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• Sonnet XCIII: "Death clutches at my darling now and then"

  Death clutches at my darling now and then,
  And leaves a scar, or plucks a tress of hair;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXXXVI: "Except these flights of song, I nothing have"

  Except these flights of song, I nothing have,
  As consolation for thy absence, Dear;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XXXIX: "Sometimes when loitering by the bitter shore"

  Sometimes when loitering by the bitter shore
  Where brood the shadows of the things to be,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet LXXXVIII: "To be forever thus alone with thee"

  To be forever thus alone with thee,
  Thus locked and fettered in thy tender arms,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLIX: "Oh! what a hollow and a bootless thing"

  Oh! what a hollow and a bootless thing
  Is human life, to sum it all in all,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLVII: "A noble woman! One who can forgive"

  A noble woman! One who can forgive,
  Without descending from her native height,

  by George Henry Boker 14 lines
• Sonnet XXXII: "The waves of busy life that whirling go"

  The waves of busy life that whirling go
  Through thy long streets, O city of my birth,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• La Transparente Luz del Mediodía

  La transparente luz del mediodía
  filtraba por los bordes paralelos

  by Severo Sarduy 20 lines
• False Poets And True (To Wordsworth)

  Look how the lark soars upward and is gone,
  Turning a spirit as he nears the sky!

  by Thomas Hood 14 lines
• Sonnet CCXLVI: "This comfort only have I in my woes"

  This comfort only have I in my woes,--
  To feed my heart upon thy pictured face,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCIII: "Night takes the scepter from the hand of day"

  Night takes the scepter from the hand of day,
  And sets her drowsy stars about the world;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLXXXIX: "Another picture of my love I have"

  Another picture of my Love I have,
  Painted in colors that will never fade-

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXXIX: "This is a sorry ending to a thing"

  This is a sorry ending to a thing
  We once called love, in our fatuity,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXVI: "I write too coldly and I write too much"

  "I write too coldly and I write too much!"
  The more, the colder seems whate'er I write,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXLVII: "I but half uttered what I purported, dear"

  I but half uttered what I purposed, dear:
  I should have said that if divided grief

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XCVIII: "Within this realm, sweet Lady, thou art queen"

  Within this realm, sweet Lady, thou art queen--
  Queen? Goddess, rather; for upon thy will

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• To An Enthusiast

  Young ardent soul, graced with fair Nature's truth,
  Spring warmth of heart, and fervency of mind,

  by Thomas Hood 14 lines
• To England

  Lear and Cordelia! 't was an ancient tale
  Before thy Shakespeare gave it deathless fame:

  by George Henry Boker 33 lines
• Sonnet CCXIV: "Like to an aged poet who reviews"

  Like to an aged poet who reviews
  An early volume, once his secret pride,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCIX: "When first I met thee, as thou know'st, I stood"

  When first I met thee, as thou know 'st, I stood
  Dumb and abashed beneath thy splendid eyes;

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet CCLXIX: "Her nose is not the rigid Phidian line"

  Her nose is not the rigid Phidian line,
  From tip straight upward to the low-grown hair,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCL: "As here I sit and dally with the pen"

  As here I sit and dally with the pen
  That daily sins against thy loveliness,

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet CXCI: "Absence from thee is something worse than death"

  Absence from thee is something worse than death;
  For to the heart that slumbers in the shroud,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXXXV: "I never wished for wings as yesternight"

  I never wished for wings as yesternight,
  When my imprisoned darling sadly came

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XLI: "To say my Love is beautiful, to praise"

  To say my Love is beautiful, to praise
  The penciled arches of her ivory brow,

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet XXXIV: "I know, O Lord, the summer fields are green"

  I know, O Lord, the summer fields are green,
  And the rich splendor of the summer air

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet CCLXXIV: "Such of her beauties as the world may see"

  Such of her beauties as the world may see,
  Whose eyes escort her eagerly around,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXLIV: "I do not merit it that thou shouldst stir"

  I do not merit it that thou shouldst stir
  A step beyond the coldness of the shrine

  by George Henry Boker 16 lines
• Sonnet On Receiving A Gift

  Look how the golden ocean shines above
  Its pebbly stones, and magnifies their girth;

  by Thomas Hood 14 lines
• Sonnet CLV: "Heavy and dark, with gusts of spiteful snow"

  Heavy and dark, with gusts of spiteful snow,
  The moody moments of today lagged by;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines

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