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Earendil by J. R. R. Tolkien
Earendil was a mariner
that tarried in Arvernien;
he built a boat of timber felled
in Nimbrethil..
Elbereth by J. R. R. Tolkien
Snow-white! Snow-white! O lady clear!
O Queen beyond the Western Sea!
O Light to us that wander he..
Evening by John Clare
’Tis evening; the black snail has got on his track,
And gone to its nest is the wren,
And the pack..
Early Nightingale by John Clare
When first we hear the shy-come nightingales,
They seem to mutter o’er their songs in fear,
And, c..
Evening Primrose by John Clare
When once the sun sinks in the west,
And dewdrops pearl the evening’s breast;
Almost as pale as mo..
Elegy I: Jealousy by John Donne
Fond woman, which wouldst have thy husband die,
And yet complain’st of his great jealousy;
If swol..
Elegy XVIII: Love's Progress by John Donne
Who ever loves, if he do not propose
The right true end of love, he’s one that goes
To sea for not..
Elegy XVI: On His Mistress by John Donne
By our first strange and fatal interview,
By all desires which thereof did ensue,
By our long star..
Elegy V: His Picture by John Donne
Here take my picture; though I bid farewell,
Thine, in my heart, where my soul dwells, shall dwell...
Elegy X: The Dream by John Donne
Image of her whom I love, more than she,
Whose fair impression in my faithful heart
Makes me her m..
Elegy III: Change by John Donne
Although thy hand and faith, and good works too,
Have sealed thy love which nothing should undo,
Y..
Elegy IV: The Perfume by John Donne
Once, and but once found in thy company,
All thy supposed escapes are laid on me;
And as a thief a..
Elegy IX: The Autumnal by John Donne
No spring nor summer Beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnall face.
Young beauties f..
Elegy VIII: The Comparison by John Donne
As the sweet sweat of roses in a still,
As that which from chafed musk-cats’ pores doth trill,
As..
Elegy II: The Anagram by John Donne
Marry, and love thy Flavia, for she
Hath all things whereby others beautious be,
For, though her e..
Elegy VI by John Donne
Oh, let me not serve so, as those men serve
Whom honour’s smokes at once fatten and starve;
Poorly..
Elegy VII by John Donne
Nature’s lay idiot, I taught thee to love,
And in that sophistry, Oh, thou dost prove
Too subtle:..
Epitaph upon a Child that died by Robert Herrick
HERE she lies, a pretty bud,
Lately made of flesh and blood:
Who as soon fell fast asleep
As h..
Early In The Morning I Hear On Your Piano by Robert Louis Stevenson
EARLY in the morning I hear on your piano
You (at least, I guess it’s you) proceed to learn to play..
Envoy For "A Child's Garden Of Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson
WHETHER upon the garden seat
You lounge with your uplifted feet
Under the May’s whole Heaven of bl..
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