Quotes about languish, page 3
O God, the rock of my whole strength
O God, the rock of my whole strength,
Let thy sweet mercy soothe mine anguish;
And grant me help, O Lord, at length,
Lest that I faint, despair, and languish.
poem by John Wilbye
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Look Over There
How long must I languish here
Before I try to slink away?
When will that woman turn her
Head, so I can turn, and we both
Can recover from our grave mistake:
Assuming superficial heat would
Lead to lasting warmth?
poem by Lawrence Beck
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Despiteful thus unto myself, I languish
Despiteful thus unto myself, I languish,
And in disdain, myself from joy I banish,
These secret thoughts enwrap me so in anguish,
That life, I hope. will soon from body vanish;
And to some rest will quickly be conveyed,
That on no joy, while so I liv’d, hath stayed.
poem by John Wilbye
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To His Kinswoman, Mistress Susanna Herrick
When I consider, dearest, thou dost stay
But here awhile, to languish and decay;
Like to these garden glories, which here be
The flowery-sweet resemblances of thee:
With grief of heart, methinks, I thus do cry,
Would thou hadst ne'er been born, or might'st not die!
poem by Robert Herrick
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Seeing the Light
No longer languish, light returns
defeating darkness, soul healed whole
successful transformation earns
serenity's transparent goal.
Depression disappears, fears fade,
encouraging rebirth,
Bask maskless, joy's felt unafraid,
celebrating optimistic Earth.
(15 April 2012)
poem by Jonathan Robin
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Hard destinies are love and beauty parted
Hard destinies are love and beauty parted,
Fair Daphne so disdainful!
Cupid, thy shafts are too unjustly darted;
Fond love, thy wounds are painful:
But sith my lovely jewel
Is prov’d so coy and cruel,
I’ll live and frolic in her beauty’s treasure,
But languish, faint, and die in her displeasure
poem by John Wilbye
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An Epitaph
LIKE thee I once have stemm'd the sea of life,
Like thee have languish'd after empty joys,
Like thee have labour'd in the stormy strife,
Been grieved for trifles, and amused with toys.
Forget my frailties; thou art also frail:
Forgive my lapses; for thyself may'st fall:
Nor read unmoved my artless tender tale--
poem by James Beattie
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Shadow
No more I toil to get out
Of the shadow
Which thickens
Every passing moment.
Strangely enough,
The urge to come out of it
Has given way
To a desire to languish in it.
I took forward to a
Splendid metamorphosis
Of the shadow
Like the one under
The great Peepal tree from where
A shaft of light divine
Enlightened the universe.
poem by Arkay Drk
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Poem 97
THe wanton boy was shortly wel recured,
of that his malady:
But he soone after fresh againe enured,
his former cruelty.
And since that time he wounded hath my selfe
with his sharpe dart of loue:
And now forgets the cruell carelesse elfe,
his mothers heast to proue.
So now I languish till he please,
my pining anguish to appease.
poem by Edmund Spenser
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Because The Snake Is Here
i am eating my words
i languish in the jail of my ideas
no woman comes here
for a visit
i am murmuring my sighs
to the bars
in between the hours
i whisper my whimper
to the grasshoppers
on the grass
i look to their feet that jump
for skies
i am at a loss of syllables
my mouth is dry
my hands are trembling
a snake is here.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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