By Dante Alighieri
As I drew nearer to the end of all desire,
I brought my longing's ardor to a final height,
Just as I…
I brought my longing's ardor to a final height,
Just as I…
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- By Jay Wright
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Nothing that exists can be
temporal; still I come to lay this stick
upon these altars, those three… - By Vera Mary BrittainGod said, “Men have forgotten Me:
The souls that sleep shall wake again,
And blinded eyes must learn … - By Wilfrid Wilson Gibson“I cannot quite remember.... There were five
Dropt dead beside me in the trench—and three
Whispered … - By Mary SzybistThe job was easy: I tucked
them in, kicked off my shoes, listened for
the floor to go quiet. Everyone… - By Amy ClampittForce of reason, who shut up the shrill
foul Furies in the dungeon of the Parthenon,
led whimpering … - By Percy Bysshe ShelleyI
O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being,
Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead … - By David BarberWhat if it were possible to vanquish
All this shame with a wash of varnish
Instead of wishing the … - By Ange MlinkoI went to make kouign amann. It sounded Irish
and/or Maghrebi. But it’s Breton, as I can swear
by the … - By Jacqueline OsherowA full year passed (the seasons keep me honest)
since I last noticed this same commotion.
Who knew God… - By Derek Walcotti
Between the vision of the Tourist Board and the true
Paradise lies the desert where Isaiah’s elations… - By Derek WalcottBOOK SIX
Chapter XLIV
I
In hill-towns, from San Fernando to Mayagüez,
the same sunrise stirred … - By Sir Thomas WyattMy mother's maids, when they did sew and spin,
They sang sometime a song of the field mouse,
That, for… - By Percy Bysshe ShelleySwift as a spirit hastening to his task
Of glory & of good, the Sun sprang forth
Rejoicing in his splendour…