Thomas Lovell Beddoes Light Poems
- 1. Song Of The Stygian Naiades
Proserpine may pull her flowers,
Wet with dew or wet with tears,
Red with anger, pale with fears;
Is it any fault of ours,
... - 2. To Night
So thou art come again, old black-winged night,
Like an huge bird, between us and the sun,
Hiding, with out-stretched form, the genial light;
And still, beneath thine icy bosom's dun
... - 3. A Ho! A Ho! (song )
Act II Scene ii, lines 26-55
A ho! A ho!
... - 4. Song From The Ship
To sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;
The wanton water leaps in sport,
And rattles down the pebbly shore;
The dolphin wheels, the sea-cows snort,
... - 5. Dream-pedlary (excerpt)
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... - 6. To Sea! To Sea!
TO sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;
The wanton water leaps in sport,
And rattles down the pebbly shore;
The dolphin wheels, the sea-cow snorts,
... - 7. Ballad Of Human Life
WHEN we were girl and boy together,
We tossâ??d about the flowers
And wreathâ??d the blushing hours
Into a posy green and sweet.
... - 8. Dream-pedlary
If there were dreams to sell,
What would you buy?
Some cost a passing bell;
Some a light sigh,
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