Love's Wisdom (by: Alfred Austin (1835 - 1913)) Now on the summit of Love's topmost peak Kiss we and part; no further can we go: And better death than we from high to low... continue reading
Lullaby (by: Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)) Sleep, pretty lady, the night is enfolding you; Drift, and so lightly, on crystalline streams. Wrapped in its perfumes, the darkness is holding you; Starlight bespangles the way of your dreams. Chorus the nightingales, wistfully amorous; Blessedly quiet, the blare of the day. continue reading
Madrigal (by: William Alexander (1567 - 1640)) A fearful boldness takes my mind; Sweet honey love with gall doth mix, And is unjustly kind... continue reading
Meeting At Night (by: Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)) The grey sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep... continue reading
Miller's Daughter, The (by: Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892)) And I would be the girdle About her dainty dainty waist, And her heart would beat against me, In sorrow and in rest... continue reading
My Love (by: E.E. Cummings (1894 - 1962)) My love Thy hair is one kingdom The king whereof is darkness Thy forehead is a flight of flowers Thy head is a quick forest Filled with sleeping birds... continue reading
My Star (by: Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)) All that I know Of a certain star, Is, it can throw... continue reading
Night Piece To Julia, The (by: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)) Let not the darke thee cumber; What though the Moon does slumber? The Starres of the night Will lend thee their light, Like Tapers cleare without number. continue reading
