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Poems by Lord Alfred Douglas

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The Ballad Of Saint Vitus

... And his voice was as sweet as the voice of a thrush, ...

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The Garden Of Death

... all the loot Of young soft things, and all the harvesting ...

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The Green River

... Of birds at noon-day, and no soft throats yield ...

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To Shakespeare

... Thine is the shrine more pilgrim-worn than all ...

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Le Balcon

... How strong the soul, how high the heaven's high tower ! ...

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The Dead Poet

... And voiceless thoughts like murdered singing birds ...

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Rejected

... Where the lutes and the flutes were playing, ...

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The Travelling Companion

... I laughed and said, " The night is past and done " ...

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Sonnet On The Sonnet

... Wherein to keep wild thoughts like birds in thrall ...

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Night Coming Out Of A Garden

... Of a bird that has caught the scent of the dawn, ...

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The Image Of Death

... I wrote these words, "O all things that have breath ...

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Night Coming Into A Garden

... But I know she has walked where the daisies and grasses ...

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Plainte Eternelle

... ) The white-winged ships drift with the falling tide, ...

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A Song

... To-day the thrush has trilled her daintiest phrases, ...

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Ennui

... My thoughts soared up like larks into the morning, ...