piece that day, and had done nothing but sigh dolorously all the afternoon and evening.
"Look you here, neighbor," quoth the clock, in petulant tones, "you are sadly mistaken if you think you will be permitted to disturb our peace and harmony with your constant sighs and groans. If you are ill, pray let us know; otherwise, have done with your manifestations of distress."
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Eugene Field
Pastor Cum
When he, that shepherd false, 'neath Phrygian sail ;
Carried his hostess Helen o'er the seas,
In fitful slumber Nereus hush'd the gales,
That he might sing their future destinies.
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
When he, that shepherd false, 'neath Phrygian sail ;
Carried his hostess Helen o'er the seas,
In fitful slumber Nereus hush'd the gales,
That he might sing their future destinies.
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Elegy On Newstead Abbey
'It is the voice of years that are gone!
they roll before me with all their deeds.'~OSSIAN
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George Gordon Byron
'It is the voice of years that are gone!
they roll before me with all their deeds.'~OSSIAN
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George Gordon Byron
Hannah
Now Crowds more off, retiring trumpetts sound
On Eccho's dying in their last rebound,
The notes of fancy seem no longer strong,
But sweetning closes fitt a private song.
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Thomas Parnell
Now Crowds more off, retiring trumpetts sound
On Eccho's dying in their last rebound,
The notes of fancy seem no longer strong,
But sweetning closes fitt a private song.
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Thomas Parnell
The Cypress-tree Of Ceylon
THEY sat in silent watchfulness
The sacred cypress-tree about,
And, from beneath old wrinkled brows,
Their failing eyes looked out.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
THEY sat in silent watchfulness
The sacred cypress-tree about,
And, from beneath old wrinkled brows,
Their failing eyes looked out.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
•faith•
That spark in your vacant eyes
Reveals beneath the grave lies
The flames in your silent cries
Can burn down the seven skies
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Nabiha Mahmood
That spark in your vacant eyes
Reveals beneath the grave lies
The flames in your silent cries
Can burn down the seven skies
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Nabiha Mahmood
Settin Off.
It isn't 'at aw want to rooam
An leeav thi bi thisen:
For aw'm content enuff at hooam,
Aw'm net like other men.
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John Hartley
It isn't 'at aw want to rooam
An leeav thi bi thisen:
For aw'm content enuff at hooam,
Aw'm net like other men.
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John Hartley
La Regina Avrillouse
Lady of rich allure,
Queen of the spring's embrace,
Your arms are long like boughs of ash,
Mid laugh-broken streams, spirit of rain unsure,
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Ezra Pound
Lady of rich allure,
Queen of the spring's embrace,
Your arms are long like boughs of ash,
Mid laugh-broken streams, spirit of rain unsure,
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Ezra Pound
The Mocking-bird
Hear! hear! hear!
Listen! the word
Of the mocking-bird!
Hear! hear! hear!
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Bliss Carman And Richard Hovey
Hear! hear! hear!
Listen! the word
Of the mocking-bird!
Hear! hear! hear!
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Bliss Carman And Richard Hovey
Incidents Upon Salisbury Plain Or Guilt And Sorrow
I
A Traveler on the skirt of Sarum's Plain
Pursued his vagrant way, with feet half bare;
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William Wordsworth
I
A Traveler on the skirt of Sarum's Plain
Pursued his vagrant way, with feet half bare;
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William Wordsworth
Guilt And Sorrow Or Incidents Upon Salisbury Plain
I
A Traveler on the skirt of Sarum's Plain
Pursued his vagrant way, with feet half bare;
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William Wordsworth
I
A Traveler on the skirt of Sarum's Plain
Pursued his vagrant way, with feet half bare;
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William Wordsworth
Dark Glasses
Sweet maiden, why disguise
The beauty of your eyes
With glasses black?
Although I'm well aware
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Robert Service
Sweet maiden, why disguise
The beauty of your eyes
With glasses black?
Although I'm well aware
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Robert Service
It Is Later Than You Think
Lone amid the cafe's cheer,
Sad of heart am I to-night;
Dolefully I drink my beer,
But no single line I write.
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Robert Service
Lone amid the cafe's cheer,
Sad of heart am I to-night;
Dolefully I drink my beer,
But no single line I write.
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Robert Service
The Visionary
If fortune had not granted me
To suck the Muse's teats,
I think I would have liked to be
A sweeper of the streets;
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Robert Service
If fortune had not granted me
To suck the Muse's teats,
I think I would have liked to be
A sweeper of the streets;
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Robert Service
Paradise Regained: The First Book
I, who erewhile the happy Garden sung
By one man's disobedience lost, now sing
Recovered Paradise to all mankind,
By one man's firm obedience fully tried
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John Milton
I, who erewhile the happy Garden sung
By one man's disobedience lost, now sing
Recovered Paradise to all mankind,
By one man's firm obedience fully tried
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John Milton
Paradise Regained: The Fourth Book
Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,
Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope
So oft, and the persuasive rhetoric
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John Milton
Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,
Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope
So oft, and the persuasive rhetoric
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John Milton
Charmides I
He was a Grecian lad, who coming home
With pulpy figs and wine from Sicily
Stood at his galley's prow, and let the foam
Blow through his crisp brown curls unconsciously,
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Oscar Wilde
He was a Grecian lad, who coming home
With pulpy figs and wine from Sicily
Stood at his galley's prow, and let the foam
Blow through his crisp brown curls unconsciously,
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Oscar Wilde
D'hérodiade
NOURRICE
Tu vis! ou vois-je ici l'ombre d'une princesse?
