Richard Francis Burton

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Richard Francis Burton Voice Poems

  • 1.
    FROM their folded mates they wander far,
    Their ways seem harsh and wild:
    They follow the beck of a baleful star,
    Their paths are dream-beguiled.
    ...
  • 2.
    NOT drowsihood and dreams and mere idless,
    Nor yet the blessedness of strength regained,
    Alone are in what men call sleep. The past,
    My unsuspected soul, my parentsâ?? voice,
    ...
  • 3.
    I SAW a picture once by Angelo.
    â??Unfinished,â? said the critic; â??done in youth;â?
    And that was all, no thought of praise, forsooth!
    He was informed, and doubtless it was so.
    ...
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So many worlds, so much to do,
So little done, such things to be,
How know I what had need of thee,
For thou wert strong as thou wert true?

The fame is quench'd that I foresaw,
The head hath miss'd an earthly wreath:
I curse not nature, no, nor death;
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