IVORY AND ROSE, Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977) ERE in this moonlit room, I watch you slip One shoulder from your dress and turn to me; A polished statue, flushing to the…
SUMMER STORM, Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977) E lay together in the sultry night. A feeble light From some invisible street-lamp crept Into the corner where you slept; Fingered your cheeks, flew…
CLOTHES, Jean Starr Untermeyer (1886-1970) INCE the earliest days I have dressed myself In fanciful clothes; Trying to satisfy a whispering insistence. There was so much I dared not give To…
AZOLAN, Voltaire (François Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) T VILLAGE lived, in days of yore, A youth bred in Mahomet's lore; His well-turned limbs were formed with grace, With blooming beauty glowed…
FROM LOVE TO FRIENDSHIP, Voltaire (François Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) F YOU would have me love once more, The blissful age of love restore; From wine's free joys, and lovers' cares,…