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... Tell men of high condition , the estate , That manage Their purpose is ambition , Their practice only hate : And if they once reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell them that brave it most , They beg for more by spending , Who , in ...
... Tell men of high condition , the estate , That manage Their purpose is ambition , Their practice only hate : And if they once reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell them that brave it most , They beg for more by spending , Who , in ...
Page 81
... Tell nature of decay ; Tell friendship of unkindness ; Tell justice of delay : And if they will reply , 55 60 Then give them all the lie . Tell arts they have no soundness , But vary by esteeming ; And stand too much on seeming : Tell ...
... Tell nature of decay ; Tell friendship of unkindness ; Tell justice of delay : And if they will reply , 55 60 Then give them all the lie . Tell arts they have no soundness , But vary by esteeming ; And stand too much on seeming : Tell ...
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... tell the hanging man How of my clay is made the hangman's lime . The lips of time leech to the fountain head ; Love drips and gathers , but the fallen blood Shall calm her sores . And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind How time has ...
... tell the hanging man How of my clay is made the hangman's lime . The lips of time leech to the fountain head ; Love drips and gathers , but the fallen blood Shall calm her sores . And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind How time has ...
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beauty bird blood breath cloud cold dark dead death doth dream dust E. E. Cummings earth eternal eyes face fair fear fire flowers glory grace grave green Greensleeves hair hand hath hear heart heaven Heigh holy kiss koude leaves light live look Lord Lord Randal Louis MacNeice lullaby mind moon morning mother never night o'er pain Poems rain reprinted by permission Richard Wilbur rose round Samian wine seyde shal shine shore silent sing Sir Patrick Spens sleep smile snow song soul spring stars sweet tell Thanne thee ther thine things thou art thought Timor mortis conturbat tree unto voice W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden W. S. Merwin weep whan wild wind wings wolde word ΙΟ