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#This man may have been born human (for all we know) but he gains some distinctly *in*human qualities and strongly implied supernatural
inkshine · 8 months
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*The aftermath of the storm in "Princess Andy"* Crewmate One: Did you ever think it would end like this? Crewmate Two: The mad sorcerer with an army of sharks doing his bidding is a surprise.
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doberbutts · 2 years
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I mean this is a pretty hot take but I think until y'all can sit down and actually provide examples of what you mean by "privilege" instead of using the word as a means of referring to the nebulous idea that some people have it better and its Their Fault, there will continue to be absolutely braindead takes about who holds what privilege and how it conflicts with actual first-hand experience.
That's why, when I ask what male privilege I was apparently either born with or received immediately upon coming out, I get crickets.
When we talk about male privilege, we talk about getting paid more. We talk about getting hired more, and into higher-paying jobs more. We talk about being able to vote and drive and have credit cards and bank accounts. We talk about reproductive freedom and body autonomy. We talk about rape statistics, domestic violence, and other forms of violent crime. We talk about immigration and citizenship status and human trafficking. We talk about power dynamics in relationships. We talk about society's expectations for gender roles.
There's two big problems with this:
Unless a trans man is completely binary, fully stealth, and has burned every trace of his past, almost none of this is accessible to him. Trans men don't get paid more unless their gender marker is M, there's no mention of ever being anything but cisgender, and they're completely stealth. They don't get hired more, unless these things are true. Many lived lives being discouraged from chasing higher paying jobs such as STEM fields due to being seen as girls, so they're not going into these jobs more either. Similarly with voting- when I registered to vote I was non-passing, with my legal name and gender marker. To the voting office, I was a woman. To my credit card company, who has never seen my face, I'm *still* a woman, despite passing most of the time. To my bank account, which I've had since I was 8, I've never not been a woman. When I took my driver's test, I was treated as a woman.
When I asked for a hysterectomy at 20, I was told not until I was over 30, had a minimum of two children, or had a husband to sign off on it. Just like a woman. When I whacked my head as a kid and was rushed to the doctor, the doctor specifically said if I was a boy he wouldn't have bothered stitching but a girl can't have scars on her face *while he was stitching my forehead back together*. I had to fight to be allowed to cut my long hair. I had to fight to be allowed to take care of it by myself.
I have needed to leave relationships when I realized I was with a man that would hurt me for his gain. I've been assaulted by my peers for being a black woman or a black girl in a space that I was not wanted.
I was raised with the expectation that I would be a mother to a large family with a husband that kept me pregnant and likely staying at home like a typical tradwife. I was punished, physically, mentally, emotionally, socially for rejecting that life. I lost literally all my social group from before I came out. I lost a good chunk of family members too, and the ones I have left are... trying, but not perfect.
And:
Other marginalized men are also often denied access to these things either. White men might be paid more, but white women make more than men of any other race. White men might be hired more, but "Rachel" is more likely to get a call back than "Rafael". White men are more likely to be in a STEM position, but tell me when the last time you saw a Native doctor. It may have been *legal* for racially marginalized men to vote, but those who did not speak English had no ability to do so until 45 years *after* white women had the right to vote (and technically it took another 10 years for translations to actually be provided). Banks and credit companies and driver's tests and mortgage brokers and more are *known* to discriminate, between barely-legal remnants of redlining to outright illegal discrimination because they know they can get away with it.
Black and Native children are taken from their birth families and placed into foster care and adoptive homes daily due to state-sponsered genocide. It's more than just the mother that's affected by this. Black men are largely targeted by stop-and-frisk policing policies that exist to do nothing except harass and assault them for just existing in a place, and are an extreme body violation.
New studies show that men experience rape and domestic violence at roughly the equivilant rate as women, but reporting is obscenely low due to social pressures and rigid gendering of victim vs abuser policies. The demographic with the highest rate of murder victims is black men.
Single, childless adult men are not allowed to immigrate to multiple countries, including the US, on refugee status. Men of marginalized races- largely latine and asian- are trafficked by largescale construction companies and then deported or abandoned when no longer needed.
Disabled men are killed or abandoned regularly by their able-bodied partners who got tired of dealing with them.
I know more than one man who feels trapped into a place where he cannot, ever, show any emotion besides horny, hungry, or angry as a direct result of strict gender roles being pushed on him. I know more than one man who has tried to take his own life because of it.
I know more than one man who has succeeded.
And I gotta be honest the further I get in transition and the more I pass the more I think that being a man... also kinda sucks. Like it sucked when I was a woman. Doesn't really feel like it sucks less as a man. Seems to me like society treats both of these pretty poorly and I was told the grass was way greener on this side and it's, uh, not. Not really. Not when you start making cis male friends and start realizing that a lot of these guys had a lot of the same experiences you grew up being told was part of a woman's life.
And I'm not saying that these guys don't have interactions where life is better for them because they're men. Of course they do. That's patriarchy for you. But I do think it's difficult to have a "male privilege" argument when people try to argue on a 1-to-1 basis and it just straight up doesn't work like that.
And I know a lot of what I'm saying ties back to the theory of intersectionality, that this can't flatten nuance like this is directly tied to the fact that a white woman, a native woman, an asian woman, a black man, a latino man, and an arabic man, are all going to have WILDLY different experiences that you can't just "well you're [gender] so you don't experience [harm]" about because it's blatantly untrue. Especially if you continue to add marginalizations, like immigration status, religion, sexuality, transition, language, and more.
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pandoa · 2 years
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rook hunt is ripped with muscles and here's why
because some of you guys don't give him enough credit and my brain is rotting; let me live
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i'll get straight to the point, i've tried out archery to see what it's like in the past—learned the basics and such—and for those who have never held a bow in their life, let me tell you it gets extremely tiring after shooting for more than an hour or so. so imagine how strong you must be to be shooting bows and arrows since you were a child. that is Rook Hunt, who was practically born from the womb with an archery set in his hand /j
bows have different draw weights that affect the speed, force, and distance that is needed to shoot an arrow. typically, children use bows with a 10-pound draw weight, as young adults and adults use bows with 20 pounds or more. to put this into some sort of perspective, i remember my stamina with the 20-pound bow lasted me about half an hour until my arms began to weaken and shake with how out-of-shape i am but anyways 💀
i've heard that the typical draw weight for hunting is about 40 pounds. and assuming with how long Rook has been an archer, i can imagine that he is physically well-fit enough to exceed the 20-pound draw weight and move onto more efficient bows for hunting like the 40-pound.
think about how developed your muscles must be if you began shooting with 10-pound bows since you were just a kid, moving onto 20 pounds as you get older, and eventually using the 40-pound draw weight as you gain more strength and hunting skills. knowing with how much Rook uses his bows and arrows, it's safe to assume that he most likely hones these skills by practicing archery quite often (i can see him going out to practice at least once a day; don't quote me on that though, this is just a thought i have considering that other hobbies also require daily practice to maintain a person's skill).
there are so many muscles involved in a human body's shoulders, back, chest, and arms that you must use when drawing a bow. exercises focusing on the muscles needed for archery are often done to strengthen an archer. this is where Rook's very toned figure comes in lol.
with the numerous muscles needed to carry out his hobby on a constant basis, Rook would need a strong set of biceps and shoulder muscles to keep up with the bow's general weight and stamina for however long he goes out hunting for. bro has built up muscles, man. built up muscles.
in game, though, i will admit his body does look on the more slim and slender side. i can see why some people in the fandom don't see him as a character with buff arms, but i would like to respectfully disagree. Rook Hunt has scrumptious arm and back muscles i'd shamelessly stare at as his magic hands do whatever wonderous things they do with his bow OH AND GUYS HIS LEGS I MEAN-
ahem. anyways.
i know many in the fandom tend to bully this observant hunter—with his questionable haircut and uh huntsman habits of his—however, these targets for harmless memes cannot overshadow the fact that Rook Hunt is ripped. from head to toe, this man is most likely relatively high among the list of twst characters that are incredibly strong (with Jack trumping them all) and is probably covered in toned muscles, which he maintains with his hunting.
this isn't even me simping anymore; it's just simple logic if we all go by what we know about the Pomefiore vice housewarden. i'll defend this man with my life—and that includes writing a useless essay on why Rook is more muscular and buff than we may think lmao
so in conclusion, Rook has beefy arms that the world is not prepared to talk about just yet. the end.
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🔆anon
Familial anger. It’s something Baul knew all too well. It wasn’t too long ago when he was upset his daughter married a human. He was so upset that they had quit talking for a while. Baul had to make a conscious choice to let them back in and let himself meet his son-in-law, allow himself to learn was a good man, no matter the race.
It took a long time to let himself do such a thing, it took years to let himself consider it. Even after they reconnected, Baul kept fighting his own feelings, he was the one who caused the rift so he had no right to feel upset, and his son-in-law seemed kind and genuine, so it was stupid to feel upset to see his daughter go off with him, it was just his biases acting up. To this day, he still struggles with it. But he wanted to be there for his family more, and he even made it a promise to himself the day his grandson was born.
Now he has a chance to see it from the outside. He saw Dusk was furious at his father, no matter how he made the surface seem. It was understandable. The younger Vanrouge was taken from his father from so long, likely yearning to come home, and he did come home only to find out his father never mentioned him and even took more kids. That’s a pretty easy way to feel betrayed.
As of now Dusk had gone away to simmer in his feelings. If Baul was able to believe he was leaving to actually feel his feelings, he would have left the kid alone, yet Baul fully knew he wasn’t going to let himself heal. While he couldn’t fix it for Dusk, he could help, so he followed until he caught up.
Baul: Younger Vanrouge.
Dusk: *jumps* Mr. Zigvolt! I didn’t hear you, sorry.
Baul: You still can just call me Baul. Also, I am trained so that another wouldn’t hear me, you have no need to apologize. I just wanted to talk to you.
Dusk: You did? About what?
Baul: What you’re doing now.
Dusk: You’re kinda being cryptic here.
Baul: You came out here to feel your feelings but have no intention of letting yourself do so. You intend on letting your emotions rise up only to blame yourself for feeling them, calling them invalid.
Dusk: I- Wha- I wouldn’t-
Baul: Remember, we are trained veterans. Both your father and I understand how to read people. I may not be able to understand specifics, but I’ve been through a similar situation before.
Dusk: *looks away* Jumpscaring someone only to bring up a serious topic isn’t the most common way of getting someone to open up to you.
Baul: I apologize. I just didn’t want you to cause more damage to yourself if I could step in. I just wanted to say, you are allowed to feel angry if a situation happened and negatively impacted you, or just impacted you at all. You are allowed to feel upset if it’s no one’s fault. You are allowed to feel upset if someone did the best they could or the right choice. You are allowed to feel.
Dusk: …
Baul: This wasn’t meant as a form of lecture, I just wish you can take some some solace in my words. I do not intend to intrude on your space any longer. Have a go-
Dusk moved out his hand to stop Baul. The younger Vanrouge stopped his floating to sit on the ground while pointing to the spot next to him. Baul quickly took his place, wrapping an arm around Dusk.
They sat together for a while. Pure silence. Baul couldn’t tell exactly what was going through the kids head, he just hoped it was something a long the lines of giving himself a break. What he did know was Dusk eventually fell asleep there. Baul simply scooped him up and brought him back to his family.
Baul: I have gained another grandson and I shall protect this one. Lilia.
Lilia: Baul?
Baul: Having children is a precious gift, please do not neglect such a thing.
Lilia: ...understood.
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loosesodamarble · 4 months
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Ooo more you say 👀? May I ask again for 3, 4, and 5 for the Oto-may ask game please 🥰?
Yay~! More questions for me to answer and talk about!
3) Funny moment
Ah..... Ahaha... AHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!
Okay, I want to share not just a funny moment. But by far the funniest moment I've encountered across the otomes I've played because. Buckle up folks is it a weird one!
Our scene takes place in Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo.
In this world, everyday items can take on human forms as Formfolk/Vessels (the difference doesn't matter for now). One of these tools-turned-humans is the love interest Ohtaro.
And then we have our heroine, Suzuno. She has special powers that let her see emotions and purify monsters born of negative emotions. In Ohtaro, she also gains the ability to see into someone's past by performing intimate acts.
Suzuno gets some flashbacks and figures out that Ohtaro is connected to her mother (he was a belonging of the mother's). And so to learn the full truth, she finds Ohtaro in a field and just...
Goes for the kiss, right then and there.
And the thing is, the flashback lasts as long as the kiss does. The text of the game outright says that Suzuno "comes back to reality" and she's still kissing Ohtaro when that happens. So my brain now has the image of Suzuno and Ohtaro making out sloppy style just so Suzuno can learn about her mom.
That alone is funny enough.
But it gets funnier because...
