<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633</id><updated>2011-07-30T19:57:08.258-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sammi Zheng</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-8223193005010696085</id><published>2009-10-19T05:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T05:19:37.083-07:00</updated><title type='text'>近期大爱—微卷中长发</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/StxZNrzzG3I/AAAAAAAAAGU/fyI31Py2FNs/s1600-h/00e04c8173e50b3d078c01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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WIDTH: 171px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 196px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388760303021918146" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/Ssi48dlZB8I/AAAAAAAAAFc/Tbgo5lT2B5o/s320/200752414486664.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/Ssi488buoRI/AAAAAAAAAFk/hJ_vLsN1hZo/s1600-h/2007524145024459.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 178px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388760311302889746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/Ssi488buoRI/AAAAAAAAAFk/hJ_vLsN1hZo/s320/2007524145024459.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;小眼睛的大眼妆法:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a 用黑/深灰色眼线笔在上眼皮眼尾1/2～1/3部分画眼线，用米色珍珠光泽眼影修饰眼头位置；&lt;br /&gt;b 深灰色眼影压在眼线上，再用刷子或指尖薄薄往上晕；&lt;br /&gt;c 夹翘睫毛，刷上纤长效果的黑色睫毛膏，“打开”眼睛的“范围”，眼尾处要多刷几遍；如果你有黑眼圈或者眼袋，就不用再刷下睫毛了；&lt;br /&gt;d 下眼头处涂上白色/银白色眼影/眼彩蜜；提示：用环绕眼眶的粗眼线让小眼睛变大的做法是不可取的，如果你不是80后怪怪美少女，或是为了Party特别营造的妆效，还是不要尝试这种奇怪呆板的画法了。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;"&gt;单眼皮/内双的双眼皮梦想:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a 用深蓝紫色眼影画出外1/2～1/3的下眼线；&lt;br /&gt;b 刷上纤长效果的黑色睫毛膏；&lt;br /&gt;c 双眼皮贴纸自然是不可或缺的秘密武器；&lt;br /&gt;d 将少量孔雀蓝或紫色眼影粉刷在眼尾处即可，晕开的范围不要太大，营造自然的深邃效果；提示：贴双眼皮贴纸时，在眼头起始处贴近眼线，而眼尾处则略为抬高，这样贴出的双眼皮效果更自然。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;"&gt;拯救“眼大无神”:　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a 先用第一部分介绍的方法使用遮瑕品遮盖掉眼袋、黑眼圈及眼周的小瑕疵；&lt;br /&gt;b 用米色珍珠光泽眼影打亮上眼皮，眼周皮肤提亮之后干净均匀，眼睛自然就先有神了5分；&lt;br /&gt;c 夹翘睫毛，刷上黑色纤长睫毛膏；若睫毛稀疏，可先刷一遍浓密型睫毛膏；提示：东方人的睫毛天生并不卷翘，加上又容易有黑眼圈，是令许多人看上去“眼大无神”的主要原因；所以只要打亮眼周皮肤，再刷上卷翘睫毛膏，就不需要更多修饰了。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-8711107353594865184?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/8711107353594865184/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=8711107353594865184' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/8711107353594865184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/8711107353594865184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2009/10/blog-post.html' title='拯救你有缺陷的眼睛'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/Ssi48dlZB8I/AAAAAAAAAFc/Tbgo5lT2B5o/s72-c/200752414486664.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-78923980967507843</id><published>2008-12-29T21:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-29T21:13:15.304-08:00</updated><title type='text'>She Was a Phantom of Delight</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;by William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SVmtl7POWTI/AAAAAAAAAEw/zUjjXLzxlw4/s1600-h/180px-William_Wordsworth_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_12933.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285446504764299570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SVmtl7POWTI/AAAAAAAAAEw/zUjjXLzxlw4/s320/180px-William_Wordsworth_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_12933.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;She was a phantom of delight&lt;br /&gt;When first she gleamed upon my sight;&lt;br /&gt;A lovely Apparition, sent&lt;br /&gt;To be a moment's ornament;&lt;br /&gt;Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair;&lt;br /&gt;Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair;&lt;br /&gt;But all things else about her drawn&lt;br /&gt;From May-time and the cheerful Dawn;&lt;br /&gt;A dancing Shape, an Image gay,&lt;br /&gt;To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw her upon a nearer view,&lt;br /&gt;A Spirit, yet a Woman too!&lt;br /&gt;Her household motions light and free,&lt;br /&gt;And steps of virgin liberty;&lt;br /&gt;A countenance in which did meet&lt;br /&gt;Sweet records, promises as sweet;&lt;br /&gt;A Creature not too bright or good&lt;br /&gt;For human nature's daily food;&lt;br /&gt;For transient sorrows, simple wiles,&lt;br /&gt;Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now I see with eye serene&lt;br /&gt;The very pulse of the machine;&lt;br /&gt;A Being breathing thoughtful breath,&lt;br /&gt;A Traveler between life and death;&lt;br /&gt;The reason firm, the temperate will,&lt;br /&gt;Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;&lt;br /&gt;A perfect Woman, nobly planned,&lt;br /&gt;To warm, to comfort, and command;&lt;br /&gt;And yet a Spirit still, and bright,&lt;br /&gt;With something of angelic light.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SVmtqBJDojI/AAAAAAAAAE4/Pj-I0Xqeoks/s1600-h/kisspic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285446575068521010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 344px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SVmtqBJDojI/AAAAAAAAAE4/Pj-I0Xqeoks/s400/kisspic.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-78923980967507843?