Rose Aylmer
Ah, what avails the sceptred race;
Ah, what the form divine.
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The First Day
I wish I could remember the first day,
First hour, first moment of your meeting me;
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If I May Have It
If I may have it when it’s dead
I will contented be;
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Alms
My heart is what it was before,
A house where people come and go
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The Rose of Sharon
I am the rose of Sharon,
and the lily of the valleys.
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Happiness
I asked professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me,
what is happiness.
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Reluctance
Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
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Untitled
I have loved you; even now I may confess,
Some embers of my love their fire retain
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Who Ever Felt as I
Mother, I cannot mind my wheel;
My fingers ache, my lips are dry.
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Sonnets from the Portuguese, XIV
If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
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