John Albee

BREAK not his sweet repose—
Thou whom chance brings to this sequestered ground,
The sacred yard his ashes close,
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It is not often Sunday draws
Me to that house where good men come;
Yet worship I, and the same cause
Which sends them there keeps me at home.
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It is not often Sunday draws
Me to that house where good men come;
Yet worship I, and the same cause
Which sends them there keeps me at home.
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THE WIND blows wild on Bos’n Hill,
Far off is heard the ocean’s rote;
Low overhead the gulls scream shrill,
And homeward scuds each little boat.
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Now dandelions in the short, new grass,
Through all their rapid stages daily pass;
No bee yet visits them; each has its place,
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If I have ever told you all my heart
Was yours, and perfect was the love it bore,
Believe it not! For in the time past o'er
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Come, Walter Savage Landor, come this way;
Step through the lintel low, with prose or verse,
Tallest of latter men; the early star
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Come, little maid, from youthful days,
And let me paint you as you stood;
Your braided hair, your coyish ways,
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Enchantress, touch no more that strain!
I know not what it may contain,
But in my breast such mood it wakes
My very spirit almost breaks.
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That thou art high above me I have found
Full oft; when all alone my heavy brain
Turns from itself to thee, my thoughts regain
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Forth walked Ruth Gouch, fallen and disgraced;
And all but women pitied her,
As to the whipping-post shamefaced
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