Echo
Come to me in the silence of the night; Come in the sparkling silence of a dream; Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright As sunlight on a stream; Come back in tears,read more
View ArticleDecade
When you came, you were like red wine and honey, And the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness. Now you are like morning bread, Smooth and pleasant.read more
View ArticleAt Last
At last, when all the summer shine That warmed life's early hours is past, Your loving fingers seek for mine And hold them close—at last—at last! Not oft the robin comes to buildread more
View ArticleBetween Your Sheets
Between your sheets you soundly sleep Nor dreams of vigils that we lovers keep While all the night, I waking sign your name, The tender sound does every nerve inflame,read more
View ArticleA Valediction Forbidding Mourning
As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say,"Now his breath goes," and some say, "No."read more
View ArticleMerciless Beauty (Excerpt)
Your eyen two will slay me suddenly; I may the beauty of them not sustain, So woundeth it throughout my hearte keen. And but your word will healen hastilyread more
View ArticleParadise Lost - Book IV (Excerpt)
Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater Manread more
View ArticleFulfillment
There is no happier life But in a wife; The comforts are so sweet When two do meet.'Tis plenty, peace, a calm Like dropping balm; Love's weather is so fair, Like perfumed air.read more
View ArticleA husband is what is left of the lover
A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve is extracted.
View ArticleGhazal
You with the dark burly hair and the breathtaking eyes, your inquiring glance that leaves me undone.Eyes that pierce and then withdraw like a blood-stained sword, eyes with dagger lashes!read more
View ArticleEcho
Come to me in the silence of the night; Come in the sparkling silence of a dream; Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright As sunlight on a stream; Come back in tears,read more
View ArticleDecade
When you came, you were like red wine and honey, And the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness. Now you are like morning bread, Smooth and pleasant.read more
View ArticleAt Last
At last, when all the summer shine That warmed life's early hours is past, Your loving fingers seek for mine And hold them close—at last—at last! Not oft the robin comes to buildread more
View ArticleBetween Your Sheets
Between your sheets you soundly sleep Nor dreams of vigils that we lovers keep While all the night, I waking sign your name, The tender sound does every nerve inflame,read more
View ArticleA Valediction Forbidding Mourning
As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say,"Now his breath goes," and some say, "No."read more
View ArticleMerciless Beauty (Excerpt)
Your eyen two will slay me suddenly; I may the beauty of them not sustain, So woundeth it throughout my hearte keen. And but your word will healen hastilyread more
View ArticleParadise Lost - Book IV (Excerpt)
Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater Manread more
View ArticleFulfillment
There is no happier life But in a wife; The comforts are so sweet When two do meet.'Tis plenty, peace, a calm Like dropping balm; Love's weather is so fair, Like perfumed air.read more
View ArticleA husband is what is left of the lover
A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve is extracted.
View ArticleGhazal
You with the dark burly hair and the breathtaking eyes, your inquiring glance that leaves me undone.Eyes that pierce and then withdraw like a blood-stained sword, eyes with dagger lashes!read more
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