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.aussiepete.com/' title='She Was a Phantom of Delight'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/78923980967507843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=78923980967507843' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/78923980967507843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/78923980967507843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/12/she-was-phantom-of-delight.html' title='She Was a Phantom of Delight'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SVmtl7POWTI/AAAAAAAAAEw/zUjjXLzxlw4/s72-c/180px-William_Wordsworth_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_12933.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-712177506690395361</id><published>2008-09-16T04:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-16T04:58:39.542-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Retrospect</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SM-fE780HnI/AAAAAAAAAEg/SElRgJ2SNuU/s1600-h/270px-Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246586998070976114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SM-fE780HnI/AAAAAAAAAEg/SElRgJ2SNuU/s400/270px-Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In your arms was still delight,&lt;br /&gt;Quiet as a street at night;&lt;br /&gt;And thoughts of you, I do remember,&lt;br /&gt;Were green leaves in a darkened chamber,&lt;br /&gt;Were dark clouds in a moonless sky.&lt;br /&gt;Love, in you, went passing by,&lt;br /&gt;Penetrative, remote, and rare,&lt;br /&gt;Like a bird in the wide air;&lt;br /&gt;And, as the bird, it left no trace&lt;br /&gt;In the heaven of your face.&lt;br /&gt;In your stupidity I found&lt;br /&gt;The sweet hush after a sweet sound.&lt;br /&gt;All about you was the light&lt;br /&gt;That dims the graying end of night;&lt;br /&gt;Desire was the unrisen sun,&lt;br /&gt;Joy the day not yet begun,&lt;br /&gt;With tree whispering to tree,&lt;br /&gt;Without wind, quietly.&lt;br /&gt;Wisdom slept within your hair,&lt;br /&gt;And Long-suffering was there,&lt;br /&gt;And, in the flowing of your dress,&lt;br /&gt;Undiscerning Tenderness.&lt;br /&gt;And when you thought, it seemed to me,&lt;br /&gt;Infinitely, and like a sea,&lt;br /&gt;About the sleight world you had known&lt;br /&gt;Your vast unconsciousness was thrown. . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O haven without wave or tide!&lt;br /&gt;Silence, in which all songs have died!&lt;br /&gt;Holy book, where all hearts are still!&lt;br /&gt;And home at length, under the hill!&lt;br /&gt;O mother quiet, breasts of peace,&lt;br /&gt;Where love itself would faint and cease!&lt;br /&gt;O infinite deep I never knew,&lt;br /&gt;I would come back, come back to you;&lt;br /&gt;Find you, as a pool unstirred,&lt;br /&gt;Kneel down by you, and never a word;&lt;br /&gt;Lay my head, and nothing said,&lt;br /&gt;In your hands, ungarlanded.&lt;br /&gt;And a long watch you would keep;&lt;br /&gt;And I should sleep, and I should sleep!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246587209286053586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SM-fROyabtI/AAAAAAAAAEo/DE-4vXvFEzQ/s400/beach_sunset_picture_t0762.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-712177506690395361?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.aussiepete.com/' title='Retrospect'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/712177506690395361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=712177506690395361' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/712177506690395361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/712177506690395361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/09/retrospect.html' title='Retrospect'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SM-fE780HnI/AAAAAAAAAEg/SElRgJ2SNuU/s72-c/270px-Rupert_Brooke_Q_71073.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-3722768363052379549</id><published>2008-08-13T09:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-13T09:13:06.162-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My First Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;by Wislawa Szymborska (1923 -   )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SKMHp1l7FkI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/0OL2tymA97k/s1600-h/260px-Szymborska.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234035607276820034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SKMHp1l7FkI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/0OL2tymA97k/s320/260px-Szymborska.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;They say&lt;br /&gt;the first love's most important.&lt;br /&gt;That's very romantic,&lt;br /&gt;but not my experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something was and wasn't there between us,&lt;br /&gt;something went on and went away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hands never tremble&lt;br /&gt;when I stumble on silly keepsakes&lt;br /&gt;and a sheaf of letters tied with string&lt;br /&gt;— not even ribbon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our only meeting after years:&lt;br /&gt;two chairs chatting&lt;br /&gt;at a chilly table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other loves&lt;br /&gt;still breathe deep inside me.&lt;br /&gt;This one's too short of breath even to sigh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet just exactly as it is,&lt;br /&gt;it does what the others still can't manage:&lt;br /&gt;unremembered,&lt;br /&gt;not even seen in dreams,&lt;br /&gt;it introduces me to death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234035743509376994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SKMHxxGS7-I/AAAAAAAAAEY/cSGYyNRX6yI/s400/Florabar.