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- Melissa (acrostic) at allpoetry
M elissa, my dearest friend with E lysian beauty, prettiest mien, - The Phone's The Thing, And It's Name Is Monster at allpoetry
Thou vile, wretched, horrible Excrescence of human thought! - The Ancient Youth at allpoetry
The mirror shows a face of youth,
But I have an inner lense: - Introversion Superior at allpoetry
The tongue is usurper of the mind,
Like Cromwell warts and all. - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. Sect. IV. GERMANY (part 2) at
Admiration of his lady's perfections, joy in her smiles, grief at her frowns, and anxiety for her welfare, are expressed by the poet in a thousand accents of simplicity and truth; and if extravagance or affectation sometimes offends, it ought to be recoll - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. Sect. IV. GERMANY at
Cotemporary, or nearly so, with the most celebrated Troubadours flourished the Minnesingers of Germany. Their poetry was, till of late, almost unknown out of their native land; yet it is decidedly superior to that of their more fortunate rivals. It is the - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. FRANCE at
Learned controversies have agitated the rival partisans of the Langue d'oc and Langue d'oeil, as to their comparative antiquity, their mutual relations, and the degree of influence on the literature of modern Europe which may properly be ascribed to each. - The Bacchus, On Shrove-Monday, 2008 at allpoetry
Drinking away on Shrove-Monday,
Checking out girls at the pub; - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. SECTION III. ITALY at
Considering the perfection in which the earliest known specimens exhibit the language of Italy, -- the delight which it is clear its inhabitants felt in the poetry and romances of the North and South French,-- and the free intercourse with other nations w - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. SECTION II. Catalonia & Castille at
The intimate connection between the Troubadours of Provence and those of Catalonia and Arragon leads us naturally to a few observations on the obscure memorials, which have come down to us, of the history and works of the poets who once graced this divisi - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. Sect. 1. PROVENCE {excerpt} at
The 11th, 12th and 13th centuries form a great period of fermentation, during which the elements of European civilization were separating and fashioning themselves for the reception of new forms. Principles were yet crude and indigested, but feeling was e - Fairies Lair (Saxon Knight) at allpoetry
The knight began to throw boulders,
Rocks as wide as twelve men round; - Column: An Essay On The Ancient Minstrels In England at
The Minstrels were an order of men in the Middle Ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry, and music, and sang to the harp verses composed by themselves, or others. They also appear to have accompanied their songs with mimicry and action, and to have pra - Lines On Love at allpoetry
If there's any love in the world let it be mine; / Not that I'm jealous or selfish like Time,-- / Others should have love too:-- / But is it not meet I should ask my heart's due? / / For what will happen if love ne - Column: Vimy Ridge at allpoetry
- I've Kissed Your Lips Within My Heart at allpoetry
I've kissed your lips within my heart,
For that is where you ever are; - The Bacchus, On Shrove Monday at allpoetry
And so he sleeps and snores away;
With his hair some tricks we play,
