Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me And tune his merry note, Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither, come hither, come hither. Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.
William Shakespeare
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GAIL CARSON LEVINE Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me: There lie they, and here lie we GEORGE ORWELL Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It's too high! COME TO THE EDGE! A... CHRISTOPHER LOGUE William Shakespeare: 'Close up this din of hateful decay, decomposition of your witches' plot! You t... GARETH ROBERTS What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why, I have forgotten, and what arms have lain EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY And will 'a not come again? And will 'a not come again? No, no, he is dead, Go to ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains J.R.R. TOLKIEN And your will shall decide your destiny," he said: "I offer you my hand, my heart, and a share of al... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is... JOYCE KILMER The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make... LEWIS CARROLL Every child has known God, Not the God of names, Not the God of don'ts, Not the God w... HAFIZ Under the Mountain dark and tall The King has come unto his hall! His foe is dead, th... J.R.R. TOLKIEN To A Squirrel At Kyle-Na-No Come play with me; Why should you run Through the s... W.B. YEATS Hither the heroes and nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk... ALEXANDER POPE And when you're alone, there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out o... DR. SEUSS Few Come This Way Few come this way; not that the darkness Deters them, but t... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY When by the Ruins oft I past My sorrowing eyes aside did cast And here and there the places s... ANNE DUDLEY BRADSTREET Come to the edge," he said. "We can't, we're afraid!" they responded. "Come to the edge," ... GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE I THINK that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest <... JOYCE KILMER I’ll find you— Keep calling for me, Viola— Cuz here I come. PATRICK NESS Miracles are to come. With you I leave a remembrance of miracles: they are by some... E.E. CUMMINGS Last night the rain spoke to me slowly, saying, what joy to come falling MARY OLIVER So your flesh shall be part of mine And part of mine be yours. Brother and sister we shall b... WILLIAM EMPSON Come with me,' Mom says. To the library. Books and summertime go together. LISA SCHROEDER I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew: Of wind I sang, a wind ther... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The cha... BOB DYLAN Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side FRED E. WEATHERLY Are you, are you Coming to the tree They strung up a man They say who murdered thr... SUZANNE COLLINS And brilliant days come alive, with you, around but the things we d... ANDREA KOEHLE JONES And someday, when the parties don’t dazzle you anymore, and when the alcohol fails<... MERAAQI Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie-- Dust unto dust-- The calm, sweet earth tha... RALPH CHAPLIN Those that Hobgoblin call you and sweet Puck, You do their work, and they shall have good luck:... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hide the miles between us Run to me Like you run your Fingers through my hair De... VERONIKA JENSEN You want to beat Peter?" she asked "No," he answered "Beat the buggers. Then come home an... ORSON SCOTT CARD Evening by evening Among the Brookside rushes, Laura bow'd her head to hear, Lizzie v... CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie Dust unto dust The calm, sweet earth that mothe... RALPH CHAPLIN Alright! You sir, you sir, how about a shave? Come and visit your good friend Sweeney. You... STEPHEN SONDHEIM won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. b... LUCILLE CLIFTON I only know what it is that's wrong with him; not why it is." And what is it?" asked Lucy fearf... E.M. FORSTER - Where is Polonius? - In heaven; send hither to see: if your messenger find him not there, see... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying, If I am dead, as dead I well may be, You'... FREDERICK WEATHERLY AUTUMNAL Pale amber sunlight falls across The reddening October trees, That ... ERNEST DOWSON There are passages and doors And Realms that lie unseen. There are Roads both wide and na... WAYNE THOMAS BATSON Feelings come and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving; My warrant is the Word of God--... MARTIN LUTHER And who shall separate the dust What later we shall be: Whose keen discerning eye will scan GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Caged Bird A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream ti... MAYA ANGELOU Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have, and kiss'd T... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits, now, Melanie? Why? Because, she said. ANGELA CARTER How long?" His smile was amazingly sweet. "The longest." For ever?" MAGGIE STIEFVATER Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. However many years anyone may liv... KING SOLOMON SON OF DAVID Tis but a scratch!" "A scratch? Your arm's off!" "No it isn't." "Th... GRAHAM CHAPMAN "The Lesson": Yes, my fretting, Frowning child, I could cross The room to y... CAROL LYNN PEARSON I think there's a reason he has come back to Utah, ... For some reason, I got a second <... AMY HALL Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Each day before the end of eve she sought her lover, nor would him leave, until the stars ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN You’re stuck,” I blurted, his grin died and he blinked. “Come again?” I swallowed,... KRISTEN ASHLEY They will come back, come back again, As long as the red earth rolls. He never wasted a le... RUDYARD KIPLING A bird sang sweet and strong In the top of the highest tree, He said, "I pour out my heart i... GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS The Doors The End This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my ... JIM MORRISON I have come to your group for somewhere to belong, I promise I shall adapt before too long, ELISE ICTEN I love to watch the fine mist of the night come on, The windows and the stars illumined, one b... