The FuneralWhoever comes to shroud me, do not harm,
Nor question much,
That subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm;
The mystery, the sign, you must not touch…
The IndifferentI can love both fair and brown;
Her whom abundance melts, and her whom want betrays;
Her who loves loneness best, and her who masks and plays;
Her whom the country form'd, and…
The LegacyWhen last I died, and, dear, I die
As often as from thee I go,
Though it be but an hour ago
—And lovers' hours be full eternity—
I can remember yet, that I
Something did say, and…
The MessageSend home my long stray'd eyes to me,
Which, O! too long have dwelt on thee;
Yet since there they have learn'd such ill,
Such forced fashions,
And false…
The ParadoxNo lover saith, I love, nor any other
Can judge a perfect lover;
He thinks that else none can or will agree,
That any loves but he;
I cannot say…
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, I have a warning from the wise man, that “when a rich man speaketh every man holdeth his tongue, and, look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds…
The Water OuzelHarriet MonroeLittle brown surf-bather of the mountains!
Spirit of foam, lover of cataracts, shaking your wings in falling waters!
Have you no fear of the roar and rush when…
Water impregnated with carbonic acid gas, called fixed air. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AeriansAerated Bread A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…
A diamond of the first water. (See Diamond.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894First Gentleman of EuropeFirst-fruits A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…
Water LiliesIf you have forgotten water lilies floating
On a dark lake among mountains in the afternoon shade,
If you have forgotten their wet, sleepy fragrance,
Then you can return and not…
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