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-3722768363052379549?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.aussiepete.com/' title='My First Love'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/3722768363052379549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=3722768363052379549' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/3722768363052379549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/3722768363052379549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/08/my-first-love.html' title='My First Love'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SKMHp1l7FkI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/0OL2tymA97k/s72-c/260px-Szymborska.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-7682915364437419965</id><published>2008-08-07T10:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-07T10:41:24.988-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To a Stranger</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJszQ1YSB-I/AAAAAAAAADA/s1x1Itv4-9g/s1600-h/200px-Walt_Whitman_edit_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231831756420810722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJszQ1YSB-I/AAAAAAAAADA/s1x1Itv4-9g/s200/200px-Walt_Whitman_edit_2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Passing stranger! you do not know&lt;br /&gt;How longingly I look upon you,&lt;br /&gt;You must be he I was seeking,&lt;br /&gt;Or she I was seeking&lt;br /&gt;(It comes to me as a dream)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have somewhere surely&lt;br /&gt;Lived a life of joy with you,&lt;br /&gt;All is recall'd as we flit by each other,&lt;br /&gt;Fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You grew up with me,&lt;br /&gt;Were a boy with me or a girl with me,&lt;br /&gt;I ate with you and slept with you, your body has become&lt;br /&gt;not yours only nor left my body mine only,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You give me the pleasure of your eyes,&lt;br /&gt;face, flesh as we pass,&lt;br /&gt;You take of my beard, breast, hands,&lt;br /&gt;in return,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you&lt;br /&gt;when I sit alone or wake at night, alone&lt;br /&gt;I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again&lt;br /&gt;I am to see to it that I do not lose you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231832114230104818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJszlqUqkvI/AAAAAAAAADI/xFOYTtTenkw/s320/The-stranger.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-7682915364437419965?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.aussiepete.com/' title='To a Stranger'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/7682915364437419965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=7682915364437419965' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/7682915364437419965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/7682915364437419965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/08/to-stranger.html' title='To a Stranger'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJszQ1YSB-I/AAAAAAAAADA/s1x1Itv4-9g/s72-c/200px-Walt_Whitman_edit_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-6677453384869354091</id><published>2008-07-23T10:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:22.030-08:00</updated><title type='text'>La Vita Nuova</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SIdqqzw6FII/AAAAAAAAACw/RZdxi8aeUMM/s1600-h/199px-Dante-alighieri.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226263176269141122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SIdqqzw6FII/AAAAAAAAACw/RZdxi8aeUMM/s200/199px-Dante-alighieri.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In that book which is&lt;br /&gt;My memory . . .&lt;br /&gt;On the first page&lt;br /&gt;That is the chapter when&lt;br /&gt;I first met you&lt;br /&gt;Appear the words . . .&lt;br /&gt;Here begins a new life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226263402454822130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SIdq3-XxrPI/AAAAAAAAAC4/KYAc0l0kw0s/s320/openbook.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-6677453384869354091?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.aussiepete.com/' title='La Vita Nuova'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/6677453384869354091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=6677453384869354091' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/6677453384869354091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/6677453384869354091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/07/la-vita-nuova.html' title='La Vita Nuova'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SIdqqzw6FII/AAAAAAAAACw/RZdxi8aeUMM/s72-c/199px-Dante-alighieri.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-7253831094167243068</id><published>2008-07-09T10:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:22.262-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Longing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;by Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SHTzuf2DZvI/AAAAAAAAACg/iiJFMb4x-Hc/s1600-h/180px-Matthew_Arnold_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16745.