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• Sonnet CXXII: "If this be sorrow, I have never known"

  If this be sorrow, I have never known
  The faintest touch of human grief till now--

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XXIV: "Farewell once more,--and yet again farewell!"

  Farewell once more,--and yet again farewell!
  I cannot quit thee. On thy lips I press

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet CLXI: "I never courted miser, fool or knave"

  I never courted miser, fool or knave;
  Nor held my heart up as a thing to sell

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XCVII: "Against the changes of obsequious time"

  Against the changes of obsequious time,
  That shifts his seasons as his lord, the sun,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCCV: "Darling, to say I love thee, is to say"

  Darling, to say I love thee, is to say
  What I have often said, with careless arm

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXII: "The love of this dear woman is so sweet"

  The love of this dear woman is so sweet
  To me, whose heart has been the spurn and cuff

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CII: "My Darling's temper is beyond compare"

  My Darling's temper is beyond compare,
  Tender and gentle in its will to me;

  by George Henry Boker 17 lines
• How Bravely Now I Face the Marching Days

  How bravely now I face the marching days,
  With Youth's strong armor to defy the years!

  by Charles Hanson Towne 13 lines
• Sonnet XXII: "Some hearts prevail by action; some have skill"

  Some hearts prevail by action; some have skill,
  With tone, phrase, look and gesture to subdue

  by George Henry Boker 18 lines
• No Por Azar, Por Gusto del Dislante

  No por azar, por gusto del dislate
  ni por obedecer a una figura,

  by Severo Sarduy 18 lines
• Sonnet CCXL: "So long have paused the strings across my lute"

  So long have paused the strings across my lute,
  So many streams of bitterness have run

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet CCCII: "My lady's birthday rises golden fair"

  My lady's birthday rises golden fair,
  And I arise to see the lord of light

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCCXII: "Another year has passed us, while the earth"

  Another year has passed us, while the earth
  Grew green and grey again beneath our eyes,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCCIII: "I bend and kiss thee; 'tis a little thing"

  I bend and kiss thee; 'tis a little thing;
  Thousands have passed between us; and, God grant,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• El Epitalamio Ancestral

  Con la pompa de brahmánicas unciones,
  abrióse el lecho de sus primaveras,

  by Julio Herrera y Reissig 24 lines
• Sonnet CCCIV: "Thy birthday opened with artillery"

  Thy birthday opened with artillery;--
  The flash and thunder of the breaking wave,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXI: "I cannot liken thee to any flower"

  I cannot liken thee to any flower,
  As they of old, the master poets, chose

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet CCI: "Within our lips is stored the bitterness"

  Within our lips is stored the bitterness
  Of the dread tree that made the meadow's bleat

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet LXXXI: "In this the best art offers to her slave"

  Is this the best art offers to her slave--
  A distant court, a solitary throne,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCCVIII: "Love sat at ease upon Time's bony knee"

  Love sat at ease upon Time's bony knee;
  Pulled his grey beard; paddled his finger-tips

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLIII: "Falsehood to thee would be the blackest crime"

  Falsehood to thee would be the blackest crime
  My conscience frowns at; and 'twere falsehood sure

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CC: "If we were fashioned to be ignorant"

  If we were fashioned to be ignorant,
  And frisk and frolic with the kid and fawn,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXXXIV: "They cannot part us. With this power of song"

  They cannot part us. With this power of song,
  Through every circumstance, and time and place,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet LXXVIII: "So many changing phases have I known"

  So many changing phases have I known
  Of my hot heart and of my colder brain,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet LXXIII: "The satyr nature riots in my blood"

  The satyr nature riots in my blood.
  "Of the earth, earthy!" I in vain exclaim.

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XLIX: "Erewhile I lived in shows and hollow masks"

  Erewhile I lived in shows and hollow masks,
  I played with falsehood which I counted truth,

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet XLV: "When I look back upon my early days"

  When I look back upon my early days,
  In what a wilderness of love I spent

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet CCCX: "I mark not seasons by the calendar"

  I mark not seasons by the calendar;
  My lady's birthdays measure time to me;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXLVI: "If it console the, Sweet, to be aware"

  If it console thee, Sweet, to be aware
  That not alone thy grievous load is borne,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXXVII: "A sadder word I never uttered yet"

  A sadder word I never uttered yet--
  No, not in chambers when the light was low,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines

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