Power poems

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Anhelli - Chapter 7

© Juliusz Slowacki

And the Shaman said : "Lo, now we shall show no more miracles,
nor the power of God that is in us, but we shall weep,
for we have come unto people who see not the sun.

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Song: “How strongly does my passion flow”

© Aphra Behn

HOW strongly does my passion flow,
Divided equally ’twixt two?
Damon had ne’er subdued my heart,
Had not Alexis took his part;
Nor could Alexis powerful prove,  
Without my Damon’s aid, to gain my love.

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The Spagnoletto. Act II

© Emma Lazarus

  Ball in the Palace of DON JOHN.  Dance.  DON JOHN and MARIA
  together. DON TOMMASO, ANNICCA.  LORDS and LADIES, dancing or
  promenading.

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Woman!

© George Crabbe

Thus in extremes of cold and heat,
Where wandering man may trace his kind;
Wherever grief and want retreat,
In Woman they compassion find;
She makes the female breast her seat,
And dictates mercy to the mind.

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The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Seventh

© William Wordsworth

"Powers there are
  That touch each other to the quick--in modes
  Which the gross world no sense hath to perceive,
  No soul to dream of."

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The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto First

© William Wordsworth

FROM Bolton's old monastic tower
The bells ring loud with gladsome power;
The sun shines bright; the fields are gay
With people in their best array

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Untitled, Unfinished Poem

© Thomas Parnell

The first who lovd me turnd wth tender eyes
Since ye rogue will why lett us sail she cryes
Her kind consent was sure for Love is kind
& Woman's Love when Love has won her mind
The second stopd then with a careless moan—
Tis well—tis dang'rous to be left alone

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The Golden Legend: II. A Farm In The Odenwald

© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  _Elsie._ Here are flowers for you,
But they are not all for you.
Some of them are for the Virgin
And for Saint Cecilia.

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Epilogue To 'She Stoops To Conquer'

© Oliver Goldsmith

WELL, having stoop'd to conquer with success,

And gain'd a husband without aid from dress,

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Der Freischutz

© Madison Julius Cawein

He? why, a tall Franconian strong and young,

  Brown as a walnut the first frost hath hulled;

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For Christmas Day

© Charles Wesley

Hark, how all the welkin rings,
"Glory to the King of kings;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconcil'd!"

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"Goldie Pinklesweet..."

© Roald Dahl

"Attention please! Attention please!
Don't dare to talk! Don't dare to sneeze!
Don't doze or daydream! Stay awake!
Your health, your very life's at stake!
Ho–ho, you say, they can't mean me.
Ha–ha, we answer, wait and see.

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Gone

© John Greenleaf Whittier

Another hand is beckoning us,
Another call is given;
And glows once more with Angel-steps
The path which reaches Heaven.

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The Wish

© Rachel Elizabeth Patterson

I do not wish thee worldly wealth-
For it may flee away;
I do not wish thee beauty's charms-
For they will soon decay.

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I Would Not Be A King

© Percy Bysshe Shelley

I would not be a king--enough
Of woe it is to love;
The path to power is steep and rough,
And tempests reign above.

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The Banker’s Secret

© Oliver Wendell Holmes

The reader paused,--the Teacups knew his ways,--
He, like the rest, was not averse to praise.
Voices and hands united; every one
Joined in approval: "Number Three, well done!"

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Sea-Shore Musings

© Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon

How oft I’ve longed to gaze on thee,

  Thou proud and mighty deep!

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Blood And The Moon

© William Butler Yeats

BLESSED be this place,

More blessed still this tower;

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Songs Set To Music: 4. Set By Mr. Smith

© Matthew Prior

Come, weep no more, for 'tis in vain;
Torment not thus your pretty heart;
Think, Flavia, we may meet again,
As well as that we now must part.