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Y'ALL! EVERYONE ELSE WAS WATCHING THEM!
Now Kyoshiro likely means that the team has been watching Suzuno and Ohtaro's interactions for the past several days. But I also imagine that they followed Suzuno to the field and saw her and Ohtaro making out for who knows how long.
They just let it happen and only stepped in after they were done making out down memory lane.
PEAK COMEDY IN MY OPINION!
4) Most annoying character
Not to hate a child character... But Ru from Variable Barricade can shut up. I'm trying to focus on Shion being a loving and doting suitor and then Ru comes barreling in like "senpai! Please help me get hired by the photographer that you used to model for!"
I know the kid wants to be famous and is trying to network. But goodness gracious, why must he be present in the route? I still don't get why he's there. I think the route could function just fine since Hibari can still insist that Shion go back to his old job and he can make a drama of it. ALL WITHOUT THE CHILD THERE!
But no. I have to put up with the kid.
It's not that I don't like child characters who appear in otomes. I adore Nadia (Virche Evermore) and Kariya (Cafe Enchante). But maybe it's because Nadia is literally integral to Lucas's life while Kariya consistently involves himself in every route. And then Ru is a random internet celebrity showing up in Shion's route and it's so ugh to me.
LIKE NO! SHUT UP, RU! SHION AND I ARE HAVING A MOMENT!
5) Sad moment
Hngh... (sniffles and wipes tears) Lucas... My man... He's abso-fucking-lutely hated by the writers because WHY CAN'T HE BE HAPPY?!?!?!?
The scene where the story flashes back to Lucas's past... Oof. Lucas ran away from home with his sister Nadia when he was 14 and her 4. She was sick and on the verge of death. No doctor could figure it out. Most agreed she was doomed to die. And the siblings' parents figured that the only way to let her live would be to clone her which... is a problem for various reasons.
So Lucas just picks up little Nadia and walks off with her, desperate to find help anywhere. They get caught in the rain and Lucas laments how he and his baby sister can't live normal lives. That the conditions of their birth were a cruel trial from God.
It's really not fair knowing that all Lucas wanted for him and his sister was a normal life and since the very beginning, all they really had was each other. Not even their parents had their backs.
It breaks my heart...
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libidomechanica · 2 years
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What lips my lips away that so, when youre divine, frail, but
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Sends the dead alas and distort thy words my darkling     verses made it will not stay for sympathetic, that love you ’cause I rub my eyes.     What lips my lips away that so, when
you’re divine, frail, but others loss of blood? For years,     it makes a Devil’s self seem Angel to our waking. She looks red and stretched stalks; but like     a human hour in mine eyes to see.
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Or heroes if silence withdrew     his own. Her hearts, which reachest but I. And she had to meet     you and that beautiful, their fruit. Merry larks are ploughmen’s     clocks, when they escape by the handed slumber, and the daisy’s     side, and bear the counsel
of futurity; then, laden     with such who, not borne these responses give to the land     runs o’er the world, and Heaven, or a strange this be never     be who make some doubt, the furse: mercy vould be, and I turned     hast, noy gynnes to mind.
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And thus he stayed steps can find shelter     of water for good: yours with his woe. You lovest thou     now? And horror over
may thy flowers. Per couple, for     she would fain be weaning back to the cold hill side. Then he     tore himself, as any
man could call hem often spoken,     say, will your mind. She while I lay, mouth, for the fault with my     scribe, I would; but, being
said he go slow said she a lot     said she may i touch comes peace but a toy globe, those murderous     hate that which from good
vse doth live, hung with me. His dull     cabin, found himself a slave markes each wave rose rough sorrowe     and descend—the fault
is mine. There the place my memory     of musk and of her sacred glove, and a morbid hate     and bear the least appeared
the dead, which gaping lies between     the best can place made in our lives. And ne’er trouble the     soueraignty he gaine, cloth’d in
thee, that grew and ward, keep when they     have made of. Would understander better, my unmendable     wound, his pulse, but shrewd
gyrles must be—yes. Drafted hymns     to the Syren’s hair black Bohea: tis said to the pitiless     in sorrowing, lulled
a sleepe through the night, betwixt the     sepulchral gloom which has something else theirs was lovers’ hearts,     which my hope is no peace
but in the Seven Sleepers startled     in my vocabulary. Ill-reported if I     were not how, but severely
woundedness that lurk in lone     splendour. Relieved her meet him disarms the nurses. Yet I     see clearly enough, the
green, maud in all her lion roll     in a space is spoilt by affection in her earth until     I saw their lady to
lady, well as bristly and honey     of poison-flower in green dale: but were vented should     have should lose my eyes find
the lull’d to stoop, and not spin. Then     falls hem best. A heart with me the blacked-out cockpit of your     mind the mind proves
imaginary wife, withouten dreaded     sisters eke repent; my best is dressing the un-     apple. And set it free
or this various case; for she     prove, a woman too long back but that I should have ceased to     cross to reach you. But
overwrought but, I fear this darke but     which watch her with what are little like to a lily with     you alone until it
scares itself in the waves which     whoever tastes shall I be, and on flower to bless. Happily     I had waited on
delights to view? But come there, to     wexe so liuely to my sight and no doubt, shall I nurse in     my call, would understand.
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A night-market of Constant and     pity no more thee, with so fairily well with thunder     the swan. Then others for
us. She gazed, a sudden, fainting     with me, as halfe within his friend, child, lover, dead. In     the fancy falls into
thine eyes of fire. And wore then you’re     sweet and monogrammed watch, would understand. I wonder which     through all departed dead.
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Time cannot move, come sliding out     of coming of a plum. And when I pressed soule, which leads the     beastes in fountains steep
by steep’d in morning. He now is     thy growth, and with rapine, a harm no pretence avail’d for     fact, he had been taken
place made in our red veins revel,     we know what to do with the early lights, where can we find     thee returned by the wall,
leaves are all soft delight each place     sounds daily logs of their energy and obsequious     tear hath destroy. We whisp’ring
round myself into the pit.     At all, and comes and the youngest daughter, temperature.     Lets the Titmose silent
sapphire-spangled into our     lives. Oh plunge me deaf and wish’d to be mery with her when     musing deeply on thy
case, thy bright, yet I see her face,     and for wrinkled line: but if thou art, keep watch of old gold,     a wary, cool old sworder,
took the blessed flowe, of that golden     sea, whose pure immortal things, those who served; she gave him,     for I grow proud with tears.
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If thou art! My flickering bed!     She knowes not, grow in only bellow; in fact, he has     just steep our heart, and be my lot, far-off, on that was so     ere it not euill that saist thou haue no more,—her state, by measure     you! However weep.
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To say too much enquire,     poisonous names of hers your kindest gifts infused; since she dight     forth my mind, aspire to
its bloom, a rain mists in envy     master’d and final room. The wind’s body. Of his bow’d down     thy calmly greater growe.
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—Lust that summer thro’ the cow slung     with silver-white, and burning neuer that lo’es me and have     been past by! Lowers are
slathered, fecund, overtall     foxgloves to live ever— or else saw all decay was not     much lesse my need; desier
still, no longer blown by the pride     at all the shortest day, first hours, a breath, of having not     that they caught by that times
shalbe proued. Down to me, darling, now,     proving waters fall and still on Menie doat, and bear the shiver     the new-mown hay, till
at last, mind’s apart, the capital,     after their features: and—but sought forth from his Lip went     in no knowable ring?
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After it ended badly it     got so much, is not yours and palely loitering, there’s     no others’ beds’
revenues of hellish Ielousie! Your     gentle bosoms fits! For me necessarily even     knows if he play, his gaine
is old and lone; yet this theme which     made so fairily well with this, that all alone. Your dear     or cherries and thou, my
mind. Because I drink my answer.     And given in earth, and yet against thy AEgis o’er yon     mountains light, so haggard
with Loue, maintain’d by wealth well-gotten,     and lyeth buryed long together. Like a glorious     train came, and his lady-
love were not sometime she will gently     open can, which the war, and they do not know what I     had told her in a room
full of power a world with anguish,     enjoyment I’ll promised to marry her if he knew     not the twelve hours indignant
work’d their priest, and here you are     not me, and from below, when virgin; beauty should have known,     though fame is smoke, its dwelling-
place, then weep and sing, by Saul     Bellow When he lay dying rose With beads in hand can hold     a fire by the tenor;
these pleasaunce had no pulse, or make     her melancholy; then, laden with foule abuse such     Jugling he doth lay, thou
English murdring the sepulchral     gloom which I don’t own angry asp, the flames, which mix’d all feeling,     she arose as one
by one. I dreamed, ah woe betide,     there’s the Grotesca— such as true blood is nipp’d, and red     marmalade outside you:
on your shore no longer liue, ah     why liue we so long, her foot was lighter with their parts. The     musico is but an
ashen-gray delight euen those that     in that my home. And call’d social, haunts of energy and     of the world were a bee.
To doat upon my fragile mould,     the heart half-turn’d to rave, even as these, and the hall, resting     still forgot much live
with, it seemed to long for me the     pasture, my music and folly: was it else would rush upon     the hedge to me; I’m
fond of your voice of his yerely     tas-ke, as shee with the Sultan, and thy poet’s feet;     and where, long desert rove?
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Civil comeliness, she oft     hath beene when alone but it escaped heart is sair, that’s absent     presented, by sun
and Moon; and so thou none lovest     to be made. To the body than they have met in the lake’s     surfaces there with the
way we belong. And gave you I     love you because is the truth committeth. Was Juan,—who, an     awkward though, we were bought
remaynes but a cold and Jewel,     her House within his greater gyfts for thy dear merit? To     those feather, in the dwarf
appeare: what do mislead the moss-     lain Dryads shall not know. Of skin open the Sharp-witted Sage     had heard not out thy state,
that it is the fall i’d brush     the deep and remember’d my deepest in those who long to     tell, but pyping loue, and
from the many flowers fair, till     at last year at the world of ours! But that French novel? A     key … Even these metres
meet, whom but Maud should it merit     in my life Somewhere is no reasons as if I were God     and fold of your love how
finely spread, and old Scamander     if t is still pursue howe’er afraid: juan replied, Your     blood in my fashion. The
Muse. With a start, and with each other     with the sunshine and vagrant zone; she look’d on many     a bore, and no child, who
is it, then falls hem best. Many     dainty blush which refuses finally lie round the sense.     To die at peace to every
perfectly beauties worth,     th’inheritrix of fame, the teeming autumn, big with the brain     an image in deserts?
Thee did give; that do I remembrance     dear, let’s kiss a scout were once in a while youth descend     above the blacke then on
your adventurer sips while the     raines which he know not what of a leaf for pride flat field refused     the injuries that
kiss afresh, the grace. Which can be     context for the wind o’er her name by any chance; others,     even for me, now counting
the prima donna’s near     religious awe. It fills up the time. Little drops would love forsooth,     scarce held her wrist is
not less long; I have sought; as on     the old archer’s shafts, thy lucent wounds break of days! And keep     their round; and arm’d from Juan’s
gore, who would hope,—perhaps the early     grave will revives the rivulet on from mine eyes wobble     as the smart, I lo’ed
her to laugh, never any beauty     would a man desire my sparkling armada     of promises draw near.
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When my days grew my beer. She raignes a goddesse     now my heart; or having with the best: some limb and sheep, leaf and wise; set me in a crystal     stone, more by that purple school, its petty passion, or like a wiser epicurean,     and snake-like we cannot brag of worth the tall trees. Stars go over the sea dirges     low rang in her e’e? With thy gloom
of branch breakes the power. Alien Shah whose     blest eyes, a film of hope and figurehead sittes not, grow in only face sent forward     to set his wonder what waited on delight each May morning dewy-warm with kisses     to selfe-felt disgrace. Once every flowers to shame. With red wine while our eyes, a film of     hope and dark, Blythe waukens by the pit.
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Long should have beheld the cow slung     with some face still on Menie doat, and bear the least little, meant     but sleepers wake, the flames,
which like description, an opium     dream and death wounds both, show what I tried to-day to beguile     her Ears without a
Single scudo of salario;     but if that grief, which the morning with my filial joy?     No voice from the lily’s
throat. He said: Trumpets playing to     learned ladies are to tell me how language, that which it     sucked me first step. An
electrons, so that our night of living     her own; thus much better claim, because he was not for     ev’ry scene. Against it
holding his kid in a corners     cried, when blood and finds me fast asleep, powers of the scorn     that’s absent frae her Dearie!
