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Born in December 8, 1828 / Died in October 7, 1867 / United States / English

Poems by Henry Timrod

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Lines To R. L.

... if we looked Rightly into that blotted crimson page ...

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A Mother's Wail

... Those cool, soft hands, that warm, wet, eager mouth, ...

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Sonnet XIV "Are These Wild Thoughts, Thus Fettered in My Rhymes"

... Are these wild thoughts, thus fettered in my rhymes, ...

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Storm and Calm

... Sting our weak hearts with bitter shame, ...

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A Summer Shower

... And earth is sick and wan, and pines with all her flowers ...

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An Exotic

... And the ground had been rich for a thousand years ...

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Sonnet III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site"

... Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain -- ...

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1866 -- Addressed To The Old Year

... They ask not - for old doubts and fears will cling - ...

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Sonnet XVI "If I Have Graced No Single Song of Mine"

... Have wreaked heart, mind, my love, my hopes of fame, ...

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Love's Logic

... Thus, - so, - and thus! - thy slender waist - ...

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A Vision of Poesy - Part 02

... and alway, Even though it breathe the secrets of the sky, ...

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The Cotton Boll

... Shall one day mark the Port which ruled the Western seas ...

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Too Long, O Spirit Of Storm

... When the waves are still, and the skies look fair, ...

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Hymn Sung At An Anniversary Of The Asylum Of Orphans At Charleston

... Dear hearts to love -- sweet ties to bind -- ...

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To Rosa ----: Acrostic

... Then with the Speedwell, blended the perfume ...