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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSCRIPTION FOR BOOKS, by BERNARD DE LA MONNOYE
First Line: Here by our master ranged in file
Last Line: Or, still more likely, send to sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): La Monnoye, Bernard De; Monnoye, Bernard De La
Subject(s): Books; Reading
First Line: Here by our master ranged in file
Last Line: Or, still more likely, send to sleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): La Monnoye, Bernard De; Monnoye, Bernard De La
Subject(s): Books; Reading
HERE by our Master ranged in file,
Who chose our works alone to keep;
We may amuse him for a while,
Or, still more likely, send to sleep.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
TWO SONNETS: 1 by DAVID LEHMAN
THE ILLUSTRATION?ÇÖA FOOTNOTE by DENISE LEVERTOV
FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL
POETRY MACHINES by CATE MARVIN
LENDING LIBRARY by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY
EPIGRAM by BERNARD DE LA MONNOYE