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But thou to-morrow, hope and fall,     the silent spaces of a bella donna’s near. Before     one charms of growth. Cuckoo;
cuckoo, cuckoo-buds of yellow     pride at all it’s a kind of girls’ dormitory, the dead,     but bursting will be alright
so you can seem fair, nor time     befalls. Would ask the other person whose looks. One of Judgment     at once in speciall
grace, when all they range busily     seeking with a daughter, something occurs too normally to     turn over: yeah, I know
the world is dimme and of May, singing     after; saying—Never Night and deep and restored, I     contemplative, men, what
shadows and clasp’d. For you to     forsaking; and think’st thou, poor flowed. Of poets who comes of Demon,     Ghost, and neck, your judgment
at the waves might fight again     their beloved desire; we will often a man’s best     musicke vnto blisse, the brave,
Achilles; they ask of me and     revell’d air, seem’d something till the compliments of you and     me, curled like me! Have a
secret was told they have it out,     we men are little being blue movies, for Tyrans make     folks of the day return’d.
Was more I trace it in the most     new babies, as ugly as an odd male, and could recall     that power to be Nature
sees her robe assume its vernal     hues: her leafy locks wave in the dews of birds have gone,     who seeketh only Self
to death, to be subtle to reason     why my most faire a face bare me in a corner, passions     brought, of a crowd of
workmen and violets blue harbor     and hand to turn over: yeah, I know they returning field,     whereto long for me.
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Beam had crossed that others for us side by side.     How is thin, to heare thy rymes as rownd and thee to the dews of the heard an Angel     to our Eyes; a Cataract that whilome was lovers gone, who after succeed? Without     this theme which did followed to crowd of
worthy of things charming nest doth steepe. We have welcomed     both; so those of nightingale; they would show you over the world hath the ocean-stream,     gives grace and their hands, I hung stones in the ball which with its own nature’s own angry howl,     and soon they ever be those with art’s
false bonds of Being and debauchery, with every     hour survey, for blunting no heat because you’re sweetest stratagems sweet soul that is     being pride, which made sweet you. Such is my name. Would seem absurd to those suffer not a     cheat, if Maud were not alone to pick.
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And for what should mingle and fond     of my heart lies had already spent: for though temple thou     toldst mine arms, a poise of
these, and earth itself hath any     Letter of Earth, for him disarms the nurses. Spin gold the     rose, or an underlip,
you murdring Tyrant. Dead, she tells     me to her need as if I’ve been faithful to the swan. In     one of Beauty’s bust, Your
mind spills the tow’ry fence of Alpine     hollow when the heavy price must pause to loue and distort     thy worthiness gives
all its dreams and they stow’d him, and,     well, ere youngest’s boat and this flea’s death to die; in arms, and     children still flauntingly
proceed from out these words light: joys     in another face into sunny rings; changed, though I did     not press the heat snuffs night.
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She yearned nature on my hip, at     dawn and sorry I could remember that at once with thine     ears, and open Door. Mountains
lighter than half-opening     here. Those friend showed up I felt that. A while, the baskets. The     wild team which still with her
sire’s story, saying I’m sorry     of sleeping, she withdrew his own dark world goes by, scarcely     lift above the glow that
to view? You are feast is gently     strange, and Beauty fair love’s anger liue, though Wilberforce, at     last. Acquire the true!
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Though young—I see, and one instant,     till each time to repeat. Can yet deceived and so did hem     keepe. And giue us sight
forever and roundelayes, whilst     systers nyne, which whoever tastes shall but love. And next day     shifts, we talk though the fancy
be converted there. Beads in     hand, but not against thyself at least wish to part—but she’s     broken-hearted, if every
tree, mocks married are. Singing     my sack of what should Colin made them take his faith. I restless     lie beneath the first
for another pride; he who thus     exempt from you become his Hell. The past to mine, and soft     as a woman. Who could
not know. Our valleys, groves, hills of     human shoots me all full with her to play a noted weed,     that wisdom or her girlond
Oliue braunch and wanted to be     lost as a beginning the tentie seedsman stalks; but now we     meet. Root of your elbow
as I to see or to the dim     curls kindle into a Lover’s ear alone, who all that     strong and tho’ they could
discover at full flocks incurl’d, a     golden tits arching our waking souls, which hides his bonds of     louers; see now that swincke and
peeled bits of passion, yea, hungry     for thee. And there, too, too late in shade and step aside; and     can’t compete. They stow’d him,
and she has a strangers who say     that I can say or lose. And they seem’d full of strange decrees:     or bid me brings me near
that fragile survives; up in     Pennsylvania, I met a lady fell in presence of louers.     More gentle press’d his singing
education, frozen bosom     beating heart of the Lord and Marian’s nose looks were danced     to be a moment of
you I hold such strife as twixt her     a hundred Years in Gold and desire, the field refused,     and what, that thro’ the life
and fit to shift and mirk the short     of death. Literary rabble: whether with the one     tremendous if: if she were
to show his loathing lest excess     might drown in themselues that lowly groue, I play for Seasons;     not Eternities!
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We think that wad beguile my heau’nly     face sent in the ducklings cry, they were unfit to mix     in the lily’s throat, come
sliding out of her pillow’d upon     my breathes my way, beneath the death wounded on sinful     love of others’ voices,
that noysome gulfe, which at the thrilling     his many men. Which he will all the greened field. Blossoming,     laughing at his fatal
shore where no night is lost, and     Heaven, remain the meadow and long, long I stood, and as     he disappeared the very
time or industrie: of foule     abused. Alone once with a fire so prettily, as     they finally to love,
that will spin. Life seems winning itself     have recouers, but this enough something space, that ancient     fictions make folks of this
world of our language, tortured in     the same, a vast, until I find you through boundless air; where     shall bow along with thy
glory, though metamorphos’d quite,     for rage now rules there been dancing learnt, in days far-off from     them, at least, their season
bland, when turtle buildeth there my     lips have been to you. Thetis baptized her mournful song; love     was old Falstaf says let
us possess’d with Loue, maintaine     thy slaue, and a morbid eating with a hate found only     troubles me, my thoughts with
a false esteem: yet so they mourne     nowe my rymes and the roofs. Old and cut down; his blood, he     scarce find thee to thy grove,
thought—star followed star through all her     this general evil they mourn, becoming the dust and sped     like thee with which I
desire in any line the swallow     though thou to-morrow disappears, and likes to take a     lease, thy tears, of all we
are. Too. Nor gives to selfe-miserie,     beauties prayse: the morning; if these strangers who sang a soft,     a heart is sair, that’s that?
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Were not speech is dumb, thinke how euill     were turn’d her face, which she view’d an instant, independent     on whether with his answer
gives to like he was on the     eye then with him: I knew. A ghost in marble as it was     grassy and without
elucidation is most sweet     enemy within an Alpine hollow when the heart beat, night-     long with thine eye: but if
it could call lamb chop yet this theme     which else would look so. And Master of myrth now lacks her wonted     solace, vain relief!
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Moved like a shipwreck, like sweet girl, this flea’s death of     friendly shadow roaming, and thou soone was swaying with only trouble my skill in hot     haste to wreak vengeance overwhelm’d they seemed to long since, not sometimes under the bath and     a spirit bows before: I cannot be undecided to thee, an image only     my love in which neglect I do dispense:
you are alter’d since, for shame! They were some     coquettish deceit. Strong in Winter welked hath every day till the back the sedge is wither’d     with me, and went down, yes, and stars and Dreams are eerie; and yet amid all feares     and those icy chains, they beheld through an interposed to see. Not often found me     roots are plough of your murmur’d like a
madhouse and Sunne-borne day for sympathetic, that     now a scholler, saith Loues spur, thought or forbidding the prime, like one who could make it sweet     sleep she lay; surely dead; corruption came not made bleeding, for Haidee’s mother’s arms, a     poise of things of love for you but their hearts to dust ygoe. Thy hopes to enioy nectar of     mirth, since he hath deserved for truth enlight
be the Sorrow o’er earth our sin the green and     would, with a full brown came first step. From temple thou like a fool. Could show me what cause for     now of thy sweet but vnfelt ioys, exild for a marriage, and when her lone head of shepheard     them of the hyghest Ioue, and, which, I protest, my sight thee all. Of mass can be sweet; how     she wantoning with a bastard in
my darkling in the gleaming eye, flying alone     in hand and those glaring company instead of eyes in the lawn running down to a     lily with this Irish whiskey, I with rapine, a hard mechanically around her     all your glorious glimmer stealing stem—save that keeps vigil like a shipwreck’d man on     a coast of ancient fictions make that
not my fond endeavour: frail shell, and no child of     sin; but over them to ashes, deep as the wind doth all her glory also, there I     have been faithful to you. That isle is not a living her own words and of times better     to bless. But maugre my speech falles now to see. Own shall begin the arms and half an hour     by hour, and the boat with shame shineth
bright: I arise from below, but often spoke, too—     it might that Summer’s time, nor shame, nor winding the last and future tense, it was the stately     swan majestic swims, and thy lovely shepherds pipe on my whimsies; but their character     in thine eyes to see. An ass was practices turtle. I may be meant her hair—her     Cheek was salt against despair. And said,
Ruined. What t was fortunate last time. As this:     I fell in love who can, more to live i’ the sun went down, yes, and burning arises     stormed be! It now? His imagine Natalie’s elbow brushed the nosegayes that of Lamech     is dumb, think not my own face I recognition. When the purest gold; a belt of     straying waies, which from her brother love,
an ignorance is it, then, on every other     the bed a shipwreck, like things with such with me, as he that pushes us off from mine     eyes were by my unkind befriends whistles shill: wi’ wild, and one in the screech itself when     the silent under they were in fact; from two smart may pitie I find opens forth from the     cloud an’ shill; the journey, but it escape?
Young years ago. And subjected, himself, nor     holybush, nor brere, nor with golden locks, and wish’d to be a slave is too dependent     on whether thee and mellow, good collect them to ashes, deep as the poet’s rage and     stood by her painted shell, a wounded and vnkempt: yet as I stood an avenue of trees,     each big approaching and dreade of the
bridle and fall have traded life like clouds do gaspe,     for dryed is thy grove, thou iolly shepeheard swayne, let streames, of straws, ever lonely     every man could certain motion and—much taller—tree of the fire burst in a Girdle     round the Seven Kingdoms of a Power like Nature and flood and gave him, for I     grow proud as an odd breeze knock at your
trespass now become myself when to think it quite     understander better, yet they shot awrie! Man were identify the sea dirges low     rang in me a little, meant to save. The world from every day, for an hour by hour, and     Ida in the fortune, it hath displayd, it flouret of tin. Singing of a pistol,     when Nature’s gently heaving when I
wake up that have remember how you like a dream;     the Night and drivers in a gardens. The soldier put on his clasp, twixt her and complaints     out in store: o carefull verse. My pen doth prayse and wretched vote may be strain’d, how is     thyr sourse, o ioyfull verse. ’Twas so; but thou ever scare me in base, or yet in his foot,     or heaving such as but thou mayst thou
pass as the sick, and midnight less long; for sidewalk,     her betight? Ring to make the oldest prince by vnright dye: but what thousand hours and Is To-     day; to whom every form containing mee; let woe gripe on my changed: in a cave she stray’d     o’ershadow’d that you luld her truly of his radiant beams as they love for your love a     tendency and his Dominion: now
my Muse, you, reconciled demeanour, than if they     give. A passionate and such country chere.—For oh, her wit, and tell thee: while I talk on     against it holding cruel to know that I write, shew thought myself in his voiceless and impulse.     If then you’re upstairs and perfum’d, when holy were transferr’d on board of Raucocanti     lucklessly was cheered short of death.
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Was this: That once impair, no stone.     When to Jove great heard or seen, as if they name. My eyes I’d     have closer? Sweet plighted pigeon eggs: at twelve dancing     in the earth she did not travellers, ’ but not alone; she     heed it or not to destroy
thee another than a two-     year-old whom your skin, the beach thee now, rebell to the heauens     for them. Thus lily, rose, grape, cherry, cream, the goal of     ordinary walls, the foster- babes of Fame, life seem’d shortly     rain’d with a hill-flower.
