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Sonnet: Before He Went
BEFORE he went to feed with owls and bats Nebuchadnezzar …
Read Poem »Sonnet: As From The Darkening Gloom A Silver Dove
As from the darkening gloom a silver dove Upsoars, and …
Read Poem »Sonnet: After Dark Vapors Have Oppress’d Our Plains
After dark vapors have oppress’d our plains For a long …
Read Poem »Sonnet. Written Upon The Top Of Ben Nevis
Read me a lesson, Muse, and speak it loud Upon …
Read Poem »Sonnet. Written On A Blank Space At The End Of Chaucer’s Tale Of ‘The Floure And The Lefe’
This pleasant tale is like a little copse: The honied …
Read Poem »Sonnet. Written On A Blank Page In Shakespeare’s Poems, Facing ‘A Lover’s Complaint’
Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art — …
Read Poem »Sonnet. Written In Disgust Of Vulgar Superstition
The church bells toll a melancholy round, Calling the people …
Read Poem »Sonnet. Written In Answer To A Sonnet By J. H. Reynolds
Blue! ‘Tis the life of heaven,–the domain Of Cynthia,–the wide …
Read Poem »Sonnet. Written Before Re-Read King Lear
O golden-tongued Romance with serene lute! Fair plumed Syren! Queen …
Read Poem »Sonnet. Why Did I Laugh Tonight?
Why did I laugh to-night?No voice will tell No God, …
Read Poem »Sonnet. To A Young Lady Who Sent Me A Laurel Crown
Fresh morning gusts have blown away all fear From my …
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