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“Smile and never heed me” Though, when other maids stand by, I may deign thee no reply, Turn not then away, and sigh,— Smile, and never heed me! If our love, indeed, be such As must thrill at every touch, Why should others learn as much?— Smile, and never... Poet: Charles Swain	Sonnets from the PortugueseXVIII. I never gave a lock of hair away I Never gave a lock of hair away To a man, Dearest, except this to thee, Which now upon my fingers thoughtfully I ring out to the full brown length and say “Take it.” My day of youth went yesterday; My hair no longer bounds to my foot’s glee. Nor... Poet: Elizabeth Barrett Browning	Never Despair NEVER 1 despair! Let the feeble in spirit Bow like the willow that stoops to the blast. Droop not in peril! ’T is manhood’s true merit Nobly to struggle and hope to the last. When by the sunshine of fortune forsaken Faint sinks the heart of the... Poet: William Smith O’Brien	“O winter! wilt thou never, never go?” O Winter! wilt thou never, never go? O summer! but I weary for thy coming, Longing once more to hear the Luggie flow, And frugal bees, laboriously humming. Now the east-wind diseases the infirm, And they must crouch in corners from rough weather; ... Poet: David Gray
Charity Never Faileth THE sparkling eye that ruled the heart Hath lost its magic beam, And in the socket, heavily, Like warning lamp doth gleam. The wearied ear remits its toil, Rejects the music-strain,... Poet:	Delicate Hands & Heads will never appear *** * *** Delicate Hands & Heads will never appear While Titians &c as in the Book of Moonlight p 5 Poet:	Facts by our side are never sudden Facts by our side are never sudden Until they look around And then they scare us like a spectre Protruding from the Ground — The height of our portentous Neighbor We never know — Till summoned to his... Poet:	Fame's Boys and Girls, who never die Fame's Boys and Girls, who never die And are too seldom born — Poet:
I never hear that one is dead I never hear that one is dead Without the chance of Life Afresh annihilating me That mightiest Belief, Too mighty for the Daily mind That tilling its abyss, Had Madness, had it once or twice ... Poet:	I never hear the word "escape" I never hear the word "escape" Without a quicker blood, A sudden expectation A flying attitude! I never hear of prisons broad By soldiers battered down, But I tug childish at my bars Only... Poet: