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Whatever it is — she has tried it — Whatever it is — she has tried it — Awful Father of Love — Is not Ours the chastising — Do not chastise the Dove — Not for Ourselves, petition — Nothing is left to pray — When a subject is finished... Poet:	When a Lover is a Beggar When a Lover is a Beggar Abject is his Knee — When a Lover is an Owner Different is he — What he begged is then the Beggar — Oh disparity — Bread of Heaven resents bestowal Like an... Poet:	When a Man has Married a Wife * * * ^[2] When a Man has Married a Wife he finds out whether Her knees & elbows are only glued together Poet:	When Etna basks and purrs When Etna basks and purrs Naples is more afraid Than when she show her Garnet Tooth — Security is loud — Poet:
When I hoped I feared — When I hoped I feared — Since I hoped I dared Everywhere alone As a Church remain — Spectre cannot harm — Serpent cannot charm — He deposes Doom Who hath suffered him — Poet:	When I hoped, I recollect When I hoped, I recollect Just the place I stood — At a Window facing West — Roughest Air — was good — Not a Sleet could bite me — Not a frost could cool — Hope it was that kept me warm — ... Poet:	When I was small, a Woman died — When I was small, a Woman died — Today — her Only Boy Went up from the Potomac — His face all Victory To look at her — How slowly The Seasons must have turned Till Bullets clipt an Angle ... Poet:	When Katie walks, this simple pair accompany her side, When Katie walks, this simple pair accompany her side, When Katie runs unwearied they follow on the road, When Katie kneels, their loving hands still clasp her pious knee — Ah! Katie! Smile at Fortune, with two so knit to thee! Poet:
When Klopstock England defied If Blake could do this when he rose up from shite What might he not do if he sat down to write^[4] Poet:	When Memory is full When Memory is full Put on the perfect Lid — This Morning's finest syllable Presumptuous Evening said — Poet: