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Born in October 19, 1784 / Died in August 28, 1859 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by James Henry Leigh Hunt

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Walcheren Expedition

... But DEATH stood there and never stirr'd, ...

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Bellman's Verses For 1814

... Our good old friends, and burst the Tyrant's prison! ...

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The Glove and the Lions

... They bit, they glared, gave blows like beams, a wind went with their paws ...

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Death

... Our used, and oh, be sure, not to be ill-used brothers! ...

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To A Fish

... Cold-blooded, though with red your blood be graced, ...

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Abou Ben Adhem

... And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, ...

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Jenny Kissed Me

... Say that health and wealth have missed me, ...

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Jenny kiss'd Me

... Say that health and welth have miss'd me, ...

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The Negro Boy

... The little wand'ring Negro-boy!My limbs these twelve long years have borne ...

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To the Grasshopper and the Cricket

... With those who think the candles come too soon, ...

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An Angel in the House

... -- A child, a friend, a wife whose soft heart sings ...

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The Nile

... That roamed through the young world, the glory extreme ...

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Robin Hood, An Outlaw.

... That they'll forsake us never:But we can say, I never will, ...

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A Night-Rain in Summer

... 'Twixt me and the air and the great good rain, ...

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A Fish Answers

... Long-useless-finned, haired, upright, unwet, slow! O breather of unbreathable, sword-sharp air, ...