Love's Usury (Poem by Gilbert Parker)
Love' s Usury By Gilbert Parker Here count I over all the gentle deeds Which thou hast done; here summon I thy words, Sweeter to me than sweetes…
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Love is Enough (Poem by Gilbert Parker)
Love is Enough By Gilbert Parker It is enough that in this burdened time The soul sees all its purposes aright. The rest — what does it matter? Soon…
Love's Humility (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Love's Humility By Emily Dickinson My worthiness is all my doubt, His merit all my fear, Contrasting which, my qualities Do lowlier appe…
The Beacon in the Storm (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Beacon in the Storm By Victor Hugo Hark to that solemn sound! It steals towards the strand. — Whose is that voice profound Which mourns…
Have You Nothing to Say for Yourself? (Poem by Victor Hugo)
Have You Nothing to Say for Yourself? By Victor Hugo Speak, if you love me, gentle maiden! Or haunt no more my lone retreat. If not for me thy h…
Beggar to Beggar Cried (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
Beggar to Beggar Cried By William Butler Yeats ‘Time to put off the world and go somewhere And find my health again in the sea air,’ Be…
The Ballad of Father Gilligan (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
The Ballad of Father Gilligan By William Butler Yeats The old priest Peter Gilligan Was weary night and day; For half his flock were i…
To A Poet (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
To A Poet, Who Would Have Me Praise Certain Bad Poets, Imitators of His and Mine By William Butler Yeats You say, as I have often given …
The Host of the Air (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
The Host of the Air By William Butler Yeats O’driscoll drove with a song The wild duck and the drake From the tall and the tufted reeds…