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Classic poem of the day

Come away, come away, little fly!
Don't disturb the sweet calm of love's nest:
If you do, I protest you shall die,
And your tomb be that beautiful breast.

Don't tickle the girl in her sleep,
Don't cause so much beauty to sigh;
If she frown, all the Graces will weep;
If she weep, half the Graces will die.

Pretty fly! do not tickle her so;
How delighted to teaze her you seem;
Titillation is dangerous, I know,
And may ca......

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Member poem of the day

When the fog stumbles about drunkenly
and the wayward wind wanders pell-mell,
When a tale tells its untold tale,
Do you for me weep
when the night goes to sleep?

When I am dreaming of you
Do you dream of me too?
When I snuggle close to you
do you squeeze the pillow
a little closer too?

Like a forgotten saga
Like a half-written poem
forsaken by the muse,
Like an eclipsed moon
Like a sun-scorched wilderness
L...

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