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Mr Stothard to Mr Cromek

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For Fortunes favours you your riches bring
But Fortune says she gave you no such thing …

William Blake
Much Madness is divinest Sense —

Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye ;
Much sense the starkest madness. …

Emily Dickinson
Mulligan's Mare

Oh, Mulligan's bar was the deuce of a place
To drink, and to fight, and to gamble and race;
The height of choice spirits from near and from far …

Banjo Paterson
Must be a Woe —

Must be a Woe —
A loss or so —
To bend the eye …
Mute thy Coronation —

Mute thy Coronation —
Meek my Vive le roi,
Fold a tiny courtier …
My best Acquaintances are those

My best Acquaintances are those
With Whom I spoke no Word —
The Stars that stated come to Town …
My Cocoon tightens — Colors tease —

My Cocoon tightens — Colors tease —
I'm feeling for the Air —
A dim capacity for Wings …

Emily Dickinson
Translation:My Country is My Love

My country is my love,
To whom I’ve given my heart.
To you I sing, my greatest happiness, …

Lydia Koidula
My country need not change her gown,

My country need not change her gown,
Her triple suit as sweet
As when 'twas cut at Lexington, …

Emily Dickinson
My Eye is fuller than my vase —

My Eye is fuller than my vase —
Her Cargo — is of Dew —
And still — my Heart — my Eye outweighs — …
My Faith is larger than the Hills —

My Faith is larger than the Hills —
So when the Hills decay —
My Faith must take the Purple Wheel …

Emily Dickinson
My First View of a Western Prairie

The loveliness of Nature, always did
Delight me.
In the days of childhood; when …

Eliza Roxcy Snow
My first well Day — since many ill —

My first well Day — since many ill —
I asked to go abroad,
And take the Sunshine in my hands, …
My friend attacks my friend!

My friend attacks my friend!
Oh Battle picturesque!
Then I turn Soldier too, …
My friend must be a Bird —

My friend must be a Bird —
Because it flies!
Mortal, my friend must be, …

Emily Dickinson
My God — He sees thee —

My God — He sees thee —
Shine thy best —
Fling up thy Balls of Gold …
My Heart upon a little Plate

My Heart upon a little Plate
Her Palate to delight
A Berry or a Bun, would be, …
My life closed twice before its close —

My life closed twice before its close—
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil …

Emily Dickinson
My Reward for Being, was This.

My Reward for Being, was This.
My premium — My Bliss —
An Admiralty, less — …
My River runs to thee —

My River runs to thee —
Blue Sea! Wilt welcome me?
My River wait reply — …

Emily Dickinson