#English #Victorians #XIXCentury #XXCentury
Jelaludin Muhammed Akbar, Guardi… Moved his standards out of Delhi… Where a mosque was to be builded,… And Munim Khan, his Viceroy, sli… High as Hope upsheered her out—wo…
TO the Judge of Right and Wrong With Whom fulfilment lies Our purpose and our power belong, Our faith and sacrifice, Let Freedom’s Land rejoice!
WE KNOW the Rocket’s upward whi… We know the Boom before the Bust. We know the whistling Wail which… The Stick returning to the Dust. We know how much to take on trust
WHEN all the world would keep a… Since Truth is seldom friend to a… Men write in fable, as old Æsop di… Jesting at that which none will na… And this they needs must do, or it…
FROST upon small rain—the ebony—… Reflecting lamps as a pool shows g… The sight suddenly emptied out of… Entering upon it sideways. II
“Where have you been this while aw… Johnnie, Johnnie?” 'Long with the rest on a picnic la… Johnnie, my Johnnie, aha! They called us out of the barrack-…
THOUGH all the Dead were all fo… And razed were every tomb, The Worm—the Worm that dieth not Compels Us to our doom. Though all which once was England…
I’ve danced till my shoes are outw… From ten till the hours called sma… I’ve cantered with Beauty at morn… At even made love at the ball. Light Loves for five months were…
WHEN spring—time flushes the des… Our kafilas wind through the Khyb… Lean are the camels but fat the fr… Light are the purses but heavy the… As the snowbound trade of the Nor…
WITH those that bred, with those… He had no part whose hands were cl… But subtle, strong, and stubborn,… To a lost cause, and knew the gift… Later shall rise a people, sane an…
Will you conquer my heart with you… Shall I fall to your hand as a vi… Have I met you and passed you alr… Shall I meet you next session at… Does the P. and O. bear you to me…
I do not look for holy saints to g… Or male and female devilkins to le… If these are added I rejoice - if… So long as I have leave and choic… For as we come and as we go (and d…
UNTIL thy feet have trod the Ro… Advise not wayside folk, Nor till thy back has borne the L… Break in upon the broke. Chase not with undesired largesse
Unto whose use the pregnant suns a… With idiot moons and stars retract… Creep thou between —thy coming’s a… Heaven hath her high, as Earth he… Heir to these tumults, this affrig…
AS our mother the Frigate, bepain… Made play for her bully the Ship… So we, her bold daughters by iron… Accost and decoy to our masters’ d… Now, pray you, consider what toils…