(Wordsworth)
#English #Victorians #XIXCentury #XXCentury
WHEN that with meat and drink th… Not temperately but like him conce… In monstrous jest at Meudon, whos… Stands for exemplar of Gargantuan… In his own name supreme, they issu…
(Herrick) Since ye distemper and defile Sweet Here by the measured mile, Nor aught on jocund highways heed Except the evidence of speed;
One grief on me is laid Each day of every year, Wherein no soul can aid, Whereof no soul can hear: Whereto no end is seen
OUR England is a garden that is… Of borders, beds and shrubberies a… With statues on the terraces and p… But the Glory of the Garden lies… For where the old thick laurels gr…
WHETHER the State can loose an… In Heaven as well as on Earth: If it be wiser to kill mankind Before or after the birth— These are matters of high concern
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…
SEVEN Watchmen sitting in a tow… Watching what had come upon mankin… Showed the Man the Glory and the… And bade him shape the Kingdom to… ‘All things on Earth your will sh…
I SEEK not what his soul desires… He dreads not what my spirit fears… Our Heavens have shown us separat… Our dooms have dealt us differing… Our daysprings and our timeless de…
THE Injian Ocean sets an’ smiles So sof’, so bright, so bloomin’ bl… There aren’t a wave for miles an’… Excep’ the jiggle from the screw. The ship is swep’, the day is done…
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…
DREAD Mother of forgetfulness Who, when Thy reign begins, Wipest away the soul’s distress And memory of her sins. The trusty Worm that diest not —
A Farmer of the Augustan Age Perused in Virgil’s golden page The story of the secret won From Proteus by Cyrene’s son— How the dank sea—god showed the sw…
THE DARK eleventh hour Draws on and sees us sold To every evil power We fought against of old. Rebellion, rapine, hate,
GOD gave all men all earth to lov… But since our hearts are small, Ordained for each one spot should… Belovèd over all; That, as He watched Creation’s bi…
SUDDEN the desert changes, The raw glare softens and clings, Till the aching Oudtshoorn ranges Stand up like the thrones of King… Ramparts of slaughter and peril—