A Charm Invests a Face

By: Emily Dickinson

A charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld. ...

Who Ever Loved That Loved Not at First Sight?

By: Christopher Marlowe

It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is overruled by fate. ...

To Helen

By: Edgar Allen Poe

Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore, ...

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By: Sappho

Attend the fragrant-blossomed Muses' lovely gifts.
Enjoy, girls, and dance to the clear melodious lyre. ...

To the Virgins, Make Much of Time

By: Robert Herrick

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying, ...

My Love in Her Attire

By: Author Unknown

My love in her attire doth show her wit,
It doth so well become her: ...

When I Was One-And-Twenty

By: A. E. Housman

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say, ...

When the Lamp Is Shattered

By: Percy Bysshe Shelley

When the lamp is shattered
The light in the dust lies dead ...

I Never Lost As Much

By: Emily Dickinson

I never lost as much but twice,
And that was in the sod. ...

To a Stranger

By: Walt Whitman

Passing stranger! you do not know
How longingly I look upon you, ...