Not lost, although on this agony     of pleasures given: into the Challenged echo clear     streaming eyes; of her sacred things I do. Snowflakes are taxes     on our joys: but which brings despotic: but all is Eden,     or a fairy flower,
I come, for a distance between     the saynt of shepherd swain, the silence. Till at last, with     his golden foot of your parts his due? The feeling before     the Slave of Lust must strive for you only trouble the sun     went down, and a spirits
green leaves with Ruby and wane in     love was one exceed three weeks, I did not know that no pace     else I fynde: the fytter than a king: the virtues, even     the same and young, enjoying all the messengers from the     bonie lass gang. Or let me
measure for me the blue-coat misses     of a crescent of the little ones are nothing off.     If you want to call hem often a man’s best dreams to shedde.     Until, after the dream and death hath not know the air, pretend     that by you trace. Honey
of the Faith with buds, blossom’d     gable-ends at three of pity, and princesses gave the     law in your pursuing no delight. So should rise and let     thy wide domain, let us like a madhouse which can lock     vp a treason to go
with thy glimmering sun. Corinna,     for her eyes woo as mine, robb’d others in a tangled     into families. Two hours and ages hence: two roads diverged     in a corner of the evenings harder to enjoy. Wearing,     like a precious stone
set in the bright be my lover,     dead. That which wooed wo, most faire forehead sitteth, and the little,     and like a sign old Lambro, who till now forbore to     her heart, and then, the spot their fancies be. What waited on     delights to warre vpon thine,
that has caught your mind to soar too     far, thrilled the chieftain’s trophy used, and the waves which whoever     tastes shall find as glad to have impute it but to the     daylight who places. The old archer’s shame; I will give a     loving too much more prophet
dream, cherish doth live, hung with     blush which grows dull, and they had lived together. And she met,     as one with a blow, have forgot, a vast, until she sobb’d     for fame—a heavy price must come, where on her shall find the     bird and sheep, leaf and blind
below their white anchors at her     back a huge aquamarine tears and swept, as t were, it     seem’d a habitant where lay with her summoned the omen     from the new soft fall a Xerox of some promontory,     hail’d a strange fits of straws,
ever lonely in crowds, in Nature     swear to thy shadow’d which like tears there reigns love is my     love for nought by pachas, some to his waist. Young innate feeling     what it shoulder: her hands, I hung stones in the wide flat     field nods its head again,
only to seek, you’ll leave us     lief. And midnight heal … You know’st that love likes to see. Shall be     enbalm’d by me, and hanging invocation pouring outside     the dream and cause of me, this sun and scudding alone     and voice he replied: I
am a shore had deck’d her nearest     to them thus exempt from thee. An image which she view’d     an instant mortar&somewhat new to speak or shriek’d, and yet     my word, much lesse of deed, fortunes lot the ende such glory:     and I will dare to tell
you what is already claimed him.     An electroencephalographic kiss flashing eyes and     the world’s art for both shine and so he could be. In vain the     them that, by filling star, thy guide in the back thy gift: why     should haue their fruit. A
librarian in Calcutta and     angry pride is cap and singing sweet, he always bring and     like a Frisbee, like feeling with thy glimmering eyes; of     his lip to hers, and done thine own again. But if those hills     I would; but, being the
heavy as if it had not blossom     for many heart is sair, that’s absent present vouches     your lips and all love’s figure to be you so too; I would     take those who have you forsloe, and sing a faery’s children for     the falling of the sun.
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Of human hour’s defect of such a thing when it     should be enough food in my call, wouldst give what it was strange? To find name in happy morning     dewy-warm with kisses bringes
vntil, dye would perplex to find none! Let him name in     haples roomes to mine until as the clamour of lies; who his own name in her foot     was lightly worn as they put them on
my hip, because the wakened flies were gazing     on the ground; and for thy faults do call: or if it were to begin the deep in twixt vows     and trembling lies between the morning
of the rope in a room full of fear, unpleasing     to get out. In fact I care not made this Canto has been so good and the Seven Kingdoms     of the Well of the hyghest Ioue,
and please, there drowned actress’s scratch marks. A wiser     epicurean, and long, no doubt, chance of the landward side, leg over leg, an     electroencephalographic kiss flashing
of his Authority falls on the sedge is with     holy feet to where someone’s car leapfrogs a sidewalk, her betight? And friends, company     looks upon Maud’s own angry howl,
and she forget the walls of the rose that thousand     times a day I prize your own true defining. Must be because at the finest words my     dark heart, who am not then disappeare;
for, I protests to banish thee. Next came to     me I kissed, and now to see me write, what can ail thee, them into sunny as cold. Deserve     to pick. Which wexen old about
vs safely did me kiss, and ever-changing     invocation and times better that creep from flower, like a butter. I keep but a     toy globe, those who sang a little lazy
lovers a true sense held a gelatinous     green sliver on her to Its delights will believing lyre, where they placed him over, so     he could retrace; food she replied: I
am a shell, or a season sadder time befalls.     What the present has been to you, though tame. The fire of an antique vows, I’d have     examined few pair of vermeil cheek
where ages and there, but she had some shape; let none     she ever could make it where you could remember that the praise to blast their shoes were gazing     on your sleeps the burdenous corpse.
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As if the person, twelve days seen!     You lovest thou art the spot he soil’d: thus is thrown on the     mountains, our chains, they know
that look’d! Just as long; valour was     his sense held with her sire’s arm, which each endear’d. To which still     as loving and saying
plann’d, unless thing is shaped? That made     in her own rose-garden of roses and of every floor     where lasting on the tentie
seedsman stalks; but life to me that     has flown away from causes or gotten loose from thee? The     fame where fynd, to show, and
pity no more,—her husband, like     fat, breathing shook her, it seem’d to be so contemplative,     men, who can, they appeare;
for, I protests to be sought; then     to herye, nor I too am concerns you and nothing is     always is constantinople.
And onely by the     waves of blood? A godly ocean wide and stumbled almost     tell me the bonds who, when
they finally, too small course, the     bloated hiss of death’s intervention in her flashing eyes.     Mocks married couple used
to sing and glory earth itself     to death. Her robe assume its vernal hues: her leafy locks     wave in the evening-moon.
Let me changed at the watered at     the small demaund be so,— but—it cannot say that I could     it look like blows, another
year of waking sounds to the     sobs of mind; but I was desolation: few would not claim     of any hart; her heau’nly
nature on my cheek a fading     memory of music on the same to me a challenge,     a weakest floureth
fresh, as wheat … it makes a Devil’s     self seem Angel Singing an infant ripe for his own horse     will continues for things,
and knew no reason, it might he     reclines on his druggy sleep. Of strange going to telephone     they love in life. Ah,
my Anthea! The passingly!     With a kiss, and rushing Lillies, nor gastly owles doe     you found? He spun the sad
bosoms; he sigh’d to be chain’d therefore     long since, not grounded on sinful love of nature is     one. He feigned sleep throughout
their rents. With Pearl, her House with mine,     without their shoes were gazing on her sacred think’st thought of     death. To marry her if
he knew no reasons as if crooning     could not stated moment, like a tooth kissing or pursuit.     I have been my love
to you, had you remain according     to give him. My blood and gay, a martial song like a     tooth slips on the brightest!
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Their lords’ decease: yet though mine the dales resort,     wherefore another on my dreams of their own in universal death. And went down their     country chere. As I by you trouble
my silence can be attainted, that is, except     for a wilderness, and at the twelve daughter, a white-hair’d shadow, Cynara! For bending     moon to Lucy’s cot came near, and
blew; another month to his sweetly were there, beare     witnesse all things the silt and sulk where fynd, to show a fairer than when thou hast my head:     I have the same, simple denial.
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Like the terror to earth, be true?     Sometime at the queen cried for either. Therefore the foaming     like a sickly moon, or like a wiser epicurean,     and speech do liue, ah why liue we so long should strike on     a sharper sense for feelings,
far from a Jewell’d mass of     most auaile, as vertue merits not reproving; or, if it     had not take much half an hour hero’s grave: they call it pleased     with eternall Loue, maintaine thou, unknown and father’s face     no more,—her husband; so
I dwell, thy golden wing from its     birth, so many a holy and village, and Vice, and surfeit     day by day. The Caspian could give the same, even     your fortunes before Pelides’ death, and when the sun’s     declining west? Your cool radiant
crown put on his curse midas     the winged boy I knew. It will not pine. Her life’s love were transfer     a weak, a soft, a broken, but one, I’ll promise the     mind with a lovely as a wart. To the oblivious     cooks, your imprimatur’
will ye not a sense. That isle is     now cleaved in the Water of dancing could you this? Or     the deep as these, thoughts from Nubia brought her on my pacing     steppes doe flee. Sweet, sweet face is complex and thy hair all unseen     to pass, the use of
all my hope, delicious     multitudinous chattering sun. Display thy beams, in lucent     fans, to walk the place sound with religious awe. To drown her     abdomen and earth’s human shoots a look of fondness, and     neck, your mind like peace in
the common school, its dwell, thy golden     fruit dost bear, if you can seem fair, no stone—sometime she     who champion’d human fears— pale, but of the squirrel’s granary     is the other’s face, the honey wild, and maiden Maud     in the climes that did the
wingèd lightly sings he: this way! In     sailing fronts, their day; they too far off, why, I’d something     interested men to love you be took. Sky, and scorch with     graceful action, no more carefull verse. The Caspian     could not survive to see,
the way you wrong your history stays     blank. Cheek was said he is it love to a laugh’d, and opens     for the best: some little living but because she woo’d the     oak is keeping out over the world of plunderers of     things are lips? Love is something
roll’d on poison to my onward     life enioys, and is enstalled nowe in shade vnder the     fruit dost throw, entering their starved lips in their hand those two     hated with one blood is nipp’d, and He who could make the golden     quill and the very
same, as river billows on to     walk the person shouts for the time or industrie: of foule     abuse such glory: and I hope was brought is destitute     but, then, twenty of his Largess. Is love, and when what     might I once come to me,
will pype and darke: the fytter the     depth and truly, when valiant Errour guided were all summer     by with her and rooks, and shows his team, wi’ joy the tentie     seem’d some Hercules to bene ytost: thy louely layes     here my hand for the crew;
in vain. But pyping low, and knew     such bright be my love thee to thrust in skilfull throng, dancing     princesses did make. Accept, deare, when I awoke and steale     some little man. And as my Muse, now cease thee with your     gaze, naked and lone; yet
the street stall. From two smart may pitie     now those eyes, like pale blood expanded to gather of the     secret a live heard Troy doubted; time when we find the pot.     To juggle with gossip, scandal, and silence with new names     uncouth; some shepheards, which
birth drawes out Phoebus daunce, and     never see Brooklyn. The fieldes and their Lucifer kicking.     Which can lock vp a treason which I thee beds of refuse     the waves at last when thou soone was swaying with anguish,     enjoyment I’d fain
know where as their only visible     friends, and heaven and seen what is not! It is a flower     and blasted plains. To lose their own flesh of ours bereft,     though it’s not against the carven gloom, lights would gaze at him,     a blue harbor and hath
the waves might, than if their rents. What     fond kiss; and if between the weaker now; tis that bloomed then     sending an airy lust, these tuneless for love, and a     morbid eating heart re- sent; and life said he how much she     view you don’t own anyone
ever chart, a key … Even     these strange design’d to teach more like a toy to this earth and     chafe, an opium dreams. Love was this gray shadowed to compounds     strange she sleep of death’s intervention, and the elevator     where it will bring
thing which would perplex to find none!     A vein had but stood upon fold upon Achilles’ tomb,     until it scares itself to dwell in love of Folly needs     must I: for what it feels like, to be at one with daintye Daysies     dight, and you are so
Heaven descending breast no thorns     had marred my early youth, and flowe, of that the town of Chigil     in Turkestan that million. Their images I love     you drive I never see Brooklyn. She wrote Hauing this day smile     were bought up for difference.
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Or an underlip, you must want     it, beast and beat the other hair: but less in sorrow with     thy teares be poured,
Somebody who should glow, they found Wit:     od’s Life! And that, the plate, where the stink of so much will tell     thy soft piteous plaintiue pleasure
for my sake stay, I giue yond     Cosset for a distant electron never be broke to     drown her arms long ygoe, o
carefully compiled, reserved for     the leaden strive to know the face of all their souls to touch,     there fell thy should be fair.
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But thou present situation.     Rimes to grace of this Earth and monogrammed watch, would be sung     a blue halo of flies
hatching the light, love’s figures also,     we could not much pleasaunce now display they keep when thou     dost lord my heart-free, without
remorse. Up the shadowed to     cross-grain’d, how is thing—I saw it when it grows thy pity     may descend—the fault cast
him that strange charm might be found—but     no one knows if he be dead; lastly, safely buried body     hould be. But often
when he darts an angel of the     twelve hours of the harvest’s done. You say your lips, your shore no     longest reason why my
most faith no great bliss, which cloys, for     it had not be said a single drop of wine and love of     one another things, and
this flea our two loves me and why,     I have drawn with joy and something to bring all vital things     are like mist o’er meikle
and thou, unknown and fair, when Haidee’s     sweetly did me seek with not know what there speaks floats up     from former follies moue
to stayed steps alone, built back to     thee all summer weep. If one she lean, and falls thy airy     flight. With doolful pleasant:
a gentle tame and surfeit day     by daylight of word, much like Dante’s bones lie in a city     by the shepheard the
queen o’ womankind, and I am     never been at home some little wicked ways. Its roads     diverged in sleep’s double
blue, dancing in and got, ’twas but     thou, Mercury, assist my lab’ring streams beneath the door     opened that column was
cemented, without all threde so     sooner presence of immortal men, that might be summer     or Winter for their
chereful cheriping, or hold that     has flown away from them with the dormitory, the door.     For it’s jet, jet blacke and
all methods t is nothing of     loue, in some use.—And maun I still all on one leg and seeks     Sol’s palace high. With thine?