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221065848176994034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SHTzuf2DZvI/AAAAAAAAACg/iiJFMb4x-Hc/s320/180px-Matthew_Arnold_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16745.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Come to me in my dreams, and then&lt;br /&gt;By day I shall be well again.&lt;br /&gt;For then the night will more than pay&lt;br /&gt;The hopeless longing of the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come, as thou cam'st a thousand times,&lt;br /&gt;A messenger from radiant climes,&lt;br /&gt;And smile on thy new world, and be&lt;br /&gt;As kind to others as to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or, as thou never cam'st in sooth,&lt;br /&gt;Come now, and let me dream it truth.&lt;br /&gt;And part my hair, and kiss my brow,&lt;br /&gt;And say My love! why sufferest thou? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come to me in my dreams, and then&lt;br /&gt;By day I shall be well again.&lt;br /&gt;For then the night will more than pay&lt;br /&gt;The hopeless longing of the day. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221065932113883170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SHTzzYiKsCI/AAAAAAAAACo/0PI3rwOvp8I/s400/Matthew_arnold_cartoon.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-7253831094167243068?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.aussiepete.com/' title='Longing'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/7253831094167243068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=7253831094167243068' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/7253831094167243068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/7253831094167243068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/07/longing.html' title='Longing'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SHTzuf2DZvI/AAAAAAAAACg/iiJFMb4x-Hc/s72-c/180px-Matthew_Arnold_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16745.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-4572102426007355942</id><published>2008-07-02T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:22.576-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Christopher Brennan (1870-1932)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGu06C6k-jI/AAAAAAAAACY/z4dj0BqTM6M/s1600-h/brennanc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218463502546827826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGu06C6k-jI/AAAAAAAAACY/z4dj0BqTM6M/s320/brennanc.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If questioning would make us wise&lt;br /&gt;No eyes would ever gaze in eyes;&lt;br /&gt;If all our tale were told in speech&lt;br /&gt;No mouths would wander each to each.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Were spirits free from mortal mesh&lt;br /&gt;And love not bound in hearts of flesh&lt;br /&gt;No aching breasts would yearn to meet&lt;br /&gt;And find their ecstasy complete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For who is there that lives and knows&lt;br /&gt;The secret powers by which he grows?&lt;br /&gt;Were knowledge all, what were our need&lt;br /&gt;To thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then seek not, sweet, the "If" and "Why"&lt;br /&gt;I love you now until I die.&lt;br /&gt;For I must love because I live&lt;br /&gt;And life in me is what you give.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-4572102426007355942?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.aussiepete.com/' title='Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/4572102426007355942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=4572102426007355942' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/4572102426007355942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/4572102426007355942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/07/because-she-would-ask-me-why-i-loved.html' title='Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGu06C6k-jI/AAAAAAAAACY/z4dj0BqTM6M/s72-c/brennanc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-5520475280242609780</id><published>2008-06-30T09:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:22.790-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Red, Red Rose</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGkJLS30WsI/AAAAAAAAACI/R7gRcRwzfEU/s1600-h/200px-Robert_burns.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217711732934597314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGkJLS30WsI/AAAAAAAAACI/R7gRcRwzfEU/s320/200px-Robert_burns.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;O my luve's like a red, red rose.&lt;br /&gt;That's newly sprung in June;&lt;br /&gt;O my luve's like a melodie&lt;br /&gt;That's sweetly play'd in tune.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,&lt;br /&gt;So deep in luve am I;&lt;br /&gt;And I will love thee still, my Dear,&lt;br /&gt;Till a'the seas gang dry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,&lt;br /&gt;And the rocks melt wi' the sun:&lt;br /&gt;I will luve thee still, my Dear,&lt;br /&gt;While the sands o'life shall run.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And fare thee weel my only Luve!&lt;br /&gt;And fare thee weel a while!&lt;br /&gt;And I will come again, my Luve,&lt;br /&gt;Tho' it were ten thousand mile!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217711996291951794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGkJan9GrLI/AAAAAAAAACQ/vSE7ZbvCAwU/s400/red_rose2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-5520475280242609780?