Poets/Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn

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A thousand martyrs I have made, …

Aphra Behn

Had I remained in innocent security, …

Aphra Behn

This Little, Silent, Gloomy Monument, …

Aphra Behn

Since man with that inconstancy was born, …

Aphra Behn

Love in Fantastic Triumph sat, …

Aphra Behn

Slight unpremeditated Words are borne …

Aphra Behn

Oh, how the hand the lover ought to prize …

Aphra Behn

Mourn, mourn, ye Muses, all your loss deplore, …

Aphra Behn

O Love! that stronger art than wine, …

Aphra Behn

ONE Day the Amarous Lisander, …

Aphra Behn

All trembling in my arms Aminta lay, …

Aphra Behn

Amyntas led me to a Grove, …

Aphra Behn

I …

Aphra Behn

Fair lovely Maid, or if that Title be …

Aphra Behn

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