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• Sonnet CCXLII: "Sweet sorceress, dear foe to every gift"

  Sweet sorceress, dear foe to every gift
  God stored for action in my languid frame--

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet X: "A shame arose betwixt my love and me"

  A shame arose betwixt my Love and me.
  I am not worthy to be called her own.

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Aunque Ungiste el Umbral y Ensalivaste

  Aunque ungiste el umbral y ensalivaste
  no pudo penetrar, lamida y suave,

  by Severo Sarduy 20 lines
• Sonnet CCXC: "O happy day! From morn till midnight tolled"

  O happy day! From morn till midnight tolled,
  I passed the hours beneath my lady's eye;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXI: "She on the jealous gods' Olympian hill"

  She on the jealous gods' Olympian hill,
  Unrecognized as mortal, might have taken

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLII: "I play the masquer to the world, I grant"

  I play the masquer to the world, I grant,
  I flash the spangles of my art before

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet LXI: "When I remember, Love, the happy hours"

  When I remember, Love, the happy hours
  That came too rarely, and appeared too brief,

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Entrando en Tí, Cabeza Con Cabeza

  Entrando en ti, cabeza con cabeza,
  pelo con pelo, boca contra boca:

  by Severo Sarduy 18 lines
• Sonnet CLXXVIII: "The fane I build on this foundation stone"

  The fane I build on this foundation stone
  Which seems to me the most immortal part

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXX: "Her mouth, that scarlet herald of her heart"

  Her mouth, that scarlet herald of her heart,
  Pouts just a little, but enough to tell

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXXXVI: "When I consider what a time has flown"

  When I consider what a time has flown,
  Shaping this planet to the thing we see,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXXVII: O World, I owe thee nothing; and I had"

  O World, I owe thee nothing; I have had
  Not even my wages from thy niggard hand,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXLV: "'Tis hard, 'tis hard, but it must be endured"

  'Tis hard, 'tis hard, but it must be endured;
  Nor through our suffering can I see the end

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet LII: "In truth, Love, but a single hope remains"

  In truth, Love, but a single hope remains--
  The hope to win thee at the bitter end

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• El Despertar

  Alisia y Cloris abren de par en par la puerta
  y torpes, con el dorso de la mano haragana,

  by Julio Herrera y Reissig 36 lines
• El Émbolo Brillante y Engrasado

  El émbolo brillante y engrasado
  embiste jubiloso la ranura

  by Severo Sarduy 20 lines
• Sonnet CXLVIII: "They who have heard my song esteem the strain"

  They who have heard my song esteem the strain
  As public music, rhymes of common worth,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XLVII: "Hail! dearest day of all the storied year!"

  Hail! dearest day of all the storied year!
  Belated songsters of the withering wood,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Réponse

  Mais je l'ai vu si peu! disiez-vous l'autre jour.
  Et moi, vous ai-je vue en effet davantage?

  by Francois Coppee 20 lines
• Fiat Lux

  Sobre el rojo diván de seda intacta,
  con dibujos de exótica graminea,

  by Julio Herrera y Reissig 35 lines
• Paso No, Del Dios, Sino La Huella

  El paso no, del Dios, sino la huella
  escrita entre las líneas de la piedra

  by Severo Sarduy 20 lines
• Sonnet CLXVII" "When at confession by thy knee I kneel"

  When at confession by thy knee I kneel,
  I must reveal a thousand sins to hate,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLXII: "If it has been the misery of my fate"

  If it has been the misery of my fate
  To mix too closely with the knave and fool,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet LXIX: "I cannot tell what charms my lady finds"

  I cannot tell what charms my lady finds
  In this dull face, huge form and sullen soul;

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• El Busto de Nieve

  De amor tentado un penitente un día,
  con nieve un busto de mujer formaba,

  by Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio 16 lines
• Sonnet CCLXXVI: "A golden circle for my lady's hand"

  A golden circle for my lady's hand,
  Crowned with a ruby 'twixt the outspread wings

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXV: "The color of my lady's hair is brown"

  The color of my lady's hair is brown;
  A hot, rich brown, shot through with fiery gold;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXIV: "Once as I slumbered, with my heart awake"

  Once as I slumbered, with my heart awake--
  Love's lonely sentinel--my lady stood,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXLV: I cannot tell thee, Sweet, what tenderness"

  I cannot tell thee, Sweet, what tenderness
  Flows from my heart, through chequered hopes and fears--

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCIV: "If Grecian Helen pleaded with the tongue"

  If Grecian Helen pleaded with the tongue
  The Chian lent her--sweetest tongue of earth!

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines

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