Merry, merry sparrow! Under leaves so green, A happy blossom Sees you, swift as arrow, Seek your cradle narrow Near my bosom. Pretty, pretty robin! Un...
A pretence of Art to destroy Art; a pretence of Liberty To destroy Liberty; a pretence of Religion to destroy Religion...
When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry `'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!' S...
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Lov...
The Visions of Eternity, by reason of narrowèd perceptions, Are become weak Visions of Time and Space, fix'd into furrows of Death; Till de...
Come, O thou Lamb of God, and take away the remembrance of Sin! To sin, and to hide the Sin in sweet deceit, is lovely: To sin in the open face of day...
But the Spectre, like a hoar-frost and a mildew, rose over Albion, Saying: `I am God, O Sons of Men! I am your Rational Power! Am I not Bacon and Newt...
Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not ...
And many conversèd on these things as they labour'd at the furrow, Saying `It is better to prevent misery than to release from misery; It i...
`Father! father! where are you going? O do not walk so fast. Speak, father, speak to your little boy, Or else I shall be lost.' The night was dark...