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.aussiepete.com/' title='A Red, Red Rose'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/5520475280242609780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=5520475280242609780' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/5520475280242609780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/5520475280242609780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/red-red-rose.html' title='A Red, Red Rose'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGkJLS30WsI/AAAAAAAAACI/R7gRcRwzfEU/s72-c/200px-Robert_burns.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-1684813000817301678</id><published>2008-06-27T08:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:23.359-08:00</updated><title type='text'>i carry your heart</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;by E.E. Cummings (1894 - 1962) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGUHNsZZUtI/AAAAAAAAAB4/NEMvuq61cJo/s1600-h/225px-E._E._Cummings_NYWTS.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216583675215958738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGUHNsZZUtI/AAAAAAAAAB4/NEMvuq61cJo/s200/225px-E._E._Cummings_NYWTS.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;i carry your heart with me (i carry it in&lt;br /&gt;my heart)i am never without it (anywhere&lt;br /&gt;i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done&lt;br /&gt;by only me is your doing,my darling)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i fear&lt;br /&gt;no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet) i want&lt;br /&gt;no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true)&lt;br /&gt;and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant&lt;br /&gt;and whatever a sun will always sing is you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here is the deepest secret nobody knows&lt;br /&gt;(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud&lt;br /&gt;and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows&lt;br /&gt;higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)&lt;br /&gt;and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216583901252201602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGUHa2corII/AAAAAAAAACA/1VuQJ4h6EQ0/s200/il_fullxfull.6452318.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-1684813000817301678?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.aussiepete.com/' title='i carry your heart'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/1684813000817301678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=1684813000817301678' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/1684813000817301678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/1684813000817301678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/i-carry-your-heart.html' title='i carry your heart'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGUHNsZZUtI/AAAAAAAAAB4/NEMvuq61cJo/s72-c/225px-E._E._Cummings_NYWTS.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-2912353599444187615</id><published>2008-06-25T02:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:23.606-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Love And Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGILghJsL3I/AAAAAAAAABo/nI1gYTOPXb8/s1600-h/225px-John_Wilmot2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215743971731189618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGILghJsL3I/AAAAAAAAABo/nI1gYTOPXb8/s320/225px-John_Wilmot2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;All my past life is mine no more;&lt;br /&gt;...The flying hours are gone,&lt;br /&gt;Like transitory dreams given o'er,&lt;br /&gt;Whose images are kept in store&lt;br /&gt;...By memory alone.&lt;br /&gt;The time that is to come is not;&lt;br /&gt;...How can it then be mine?&lt;br /&gt;The present moment's all my lot;&lt;br /&gt;And that, as fast as it is got,&lt;br /&gt;...Phyllis, is only thine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then talk not of inconstancy,&lt;br /&gt;...False hearts, and broken vows;&lt;br /&gt;If I by miracle can be&lt;br /&gt;This live-long minute true to thee,&lt;br /&gt;...'Tis all that Heaven allows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215744231957063058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGILvqkX5ZI/AAAAAAAAABw/m3NzgLnzhzM/s320/x-ray-kiss.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-2912353599444187615?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/2912353599444187615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=2912353599444187615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/2912353599444187615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/2912353599444187615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/love-and-life.html' title='Love And Life'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGILghJsL3I/AAAAAAAAABo/nI1gYTOPXb8/s72-c/225px-John_Wilmot2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-6954580365165455828</id><published>2008-06-24T08:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:23.918-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Passionate Shepherd to His Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Christopher Marlowe (1564 - 1593)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGEXNyAEEPI/AAAAAAAAABY/72xcOQDH8KU/s1600-h/Christopher_Marlowe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215475368999522546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGEXNyAEEPI/AAAAAAAAABY/72xcOQDH8KU/s320/Christopher_Marlowe.