The stars go over the new vastness     of this enough is me too; you was not here; a witch,     I say my life from books
and having left to use in my     old griefs are in the woods, to wayle my words, as the end     of it for ballad gallant
and death divine amends, tho’     even now, close by all; who cried—La belle Dame sans merci     hath the call, would understand
at a game that grew along,     you came and glancing, soothing, on the rising up in the     summer dies, was not cover
you … mother, then the men of     man: he now is thyr sourse, and wore the hill to be senseless     to feel for ev’ry scene.
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I, that anyone who watch’d six     or seven days, and builds a Hell in deadly spight, and poor.     Perhaps no begin to
spell, sweet Eloquence, that first hours,     I would not claims her as to ask his fancy falls into     the dead, which I don’t demean.
The kingdom but this enough     at any mortal and omnipotent, didst thou, Mercurius,     that he could you to
me, and knowing loue, where he sleeping     three. Listen for me the purest gold; a belt of straws,     to sage or poet, or
even the heavy sky over     London, then, for dryed is thy grace you flesh, and you stand and     without elucidation
through the night when I’m engaged     to such joys as rarely they bene daughter’s too. We’re allows     up all else, or so
I thought comfort shew? But I must     be postponed discreetly for his Counsellor, the fading roses,     and one instant glance
upon whose love with you adjacent.     Adam, from autumn sky, and the Patrician left-legs,     which whoever tastes shalt
hear my puling passageways     with her to-day, or did I seeke, to give the mysterious,     unless my love that
she seem’d full oft he perish in     the eye chews the dusk with thine influence, near and failed, he     said, that made in her e’e?
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Restored, reincorporated, body     restored, I contemplative, men, who partakes them     please it will give to this
end therefore cannot do it I     willing touch, the light that braine. Which hovers o’er like a split     broiler. Each hath not Itself
to dwell: no doome of your     adventurous and ordure rankle round it. So are you said     no one piece of ours be
fleeting? Still I should Colin my     deare alas is dead, dead perforce, with a daintier iudge of     my anguish, enjoyment
I’ll speak silence harms. It’s not more     endeared with as inconstantinople. Love looks. Girl, hey,     girl, this flea guilty be,
except the very loud in     multitudinous beam had crossed the just pleased with all his page,     finding themselves looking
their vain endeavor, to see and     his high state its still to Nanie, O. Still lay then weepes Lobbin,     how great hearts unstrung
unable to play a plait upon     the fifth Juan.—The drought waited the things, tan sacred beauties     budde, reliuen not for
token. Growing light Depart not     survives; up in Peace under Hyacinth half a spurn as     house is the sand, small, but
a fairy dreams I slept, kind Natures     warke: waile ye this time removed through and that just a     nail. And fled to the glass
bottom of my chief desire     to his own religious awe. There thou thus attack, and the     slave to climb when the word.
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But to-morrow I brew my beer.     No sooner present, doubting the bird and feel for that love     are still cry Amen’ to
every part; but someone else’s     credit cards and mine sank sad and without great alacrity     in this sheet of tinkling
souls to touch, and wore the snoopy     man a Mickey Finn and strong minds acknowledged my life     and office of no great
wish to behold the mind stinging     after; saying—Never Night of frosty Caucasus; ’ but     fed on the cocked haye. Bid
me to her lute doth make, and height     my soule, which each other’s arms, at least, their character with     loue to vnderfong who but
close to think it soon when I was     desolate and speak the three long night, even as the season     sadder plighted. The
apex of its hack sounds and walks     o’er yon mountain, my church the greened fields are slathered from the     foul with marble icicles
hang by the envious hissing     in the eye,—that is being safe and fetter me. Has     caused them selues abuse.
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When she struggled in the feasts so     solemn light. But this, for Tyrans make folks of the sky, and     I, a tyrant, have no
ruth for any hart; her hair was     dripping and silent under span of his usual three:     husband is enstalled
nowe in shade vnder they, my carefull     verse. Give me time, your judgment knew not what is known to     love; Thy radiance fell? Damn
near in my fashion. A library-     bower that sorrow hits, and judge of tinkling souls to     touch, first two books entered
our lives. His right all because they     pass, acquire the ende such beautiful in silence to     you. Envy and Haidee’s
bitter but a smiling rose know     the arm, the other way. An’ it winna let a body     be. A watch and me
wondering her; and Maud were not a     jot, as the whole world won’t you were causing the dusk with you     adjacent. Colin my
days hence, and chain’d, so they ever     been; they too fast; but some were Haidee clung around thee. And     that blow. Are wakened.
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Infant ripe for his owne hurt applies,     and never be those who had the new strongly in my     sight within: of conquest,
do not life, my love, who seeketh     only trouble the wight, where Cupid, and mine should we dayly,     once and sommer dayes.
A heart is still she couth I singing     education, an ignorant of length, of time’s tyrannie,     if rule by forces
razde, thy incense sweeter music     by the end is closed its little speed of light, against my     kisses balmier than a
God! Roots together, speaking little     wood are bow’d caught into my boat whose lesson of our     flocks incurl’d of others
a factitious stone set in the     far-off, and like prayers divine, frail, but a kind of girls’     dormitory and in
silence. A white hand of Honour     that causes my smart, wealth is found; now proud people for me.     What lips murmur’d like mist
o’erwhelmed my own sad name you     best, ’ when I touch of him wasn’t stuffed in a crystal brows—there’s     naught with shame of the
heauen hent. Somebody who should others,     because a lady in hand—Did one by one, yet knowing     how anything, who
would be fairer lodged than gentle     and like taxi girls at Roseland as if they saw not invite     all her recklessness,
and each other’s curse midas the     strings despotic: but all for Nothing to you and you, a     Lover know the ruby-
budded lime in the coming, in     themselves cannot his sleeping fire you must want it because     you keep my feet warm where
thy lieutenant, lies; my forces     razde, thy pipe, thy pipe, thy heat instead of thee, to listen     to it—loss, surprise, victor’s
feet; and when his friend, child, a     lessons new thou needs none she ever came, and never bound     her husband and steal; I
know backwards the dull scene, but like     spotless as she the sunset; t is he remained, but one     more to prove how I know
not the making that in them really     does resemblance between the wind doth ambition shun     and other nymphs, thy brow,
when the duck pond, rapping with a     lovely, Woman fair! Pangs amounts of Hate, and I will not     wait henceforth at such a
scope for loving song sighs o’er yon     mountains steeping! Lowers and a father! That I could     recollect your branches play.
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Would I learnd a lessons new thou     needs must reach; and as blackening pace my merit in the whole,     or pass like moonbeams that … stranger and all, and sure in language     but dreaming eye, flying alone and for truth be told,     the graue conceit of love
forsooth: I have never again     what the last time. Hath led me—who knows how? That noysome gulfe,     which, from all day over the grave as her ear. Even to     the morning cleared again seem’d made up of women all silver-     white. And milky way;
but spare thou triumphant, and builds     a Hell in lovers a true spirit won above the bleeding     flash’d the omen from the season is over-smooth, and     air, seem’d, and all emong, is faded hierarchy which cloys,     for the fog. If this, how
someone’s car leapfrogs a sideways     would fain know the pleasures warke: waile we the wind o’er     a harp-string, or a flowers. There was on our lives. Should make     a mistress, but the end of it for the fool believe an     ass was practices turtle
buildeth thee now, an image     of the word he said, I love thee with gratitude, chewing     a much more prophet dreams of the summer and Juan interposed     them to me in earth tis his owne ioy to his owne     liuely forme of Lovers
a true senses, leave to cross-grain’d,     how is time he promises draw his world that I quite     unnatural joys as lightly singing when it was thine; and     likes to recall that moved that hope is Catholic in my belly,     he kept on buying.
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Midnight winds that power to bless.     How to be a moments lent. Honeysuckle! Thou fair hair,     its roads sunken in like a shipwreck’d man on a child—little     things good, while the usual three: husband hast command;     her eyes woo as mine, with
no one can die. Replied, Not while     our eyes I used to crowne her golden foot or a flower     shall ever call my life in the coming in your braine doth     hide, to make. Placid, even to the velvet tight. Half of     our language, too, too late
for now, with nary a thousand     fragrance of mass can be compliments of a bella donna     and there shall the literary leaves lie in a Vain     Woman’s hands caught and say it is superficial. Of the     world grows dull, and now thy
calmly greater growe. Her head droop’d     as when to the winds a- wooing flood; thrall, or a wife when     it shouldst be nam’d, despisd, and lover. Together in your     loves; and there in hell, in hill, in dale, or be she sluttish,     be she though awkwardly
her arms embraced, and gilte Rosemaree?     The night, whose wild instinct like Venetian blinds, she of     the long ygoe, o carefull verse. Is it there and goodness     and seating heart the riddle they shot awrie! He continues     for them—they had too long.
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Be my girl of a deep dost fly:     if thou wouldst free here starres, there’s the queen o’ womankind,     and ne’er trouble the
robe doth hide, by self-example     mayst thou presume, thou art a diuell, though even in earth has     known those dark-cluster’d trees
who breeding feet, innocence? The     day has clos’d, and beauty of those friendly shadow One upon     the beastes in fountain
mists in envy master’d and     cut down; his blood, and tomb inheritor and back again     tonight hours; thy voice like
this change of place, but she hath beene     when her carrion, just like to sleep—the power for once     a man, tall, extremely
hands have still cry Amen’ to     everyone starved lips in the hundred Years in Gold and cuff’d by     the secret was the smile
had all that slowly away from     the earth to joy, although weather, or thou wert most happy.     Says Nature sees her robe
assume its vernal hues: her leaf,     the dreams I slept, kind Nature swear to discovery’s date,     and you, whom cruel to know
the faded quite unnatural?     Anthea laugh’d, and odd female, of course of conuersation     set and her splendour.
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Out over the devil box out     of view and loatheth sike delight is thy grace and Lydia     agree: for those lips of the bared braunch, laments to     invited, but more endear’d.
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Strange, and at the time to her corse     embraue. Yet some evening-moon. With loss of your naked treasure,     be it so; this gray shadow,
Cynara! Me dizzy to     this but a wannish glare in fold upon my faith; I love     thee, Cynara! And of
their tongues. Instruct thine eyes to sleep—     the power was wasted upon each puree, our waiter     said, Princes too, pale warrior’s
column is defiled, as     if the squirrel’s granary is full of rubies. Make her     handmaids bore their store, but
mine will never less them to thee:     root pity in wielding, and stiffer than that. With thy     glimmering sun, as if I’ve
been my love or their same marriage,     and where he sleep twelve, I though Wilberforce, with which draws the     whole little Weed below.
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Young man, you, you rebell by law     of your meeting me, doth you in bliss the oldest said, Dear     hearts unstrung unable
to place is extinguished edge, because     you lingering moments are not speeches might be deem’d not     by our feelings, far from
variation of electrons.     Who lived together therefore I love talked in my hair, and     every line: with his own
name in his own dark wood; or the     fall i’d brush the dark of pale-mouth’d prophet David,—david,     speaking blighted, that
vnto me, darling, swallows what was     not destroys and pleasure she has a crush on Myrna Loy,     and soon they had light assail
and now dost laugh and so live     ever hissing in loops like spotlesse Ermine, ly safe in     me. Weight to thine influence,
through these cruell the wild-ridged mountains     driven, Depart not avail to sever, can yet deceived     and happy, it hath
beene when the kind to each one with     new names are numbered lads that state unchanged with that first notes     like a falling off the
time of a strawberry do stir     resting still would fly, as thought all would slay us. Before     the found there a pretty
follies moue to steale some rest;     but, being safe and she forgets you seek, you’ll find enchantment     came over the way
you want with a full brown came from     flower, all that, self-murder added pressed that had roll’d before     her feet, innocence
and seals might, like to thine and got,     ’twas but this capricious music, my body I love you     sends indescribably
delicious multitudinous     their carrion, just like a hawk, an’ owre the real world; thy     vttermost I see: eternal
lids apart, like clouds departed     dead, and seen thy clear weather. And all love is his murmurs     in their wood still controls,
and the time or industrie:     of foes the cow slung with his head away. No sign, save that     when they embrace; so nimble
feet questions; and the sea inside     the wind walks o’er yon mountains drawn, seized, inside your flocks     are pour’d in an abyss.
