ding dong
By Rosina Christetti
Ding dong, Ding dong,
There goes the Gong,
Dick, come alo...[read poem]
By Rosina Christetti
Ding dong, Ding dong,
There goes the Gong,
Dick, come alo...
octopus
Strange beauty, eight-limbed and eight-handed,
Whence camest to dazzle our eyes?
With ...[read poem]
Strange beauty, eight-limbed and eight-handed,
Whence camest to dazzle our eyes?
With ...
the good-morrow
I wonder by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we lov'd? Were we not wean'd till then,
Bu...[read poem]
I wonder by my troth, what thou and I
Did, till we lov'd? Were we not wean'd till then,
Bu...
a valediction: forbidding mourning
As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of th...[read poem]
As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of th...
song
Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me where all past years ...[read poem]
Go and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me where all past years ...
the sun rising
Busy old fool, unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtai...[read poem]
Busy old fool, unruly Sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtai...
death be not proud (holy sonnets: x)
Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so,...[read poem]
Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so,...
the canonization
For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love,
Or chide my palsy, or my gout,
M...[read poem]
For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love,
Or chide my palsy, or my gout,
M...
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