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Bessie Rayner Parkes

I lived from 1829-1925. I was from England, and am in the English category.

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  • Magic Rings
    WE read in our childhood of rings which were wrought
    By magical fires in the heart of the hills;
    34 lines
  • Symbols
    IT is not the rose, though the rose is red,
    And as full of love as a flower can be,
    52 lines
  • ROME
    IF ever I in Rome should dwell--
    Rome, the desired of all my heart--
    88 lines
  • Two Graves
    PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, drowned July 8, 1822.
    MARY WOLSTONCRAFT SHELLEY, died Feb. 1, 1851.
    22 lines
  • The Black Death
    WHAT is it? a speck in the distance,
    A rumour that flies in the air,
    43 lines
  • King Arthur
    WHEN good King Arthur ruled this land,
    He dwelt at Caerleon-upon-Usk;
    43 lines
  • The Watch In Heaven
    WHEN trembling angels stand aloof,
    Watching the fight with folded wings,
    37 lines
  • The Little Bird
    A LITTLE bird sat on a greenwood tree,
    And out of a holy book read he,
    34 lines
  • On A Group Of Justice And Charity
    WHAT do the scales of Justice hold,
    Poised even in that steady hand?--
    26 lines
  • Mary
    WAVES which discourse, in a melodious whisper,
    Mutual knowledge with the marshall'd clouds,--
    28 lines
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