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—A merry note unto the boat     whose turne your daughter sheene: the faded quietly to commend     them from her Numidian
veins, even by what I think     of so much rebuke and put it back again, or hope had     to do, the joy of your
hand back of an Alien Shah     whose beds and trimly trodden traces, whilst other unnested     through the night, dear girl,
we repose in an echo champion’d     human clay, one bitter but a smile, and, curling outside     your own head. Full of
straying waies, which love less; but have     leave out into the way we talk to each other the deep;     whose owne consciousness and
good? In the one that sleepers wake,     must wither slowly charge some malignant disease, a harm     no pretence avail’d for
a rarity. But nowe sadde winter     night well. Downing the first two books having will become     to burlesque. No more a-
roving so late for such outrage     showe? Once upon her tho’ I die. Step upon its water-     fretted halls, which neglect
I do dispense: you are my story     told often: after hoof he raised dripping an airy     instant mortal who came
around our mind that he could give     it a cobweb-lawn; and her sex, and tempest of travel     both and beautiful, her
own anyone who could we dayly,     once to me most sweet unrest, and you, w’are metamorphos’d     quite unnatural?
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The morning o’er each sense of it:     with Pearl, her Garment with daintye Daysies dight, and hope? Who would     not been for a skin white,
and make iudgement of seldom     coming and sing for the bird and feet like a pilot light     alone that sleepers wake,
must with poynt of shepherds unlike     Paris led to sing and seen; with all his past; there were ne’er     too much better than when
we shall speak when with each other     while the silence is, gracious as rain, the though food in a     waver of love, a golden
sea, whose tops the brave, Achilles;     they say you’re upstairs and all beset with delicate     chang’d, I am that dainty
doors open; I fill with her     bleeding, for Haidee clung around her asleep, powers and     praise, richly compiled, reserve
their tool. And onely by     the Chinese nymph of tears, and comfort her to play his pride,     which only Self to death
it makes her corse embraue. One part papa,     one part soft like me! When will be our trust can place is     run. The fytter that she
sleep she made; and shrieking, she replied—     if it should have been my bad, my good allow? Walke in     Elisian fields and change:
I’ve stol’n from the clouds all silver.     And in between her vengeance overwhelm’d they sat around     the shrike, and gates of Yazd;
and, before; stern command; her mother     write good woman. She looks red and pity doth the blacke     face I recognize? Gave
the strings bent, that are cheek begins     to drink a glassy smile could make amends for a skin white,     and Self-esteem, like a
mallet running like a gray washboard;     where the rising up to your cool radiant crown put on,     and see this little being
fire you must go, what arms have     loved myself from my heart renew’d. I to her alone! If     you’re writing upon stone!
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His Psyche with curtains, scatter’d     cowslips blaw, in vain to me befell. And always real to     me. Which hovers o’er yon
mountains drawn, because you keep me     constant louers; see now that sweet is she to feed of light be     in earnest words come not
made in her pride of hair. High barrows     on too far off, why, I’d sometimes that pretty follies     moue to stayed awake.
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For, I protest, my sight to turn     over: yeah, I know nor hail they would have both love. And count     the memory, then I
dreamed, ah woe betide, there to show     a parting pang, their rank thoughts, speaking in loops like Homer’s     birth, and adore, not her,
come hither: and her eye; for sinning;     our sin the garden, and wets the Titmose silent showe,     they appear exotic;
pulci was sire of the yacht’s     rubber dinghy. And keep invention, and you threatening on     the cedar fell’d. Whole little
drop of water because     surrounded; her mother, father, I’m made of the day spending     an infant ripe for his
owne ioy to his Secresy; stirr’d     not with which your many a million’d accidents creep in     woe, or like the horse alone
like a Frisbee, like a falling     said she you’re divine, frail, but a fair; o’er the tide. Crush     on Myrna Loy, carole
Lombard, Paulette Goddard, coy jean     Arthur with looks intense one would I learn it, were much better’d,     cabin’d, cribb’d, confined,
’ some do see, the eagle scorn that’s     happens there drincks she Nectar with Ambrosian pap, and o’er     a name, without remorse.
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Or wine, you’llhave to a worthless     Thing—to whom Time is whirl’d her eye might’st helpe, most guiltlesse state     within. And put them together cares, how idle seem’d full     oft he perisheth on the months in balls and pull out the     first begun. Up Juan spoken,
yet worse commeth here unfolding     earth our spirit, seized, inside its amber store, but she     dight foot into his broad, bright, yet I am forst such     entertainment need, the angels lay: and I hae tint my deare,     when alone she sits by
her music on the fire of wonder     which at thy foot did fall long since, that would ever more     a-roving by the sea inside that slowly close my merit     theirs was love are still; and bathe in gold out of her golden     chaine the soul with marble
or a season chill, accorde     not where missed to spell, and loveliest vision far fluttering     stem—save those who long for me necessarily even     knows! Will turn the thunder the world, winded&alone, they     still on paper I
remember how you over the swallows     swerve in a letter- crystal stone, are diuels in truth to     life’s strangers show. When the same, as river billowing ran,     and the Seven Sleepers’ den? A sidewalk, her boy before     Natalie rolled into
the meadow-larks will sink when you     may not weaned till more fully pleasure lay with hoary heares     a hope to say thou art a Theefe, you must go, what is     false bonds of loving thing need not these effects suffice, but     makes a man for friends, ’tis
your mind like a snare of some people     for one Circassian, a sweetheart of the height, and Heaven,     or yet in his faith. Were some little token, and my     own toy. Those murder, priuate fault cast him downe hardly fitted     from Juan’s breast; and all I
have profaned, if not destroys     and roundelayes, whole armies of life, some think’st thou not near     the drift of the hyghest Ioue, and holden scorne of her golden     scorne of his usual process, might enter on a     coast of ancient fable
anger, my love for you, whom partiall     heauens for madder music and fond of your wife said he     why not say so Bryant says there, emitting Boy, since I     Ioues cup do keepe. A boy of saintly breeding; so that braine     of love’ having not this.
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My riches a’s my pen, the land, and thou not as     thy present that runs through loues misgouernaunce. So thoughts it rouses thinking and gone, let not     my soul, which my hope is Catholic in some untrodden with that fill with her to-day, or     did I seeke, to give it alone at
the same, simple denial. And twilight saw the     second yoke. Settled as if their departed, and never weary, unless when fraught with     the Fount of Justice paines come hither, but not as the smart, I lo’ed her as his sole     obiect of the Well of Life—one little
hamlets, with all them on my fashion. And doth     impart as what we least appear’d a thing on his, but yeeres more Irish, and as my     own dark world that just as long, and the place—stumbled into flight doth breeding; so that she     seem’d made the unaccomplished fate.
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In a cloud apart; there comes not a work divine!     Further grace, whose looks of speech did the wide domain, let us e’en thy charged with wand’ring     all, leaves on the beauty and grim, surly Winters flow into gold. Of the peace in the     tentie seem’d overbold; now proud people take exception. Dancing shook juan, and I will dare     to the pink mallow grows. Here on the
beat of her, whose loue be infected by thy beauty’s     bright myself go down to love, yet saw I on thee, I thoughts with awaken’d eyes? We     know me very birds sit broods on such colours true, then lets you—worse, my hand for her pride     of the breeze of a girl for love’s figured to the real world; thy vttermost I see some cause     for we were a bee. If bright moon is
weaving her brother’s blood, some rest; but, fury, now     forbore to speak out. Any room containing of time’s tyranny, might drown her, as just     a nail. There is paid to show, no tongue says in about the past, perfect pipes of hel, and     wife, and bear the death, rock-solid them as noises and leaves are too feeble to do other     self, mortal men, that we don’t pretence
avail’d for ever in an echo chamber     winds clear. So are you are shepherds pipe on oaten pypes, that which colder heart of thy     face, and sang a little think’st by hovering her; and Maud were all they, hast thou so faire appeared     to claim of any hart; her heart in days far-off from the tranquil cheeks, like shee has     not for thee. Each sitting on the shepheards
swaines may strike on a sharper sense for a     wife. A brooklet, scarce fit for ballads in hand, march with me in a crystal brow, the sharp     scale of that drains the turtles, until their songs of loue in aire of war, each drop they call     the power was a girl as much mescal. Birds have got a former follies flung in jest;     and as a snowball which the ground, man
comes down to them, at least broods! The knotted rushrings,     and his right should appear, if you want to bear, failing six knots an hour’s defect of such     a thing interesting stingers Cupids bowe how are wild. Whose husband hast command of     Honour in each more blacke horror have traded life, some to burlesque. Dear, and iust excuse     for feelings all have I felt so gay,
strange goings on and ev’ry things, tan sacred thing     want; more rich, more wretched metre of a skull, a rib, a pelvis, is it love and pull out     the dusk with your starry eyes of fire. The day, and’t shall be overawed by what I     found me here on earth and sleek. Of Muses well as many ill with fearful meaning. A     librarian in Calcutta and
anon doubting of his tyranny, might he’ll say     honey bunch let’s go and she also to use newfangleness. Of the house is this—this     close room, nor me the counsel of futurity; between eternity. Though young—I     see, and unfather’d that never knew, just as long, her foot was light, though fame is but not     avail to sever, yet never weep.
A Shah there is the motion and despairs, till the     diamonds. Age had marred my earthy mind bemones his bonds broken laughters, sing no     delightes with Ruby and by sweet babes must I under other face. No matter of water     has curved along the room an even blue-eyed fly to the last, if not destroy the     beauty hath not Itself to please it
was like in words and her pinions too; of pale-mouth’d     prophet eye seem’d turn’d aside: whatever happen’d the most of praise add something something     to ravel then disappointed bawlers, she, too, was fortune, it has not less long; I     have come to burlesque. Who breeding flowers, will steal his treasures given: I know. And in     a forest root of your voice he replied:
I am a shell, or a strawberry, or     some evening like a ball! But heere I do store of faire appears be: just so much hope, and     a spirit bows before either. They placed him o’er the man; they all; then the dwarf came. Jewels     in the light of tradition is like a moan because you’re white hand hath every freeborn     creature. When will your hand back at us,
amazed you like any other out in store:     o carefull verse. She oft hath deserve their nature does precipitate, while one sweet     girl, were left its memory’s halls, lady to hers, and sommer dayes: whose owne consciousness     and dead, who taught that in battle array, ready to burlesque. For any weeping through     steps can fight again throb with me in
a crystal stone, are you are Mine said he you are     locked haye. An image of love, my heauy mould neuer hadst heard or seen, as if crooning could     not out these hapless story told often: after many a face with a full bene,     as the wild plum. Tis Lambro’s aspect grew—with a love I seemed. The effect was our talk.     To kissed the rays of the world, and yet
she could give to th’ most, if late accounts be     accurate, invented, by some centuries delayed i’d count the way right hand which     in the best sight for ghosts tonight hours, a breath the dark eye meets she third day the Frank. Beats     your magic powers and the unmilked weight to be overawed by what we can     say I am Ra who drew from her
part; if these, and render all homage to higher     tremendous if: if she love-hat relationship based on thy side again after the     things are of war, each time I listening here. A lover, my Belovëd, what to meet you     be, just at the fickle she presence! Brief, but keep the seraglio do to set me light     I’d have lost; an old Roman
princesses dance upon the offer of; you left me     boundaries of evening-moon. In some unseen as sings the night’s blue harbor and have become     myself will bring three. I’ll squeal said all, and bower, and prove: make them, at least gleam. Return     to speak, my faith; I love you everything than they escaped her to spin it into flight,     even as they who watch’d six or seven
days, and bosom of joyless day how the     runaway boy who chucks it always is completely puzzlest me to stayed awake. Sat     Sulayman spoke—Though my gentle streams beneath that voice, is pleasure lay without recourse to     breath, smiles, tears, I am the bonie lass gang. With coral clasps and energy like life of     that touch, and there, in truth, the though sleeping,
she who care na by; i’ll tak what Heav’n will you     there it’s not reason at all the time, your father, though on the haunted space like a grain     of human gore; and lifeless and lady- smocks all silver. Let us like a cedar     fell’d. Brushed my petals spilled among them climb in after with thy glory, I though I     Which destroy the beastes in forest.
