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Dies Irae

© Macaulay Thomas Babington

On that great, that awful day,This vain world shall pass away

Praise, my Soul, the King of Heaven (Psalm 103)

© Henry Francis Lyte

Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven;To His feet Thy tribute bring!Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,Who like me His praise should sing?Praise Him! praise Him!Praise the everlasting King!

God of Mercy, God of Grace (Psalm 67)

© Henry Francis Lyte

God of mercy, God of grace,Show the brightness of Thy face:Shine upon us, Saviour, shine,Fill Thy church with light Divine;And Thy saving health extend,Unto earth's remotest end.

Cupid and my Campaspe play'dAt cards for kisses--Cupid paid:He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows,His mother's doves, and team of sparrows;Loses them too; then down he throwsThe coral of his lip, the roseGrowing on's cheek (but none knows how);With these, the crystal of his brow,And then the dimple of his chin:All these did my Campaspe win

The Testament of John Lydgate

© John Lydgate

Beholde, o man! lyft up thyn eye and see What mortall peyne I suffre for thi trespace

Lunar Baedeker

© Mina Loy

A silver Luciferservescocaine in cornucopia

Human Cylinders

© Mina Loy

Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration

© James Russell Lowell

Power

© Audre Lorde

The difference between poetry and rhetoricis being ready to killyourselfinstead of your children.

Like to the Clear in Highest Sphere

© Thomas Lodge

Like to the clear in highest sphereWhere all imperial glory shines,Of selfsame colour is her hair,Whether unfolded or in twines: Heigh ho, fair Rosalind

The Sonnets of Ishtar

© Lodge George Cabot

I am the world's imperishable desire;Life is because I will, for hope of meLife is, nor all the dark depths of the seaCould quench mine eyes' light nor my body's fire