The Sonnets
Sonnet 100
by William Shakespeare
Where art thou Muse that thou forget’st so long
Where art thou Muse that thou forget’st so long
Elizabeth is given the opportunity to purchase the freedom of herself and her son.
"A bee that was searching for sweets one day"
Within a London garret high,
In the heavy earth the miner
"De ‘cession’s stahted on de gospel way,"
"Dey is snow upon de meddahs, dey is snow upon de hill,"
A child trudges up to bed.
"Dream days of fond delight and hours"
"My cot was down by a cypress grove,"
"Step wid de banjo an’ glide wid de fiddle,"
"Oh, de grubbin’–hoe ’s a–rustin’ in de co’nah,"
"De night creep down erlong de lan’,"
Oh, summer has clothed the earth
"Dey was oncet a awful quoil ‘twixt de skillet an’ de pot;"
A robin has a meal under an orange-tree.
"IN the greenest of our valleys"
"You kin talk about yer anthems"
"Oh, I am hurt to death, my Love;"
An introduction to the original text, written by Walter H. Page.
A nonsense poem about an owl and pussy-cat that get married.
This poem descibes youth and beauty using nature as a metaphor.
"Come on walkin’ wid me, Lucy; ‘t ain’t no time to mope erroun’"
Grandfather Frog didn’t believe the young animals, so he conducted an experiment and found they were correct. The Smiling Pool was receding.
"When labor is light and the morning is fair,"