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“Everyone longs for love's tense joys and red delights.”

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This book is a collection of poems that spans different styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of poetic expression. more

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Jane Kenyon

Jane Kenyon was an American poet known for her straightforward and profound language, exploring themes such as love, death, nature, and faith in her works. Her poetry has won the admiration of readers for its simplicity and depth of insight. more

“I know thou art gone to the home of thy rest-- Then why should my soul be so sad? I know thou art gone where the weary are blest, And the mourner looks up, and is glad; I know thou hast drank of the Lethe that flows In a land where they do not forget, That sheds over memory only repose, And takes from it only regret.”

Knows Should Looks Art Soul Home Death Memories Forget Gone Land Regret Flow Glad My Soul Look Up Shed Weary Drank Repose So Sad Lethe

Author:Thomas Kibble Hervey

“I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help!”

Helping Seems Five Minutes Terrible Scream Freak Butterfly Five Minutes I Get Butterflies

Author:Josh Groban

“Wake, soldier wake, thy war-horse waits To bear thee to the battle back;-- Thou slumberest at a foeman's gates,-- Thy dog would break thy bivouac; Thy plume is trailing in the dust, And thy red falchion gathering rust.”

War Waiting Break Dog Bears Battle Red Horse Soldier Dust Thee Gates Gathering Rust War Horse

Book:The Poems of Thomas Kibble Hervey

Source: The Poems of Thomas Kibble Hervey

“The fountain of my heart dried up within me,-- With nought that loved me, and with nought to love, I stood upon the desert earth alone. And in that deep and utter agony, Though then, then even most unfit to die I fell upon my knees and prayed for death.”

Heart Earth Dies My Heart Desert Knees Agony Fountain Desolation

Author:Charles Robert Maturin

“Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.”

Speak Voice Solitude Murder Chains Cells Murderer Dungeons

Author:Charles Robert Maturin

“Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.”

Beauty Fine Fingers Purity Crystals

Book:Fredolfo: A Tragedy, in Five Acts

Source: Fredolfo: A Tragedy, in Five Acts

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