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Come live with me and be&lt;br /&gt;my Love,&lt;br /&gt;And we will all the pleasures&lt;br /&gt;prove&lt;br /&gt;That hills and valleys, dales and&lt;br /&gt;fields,&lt;br /&gt;Or woods or steepy mountain&lt;br /&gt;yields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we will sit upon the rocks,&lt;br /&gt;And see the shepherds feed&lt;br /&gt;their flocks&lt;br /&gt;By shallow rivers, to whose falls&lt;br /&gt;Melodious birds sing madrigals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I will make beds of roses&lt;br /&gt;And a thousand fragrant posies;&lt;br /&gt;A cap of flowers, and a kirtle&lt;br /&gt;Embroidered all with of myrtle;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGEXZw2F1eI/AAAAAAAAABg/rDD1g9wzTO8/s1600-h/200px-Marlowe_theatre1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215475574847690210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGEXZw2F1eI/AAAAAAAAABg/rDD1g9wzTO8/s320/200px-Marlowe_theatre1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A gown made of the finest wool&lt;br /&gt;Which from our pretty lambs we pull;&lt;br /&gt;Fair-lined slippers for the cold,&lt;br /&gt;With buckles of the purest gold;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A belt of straw and ivy buds&lt;br /&gt;With coral clasps and amber studs-&lt;br /&gt;And if these pleasures may move,&lt;br /&gt;Come live with me and by my Love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The shepherd swains shall dance and sing&lt;br /&gt;For delight each May morning-&lt;br /&gt;If these delights mind may move,&lt;br /&gt;Then live with me and be my Love.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-6954580365165455828?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/6954580365165455828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=6954580365165455828' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/6954580365165455828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/6954580365165455828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/passionate-shepherd-to-his-love.html' title='The Passionate Shepherd to His Love'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SGEXNyAEEPI/AAAAAAAAABY/72xcOQDH8KU/s72-c/Christopher_Marlowe.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-4715782542914191389</id><published>2008-06-23T05:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:24.243-08:00</updated><title type='text'>To My Dear and Loving Husband</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Anne Bradstreet (1612 - 1672)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF-fGokfsJI/AAAAAAAAABI/Xjz3OTHAFuo/s1600-h/anne-bradstreet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215061829836845202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF-fGokfsJI/AAAAAAAAABI/Xjz3OTHAFuo/s320/anne-bradstreet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If ever two were one, then surely we.&lt;br /&gt;If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee.&lt;br /&gt;If ever wife was happy in a man,&lt;br /&gt;Compare with me, ye women, if you can.&lt;br /&gt;I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold&lt;br /&gt;Or all the riches that the East doth hold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My love is such that Rivers cannot quench,&lt;br /&gt;Nor ought but love from thee give recompetence.&lt;br /&gt;Thy love is such I can no way repay.&lt;br /&gt;The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.&lt;br /&gt;Then while we live, in love let’s so persever&lt;br /&gt;That when we live no more, we may live ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215061974417525122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF-fPDLNyYI/AAAAAAAAABQ/YB_x0GKnQWQ/s320/wedding+rings.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-4715782542914191389?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/4715782542914191389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=4715782542914191389' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/4715782542914191389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/4715782542914191389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/to-my-dear-and-loving-husband.html' title='To My Dear and Loving Husband'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF-fGokfsJI/AAAAAAAAABI/Xjz3OTHAFuo/s72-c/anne-bradstreet.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-3302748263694995453</id><published>2008-06-22T11:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:24.302-08:00</updated><title type='text'>When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;by John Keats (1795 - 1821)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF6YsCisDpI/AAAAAAAAABA/hgSl-makyv8/s1600-h/200px-John_Keats.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214773300905643666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF6YsCisDpI/AAAAAAAAABA/hgSl-makyv8/s320/200px-John_Keats.