À mes lèvres tes doigts et leurs bagues et cesse
De marcher dans un âge ignoré…
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Stéphane Mallarmé
NOURRICE
Tu vis! ou vois-je ici l'ombre d'une princesse?
À mes lèvres tes doigts et leurs bagues et cesse
De marcher dans un âge ignoré…
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Stéphane Mallarmé
Within And Without: A Dramatic Poem: Part Iii
And weep not, though the Beautiful decay
Within thy heart, as daily in thine eyes;
Thy heart must have its autumn, its pale skies,
Leading, mayhap, to winter's dim dismay.
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George Macdonald
And weep not, though the Beautiful decay
Within thy heart, as daily in thine eyes;
Thy heart must have its autumn, its pale skies,
Leading, mayhap, to winter's dim dismay.
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George Macdonald
They're Coming!
They're coming! And it seems so long
Since sadly autumn laid them low.
They left us with the robin's song,
They left us to the ice and snow.
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Nannie R. Glass
They're coming! And it seems so long
Since sadly autumn laid them low.
They left us with the robin's song,
They left us to the ice and snow.
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Nannie R. Glass
Ii. The Quest Of Silence
Secreta Silvarum: Prelude
Oh yon, when Holda leaves her hill
of winter, on the quest of June,
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Christopher John Brennan
Secreta Silvarum: Prelude
Oh yon, when Holda leaves her hill
of winter, on the quest of June,
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Christopher John Brennan
The Joy Of Being Poor
I
Let others sing of gold and gear, the joy of being rich;
But oh, the days when I was poor, a vagrant in a ditch!
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Robert Service
I
Let others sing of gold and gear, the joy of being rich;
But oh, the days when I was poor, a vagrant in a ditch!
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Robert Service
The Problem
I like a church, I like a cowl,
I love a prophet of the soul,
And on my heart monastic aisles
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like a church, I like a cowl,
I love a prophet of the soul,
And on my heart monastic aisles
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ashtaroth: A Dramatic Lyric
Dramatis Personae
Hugo, a Norman Baron and a Scholar.
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Dramatis Personae
Hugo, a Norman Baron and a Scholar.
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
The October Night
POET.
My haunting grief has vanished like a dream,
Its floating fading memory seems one
With those frail mists born of the dawn's first beam,
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Emma Lazarus
POET.
My haunting grief has vanished like a dream,
Its floating fading memory seems one
With those frail mists born of the dawn's first beam,
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Emma Lazarus
La Bonne Chanson
I
Le soleil du matin doucement chauffe et dore.
Les seigles et les blés tout humides encore,
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Paul Verlaine
I
Le soleil du matin doucement chauffe et dore.
Les seigles et les blés tout humides encore,
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Paul Verlaine
Athanasia
To that gaunt House of Art which lacks for naught
Of all the great things men have saved from Time,
The withered body of a girl was brought
Dead ere the world's glad youth had touched its prime,
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Oscar Wilde
To that gaunt House of Art which lacks for naught
Of all the great things men have saved from Time,
The withered body of a girl was brought
Dead ere the world's glad youth had touched its prime,
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Oscar Wilde
The Unconquered Air
I
Others endure Man's rule: he therefore deems
I shall endure it-I, the unconquered Air!
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Florence Earle Coates
I
Others endure Man's rule: he therefore deems
I shall endure it-I, the unconquered Air!
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Florence Earle Coates
Clifton Grove: A Sketch
Lo! in the west, fast fades the lingering light,
And day's last vestige takes its silent flight.
No more is heard the woodman's measured stroke,
Which with the dawn from yonder dingle broke;
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Henry Kirk White
Lo! in the west, fast fades the lingering light,
And day's last vestige takes its silent flight.
No more is heard the woodman's measured stroke,
Which with the dawn from yonder dingle broke;
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Henry Kirk White
A Love Song
'Do you see over my shoulders falling,
Snake-like ringlets waving free?
Have no fear, for they are twisted
To allure you unto me.'
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Yehudah Halevi
'Do you see over my shoulders falling,
Snake-like ringlets waving free?
Have no fear, for they are twisted
To allure you unto me.'
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Yehudah Halevi
The Visionary
If fortune had not granted me
To suck the Muse's teats,
I think I would have liked to be
A sweeper of the streets;
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Robert William Service
If fortune had not granted me
To suck the Muse's teats,
I think I would have liked to be
A sweeper of the streets;
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Robert William Service