Love Poems – Page 3255
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To Diane de Poitiers
From the French by Louise Stuart Costello / FAREWELL! since vain is all my care, / Far, in some desert rude, … -
To Dianeme
Sweet, be not proud of those two eyes / Which starlike sparkle in their skies; / Nor be you proud that you can see … -
To die — takes just a little while —
To die — takes just a little while — / They say it doesn't hurt — / It's only fainter — by degrees — … -
To die — without the Dying
To die — without the Dying / And live — without the Life / This is the hardest Miracle … -
To disappear enhances —
To disappear enhances — / The Man that runs away / Is tinctured for an instant … -
To do a magnanimous thing
To do a magnanimous thing / And take oneself by surprise / If oneself is not in the habit of him … -
To Dr. ---- (Botta)
I know those subtle elements / Thou dost administer, / Have power to stay the parting breath, … -
To Duty
Light of dim mornings; shield from heat and cold; / Balm for all ailments; substitute for praise; / Comrade of those who plod in lonely ways … -
To earn it by disdaining it
To earn it by disdaining it / Is Fame's consummate Fee — / He loves what spurns him — … -
To Electra
I DARE not ask a kiss, / I dare not beg a smile, / Lest having that, or this, …
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