Poems
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“How ’s my boy?”
“ho, sailor of the sea! / How ’s my boy—my boy?” / “What ’s your boy’s name, good wife, … -
“How doth the little busy bee”
How doth the little busy bee / Improve each shining hour, / And gather honey all the day … -
“I dreamt I saw great Venus”
From the Greek by Leigh Hunt / I DREAMT I saw great Venus by me stand, / Leading a nodding infant by the hand; … -
“I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden”
I Fear thy kisses, gentle maiden; / Thou needest not fear mine; / My spirit is too deeply laden … -
“I gave my life for thee”
I Gave my life for thee, / My precious blood I shed / That thou might’st ransomed be, … -
“I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curled”
I Knew by the smoke that so gracefully curled / Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, / And I said, “If there ’s peace to be found in the world, … -
“I love my Jean”
Of a’ the airts 1 the wind can blaw, / I dearly like the west; / For there the bonnie lassie lives, … -
“I prithee send me back my heart”
I Prithee send me back my heart, / Since I cannot have thine; / For if from yours you will not part, … -
“I remember, I remember”
I Remember, I remember / The house where I was born, / The little window where the sun … -
“I saw Thee”
“When thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.”—JOHN i. 48. / I SAW thee when, as twilight fell, / And evening lit her fairest star, …
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