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They apply pigeons, to draw the vapours from the head
They apply pigeons, to draw the vapours from the headSpirante Columba Supposita Pedibus, Revocantur ad Ima VaporesMeditationJohn Donne WHAT will not kill a man if a vapour will? How great an…John Keats: After dark vapours have oppressâÂÂd our plains
Bright star! would I were sted...After dark vapours have oppress'd our plains After dark vapours have oppress’d our plains For a long dreary season, comes a day Born of the gentle South,…John Donne: Expostulation XII. Spirante columba
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, as thy servant James, when he asks that question, “What is your life?” provides me my answer, “It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time,…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound Scene 2.3
by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 2.2: SCENE 2.4: SCENE 2.3: A PINNACLE OF ROCK AMONG MOUNTAINS. ASIA AND PANTHEA. PANTHEA: Hither the sound has borne us—to the realm Of Demogorgon, and the…Brewer's: Maundrel
A foolish, vapouring gossip. The Scotch say, “Haud your tongue, maundrel.” As a verb it means to babble, to prate. In some parts of Scotland the talk of persons in delirium, in sleep, and…William Blake: The Little Boy Lost
by WilliamBlakeThe Chimney-SweeperThe Little Boy FoundThe Little Boy Lost "Father, father, where are you going? Oh do not walk so fast! Speak, father, speak to you little boy, Or…Alfred Lord Tennyson: Love, Pride and Forgetfulness
Love, Pride and Forgetfulness Ere yet my heart was sweet Love's tomb, Love laboured honey busily. I was the hive and Love the bee, My heart the honey-comb. One very dark and chilly…John Donne: The Expiration
The ExpirationSo, so, break off this last lamenting kiss, Which sucks two souls, and vapours both away; Turn, thou ghost, that way, and let me turn this, And let ourselves benight…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Cancelled Fragments of Julian and Maddalo
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Julian and MaddaloNote by Mrs. ShelleyCancelled Fragments of Julian and Maddalo 'What think you the dead are?' 'Why, dust and clay, What should they be?' ''Tis the…John Keats: Bright star! would I were stedfast as thou art-
After dark vapours have oppres...The day is gone, and all its s...Bright star! would I were stedfast as thou art- Bright star! would I were stedfast as thou art— Not in lone splendour hung…