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Fragments - Lines 0425 - 0428
Theognis Not to be born is the best of all things for those who live on earth, And not to gaze on the radiance of the keen-burning sun.read more
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Theognis To you I have given wings, on which you may fly aloft Above the boundless sea and all the earth With ease. At feasts and banquets you will be presentread more
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Theognis Do not distress yourself too much at the turbulence of your fellow citizens, Kyrnos, but walk down the middle of the road, as I do.
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Theognis My heart, display toward all your friends a changeful character, Adding into it the disposition that each one has.read more
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Theognis O lord, son of Leto, child of Zeus, you I shall never Forget, either beginning or coming to an end, But always, first and last and in the middle,read more
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Complaint of Temperance
Robert Greene Then Temperance, with bridle in her hand, Did mildly look upon this lifeless lord, And like to weeping Niobe did stand: Her sorrows and her tears did well accord;read more
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Celebration Of Peace
Friedrich Holderlin The holy, familiar hall, built long ago, Is aired, and filled with heavenly, Softly echoing, quietly modulating music. A cloud of joy sends fragrance Over the green carpets....
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Cardinal Wolsey to His Hound
Eugene Lee-Hamilton Approach, my hound; approach and lick my hand; Thou art not human, and thou wilt not bite; And still thou fawnest on me in despite Of frowning courtiers and a king's command.read more
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Caesar's Ghost
Eugene Lee-Hamilton In that sharp war where Caesar's slayers died,There was a moment when it seemed decreed,As sank the sun blood-red in clumps of reed,That victory should take the guilty side.read more
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Bread And Wine
Friedrich Holderlin 1. Round about the city rests. The illuminated streets grow Quiet, and coaches rush along, adorned with torches. Men go home to rest, filled with the day's pleasures;read more
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Baudelaire
Eugene Lee-Hamilton A Paris gutter of the good old times,Black and putrescent in its stagnant bed,Save where the shamble oozings fringe it red,Or scaffold trickles, or nocturnal crimes.read more
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At The Middle Of Life
Friedrich Holderlin The earth hangs down to the lake, full of yellow pears and wild roses. Lovely swans, drunk with kisses you dip your heads into the holy, sobering waters. But when winter comes,read...
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As On A Holiday
Friedrich Holderlin As on a holiday, when a farmer Goes out to look at his fields, in the morning, After cool lightning has fallen through the hot night, And thunder still echoes in the distance,read...
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A Sonnet from Ariosto
Robert Greene The sweet content that quiets angry thought, The pleasing sound of household harmony, The physic that allays what fury wrought, The huswife's means to make true melody,read more
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A Man Young And Old: I. First Love
William Butler Yeats Though nurtured like the sailing moon In beauty's murderous brood, She walked awhile and blushed awhile And on my pathway stood Until I thought her body bore A heart of flesh and...
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Bread And Wine
Friedrich Holderlin 1. Round about the city rests. The illuminated streets grow Quiet, and coaches rush along, adorned with torches. Men go home to rest, filled with the day's pleasures;read more
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As On A Holiday
Friedrich Holderlin As on a holiday, when a farmer Goes out to look at his fields, in the morning, After cool lightning has fallen through the hot night, And thunder still echoes in the distance,read...
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Bread And Wine
Friedrich Holderlin 1. Round about the city rests. The illuminated streets grow Quiet, and coaches rush along, adorned with torches. Men go home to rest, filled with the day's pleasures;read more
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As On A Holiday
Friedrich Holderlin As on a holiday, when a farmer Goes out to look at his fields, in the morning, After cool lightning has fallen through the hot night, And thunder still echoes in the distance,read...
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Bread And Wine
Friedrich Holderlin 1. Round about the city rests. The illuminated streets grow Quiet, and coaches rush along, adorned with torches. Men go home to rest, filled with the day's pleasures;read more
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