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Yet, Another Prayer to God

God make me rich while walking in your ways;
Let not the tempter my good ev'r efface!
The world is growing complex by the days;
'Tis hard to encounter the earthly maze!

My sins of past become my faulty base;
My strife on earth disturbs my divine gaze;
My trespasses become a thickened haze,
And serve to slacken my celestial pace.

I am a sinner, God in any case;
I need your forgiveness and immense grace.

poem by John Celes
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Artificial Verse - Parody William Cowper and Lucianus- Artificial Beauty

You give your verse a prosy st[r]ain,
with stress complete the air,
but vain attempts too often strain
and stress is in the air.

Those discords mock your daily toil,
no editors efface them,
and as blank lines from blank uncoil
its difficult to face them.

An art so fruitless then forsake –
which though you’d fain excel in –
you never may contrive to make
both form and sense flow well in.

8 December 1991

poem by Jonathan Robin
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Romance Point [3]

ROMANCE POINT [3]
esspeecee … [12.10.08]

O floral bed
En-bosom the,
Foot marks indelibly
-of her.

Bohemian me
Know well,
She’ll efface
Like a
Spry shadow.

Her balmy
Coquette feet will
Gush out,
But to -
Dumfound me
Achefully.

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poem by Dr. Sakti P. Chakravorty
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~ Captivate Me ~

Dear My Soul
Efface not your foot prints
Take back not fragrance of
Treaded flowers.

O Nimble stay with me
Am the shore waiting
For your fluffy billow-kiss.

Hey Matchless
End not the togetherness
Waning moon will yell.

My Love keep dusk
Dawn dwarf deferred,
For our deepest fullness.

My Gorgeous
Leave why before
Wreathing jasmine garland?

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poem by Ms. Nivedita Bagchi Spc. Uk.
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The Illusion of Love

Beloved, you may be as all men say
Only a transient spark
Of flickering flame set in loam of clay –
I care not …since you kindle all my dark
With the immortal lustres of the day.

And as all men deem, dearest, you may be
Only a common shell
Chance-winnowed by the sea-winds from the sea –
The subtle murmurs of eternity.

And tho’ you are, like men or mortal race,
Only a hapless thing
That Death may mar and destiny efface –
I care not … since unto my heart you bring
The very vision of God’s dwelling-place.

poem by Sarojini Naidu
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Might I Return

Might I return to that May-day of gladness
When life is young, and all its promise fair;
Might I efface the memory of sadness,
And put away the weary load of care,—
To pluck the rose that in Time's Eden blows,
I would not go, were I to miss you there!

Might I ascend unto those realms of rapture
Whose amaranthine joys fade not again,
Might I the secrets of Elysium capture,
And find fruition for my longings vain,—
I would forego these dear delights, to know
That you were with me, and to share your pain.

poem by Florence Earle Coates from Poems (1898)
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Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, The

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveler hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveler to the shore.
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Depuis le jour que mon ame fut prise

Depuis le jour que mon ame fut prise
Par tes doux feuz traitrement gratieux,
Un seul doux trait jusqu'ici de tes yeux
N'avoyt ta grace a mon ardeur promise :

Elle aujourdhuy, par longue usance aprise
De se nourrir en travaux soucieux,
M'a quitté presque au goust delitieux
D'un nouveau bien, dont ton oeil l'a surprise.

Ô gaye oeillade, oeillade qui vrayment
As effacé tout cela de tourment,
Que j'enduroys depuis ta seur ainée.

Un an entier avoyt langui mon cueur,
Puiss'il languir en la mesme langueur,
Moy, t'essayer encor une autre année.

poem by Jean Antoine de Baif
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Ultima Thule: The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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New Year 2008

As the old year fades
And the New Year comes,
Most hearts and minds
Emotional become.

But thank we must
The Almighty,
For all the good things
That had happened.

Let’s efface the thoughts
Of woes, grief and strife;
Let’s hope the New Year
Will fill in those gaps
With joys and ecstasies.

Let’s all resolve
To lead better lives
As the New Year arrives,
And thank the Lord.

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poem by John Celes
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