Samuel Butler Long Poems

  • 1.
    For his religion it was fit
    To match his learning and his wit:
    'Twas Presbyterian true blue;
    For he was of that stubborn crew
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  • 2.
    THE ARGUMENT

    The scatter'd rout return and rally,
    Surround the place; the Knight does sally,
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  • 3.
    THE ARGUMENT

    Sir Hudibras his passing worth,
    The manner how he sallied forth;
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  • 4.
    THE ARGUMENT

    The Knight by damnable Magician,
    Being cast illegally in prison,
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  • 5.
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    She was too kind, wooed too persistently,
    Wrote moving letters to me day by day;
    The more she wrote, the more unmoved was I,
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  • 6.
    THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIRST CANTOSir Hudibras his passing worth,
    The manner how he sallied forth;
    His arms and equipage are shown;
    His horse's virtues, and his own.
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Total 6 Long Poems by Samuel Butler

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Vain Hope
 by Ernest Dowson

Sometimes, to solace my sad heart, I say,
Though late it be, though lily-time be past,
Though all the summer skies be overcast,
Haply I will go down to her, some day,
And cast my rests of life before her feet,
That she may have her will of me, being so sweet
And none gainsay!

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