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The door of Death is made of gold, That mortal eyes cannot behold; But when the mortal eyes are clos’d, And cold and pale the limbs repos’d, The soul awakes; and, wond’ring, sees In her mild hand the golden Keys:…

A fairy leapt upon my knee Singing and dancing merrily; I said, ‘Thou thing of patches, rings, Pins, necklaces, and such-like things, Disgracer of the female form, Thou paltry, gilded, poisonous worm!’ Weeping, he fell upon my thigh, And thus…

O! why was I born with a different face? Why was I not born like the rest of my race? When I look, each one starts; when I speak, I offend; Then I’m silent and passive, and lose every friend.…

With happiness stretch’d across the hills In a cloud that dewy sweetness distills; With a blue sky spread over with wings. And a mild Sun that mounts & sings; With trees & fields full of Fairy elves, And little devils…

Wife of the friend of those I most revere, Receive this tribute from a harp sincere; Go on in virtuous seed-sowing on mould Of human vegetation, and behold Your harvest springing to eternal life, Parent of youthful minds, and happy…

To my friend Butts I write My first vision of light, On the yellow sands sitting. The sun was emitting His glorious beams From Heaven’s high streams. Over sea, over land, My eyes did expand Into regions of air, Away…

This song to the flower of Flaxman’s joy, To the blossom of hope for a sweet decoy; Do all that you can, or all that you may, To entice him to Felpham and far away. Away to sweet Felpham, for…

I wonder whether the girls are mad, And I wonder whether they mean to kill, And I wonder if William Bond will die, For assuredly he is very ill. He went to church in a May morning, Attended by Fairies,…

Little Mary Bell had a Fairy in a Nut, Long John Brown had the Devil in his Gut; Long John Brown lov’d Little Mary Bell, And the Fairy drew the Devil into the Nut-shell. Her Fairy skip’d out & her…

To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. A Robin Red breast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in…