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE And when you're alone there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of... DR. SEUSS The day will come When my body no longer exists But in the lines of this poem I will ... SAPARDI DJOKO DAMONO And when the Salmon seeks a fresher stream to find; (Which hither from the sea comes, yearly, by... MICHAEL DRAYTON When I Am Dead, My Dearest When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for... CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Lady of the silver moon Enchantress of the night Protect me and mine within this circle fa... MADELYN ALT With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sw... JOHN MILTON Linger now with me, thou Beauty, On the sharp archaic shore. Surely 'tis a wastrel's dut... MERVYN PEAKE Punch me." "Don't be absurd." "Come on, punch me, Barrons." "I'm not punching you." KAREN MARIE MONING Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-browed night; Give me my Romeo; and, when I shall die,<... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: 'Come buy our orchard fruits, Come b... CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him no... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Come back to me. Where have you gone? And why so long? I miss the star below your lip... KAMAND KOJOURI Truth And if sun comes How shall we greet him? Shall we not dread him,... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Oppression Now dreams Are not available To the dreamers, Nor songs To... LANGSTON HUGHES I'm ending this.' 'No. Come on. It's not worth it.' 'You are,' he said fiercel... RAINBOW ROWELL A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Mark the mastodon. The ... MAYA ANGELOU Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE fierce lovers. and battle warriors both come from the same place. t... SANOBER KHAN Come away, come away, Death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The minstrel fell but the foeman's chain could not break his proud soul under. The harp he lov... THOMAS MOORE What is the connection between you and our handsome host? Aunt B asked. Blackberries tast... ILONA ANDREWS Ready or not, here I come I'm so tired of this dumb game of hide and seek Olly olly oxen f... SONYA SONES Come to me in the silence of the night, Come to me in the speaking silence of a dream. Come w... CHRISTINA ROSSETTI He seemed to be lying on the bed. He could not see very well. Her youthful, rapacious face, with bla... GEORGE ORWELL I that in heill was and gladnèss Am trublit now with great sickness And feblit with infir... WILLIAM DUNBAR I wouldn’t put it past you,” Kaldar said. “Or him. Who knows what the hell he might do?” ILONA ANDREWS Come here,” she says. “No, you come here.” “I said it first.” “Rock paper... MELINA MARCHETTA The Bear and the Maiden Fair A bear there was, a bear, a bear! All black and b... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN I want to see you. Know your voice. Recognize you when you first come 'ro... JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI Anybody see you come in here?" Holly thought about it. "The FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA, M16. Oh, a... EOIN COLFER if one day you feel like crying... call me I don't promise that I will make you laug... ROBERT J. LAVERY
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And now, to add more measure to your woes,
I come t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
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To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
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(So it be new, there's no respect how vile)
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Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told;
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For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,
Thou bear'st thy... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
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That wots the miller of; and easy it is
Of a cut lo... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner:
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When thou art all the better part of me?
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It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest wa... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
The... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A little more than kin, and less than kind! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But jealous souls will not be answered so;
They are not ever jealous for the cause,
But jealou... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock
The meat it fee... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is my nature's p... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that
supplants us all in the long run. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If I shall be condemned
Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else
But what your jealousies awake... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 'Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to com... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet 'tis greater skill
In a true hate to pray they have their will;
The very devils cannot pla... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The miserable have no other medicine But only hope. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O world, world! thus is the poor agent despised. O traitors and bawds, how earnestly are you set a-w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE