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• Sonnet: XLII: "If she should give me all I ask of her"

  If she should give me all I ask of her,
  The virgin treasures of her modest love;

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Fiat Lux

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

  by Julio Herrera y Reissig 35 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 CL: "Let the world's people hiss at us! I meet"

  Let the world's people hiss at us! I meet
  Their stormiest bickerings with an equal brow;

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet XXXIV: "My length in earth would now contain me all"

  My length in earth would now contain me all,
  All my ambitions, all my loves and hates--

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Ruines du coeur

  Mon coeur était jadis comme un palais romain,
  Tout construit de granits choisis, de marbres rares.

  by Francois Coppee 20 lines
• Le lis

  Hors du coffret de laque aux clous d'argent, parmi
  Les fleurs du tapis jaune aux nuances calmées,

  by Francois Coppee 19 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 CLXXVI: "Since that which issues from the sovereign head"

  Since that which issues from the sovereign head
  Springs from a source so weak and insecure,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXXXII: "'Tis not in hollow wood and tinkling wire"

  'Tis not in hollow wood and tinkling wire
  To be the wonder I would have them be;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet LXXIX: "Oh! sigh no more, no longer paint the air"

  Oh! sigh no more, no longer paint the air
  With the distempered pictures of thy brain!

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XXV: "The leaden eyelids of wan twilight close"

  The leaden eyelids of wan twilight close
  Upon the sun; and now the misty dew

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet IX: "And does she love me now as yesterday?"

  And does she love me now as yesterday?
  Is love divine indeed, and scorns to wear

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Serment

  O poète trop prompt à te laisser charmer,
  Si cette douce enfant devait t'être ravie,

  by Francois Coppee 19 lines
• Los Hijos y Los Padres

  Ni arrastrada un pastor llevar podía
  a una cabra infeliz que oía amante

  by Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio 17 lines
• Los Padres y Los Hijos

  Un enjambre de pájaros metidos
  en jaula de metal guardó un cabrero

  by Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio 17 lines
• La Iglesia

  En un beato silencio el recinto vegeta.
  Las vírgenes de cera duermen en su decoro

  by Julio Herrera y Reissig 35 lines
• Sonnet CCLXXXVI: "I touched the limit of supremest bliss"

  I touched the limit of supremest bliss,
  Knew joy's whole secret on this golden day;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXXXII: "Now infant nature, just awaking, lies"

  Now infant nature, just awaking, lies
  Warm in the hollow of thy matron lap,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCVIII: "Speed in thy solemn pilgrimage, O Earth"

  Speed on thy solemn pilgrimage, O Earth;
  And count thy rosary of golden days

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXXVIII: "Grieve not the heart that loves thee!"

  Grieve not the heart that loves thee!" In a ring
  I read this posy. Would thy gracious hand

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Nostalgie parisienne

  Bon Suisse expatrié, la tristesse te gagne,
  Loin de ton Alpe blanche aux éternels hivers;

  by Francois Coppee 19 lines
• Sonnet CXCVII: "Go count the violets on April's breast"

  Go count the violets on April's breast,
  And all the rosy censers swung by June;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXCV: "Against mischances I have shut my door"

  Against mischances I have shut my ear;
  I will not hear the far-off coming doom

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLXXX: "There are more ways to heaven than mortals know"

  There are more ways to heaven than mortals know;
  One reaches it through solemn praise and prayer,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCX: "Amidst the lottery of days I draw"

  Amidst the lottery of days I draw
  More blanks than prizes; though the hand of hope

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet LXXXVI: "In famed Sakoontala I read tonight"

  In famed Sakoontala I read tonight
  How King Dushyanta, in a moment, knew

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet LXXV: "So dainty white my lady's fancies are"

  So dainty white my lady's fancies are
  That mine but sully her most abject thought;

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet LXXIV: "I was love's toy and froward instrument"

  I was love's toy and froward instrument--
  If that be love which gives itself away

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet VI: "Lone echoes from the dim cloud-covered shore"

  Lone echoes from the dim cloud-covered shore
  Of Death are booming in my throbbing brain.

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines

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