For each ecstatic instantWe must an anguish payIn keen and quivering rationTo the ecstasy.For each beloved hourSharp pittances of years --Bitter conte...
In lands I never saw -- they sayImmortal Alps look down --Whose Bonnets touch the firmament --Whose Sandals touch the town --Meek at whose everlasting...
Many cross the RhineIn this cup of mine.Sip old Frankfort airFrom my brown Cigar....
A something in a summer's DayAs slow her flambeaux burn awayWhich solemnizes me.A something in a summer's noon --A depth -- an Azure -- a perf...
As Watchers hang upon the East,As Beggars revel at a feastBy savory Fancy spread --As brooks in deserts babble sweetOn ear too far for the delight,Hea...
If this is "fading"Oh let me immediately "fade"!If this is "dying"Bury me, in such a shroud of red!If this is "slee...
Talk with prudence to a BeggarOf "Potose," and the mines!Reverently, to the HungryOf your viands, and your wines!Cautious, hint to any Capti...
My friend attacks my friend!Oh Battle picturesque!Then I turn Soldier too,And he turns Satirist!How martial is this place!Had I a mighty gunI think I&...
In rags mysterious as theseThe shining Courtiers go --Veiling the purple, and the plumes --Veiling the ermine so.Smiling, as they request an alms --At...
I had some things that I called mine --And God, that he called his,Till, recently a rival ClaimDisturbed these amities.The property, my garden,Which h...