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O May I Join the Choir Invisible!
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In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's minds To raster issues.
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In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's minds To raster issues.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
36 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1884
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November 12, 2021
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O May I Join the Choir Invisible!
by George Eliot, Percy Bysshe Shelley,
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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This book is mistakenly titled as authored by George Eliot; it's a collection of a few poems, by various authors, loved by one of them - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - and the title is taken from that of a poem by George Eliot.
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O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE!
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................................................................................................
She begins well,
"O may I join the choir invisible
"Of those immortal dead who live again
"In minds made better by their presence; live
"In pulses stirred to generosity,
"In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
"Of miserable aims that end with self,
"In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
"And with their mild persistence urge men’s minds
"To vaster issues."
- but then gets belaboured after the first stanza.
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.
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If one knew history enough to know what is being described, one woukd get far more; but even as it is, while one does get a vague idea of the background, the ride described touches heart.
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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MOTHER AND POET.
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"Dead! one of them shot by the sea in the east,
"And one of them shot in the west by the sea.
"Dead! both my boys!
"When you sit at the feast
"And are wanting a great song for Italy free,
"Let none look at me!
"Yet I was a poetess only last year,
"And good at my art for a woman, men said,
"But this woman, this, who is agonized here,
"The east sea and west sea rhyme on in her head
"Forever instead."
....
"Both boys dead! but that’s out of nature. We all
"Have been patriots, yet each house must always keep one.
"‘Twere imbecile hewing out roads to a wall,
"And when Italy’s made, for what end is it done
"If we have not a son?
.....
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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NATURE’S LADY.
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"Three years she grew in sun and shower,
"Then Nature said, "“A lovelier flower
"On earth was never sown;
"This child I to myself will take,
"She shall be mine, and
"I will make A lady of my own."
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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TO A SKYLARK.
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One has been always, somehow, aware of this one - and now, reading it so late in life, one instantly knows why! It's pure honey-wine, the sweetness of this poem, yet nothing sticky or alkaline; it's as if the brilliant poet managed to catch all beauty and it's essence is forever captured in this poem! Could one memorize it, now, and enjoy recalling it any time one likes? Don't know, but fortunately, this book isn't so long, and one can read it on one's phone! Thank you for this one -
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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October 01, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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O May I Join the Choir Invisible!
by George Eliot, Percy Bysshe Shelley,
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
This book is mistakenly titled as authored by George Eliot; it's a collection of a few poems, by various authors, loved by one of them - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - and the title is taken from that of a poem by George Eliot.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE!
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
She begins well,
"O may I join the choir invisible
"Of those immortal dead who live again
"In minds made better by their presence; live
"In pulses stirred to generosity,
"In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
"Of miserable aims that end with self,
"In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
"And with their mild persistence urge men’s minds
"To vaster issues."
- but then gets belaboured after the first stanza.
................................................................................................
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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................................................................................................
HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
If one knew history enough to know what is being described, one woukd get far more; but even as it is, while one does get a vague idea of the background, the ride described touches heart.
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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MOTHER AND POET.
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"Dead! one of them shot by the sea in the east,
"And one of them shot in the west by the sea.
"Dead! both my boys!
"When you sit at the feast
"And are wanting a great song for Italy free,
"Let none look at me!
"Yet I was a poetess only last year,
"And good at my art for a woman, men said,
"But this woman, this, who is agonized here,
"The east sea and west sea rhyme on in her head
"Forever instead."
....
"Both boys dead! but that’s out of nature. We all
"Have been patriots, yet each house must always keep one.
"‘Twere imbecile hewing out roads to a wall,
"And when Italy’s made, for what end is it done
"If we have not a son?
.....
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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NATURE’S LADY.
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................................................................................................
"Three years she grew in sun and shower,
"Then Nature said, "“A lovelier flower
"On earth was never sown;
"This child I to myself will take,
"She shall be mine, and
"I will make A lady of my own."
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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TO A SKYLARK.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
One has been always, somehow, aware of this one - and now, reading it so late in life, one instantly knows why! It's pure honey-wine, the sweetness of this poem, yet nothing sticky or alkaline; it's as if the brilliant poet managed to catch all beauty and it's essence is forever captured in this poem! Could one memorize it, now, and enjoy recalling it any time one likes? Don't know, but fortunately, this book isn't so long, and one can read it on one's phone! Thank you for this one -
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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October 01, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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November 13, 2021
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O May I Join the Choir Invisible!
by George Eliot, Percy Bysshe Shelley,
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
This book is mistakenly titled as authored by George Eliot; it's a collection of a few poems, by various authors, loved by one of them - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - and the title is taken from that of a poem by George Eliot.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE!
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
She begins well,
"O may I join the choir invisible
"Of those immortal dead who live again
"In minds made better by their presence; live
"In pulses stirred to generosity,
"In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
"Of miserable aims that end with self,
"In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
"And with their mild persistence urge men’s minds
"To vaster issues."
- but then gets belaboured after the first stanza.
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................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
If one knew history enough to know what is being described, one woukd get far more; but even as it is, while one does get a vague idea of the background, the ride described touches heart.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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MOTHER AND POET.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Dead! one of them shot by the sea in the east,
"And one of them shot in the west by the sea.
"Dead! both my boys!
"When you sit at the feast
"And are wanting a great song for Italy free,
"Let none look at me!
"Yet I was a poetess only last year,
"And good at my art for a woman, men said,
"But this woman, this, who is agonized here,
"The east sea and west sea rhyme on in her head
"Forever instead."
....
"Both boys dead! but that’s out of nature. We all
"Have been patriots, yet each house must always keep one.
"‘Twere imbecile hewing out roads to a wall,
"And when Italy’s made, for what end is it done
"If we have not a son?
.....
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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NATURE’S LADY.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Three years she grew in sun and shower,
"Then Nature said, "“A lovelier flower
"On earth was never sown;
"This child I to myself will take,
"She shall be mine, and
"I will make A lady of my own."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
................................................
................................................
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TO A SKYLARK.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
One has been always, somehow, aware of this one - and now, reading it so late in life, one instantly knows why! It's pure honey-wine, the sweetness of this poem, yet nothing sticky or alkaline; it's as if the brilliant poet managed to catch all beauty and it's essence is forever captured in this poem! Could one memorize it, now, and enjoy recalling it any time one likes? Don't know, but fortunately, this book isn't so long, and one can read it on one's phone! Thank you for this one -
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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October 01, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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O May I Join the Choir Invisible!
by George Eliot, Percy Bysshe Shelley,
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
This book is mistakenly titled as authored by George Eliot; it's a collection of a few poems, by various authors, loved by one of them - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - and the title is taken from that of a poem by George Eliot.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE!
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
She begins well,
"O may I join the choir invisible
"Of those immortal dead who live again
"In minds made better by their presence; live
"In pulses stirred to generosity,
"In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
"Of miserable aims that end with self,
"In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
"And with their mild persistence urge men’s minds
"To vaster issues."
- but then gets belaboured after the first stanza.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
If one knew history enough to know what is being described, one woukd get far more; but even as it is, while one does get a vague idea of the background, the ride described touches heart.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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MOTHER AND POET.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Dead! one of them shot by the sea in the east,
"And one of them shot in the west by the sea.
"Dead! both my boys!
"When you sit at the feast
"And are wanting a great song for Italy free,
"Let none look at me!
"Yet I was a poetess only last year,
"And good at my art for a woman, men said,
"But this woman, this, who is agonized here,
"The east sea and west sea rhyme on in her head
"Forever instead."
....
"Both boys dead! but that’s out of nature. We all
"Have been patriots, yet each house must always keep one.
"‘Twere imbecile hewing out roads to a wall,
"And when Italy’s made, for what end is it done
"If we have not a son?
.....
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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NATURE’S LADY.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Three years she grew in sun and shower,
"Then Nature said, "“A lovelier flower
"On earth was never sown;
"This child I to myself will take,
"She shall be mine, and
"I will make A lady of my own."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
TO A SKYLARK.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
One has been always, somehow, aware of this one - and now, reading it so late in life, one instantly knows why! It's pure honey-wine, the sweetness of this poem, yet nothing sticky or alkaline; it's as if the brilliant poet managed to catch all beauty and it's essence is forever captured in this poem! Could one memorize it, now, and enjoy recalling it any time one likes? Don't know, but fortunately, this book isn't so long, and one can read it on one's phone! Thank you for this one -
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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October 01, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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October 21, 2014Girlfriend, if you want to be a chorister in this outfit I think you're going to have to try out or something instead of daydreaming about it in verse.
November 13, 2021
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................................................................................................
O May I Join the Choir Invisible!
by George Eliot, Percy Bysshe Shelley,
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
This book is mistakenly titled as authored by George Eliot; it's a collection of a few poems, by various authors, loved by one of them - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - and the title is taken from that of a poem by George Eliot.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE!
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
She begins well,
"O may I join the choir invisible
"Of those immortal dead who live again
"In minds made better by their presence; live
"In pulses stirred to generosity,
"In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
"Of miserable aims that end with self,
"In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
"And with their mild persistence urge men’s minds
"To vaster issues."
- but then gets belaboured after the first stanza.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
If one knew history enough to know what is being described, one woukd get far more; but even as it is, while one does get a vague idea of the background, the ride described touches heart.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
................................................
