Wishes to His Supposed Mistress
Whoe'er she be,
That not impossible
That shall command my heart and me:
Where'er she lie,
Whoe'er she be,
That not impossible
That shall command my heart and me:
Where'er she lie,
All-Conquering Death
by thy resistless pow'r,
Hope's tow'ring plumage falls to rise no more
Of scenes terrestrial how the glories fly,
In the mustardseed sun,
By full tilt river and switchback sea Where the cormorants scud,
In his house on stilts high among beaks And palavers of
This sandgrain day in the bent bay's grave He celebrates and
EY bear him to his resting-place— In slow procession sweeping by; I follow at a stranger's space; His kindred they, his sweetheart I
Unchanged my gown of garish dye, Though sable-sad is their attire; But they stand round with griefless eye, W...
"Come, pretty birds, present your lays, And learn to chaunt a goddess praise; Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be Employ'd to serve her deity: And warble forth, ye virgins nine, Some music to my Valentine
"Her bosom is love's paradis...
Hail sacred shades
cool, leavy House
Chaste treasurer of all my vows,
And wealth
When I a verse shall make,
Know I have pray'd thee,
For old religion's sake,
Saint Ben to aid me
For those my unbaptized rhymes,
Writ in my wild unhallowed times,
For every sentence, clause, and word,
That's not inlaid with Thee, my Lord,
I
ID not choose thee, dearest
It was
That made the choice, not I
His Power bounded, greater is in might,
Than if let loose, 'twere wholly infinite
He could have made an endless sea by this,
But then it had not been a sea of bliss
Whatever is a devotee'scaste, clan, family, or name,
Rama's love for him is the same
Beggar and kingare one to him
Say, of what caste could
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