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Born in November 27, 1758 / Died in December 26, 1800 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by Mary Darby Robinson

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Sonnet V: O! How Can Love

... Tempt not the path where pleasure's flow'ry wile ...

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Sonnet VI: Is It to Love

... For these I feel,--and feel that they are Love ...

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Sonnet VII: Come, Reason

... O'er my rapt brain, where pensive visions stole, ...

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Sonnet VIII: Why, Through Each Aching Vein

... Though wak'd to sound, with more than mortal grace! ...

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Sonnet X: Dang'rous to Hear

... While from that lip the fragrant breath would rise, ...

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Sonnet XI: O! Reason!

... Press'd by the storms of Fate, hope shrinks and dies ...

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Sonnet XII: Now, O'er the Tesselated Pavement

... Where clust'ring boughs with golden citron twine ...

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Sonnet XIII: Bring, Brick to Deck My Brow

... And charms the most concealed, are doubly grac'd ...

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Sonnet XIV: Come, Soft Aeolian Harp

... O! prompt my Phaon's dreams with tend'rest lays, ...

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Sonnet XIX: Farewell, Ye Coral Caves

... In vain the strings her burning fingers sweep, ...

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Sonnet XL: On the Low Margin

... "Plunge the green wave, and bid thy griefs subside ...

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Sonnet XLI: Yes, I Will Go

... Where the blast yells, the liquid columns pour, ...

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Sonnet XLII: Oh! Canst Thou Bear

... Soon o'er this heart, now warm with passion's flame, ...

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Sonnet XLIV: Here Droops the Muse

... Time's restless wings with transient flowr's to bind! ...

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Sonnet XVI: Delusive Hope

... And weave for thoughtless brows, a garland gay ...