stanley Wheeler

#117 Oct 2, 2025

When I have fears that I may cease to be

When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain, Before high piled books, in…

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#116 Sep 16, 2025

Warrior of God, man's friend, and tyrant's foe

WARRIOR of God, man's friend, and tyrant's foe Now somewhere dead far in the waste Soudan, Thou livest in all hearts,…

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#115 Sep 1, 2025

He shambles forth in cosmic guise

Through many roads, by me possessed, He shambles forth in cosmic guise; He is the Jester and the Jest, And he the Text…

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#114 Aug 16, 2025

Genius, like gold and precious stones

Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity. Geniuses are people who dash off…

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#113 Aug 1, 2025

a damsel with a dulcimer

A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid And on her dulcimer she played, --From…

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#112 Jul 16, 2025

Men were deceivers ever; one foot in the sea

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever; One foot in sea, and one on shore, To one thing constant…

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#111 Jul 2, 2025

But from the trance she sudden broke

But from the trance she sudden broke- The trance, or death into promoted life; At her feet a shivered yoke, And in her…

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#110 Jun 15, 2025

He rose at dawn, and fired with hope

He rose at dawn and, fired with hope, Shot o'er the seething harbour-bar, And reach'd the ship and caught the rope,…

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