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;When I have fears that I may cease to be&lt;br /&gt;Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,&lt;br /&gt;Before high-piled books, in charactery,&lt;br /&gt;Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;&lt;br /&gt;When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,&lt;br /&gt;Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,&lt;br /&gt;And think that I may never live to trace&lt;br /&gt;Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,&lt;br /&gt;That I shall never look upon thee more,&lt;br /&gt;Never have relish in the faery power&lt;br /&gt;Of unreflecting love;--then on the shore&lt;br /&gt;Of the wide world I stand alone, and think&lt;br /&gt;Till love and fame to nothingness do sink. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-3302748263694995453?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/3302748263694995453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=3302748263694995453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/3302748263694995453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/3302748263694995453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/when-i-have-fears-that-i-may-cease-to.html' title='When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF6YsCisDpI/AAAAAAAAABA/hgSl-makyv8/s72-c/200px-John_Keats.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-7787916389380932439</id><published>2008-06-21T07:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:24.649-08:00</updated><title type='text'>She Walks In Beauty</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;By George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF0TLzILHPI/AAAAAAAAAAw/AT_utvyH39M/s1600-h/200px-George_Gordon_Byron2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214345036988882162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF0TLzILHPI/AAAAAAAAAAw/AT_utvyH39M/s320/200px-George_Gordon_Byron2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;She walks in beauty, like the night&lt;br /&gt;Of cloudless climes and starry skies;&lt;br /&gt;And all that's best of dark and bright&lt;br /&gt;Meet in her aspect and her eyes:&lt;br /&gt;Thus mellow'd to that tender light&lt;br /&gt;Which heaven to gaudy day denies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One shade the more, one ray the less,&lt;br /&gt;Had half impair'd the nameless grace&lt;br /&gt;Which waves in every raven tress,&lt;br /&gt;Or softly lightens o'er her face;&lt;br /&gt;Where thoughts serenely sweet express&lt;br /&gt;How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,&lt;br /&gt;So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,&lt;br /&gt;The smiles that win, the tints that glow,&lt;br /&gt;But tell of days in goodness spent,&lt;br /&gt;A mind at peace with all below,&lt;br /&gt;A heart whose love is innocent!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214345153932911986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF0TSmxzZXI/AAAAAAAAAA4/7Up_yJppcZs/s400/heart.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2789598784181223633-7787916389380932439?l=sammi.aussiepete.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/feeds/7787916389380932439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2789598784181223633&amp;postID=7787916389380932439' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/7787916389380932439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2789598784181223633/posts/default/7787916389380932439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sammi.aussiepete.com/2008/06/she-walks-in-beauty.html' title='She Walks In Beauty'/><author><name>Sammi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12209358821312026027</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SJs28c4Gl-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/ldlNhq5B1Sg/s1600-R/sammismall.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SF0TLzILHPI/AAAAAAAAAAw/AT_utvyH39M/s72-c/200px-George_Gordon_Byron2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789598784181223633.post-2864065755267967543</id><published>2008-06-20T10:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T22:15:24.863-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Life in a Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;by Robert Browning (1812-1889)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SFvwN78GoDI/AAAAAAAAAAY/brxLr01Lm3E/s1600-h/Robert_Browning.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214025115830231090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dglgZ0e3bE0/SFvwN78GoDI/AAAAAAAAAAY/brxLr01Lm3E/s320/Robert_Browning.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Escape me?&lt;br /&gt;Never—&lt;br /&gt;Beloved!&lt;br /&gt;While I am I, and you are you,&lt;br /&gt;So long as the world contains us both,&lt;br /&gt;Me the loving and you the loth,&lt;br /&gt;While the one eludes, must the other pursue.&lt;br /&gt;My life is a fault at last, I fear—&lt;br /&gt;It seems too much like a fate, indeed!&lt;br /&gt;Though I do my best I shall scarce succeed—&lt;br /&gt;But what if I fail of my purpose here?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is but to keep the nerves at strain,&lt;br /&gt;To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall,&lt;br /&gt;And baffled, get up to begin again,—&lt;br /&gt;So the chase takes up one's life, that's all.&lt;br /&gt;While, look but once from your farthest bound,&lt;br /&gt;At me so deep in the dust and dark,&lt;br /&gt;No sooner the old hope drops to ground&lt;br /&gt;Than a new one, straight to the selfsame mark,&lt;br /&gt;I shape me—&lt;br /&gt;Ever&lt;br /&gt;Removed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214025538725901490" style="DISPLAY: block; 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