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Born in December 8, 1828 / Died in October 7, 1867 / United States / English

Poems by Henry Timrod

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I Saw, Or Dreamed I Saw

... no rings Flashed from the dainty fingers, which held back ...

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A Vision of Poesy - Part 01

... XXXVIII Yet something checked, that was and was not dread, ...

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The Problem

... If thou think'st thy place above me, thou shalt never stoop to mine ...

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Sonnet VI "I Scarcely Grieve, O Nature! at the Lot"

... so my youth Had missed full many a stern but wholesome truth ...

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Sonnet X "Were I the Poet-Laureate of the Fairies"

... Yet, lady, when fit language shall have told it, ...

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Sonnet IV "They Dub Thee Idler, Smiling Sneeringly"

... How know they, these good gossips, what to thee ...

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A Common Thought

... Through the darkness - hist! oh, hist! ...

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Sonnet I "Poet! If on a Lasting Fame Be Bent"

... The flower and fruit of wholesome human thought ...

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A Bouquet

... You will possess - all folded up discreetly - ...

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Sonnet XV In Memoriam -- Harris Simons

... Ah, no! ah, no! -- chant on! -- soar on! -- Reign on! ...

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Praeceptor Amat

... let me see! Then was off in a moment, but turned with a glee, ...

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Sonnet XII "What Gossamer Lures Thee Now? What Hope, What Name"

... The words are thine, and will not do thee wrong, ...

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Youth And Manhood

... Plays with the baubles and the gauds of earth - ...

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Flower-Life

... Oh! say you, friend, the creed is fraught ...

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Sonnet XIII "I Thank You, Kind and Best Beloved Friend"

... "ed friend, With the same thanks one murmurs to a sister, ...