Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxx
THE RELIGION OF LOVESo thou but love me, dear, with thy whole heartWhat care I for the rest, for good or ill?What for the peace of soul good deeds..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxviii
IN ANSWER TO A QUESTIONWhy should I hate you, love, or why despiseFor that last proof of tenderness you gave?The battle is not always to the..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxvii
ASKING THE FULFILMENT OF HER LOVEI ask for love who famished am in plenty,Not scorning the dear manna of your tearsBut being vexed with that too..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxvi
THE SAME--A CHRISTMAS SONNETSince thou hast given me these, Juliet, given me these,There have been tidings told of a great joy,Of peace on Earth..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxv
THE SAME CONTINUEDGive me thy kiss, Juliet, give me thy kiss!I with my body worship thee and vowSuch service to thy needs as man can do.I ask no..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxix
TO HER WHO WOULD COMFORT HIMI did not ask your pity, dear. Your zealI know. It cannot cure me of my woes.And you, in your sweet happiness, who..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxiv
THE SAME CONTINUEDGive me thy soul, Juliet, give me thy soul!I am a bitter sea, which drinketh inThe sweetness of all waters, and so thine.Thou, like..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxiii
ASKING FOR HER HEARTGive me thy heart, Juliet, give me thy heart!I have a need of it, an absolute need,Because my own heart has thus long been dead.I..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xxii
ON THE NATURE OF LOVEYou ask my love. What shall my love then be ?A hope, an aspiration, a desire?The soul's eternal charter writ in fireUpon the..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xlviii
THE SAME CONTINUEDI think there never was a dearer woman,A better, kinder, truer than you were,A gentler spirit more divinely humanThan yours with..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xlvii
THE SAME CONTINUEDI see you, Juliet, still, with your straw hatLoaded with vines, and with your dear pale face,On which those thirty years so lightly..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xlvi
THE SAME CONTINUEDThrice happy fools! What wisdom shall we learnIn this world or the next, if next there be,More deep, more full, more worthy our..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xlv
THE SAME CONTINUEDDo you remember how I laughed at youIn the Beaulieu woods, and how I made my peace?It was your thirtieth birthday, and you..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xlix
THE SAME CONTINUEDA ``woman with a past.'' What happier omenCould heart desire for mistress or for friend?Phoenix of friends, and most divine..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xliv
THE SAME CONTINUEDYet we shall live without love, as some liveWithout their limbs, their senses, maimed or deaf.We even shall forget love, and shall..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xliii
THE SAME CONTINUEDI do not love you. To have said this onceHad seemed to both of us a monstrous lie,An idle boast, love's last extravaganceOr the..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xlii
THE SAME CONTINUEDWe vex each other with our presence, IBy my regrets and by my mocking face,You by your laughter and mad gaiety,And both by cruel..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xli
THE SAME CONTINUEDWe may not meet. I could not for pride's sakeDissemble further, and I suffer pain,A palpable distinct and physical ache,When our..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Xl
THE SAME CONTINUED'Tis strange we are thus parted, not by deathOr man's device, but by our own mad will,We who have stood together on life's..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Liii
THE SAME CONTINUEDFarewell, then. It is finished. I forgoWith this all right in you, even that of tears.If I have spoken hardly, it will showHow much..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Lii
THE SAME CONTINUEDLame, impotent conclusion to youth's dreamsVast as all heaven! See, what glory liesEntangled here in these base stratagems,What..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Ii: To Juliet: Li
THE SAME CONTINUEDWe planted love, and lo it bred a broodOf lusts and vanities and senseless joys.We planted love, and you have gathered foodOf every..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part I: To Manon: Xxi
HIS BONDAGE TO MANON IS BROKENFrom this day forth I lead another life,Another life! A life without a tear!To--day has ended the unequal strife;My..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part I: To Manon: Xx
ON FALLING ILL THROUGH GRIEFTruce to thee, Soul! I have a debt to pay,Which I acknowledge and without thy pleading.I like thee little that thou..
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The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part I: To Manon: Xviii
HE LAMENTS THAT HIS LOVE IS DEADMy love is dead, dead and in spite of me,--Dead while I lived,--while yet my blood was rifeWith hope and pleasure and..
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