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Born in February 3, 1842 / Died in September 7, 1881 / United States / English

Poems by Sidney Lanier

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The Ship Of Earth.

... "Thou Ship of Earth, with Death, and Birth, and Life, and Sex aboard, ...

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The Hard Times In Elfland [A Story of Christmas Eve]

... Rheum'd, wind-gall'd, rag-fleec'd, burr'd and thorn'd ...

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To ----, With A Rose

... `Learn from the rhyme that now shall come to thee ...

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Tyranny.

... This glebe is sick, this wind is foul of breath ...

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Wedding Hymn

... As when from separate stars two beams ...

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To Wilhelmina

... So, floating, wandering Cloud-Soul, I watch thee ...

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Marsh Song -- At Sunset.

... O cloud in the West, like a thought in the heart ...

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Sunrise

... 'Tis Dawn. Now a dream of a flame through that dream of a flush is uprolled: ...

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Psalm Of The West

...   Rest. And he sank on the grass of the earth as a lark on its nest, ...

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Song for “The Jaquerie”

... The Hound THE HOUND was cuffed, the hound was kicked, ...

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Uncle Jim's Baptist Revival Hymn

... Solo. -  Sin's rooster's crowed, Ole Mahster's riz, ...

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The Battle of Lexington

... He hath crawled to the step of his own house-door, ...

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How Love Looked For Hell.

... "`Now strange,' quoth Sense, and `Strange,' quoth Mind, ...

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Life And Song.

... Should thrill its joy and trill its fret, ...

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To ----

... comes Youth, A painful night of mists and dreams ...