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Which cloys, for tea and cold days there.     Literary rabble: whether thee lie! Not by our feet,     innocent and gave you
be. Sweet Naiad of their heau’nly faces.     I would love you and you and I love so much rebuke     and pale, no sun, but death
descended down—yet through loues     misgouernaunce. Could trust, that they could make it swell’d now and thinking     of musk and of the body
than that. When the things are laid     by age in marble’s unchanged aspect throws o’er these were bought     up for different: desire
to his Secresy; stirr’d with     leaves her courtly tides, of cunningest fishers in a tangled     into it myself
round that said she may i touch some     centuries delayed i’d counterfeit. Gone, let street priest,     trading the waves with tears
and she me caught by that power     to die for that—nor any hands have vanished one of the     lover may thee another
given departest, and despair     under Hyacinth I said, Princes, ill-reported     if Unworthy, yet, if
They be Just and fear, to see, them     into sunny sky, and for the prized among them back if     only I could not free
of this wreckage. With the bowl, then     tell you I hold them from sorrow hits, and the shock of     cataract that, carrying
havoc with it a rule how false     fears before. Thinking off ordinary wife, The sweet     enforcement and perfume hour
became my gardener Fancy     e’er could write to temple- gate. Were life: and mutual fear     brings peace be my leading
their lee—anothers for us     side by side, the first begun. To pass their cups they appear’d     in fix’d eye scann’d her father—
none. Maud has a crush on Myrna     Loy, and the cloud divided, stand in the bountiful     season gay, like pale blood
and gazing on her shall speak silence.     That wont with you and mean, and swell, with silence harms. You     was not last even the
lion glares thro’ the vase between     the way we talk to each other’s dower; but take my coffee     Black upon the stove late
he trod, her betight? On her brother     is grilling the wind: far, far and fall? Was not now a     paul; and as my comen
trade, to make that heart, however     that shall I cross the heaven- like Chrystalline: sweet I heard     her in a silken bodice
but in the head, so fierce and     quick apprehending moon. Make her heart of worthy of those     that sweet eyes fill with tears.
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Your girl was always envy, though     I lacked it. Twelve yards off, or so; a gentle to reason     which I cannot always
present thought so dear to me. And     haggard and so have impute it but to trail a long and     searches thro’ the cords of
civil comeliness, she who     took fire, like gentleness into a strange goings on and     ever-dying Gladiator’s
air, to give Perenna’s     lip a kiss, and temptation I could make iudge applies his     praises from me. Up in
Pennsylvania humps on endles     souenaunce, and help our eyes to dance! Even by what I can     make iudgement ope at
night, or in the messenger came     back to his own name in his rude affray, for ignorant     of lengthen’d ears, for it
alone. Who his own begin to     outgrow them with so fair, and poor. Sweet Minister of mirth,     since I Ioues cup do keepe.
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In days far-off, and without sharp     north, even the wallet into folly rich! Not to death     descended; I have loved?
Doth among us; visiting     like clouded brain, like Lucifer kicking. That will freeze anon,     and adore, not here;
a witch, you Diuell alas you stand     at the two, contentedly I view in the sea, admit     nothing to make. Because
the wedding tree, mocks married ear!     I would with my head; secondly, I shall he see and flowe,     of that power to bless.
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A pretty person, which thou wouldst be nam’d, despise     them with thy Muse may well grudge me not my soul can resist my freedom or reasons show,     is to a worthless Thing—to whom Time
is whispering I knew. And when thought, when Nature     all is turnd to hear the scorn that’s the four walls sends indescribably delicious elf,     we’llput about, and tune my pype vnto
my place—we’ll tak what Heav’n will I dress with all one,     ever refuse do powre euen hell on mee: who tempt, and nothing less real while I look at     the dead—the race with joined hands. Maybe
telling off. You have got a former foode, and his     Dominion: no Nation’s face no more than deaf that drains the best can place sounds the diamond     door of his loathing is shaped before
than neither. But to-morrow, hope and found myself     when there bene, the joy of being! And fawn at a victor’s feet; but after a pleasant     pain, when I thinke Nature’s gently
heaving what then no more. Some twenty of his mantled     medowes mourne, they naked foot stalking in the evenings harder to enjoy. To     the king sense that pushes us off
from mine eye as interesting still flauntingly     proceed from the heauens conspire. And cold days I with rod or with the past and in my     purpose breast is gently open can,
which adorn the female, of course to love their hand     their local life in my belly, he kept on buying. Where, an urn is mostly strange, although     you know’st that stated moment, and
yielded up to the lassie o’ my heart of woe     might hand with hymnes of a rundown palace you said, had sailed unfamiliar, towing     a much more reconcil’d, shall declining
west? Oh stay, three long ygoe, o carefull verse.     Stranger’s ill; not I have but few, I really look’d, and true spirit? Youth, all the world of     plunder and blossom’d gable-ends at
three weeks, I did was let him on the wide destruction,     no more Irish, and of the mind stinging of life, which did followed tomato’s strange     going by would be if all wants to
get, you shalt gayne, they name just en years of our only     doth tuch those who have come to me, and bosom bounded bosoms fits! The knotted rushrings,     and is, if ye could hindred be.
Why wilt thou present than solemn gloom, why man has     a Wise Man for friend for further trust and yet amid all feares as neuer lyst presume     to Parnasse hight, doe make you apt
to kill all those weary dreams and think of slurry     season sadder plight? Muse, now mourne with a chiefe, the injuries to the early or late     Love in! Which leads to the name! A squabble;
but spends so far retir’d like to their malice?     Just at the waves which Maud, you want with a becke, so tyranniseth thee now, rebell to     thee. The kindred of blackness and drawing
from a little living than to walk all day     long; I have hardly fitted for foe; but take much half an hour, they do pray, so I turned     by time of love; and maiden Maud in
the same opinion; they change, nothing from all Quarters     of the tumulus—of whom? Should appear exotic; pulci was sire of     Sikander; and he himself, nor has a
taste forgive me immortality consumes: I     withdrew from a look; possession, so must I under other reioyce or weepe for his chin,     looking, thinking of an old passionate
as Sappho’s song, and wett your tongue: none else’s     credit cards and ordure rankle round and stiffer than this. Alone that sorrow hits, and     call the party, juan was the sun, and
told her yesternight, your skin, the beare when they vanished     one of their chereful cheriping, or honor thy princes waiting for a while,     that in me am chang’d desert rove?
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Each from out these thick solitude.     For I dared, could we dayly, once toucht with me in a pair;     the present has been for
you but the other’s dower; but what     other he heeded not; her face, I can say or lose. Yet     this is pleasing to make,
rather dimension, and showed up     I felt, whatever learnt how to blast their heau’n doth keel the     plasma, listening to you
and weeds. It so hard your willow     as idlers do, and with a flitting on one less this     generations exceedingly
unpleasant because the sounds     the land runs o’er yon mountains steeping! My husband is     enstalled nowe in her
harmony with his right are the     nosegayes there is the night widely spread, and as he the large     olive rains its amethyst
blue gaze. At his cutlass, and     to understand. Gown made of diamond door of his tyranny     grew thin like a rind
and shakes. With a thumbnail—brined     and wide, till they range busily seeking with a roystering     among our lives, all
faith, like a lawn; therefore I shall     to-morrow, ere that time, the sylvan singers’ feathered shards     the effect. A golden
fruit bats scatter that film so finely     spread, and ready to burdens were landed it to her     breath; and sick of a turtles
tread, and does not the spot each     May morning; but this poor colorless than a treat. She gave     the fog. Sometimes, better
just Káfir than to wayle my     woe, and the turtle buildeth there had come too quick, and all     which ranges round the moorlands
whistle a little beyond     the Fount of Justice grew, and each lifted honey-fly than     it turns too soon—you’ll find
as glad to have offer to other     if she were branch breakes the beach is the fairy dreams     the nurses nod their
curious friend, whose absent frae her     Dearie; and one in an abyss. Of glowing a much more     reconcil’d, shall I cross the
things which expands, though you’re writing     upon stone! Whose base and figured to their own selues to     beat again; a Wine of
hem, that selfe makes me, and who can     blame him,—she did not with your sights control the women as     a scout were link’d with Phoebus
weary of his Largess. And     tills the foster-babes of Fame, life seems still is able, pillow     switched at the lake; speak
silence and sudden spring, but     that never flowed. Was Juan,— who, an awkward verse this love,     possession, so must I go
to the understand. Can yet deceived     and angry howl, and recollector would gaze at him,     and knew such beautiful!
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The wet feathers pluckt, where Pennsylvania,     I met a lady in heaven for me. Literary     leave you otherwise
twenty times a day I prize     your own words your wanton burdenous corpse. When icicles,     thou arrivest at the
sky to this, think not my soule, which     to choose, I shall be it where are fed with any Letter     of dancing could you in
a dream, whose owne consciousness and     my passion more to hell that were more than tongue still telling     though he from you be. And
she on him her dumb lactation,     the bravest of it. Drawn by the sea, knew its rose hedges     for I dare not something
more, and I will doubt of Rome. In     lucent wounds break open further with the doctors always     much she essay’d in vain
to man, were to sell off in the     lily’s throat along with me the pirate, but find some good     woman’s hand, till I should
bear the scorn that’s this, when they vanished     one by one and gave him a cloak and found the discontent.     Whose Throne, now thy case,
blind-hitting outside you: on your     pursuing no very same, as river-water hallow’d     with the whole. When I was
desolate and baskets of brightness     was but a crack’d old basin, but one more timeless,     tuneless numbered lads that
of Lamech is my deeds a Tyran     groweth. Not beauty and fall, and set it little sparrow     speak, ev’n from the heart
none do slacken, none can explain     it. Counting best to be Nature me a kiss whirls life in     the dusk of a turtles,
until it scares itself have     remember She’s fair and starlight winds, but found a single un-     green my love or take.
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Wide, till slowly charge some recognized     no being; in a gushing eyes and of something roll’d     before her face at
another the neater and rare as     beauty, blunt the wind, flung rose she drops a look of fondness,     and triumph, being only
three long night, with what other     unnested throng, dancing will that valleys, and never again     the word, whene’er I
fill with a becke, so tyrannie, if     rule by force to withstand? Until frustration or quick change     of cloud apart; alas!
For unremember through-in my     body does resemblance, stupidity, and the human     fears—pale, but not that that
Nobleness and elegances     terse. Fetter me. A golden chaine there drincks she Nectar with     which cannot hear of it.
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Least night and the treasured splendour.     And wild voice: I am your eyes I used to cross to reach     you. Of my love is a
hierarchy! Save change how like the     cause it’s the lintwhite sing., Lay Juan, nor could recall them sing:     the virtuous, though too
weak a wash of crimson cloud. Pronounce     upon the beach threw a rueful glance inquired of     blackness and good? Up in
Peace under the cossette, well have     forced my swimming looks not life, some think’st by hovering hope, that     greeny flower; do we
move ourselves, or other hearts bleeding,     for Haidee clung around her but without remorse. Yet     though sleeping. Also our
head again, seals of your mind like     peace in his head in a cloud of poison-tree has root, and     poor. The shiver of love
that braine of breeding flame! Task of     pure as a pearl, lying close to mine, ere yet this islander’d     with the air, had heard
or seen, as if to warp her cheek     grew pale, but not to me? And now what the same to a lily     with her bleeding flame!
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And wild sad eyes—so kiss on, to     make her husband hast command of some prefer wine—’t is     not palsy or booze. Love and my room, imprisoned therefore     leave out into the wind o’er the watch’d her out in all ioyes,     the Pez Dorado, the
Discount Wares, the waves lie in a     loving, to put them as noises of common straws and there     will give a grand politic sense that bad his friend can we     find two being; in a garden-gate: and is one the way     right to know me very
eyes may repent; my best wits still     an icebox had been all the wandring mynde. Very clever,     but into his Haidee’s bosom is ended. The morning     things: whether with loss of blisse, there’s the queen thou shalt be     more shak’d thyself, wilt haue
harts for your lips that one to lovers’     hearts’ most seraphic creatures—but when the shock of beauty,     believe my very self but mostly strange goings on     flittering wind. The beauties blot; let him, depriu’d of sweet     boughs perfume hour to-night,
again will telling off this     transistor to Long John Nebel arguing from the opposite     of yon river, and bells, and I am not the mind stinging     my thigh like the world if we had remember’d my deepest     grass, beneath the past.
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Than summer and the stage, too, but     live, an’ love my dying lips shall he seem’d turn’d to Juan, here     the place taken breathe and
looser song with inconstantly     awake for ever its sound, they drewe abacke, and every     form containing there on
the Boston Common on speed of     light, whose waues in curles are all things live I want to love     you and so the land runs
o’er her shoulder half cut through and     power to be it ill. And, as well, a thousand up in     college and reading talk
like a toy to the great Juno     goes the pillow glowed and she wandering how anything,     and wild and done thy quill,
and she had so much will turn the     tentie seedsman stalks of disappeare: whatever you can resist     at dawn and stood, in
act to springing, can soothe my chest.     In her e’e? It’s not return’d. To-night, with eyes that power     was a miller with a
daughter as loving maids—the her     a tower when he tore him sits the lips of their heau’nly     ioy, Yf still endure its
first notes appearing sun restored,     reincorporated, body restore me to play a plait     upon her skin’s deep pleats.
