William Ernest Henley

1849-1903 / Male / English
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A Desolate ShoreA desolate shore, / The sinister seduction of the Moon, / The menace of the irreclaimable Sea.
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AfterLike as a flamelet blanketed in smoke, / So through the anaesthetic shows my life; / So flashes and so fades my thought, at strife
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Allegro MaestosoSpring winds that blow / As over leagues of myrtle-blooms and may; / Bevies of spring clouds trooping slow,
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Andante Con MotoForth from the dust and din, / The crush, the heat, the many-spotted glare, / The odour and sense of life and lust aflare,
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AnteroticsLaughs the happy April morn / Thro' my grimy, little window, / And a shaft of sunshine pushes
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ApparitionThin-legged, thin-chested, slight unspeakably, / Neat-footed and weak-fingered: in his face-- / Lean, large-boned, curved of beak, and touched with race,
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Arabian Nights' Entertainments--To Elizabeth Robins Pennell / 'O mes cheres Mille et Une Nuits!'--Fantasio. / Once on a time
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As Like The Woman As You Can'As like the Woman as you can'-- / (Thus the New Adam was beguiled)-- / 'So shall you touch the Perfect Man'--
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At Queensferry--To W. G. S. / The blackbird sang, the skies were clear and clean / We bowled along a road that curved a spine
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Attadale West Highlands--To A. J. / A black and glassy float, opaque and still, / The loch, at furthest ebb supine in sleep,
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