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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 XXXIII: I Wake

... Thaw the cold heart, and chain the wond'ring throng, ...

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Sonnet XXXIV: Venus! To Thee

... Bade the wild rocks with madd'ning plaudits ring! ...

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Sonnet XXXIX: Prepare Your Wreaths

... Sprinkling soft show'rs upon the lily's head, ...

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Sonnet XXXV: What Means the Mist

... The gentle thought had sooth'd my wand'ring shade, ...

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Sonnet XXXVI: Lead Me, Sicilian Maids

... Whose banks infect the breeze with pois'nous flow'rs ...

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Sonnet XXXVII: When, in the Gloomy Mansion

... When these fond eyes, at length shall cease to weep, ...

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Sonnet XXXVIII: Oh Sigh

... Oh Sigh! thou steal'st, the herald of the breast, ...

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Sonnet. Inscribed to Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire

... The varying passions of the heart could hold: Those locks, too soon, shall own a silv'ry ray, ...

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Stanzas

... "Sure this is Nature's Holy-day!" But when the yellow leaf did fade, ...

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Stanzas Inscribed to Lady William Russell

... With partial hand, each charm combin'd, ...

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Stanzas to a Friend

... O, proudest rapture of the soul sincere ! And ye who flutter thro' the vacant hour, ...

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Stanzas to Flora

... Thy cherish'd branches then shall prove, ...

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Stanzas to the Rose

... Thy scatter'd leaves shall there be press'd, ...

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Stanzas to Time

... When the dull hours no joy could bring, ...

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Stanzas Written under an Oak in Windsor Forest

... Nor with'ring storm, nor woodman's stroke, ...