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Sonnet On An Alpine Night by Dorothy Parker
My hand, a little raised, might press a star-
Where I may look, the frosted peaks are spun,
So sha..
Song Of One Of The Girls by Dorothy Parker
Here in my heart I am Helen;
I’m Aspasia and Hero, at least.
I’m Judith, and Jael, and Madame de S..
Song in a Minor Key by Dorothy Parker
There’s a place I know where the birds swing low,
And wayward vines go roaming,
Where the lilacs..
Social Note by Dorothy Parker
Lady, lady, should you meet
One whose ways are all discreet,
One who murmurs that his wife
Is the..
Sight by Dorothy Parker
Unseemly are the open eyes
That watch the midnight sheep,
That look upon the secret skies
Nor clo..
Second Love by Dorothy Parker
"So surely is she mine," you say, and turn
Your quick and steady mind to harder things-
To bills a..
Sanctuary by Dorothy Parker
My land is bare of chattering folk;
The clouds are low along the ridges,
And sweet’s the air with..
Symptom Recital by Dorothy Parker
I do not like my state of mind;
I’m bitter, querulous, unkind.
I hate my legs, I hate my hands,
I..
Sweet Violets by Dorothy Parker
You are brief and frail and blue-
Little sisters, I am, too.
You are Heaven’s masterpieces-
Littl..
Surprise by Dorothy Parker
My heart went fluttering with fear
Lest you should go, and leave me here
To beat my breast and roc..
Superfluous Advice by Dorothy Parker
Should they whisper false of you.
Never trouble to deny;
Should the words they say be true,
Weep..
Sonnet For The End Of A Sequence by Dorothy Parker
So take my vows and scatter them to sea;
Who swears the sweetest is no more than human.
And say no..
Song of Perfect Propriety by Dorothy Parker
Oh, I should like to ride the seas,
A roaring buccaneer;
A cutlass banging at my knees,
A dirk be..
Somebody's Song by Dorothy Parker
This is what I vow;
He shall have my heart to keep,
Sweetly will we stir and sleep,
All the years..
Solace by Dorothy Parker
There was a rose that faded young;
I saw its shattered beauty hung
Upon a broken stem.
I heard th..
Salome's Dancing-Lesson by Dorothy Parker
She that begs a little boon
(Heel and toe! Heel and toe!)
Little gets- and nothing, soon.
(No, no..
Summer Morn in New Hampshire by Claude McKay
All yesterday it poured, and all night long
I could not sleep; the rain unceasing beat
Upon the..
Subway Wind by Claude McKay
Far down, down through the city’s great, gaunt gut,
The gray train rushing bears the weary wind;
..
Spring in New Hampshire by Claude McKay
Too green the springing April grass,
Too blue the silver-speckled sky,
For me to linger here, alas..
Song of the Moon by Claude McKay
The moonlight breaks upon the city’s domes,
And falls along cemented steel and stone,
Upon the gra..
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