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On Friends and Foes（三）
2023-12-06iii If you play a game of chance， know， before you begin， If you are benevolent you will never win....
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On Friends and Foes（二）
2023-12-06ii Anger and wrath my bosom rends： I thought them the errors of friends. But all my limbs with warmth glow： I find them the errors of the foe....
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On Friends and Foes（一）
2023-12-06i I am no Homer's hero you all know； I profess not generosity to a foe. My generosity is to my friends， That for their friendship I may make amend...
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The Indian Serenade
2023-12-06I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night， When the winds are breathing low， And the stars are shining bright. I arise from dreams...
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Love is enough
2023-12-06LOVE is enough： though the World be a-waning， And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining， Though the sky be too dark for dim eyes to dis...
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My Delight and Thy Delight
2023-12-06MY delight and thy delight Walking， like two angels white， In the gardens of the night： My desire and thy desire Twining to a tongue of fire， Leaping ...
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Renouncement
2023-12-06I MUST not think of thee； and， tired yet strong， I shun the thought that lurks in all delight— The thought of thee—and in the blue heaven&...
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Return
2023-12-06Absent from thee， I languish still； Then ask me not， When I return？ The straying fool ‘twill plainly kill To wish all day， all night to mourn. D...
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On Art and Artists（十二）
2023-12-06xii When I see a Rubens， Rembrandt， Correggio， I think of the crippled Harry and slobbering Joe； And then I question thus： Are artists' rules To b...
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On Art and Artists（十一）
2023-12-06xi English Encouragement of Art： Cromek's opinions put into rhyme If you mean to please everybody you will Set to work both ignorance and skill. F...