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MOTHER AND POET.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Dead! one of them shot by the sea in the east,
"And one of them shot in the west by the sea.
"Dead! both my boys!
"When you sit at the feast
"And are wanting a great song for Italy free,
"Let none look at me!
"Yet I was a poetess only last year,
"And good at my art for a woman, men said,
"But this woman, this, who is agonized here,
"The east sea and west sea rhyme on in her head
"Forever instead."
....
"Both boys dead! but that’s out of nature. We all
"Have been patriots, yet each house must always keep one.
"‘Twere imbecile hewing out roads to a wall,
"And when Italy’s made, for what end is it done
"If we have not a son?
.....
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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NATURE’S LADY.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Three years she grew in sun and shower,
"Then Nature said, "“A lovelier flower
"On earth was never sown;
"This child I to myself will take,
"She shall be mine, and
"I will make A lady of my own."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
TO A SKYLARK.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
One has been always, somehow, aware of this one - and now, reading it so late in life, one instantly knows why! It's pure honey-wine, the sweetness of this poem, yet nothing sticky or alkaline; it's as if the brilliant poet managed to catch all beauty and it's essence is forever captured in this poem! Could one memorize it, now, and enjoy recalling it any time one likes? Don't know, but fortunately, this book isn't so long, and one can read it on one's phone! Thank you for this one -
................................................................................................
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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October 01, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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................................................................................................
O May I Join the Choir Invisible!
by George Eliot, Percy Bysshe Shelley,
Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
This book is mistakenly titled as authored by George Eliot; it's a collection of a few poems, by various authors, loved by one of them - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - and the title is taken from that of a poem by George Eliot.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE!
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
She begins well,
"O may I join the choir invisible
"Of those immortal dead who live again
"In minds made better by their presence; live
"In pulses stirred to generosity,
"In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
"Of miserable aims that end with self,
"In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
"And with their mild persistence urge men’s minds
"To vaster issues."
- but then gets belaboured after the first stanza.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
If one knew history enough to know what is being described, one woukd get far more; but even as it is, while one does get a vague idea of the background, the ride described touches heart.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
................................................
November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
................................................
................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
MOTHER AND POET.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Dead! one of them shot by the sea in the east,
"And one of them shot in the west by the sea.
"Dead! both my boys!
"When you sit at the feast
"And are wanting a great song for Italy free,
"Let none look at me!
"Yet I was a poetess only last year,
"And good at my art for a woman, men said,
"But this woman, this, who is agonized here,
"The east sea and west sea rhyme on in her head
"Forever instead."
....
"Both boys dead! but that’s out of nature. We all
"Have been patriots, yet each house must always keep one.
"‘Twere imbecile hewing out roads to a wall,
"And when Italy’s made, for what end is it done
"If we have not a son?
.....
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
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NATURE’S LADY.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
"Three years she grew in sun and shower,
"Then Nature said, "“A lovelier flower
"On earth was never sown;
"This child I to myself will take,
"She shall be mine, and
"I will make A lady of my own."
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
................................................
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October 01, 2021 - October 01, 2021.
................................................
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................................................................................................
................................................................................................
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TO A SKYLARK.
................................................................................................
................................................................................................
One has been always, somehow, aware of this one - and now, reading it so late in life, one instantly knows why! It's pure honey-wine, the sweetness of this poem, yet nothing sticky or alkaline; it's as if the brilliant poet managed to catch all beauty and it's essence is forever captured in this poem! Could one memorize it, now, and enjoy recalling it any time one likes? Don't know, but fortunately, this book isn't so long, and one can read it on one's phone! Thank you for this one -
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November 12, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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October 01, 2021 - November 12, 2021.
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March 22, 2019George Eliot's O May I Join the Choir Invisible! is joined by How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix by Robert Browning, Mother and Poet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Nature's Lady by William Wordsworth, and To a Skylark (starts with: "Hail to thee, blithe spirit-") by Percy Bysshe Shelley in this tiny Amazon Kindle edition. Only one poem is attributed to its author, because why we should much bother about the authors, right?
November 6, 2012
Now this is an interesting poem by [Ms.] "George Eliot". It is from my understanding an allegory comparing/describing life after death as memory. She talks in very well written verse how the benefits that the memory of her my do to her friends when she is gone is like heaven for her.
May 7, 2021
"Dead! one of them shot by the sea in the east,
And one of them shot in the west by the sea.
Dead! both my boys! When you sit at the feast
And are wanting a great song for Italy free,
Let none look at me!"
💔don't mind me, I am heartbroken💔
And one of them shot in the west by the sea.
Dead! both my boys! When you sit at the feast
And are wanting a great song for Italy free,
Let none look at me!"
💔don't mind me, I am heartbroken💔
January 16, 2013
i almost never like this kind of stuff but keep trying
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