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Alyssa Bohon
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"...Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air."
"...Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, and shut the gates of mercy on mankind."
It's not cliche, it's Gray's 'Elegy'. Pretty sure he's as English as the King James Bible and Shakespeare.
— Jul 30, 2026 04:46AM
"...Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, and shut the gates of mercy on mankind."
It's not cliche, it's Gray's 'Elegy'. Pretty sure he's as English as the King James Bible and Shakespeare.
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Alyssa Bohon
is on page 557 of 1166
"Glorious the northern lights astream;
Glorious the song when God's the theme;
Glorious the thunder's roar"
- favorite line from Christopher Smart's (rather bizarre) 'Song to David'
— Aug 19, 2026 05:51PM
Glorious the song when God's the theme;
Glorious the thunder's roar"
- favorite line from Christopher Smart's (rather bizarre) 'Song to David'
Alyssa Bohon
is on page 483 of 1166
Dryden is rather ridiculous. I cannot love him.
— Jul 18, 2026 10:11AM
Alyssa Bohon
is on page 447 of 1166
The tragic ballads in 17th century 'Anonymous' are killing me 😭💔😭💔
— Jul 16, 2026 11:29AM
Alyssa Bohon
is on page 414 of 1166
Where has Henry Vaughan been all my life? ❤️🔥
— Jul 14, 2026 01:46PM
Alyssa Bohon
is on page 338 of 1166
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
is on page 308 of 1166
"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
Alyssa Bohon
is on page 238 of 1166
"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
is on page 202 of 1166
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
is on page 173 of 1166
16th century - poems by despised admirers of haughty women being in fashion
— May 21, 2026 05:57AM
Alyssa Bohon
is on page 142 of 1166
I liked Edmund Spenser more than I expected and Sir Philip Sydney less
— May 13, 2026 07:14AM