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"Wise poets, that wrapt Truth in tales,
Knew her themselves through all her veils."
- Thomas Carew
— Jun 16, 2026 08:17AM
Knew her themselves through all her veils."
- Thomas Carew
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Alyssa Bohon
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Milton's Il Penseroso 🤍
"...Hide me from Day's garish eie,
While the Bee with Honied thie,
That at her flow'ry work doth sing,
And the Waters murmuring
With such consort as they keep
Entice the dewy-feathered Sleep..."
— Jun 19, 2026 05:15AM
"...Hide me from Day's garish eie,
While the Bee with Honied thie,
That at her flow'ry work doth sing,
And the Waters murmuring
With such consort as they keep
Entice the dewy-feathered Sleep..."
Alyssa Bohon
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"He leap'd the present age,
Possest with holy rage
To see that bright eternal Day..."
- Ben Jonson
— Jun 09, 2026 04:59AM
Possest with holy rage
To see that bright eternal Day..."
- Ben Jonson
Alyssa Bohon
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Now in the era pages of Shakespeare sonnets, a quarter hour over one page seems almost too brief
— May 29, 2026 04:02AM
Alyssa Bohon
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16th century - poems by despised admirers of haughty women being in fashion
— May 21, 2026 05:57AM
Alyssa Bohon
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I liked Edmund Spenser more than I expected and Sir Philip Sydney less
— May 13, 2026 07:14AM