Rose Aylmer
Ah, what avails the sceptred race;
Ah, what the form divine.
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She Comes Not
She comes not when Noon is on the roses--
Too bright is Day.
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Happiness
I asked professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me,
what is happiness.
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To Helen
Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore,
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Untitled
I have loved you; even now I may confess,
Some embers of my love their fire retain
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A Charm Invests a Face
A charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld.
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Alms
My heart is what it was before,
A house where people come and go
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A wounded deer leaps highest
A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell;
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I Should Not Dare
I should not dare to leave my friend,
Because if he should die
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Upon Julia's Clothes
Whenas in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows
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