George Eliot

1819-1880 / Female / English
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Blue WingsWarm whisp'ring through the slender olive leaves / Came to me a gentle sound, / Whis'pring of a secret found
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Brother and SisterI. / I cannot choose but think upon the time / When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss
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The Radiant DarkShould I long that dark were fair? Say, O song. / Lacks my love aught that I should long? / Dark the night with breath all flow'rs
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RosesYou love the roses - so do I. I wish / The sky would rain down roses, as they rain / From off the shaken bush. Why will it not?
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The Choir InvisibleOh, may I join the choir invisible / Of those immortal dead who live again / In minds made better by their presence; live
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Two LoversTwo lovers by a moss-grown spring: / They leaned soft cheeks together there, / Mingled the dark and sunny hair,
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The World Is GreatThe world is great! / The birds fly from me; / The stars are golden fruit
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Sweet SpringtimeIt was in the prime / Of the sweet springtime / In the linnet's throat
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Count That Day LostIf you sit down at set of sun / And count the acts that you have done, / And, counting, find
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In a London DrawingroomThe sky is cloudy, yellowed by the smoke. / For view there are the houses opposite / Cutting the sky with one long line of wall
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