Honeysuckle on my wall: –
Heartsease blossoms in my heart
When sweet William comes to call,
But it withers when we part,
And the honey-trumpets fall.
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Above our heads two swift-winged pigeons wheeled,Sporting at ease and courting full in view.When loftier still a broadening darkness flew,Down-swooping, and a ravenous hawk revealed;Too weak to fight, too fond to fly, they yield;So farewell life and love and pleasures new.Then, as their plumes fell fluttering to the ground,Their snow-white plumage flecked with crimson drops,I…
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Eight o’clock;
Five letters for Papa;One for Lou,And none for you,And three for dear Mamma.
Strike the bells wantonly,
Bring me wine, bring me flowers,Ring the silver bell.All my lamps burn scented oil,Hung on laden orange-trees,Whose shadowed foliage is the foilTo golden lamps and oranges.Heap my golden plates with fruit,Golden fruit, fresh-plucked and ripe;Strike the bells and breathe the pipe;Shut out showers from summer hours—Silence that complaining lute—Shut out thinking, shut out pain,From hours…
If the sun could tell us half
Sometimes he would make us laugh,Sometimes make us cry:Think of all the birds that makeHomes among the trees;Think of cruel boys who takeBirds that cannot fly.
Swift and sure the swallow,
Slow and sure may miss his way,Swift and sure may fail.