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/ page 1366 of 3210 /Sonnets At Christmas II
© Allen Tate
Ah, Christ, I love you rings to the wild sky
And I must think a little of the past:
308. The Epitaph on Captain Matthew Henderson
© Robert Burns
STOP, passenger! my storys brief,
And truth I shall relate, man;
I tell nae common tale o grief,
For Matthew was a great man.
In September
© Edward Dowden
SPRING scarce had greener fields to show than these
Of mid September; through the still warm noon
291. SongThe Captive Ribband
© Robert Burns
DEAR Myra, the captive ribbands mine,
Twas all my faithful love could gain;
And would you ask me to resign
The sole reward that crowns my pain?
156. Verses inscribed under a Noble Earls Picture
© Robert Burns
WHOSE 1 is that noble, dauntless brow?
And whose that eye of fire?
And whose that generous princely mien,
Een rooted foes admire?
I see thee betterin the Dark
© Emily Dickinson
I see thee betterin the Dark
I do not need a Light
The Love of Theea Prism be
Excelling Violet
Written at the Request of a Gentleman to Whom a Lady Had Given a Sprig of Myrtle
© Samuel Johnson
What hopes - what terrors does this gift create?
Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate.
287. SongThe Battle of Sherramuir
© Robert Burns
O CAM ye here the fight to shun,
Or herd the sheep wi me, man?
Or were ye at the Sherra-moor,
Or did the battle see, man?
A Strike Rhyme
© Lesbia Harford
The strike's done.
The men won.
The ships sail the sea
To bring back
450. Monody on a Lady, famed for her Caprice
© Robert Burns
HOW cold is that bosom which folly once fired,
How pale is that cheek where the rouge lately glistend;
How silent that tongue which the echoes oft tired,
How dull is that ear which to flattry so listend!
370. SongSic a Wife as Willie had
© Robert Burns
WILLIE WASTLE dwalt on Tweed,
The spot they cad it Linkumdoddie;
Willie was a wabster gude,
Could stown a clue wi ony body:
327. On Glenriddells Fox breaking his chain: A Fragment
© Robert Burns
These things premised, I sing a Fox,
Was caught among his native rocks,
And to a dirty kennel chained,
How he his liberty regained.
114. Versified Note to Dr. Mackenzie, Mauchline
© Robert Burns
FRIDAY firsts the day appointed
By the Right Worshipful anointed,
To hold our grand procession;
To get a blad o Johnies morals,
Cupid In Ambush
© Matthew Prior
It oft to many has successful been
Upon his arm to let his mistress lean,
154. Lines Inscribed under Fergussons Portrait
© Robert Burns
CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleased,
And yet can starve the author of the pleasure.
O thou, my elder brother in misfortune,
By far my elder brother in the Muses,
A Dream Lesson
© Carolyn Wells
Once there was a little boy who wouldn't go to bed,
When they hinted at the subject he would only shake his head,
When they asked him his intentions, he informed them pretty straight
That he wouldn't go to bed at all, and Nursey needn't wait.
139. Lines on Meeting with Lord Daer
© Robert Burns
Then from his Lordship I shall learn,
Henceforth to meet with unconcern
One rank as weels another;
Nae honest, worthy man need care
To meet with noble youthful Daer,
For he but meets a brother.
49. Epigram on the said Occasion
© Robert Burns
O DEATH, hadst thou but spard his life,
Whom we this day lament,
We freely wad exchanged the wife,
And a been weel content.
A Childs Song
© Dora Sigerson Shorter
The starlings they have come to town,
With polka dots on their robes of brown;