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Feathered Chalice
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A dozen poems

A version friendly to printer and palmtop

Invictus, by William Ernest Henley



OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

Complete Poem

I Cannot, by Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie



I cannot give up my soul
Thats what makes me who I am

I cannot give up my dignity
Thats what makes me get my respect from

I cannot give up my mind

Complete Poem

Cards and Kisses, by John Lyly



CUPID and my Campaspe play'd
At 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 throws

Complete Poem

Matin Song, by Thomas Heywood



PACK, clouds, away! and welcome, day!
With night we banish sorrow.
Sweet air, blow soft; mount, lark, aloft
To give my Love good-morrow!
Wings from the wind to please her mind,

Complete Poem

The Song of Tigilau, by Marcus Clarke



The song of Tigilau the brave,
Sina's wild lover,
Who across the heaving wave
From Samoa came over:
Came over, Sina, at the setting moon!

Complete Poem

Sweet Content, by Thomas Dekker



ART thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers?
O sweet content!
Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplex'd?
O punishment!
Dost thou laugh to see how fools are vex'd

Complete Poem

Song, by John Cutts, Lord Cutts



ONLY tell her that I love:
Leave the rest to her and Fate:
Some kind planet from above
May perhaps her pity move:
Lovers on their stars must wait.--

Complete Poem

Slumber Song, by Louis V. Ledoux



Drowsily come the sheep
From the place where the pastures be,
By a dusty lane
To the fold again,
First one, and then two, and three:

Complete Poem

Remembrance, by Emily Bronte



COLD in the earth--and the deep snow piled above thee,
Far, far removed, cold in the dreary grave!
Have I forgot, my only Love, to love thee,
Sever'd at last by Time's all-severing wave?

Now, when alone, do my thoughts no longer hover

Complete Poem

Eileen Aroon, by Gerald Griffin



WHEN like the early rose,
Eileen Aroon!
Beauty in childhood blows,
Eileen Aroon!
When, like a diadem,

Complete Poem

Interlude, by Scudder Middleton



I am not old, but old enough
To know that you are very young.
It might be said I am the leaf,
And you the blossom newly sprung.

So I shall grow a while with you,

Complete Poem

Bad Grad, by Gordon Hilgers



You got a bad grade
on last week's assignment.
Honestly, pulling out a
cheat sheet and trying to call
on the cell phone when teacher

Complete Poem

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