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Edward Shanks

I lived from 1892-1953. I was from England, and am in the English category.

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  • In Absence
    My lovely one, be near to me to-night.
    For now I need you most, since I have gone
    13 lines, 1 comment
  • A Night Piece
    Come out and walk. The last few drops of light
    Drain silently out of the cloudy blue;
    24 lines
  • Good Wishes
    Good luck, good health, good temper, these,
    A very hive of honey-bees
    12 lines
  • Song
    As I lay in the early sun,
    Stretched in the grass, I thought upon
    14 lines, 1 comment
  • Low Germany
    No more the English girls may go
    To follow with the drum,
    17 lines
  • On Account of Ill-Health
    You go, brave friends, and I am cast to stay behind,
    To read with frowning eyes and discontented mind
    26 lines
  • Fête Galante
    Aristonoë, the fading shepherdess,
    Gathers the young girls round her in a ring,
    180 lines
  • A Hollow Elm
    What hast thou not withstood,
    Tempest-despising tree,
    30 lines
  • Marching at Home: Pictures
    I
    Under a grey dawn, timidly breaking,
    28 lines
  • The Glow Worm
    The pale road winds faintly upward into the dark skies,
    And beside it on the rough grass that the wind invisibly stirs,
    16 lines
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