George Eliot

1819-1880 / Female / English
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Ay De MiO bird, that used to press, / Thy head against my cheek / With touch that seem'd to speak,
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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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Bright, o bright FedalmaMaiden crowned with glossy blackness, / Lithe as panther forest-roaming, / Long-armed Naiad when she dances
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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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Came a pretty maidCame a pretty maid / By the moon's pure light . . . / Loved me well, she said,
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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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Day is dyingDay is dying! Float, o song, / Down the westward river, / Requiem chanting to the Day,
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God Needs AntonioYour soul was lifted by the wings today / Hearing the master of the violin: / You praised him, praised the great Sabastian too
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I Grant You Ample Leave"I grant you ample leave / To use the hoary formula 'I am' / Naming the emptiness where thought is not;
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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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