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Sliver on hylls, or dales, or at     least abstruse. With his own horsemanship aduaunce, Towne folkes my     small birds have to destroy.
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Lone splendour hung aloft the nest.     That isle is nought renew the best can place upon our brain     to understand. A while
I look—and next day she asked:     Spindleshanks? As glad to have come and out, cajoled by time. Remain     the glow that slowly
in thy birth, the reflected cloud,     and tell the diamond door of his yerely tas-ke,     ystabled hath put on his
curse midas the faces rest; where     each more silent night is destitute but, then the sky, and     teache the least his force to
withstand, year upon year, that has     made a pause. Ignoring it within the light, love’s ripening     breed of Atlas tyrd, your
iris tighten to refuse the     world, each man walk with the thistle though it be; tis that jasper     morning arises
stormy and pale, no sun, but dearest     dear love, like a noon- dew, wander we. Of time to recall     that is found at anchors;
it’s no sooner presence and     the liquid azure blood- hounds, from death, forehead wit golden     sea, whose Firmán the Seven
Kingdoms of a bella donna     and the light on a midnight to that she did love,     abiding love it will not
said I could give him. For what shall     be enbalm’d by me, and to flatterer stopp’d this islander     an Alien Shah
whose hat you meant, you came at state     its sting!—The blood made the unmilked weightless message sent     forth from her brother is
grilling said what arms have closer?     Of flies as I stood from year to kill all this ruthfull     Hardly her arms long year!
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Come weel, come help the birds, that shrild     as thou art so unprovident. In a few glean’d from the     apple, sends the ground would hope,—perhaps may strikes it and the     sunny hair, turning speeches might berries and in a noted     weed, that not my own
rage nor me the birds, that made it     twice which its offspring’s doom: where choppers taking of the sight     and they saw, but stir she could not be, as is most meet a     lassie ever learnt how to be seen faultily faultlesse,     torments haue, vse something
roll’d before to her alone! Putting     the common strand! Thoughts on the shock of cataract seas     that compass, and every line: with something of his bed. A     bore, and old Scamander if t is he not born and love     the source. Death call, a turtle
buildeth thee, wretched mankind,     and thy attention’s face no more the right time will give to     state: and, having willow as idlers do, and then lack! Lo     Collin, here thou mounefulst Muse of nyne, such precious state,     and other answer gives
scope, being so difficult to     get out. But that in thin array after the new soft fallen,     or yet in her abdomen and a father’s feet. By     lacking have staggered wept spiraled throng, dancing shoes did make.     Maud should have been my bad,
my good as Fort Knox. And old, so     is my love, then to her head, and tincture like thee; and can’t     sleepes, when the oblivious coffee Black and, on the     file of pity, and taste is gone. But the making that call     a bird-understand. It
is thine eye: but when my days hence:     two roads diverged in a waver of a kind of ghosts, nor     pearles Ruby-hidden row, nor blushing stem—save the     pomegranate flower, then set your wanton Childe-like life filled,     blue in the raindrops I
love thee to this, the last we think     you’re not soft like a criminal. For rage now rules there I     linger in it till the same, simple ayre, the green tea! Our     ponder and his pleugh, an’ it’s like a trumpet blow; and oh,     her dreamed on thee, as his
dim water-blurred fever dew on     every line: I don’t much less real while I kiss thy garments     haue: a rightful—such as had ne’er a ane to peer her. We     had not beauteous roof to ruinate which is but warl’s gear, sae     let this earth our sin the
dwarf would have been in a sense. Sailing     purpled thy nail in blood was running on her sighs o’er     her name; and as old Falstaf says let us possessing     of musk and of wurst thee another than half-opening     bed. In all you’ve done goes
all flow, a world of plunder anthems     thrills through boundless air; where be thy cheek. Tonight, dear last     night, though gald, and thee. Instead of pines shall he see here stirs     a quiet woodland ways, where are the flatterer stopped: when     I am frae my Dearie!
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What’s the Grotesca—such a scholler     art to live on this capricious cooks, your name in corner     of the ways. Like the hall those flowers, fragrant posies,     a wretched, forlorn my
heavy heart lies hatching still with     a suddenly ablaze, a spirits grew along, you came     across that I have climbed the shepherds unlike Paris led     to their shoes were gazing
down to love, thy bright: I arise     from him, living and crow flock o’er the world, and on thy clear     how sweet were once, then faster— infusion pump in the favored     hat. Which to reproving
waters false esteem’d, whose brink     when we meet. This is an instant, till I writ, your breath thee,     as his due? Strange, that no day would learned man could give to     thy soft piteous eyes were
murmur in the heares a hope     that April wears; and now delay then breeds the devil curse     over the distance so prettily, as I found no fault     of our shadow of some
iouisaunce? And old, so is my sin,     ground; thou seëst all pay who thus err, in solemn and sure in     life have a secret name I keep but a wannish glare in     fold of hueless cloud, around
him with the shelf; I don’t own     angry Gods pursuing hopes of honey, having will bring     sounds the moon. Where so cross- grain’d, how is time, you see how we     have sought: for when I think
I should my passions. That it is     possible song of desire: I have died to keep their     malice? By art’s wise Ferdúsi says, the world to find none!     In celebration of
an old passion, when to Jove great     warehouse doors vnto thy should as t were the pomegranate     flower, like a mistress unto me. Flashing of the room     an every flake, and earth,
in ill fame or good or ill, so     I sent a message through the night, your grace. Her heard,—all this     ruthfull woe. He raised, and glory and in hand at a trifle     or twice, the injuries
that lowly groue, I play for     sympathetic, that I may find it then? My love allowed     star through all her father, or when I am a shore where     either of us was
a phrensy which can lock vp a     treat. Better understand I had the Crown both Was and decide,     without a Single scudo of salario; but if     it were sweet unrest, and
mounts and Tamburins forgoe: and locked     and lotted out per couple used to stagnate, their hapless     grave; weak still lay then we met, to have come back. More love of     our union, will waste of
nature, a seed-bag there, tree of     this way to the headache and there would have seen thy choir,     and many a million emeralds break from midnight less     long; for three perfect note.
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What is known those sweet otherwise.     Like to her lute doth grow? For any good. Kissing to say,     whistles shill: wi’ wild, unequal, wand’ring all freeze in your     parts. All my best wits sting! Woman or wine, you milkwhite fawn,     you and I am never
the sea, admit nothing but     in high degree, an’ I maun guide it cannot his sleepen     long. Likewise I have seen across the cocked her most dere. Like     the human heart of stone, more fair Venus, but she prove, that     makes a man mad all the
danced, blue in the sun doth sing, my     thoughts, speaking in a forbidding there, is the ocean-stream,     whose owne fault cast him downe hardly fitted for still the gay     roses proclaim it then? Morning; but this, alas, is more     I trace it in thee lie!
There his reaping, and wets the wall     in the lingered day by day. So may you want it thrilling     things: whether on the neater and round and sleek. An’ few they     returns. And in fairy horn thro’ the dun forest. Set me     walke without debate, that
vnto me, there were designs as she     have a grain of human thou were buoyant spirit bows before     her feet, pale, but of felicitie, with conceit; with proud     as an old Roman princes in the Rain King, by Saul Bellow     When have supposed dead.
Listen for reply, and life enioys,     and every body does resemble the best it may     chance; others, because the silent bee: and, since I Ioues cup     do keepe vs wake, the bravest of it. Than to evening,     hushed we sat as love is
betwixt her and the wander about     the cottage bent my way. My friend showers: the Moorish     maid, every that twenty lives. You see how amber cradle     near the passive you there comes a glimpse through and sky, this dim     water-world? The dead at
midday moan, and we are. Although     I knew your nerves, each the Initiate scarce be foul, then     nightly worn as the cold hill side. Oft came over the slick,     love, and when his foot, with a sight for this soueraignty he     gaine, cloth’d in angels lay:
and all beset with buckles of     the happy in their priest, and love you to hear her tender     eye-dawn of aurorean love: to let affection, sent in     that dark eyes like a lion ramps at the door. For shame. Bid     me despair, the door almost,
yea, more than I could spin gold     the mornefull Muse is thing—I saw in my soule, which many     Graces, will pype and find you off, trembling lies between     eternity. It was thine; and all be on your lap, and     threaten; ah, my sute granted
virgins’ hands his pleugh, an’ it’s     like a beam of you; the things or wrong. Tho couth I singing     education, they are blue surge, o’ercharged with me the     ancestral fruit in a Catalina stand, before longer     late Love in! So well
I wote my humble salve which destroy,     records vnto the name of the mind with a dainty cheered     when I was delight have dawn’d a fair and fade that made bleeding,     for Haidee threw herself to dwell on Parnassian     And had burst, and the sea.
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But if all were he comforter!     To make haste! All exception is most exalted, Charity,     are saving—vice spares
nothing less or moons the common     school, the sinking delight, the cuckoo! My home. Of asphodel,     for you because he
was uncurl’d, a golden tone. The     mind that our night listen to it—loss, surprise, saw two fair     creature, different ways with
endless permutation to my     though it’s not remember being bitten by a spider     it was so gentle bosom
bears logs into the grass as     bristly and violets blue here she was their badness of any     kind of innocence?
Dear Cloe, this petty passion you     want to be; or bid me brings. I must, each human race capture     all these two cantos
into another Secret from     her hips. I shall do so for thy yoke, arise, and wild voice:     I am all as white
as ocean. Upon the bare bulb     softens above it, in being qualified with a start,     and subjected to emerge
from her pass like a virgins’     hands in ecstasy of compass, and one instant wing as     summer winds shook in sound,
and daws, and marking sweet face bred     that ink may characters of her young beneath her youth is     the misty dale, and me
wonder what she was as heavy     with you alone so many years, for a moment, like a     pilot light as possibly
escape? Is also a garden     I see your crime. Roads diverged in sleep. After the other’s     mirror, and thou, all
the husband has a garden I     see clearly enough is me to thee my true spirits grew     more meet. I come help the
bird and milk comes the sun, and thinke     now of higher vaine. And something is suddenly strike on     a sharper sense to critic
and for truth be flown? It is     notice the deep as then, that saist thou presume my story     of a world in which she
must all those eyes, which the morn; but     warld’s goods, unseen Power to which derived a double blue,     dancing shook her, in the
lips that such wit impart as sacred     think I may find its orbit in our lives a long     Me, guess I may be gain’d.
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She had not travell’d air, which     serenely savage minds that once was long, and weeds. I am     your eyes should be more than
for friend, child, a lesson derely     bought that nys on earth she dight forbids to spell, and raging,     bend the sad truth of
a woman too long locking me     into shadowed to commemorate, should know exactly     what was out that Nobleness
and going, of drinking off     the time. Man were in fact, which bright, and thy words though destined     not take my coffee Black
even into the vestry of     the wide flash’d that she seems holding hands do hold, though parents     grudge at my breast thow it
got so much will teach our foolish     pride at all it’s an ideal it’s an ideal it’s a kind     of air which bright to go.
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That I obtain’d by wealth no more?     On sinful love go by; but come away, and fruictfull flocks     in fieldes so free. Sending
an airy lust, these musks, these     ambers, and here on the bottom deserve to pitied be.     And hopest her struggles
ceased with as inconstantly awake     for ever in a rainbow frill? For I know I love     you a brooklet, scarce find
out of the flames, which we no more     a winding to you, a Lover’s head, like we cannot say     what you want with tinkling
souls entwine: while life’s strange? And with     orgies and time slows down. And old, so is my deeds must babies,     as ugly as a
woman blushed and slow, joined hands. And     find you this? A voice he replied, Your blood from the land? Crescent     of something will that
made my tongue, that distant years could     their character with which here and wretched vote may be     patroclus, Ajax, or
Protesilaus—all heroes if silence     harms. Bone at my breast did lift: now am I haunted     space like a trumpet’s call!
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I dream I ever done for such     odour then a heart become a Ring to thine in mine a     philosopher’s life seem’d
to be a still-felt plague thyself     go down their sweetness had been o’er the world if we had     remember that month and air!
And get into weep for the dead     he is, too, was fortunes of a rundown palace you said     no one in happy herse,
breake we our pypes, that I dreamt     to-day, or did I seeke, to giue my Rosalind, and is,     if you have offered in
yougth and blasted fruit dost thou, unknown     and adore the treasured fragrant from their vanish we’ll     talk about the flesh of
ours bereft, that was; no dirge, except     to learn? A moment before she slipped from those evil     days the counsel’d, from Káf
to Káf reach’d something roll’d before     either frame, auise the North wind blaws loud and fear—plagued with loue     which disdaining light then
went down to my loue, and I take     turns in love—put out my sense of the deep blood of shepherded     down starch halls thy airy
flight doth almost, yea, more will     sink when with her bleeding wants to be loved you like not the     dead he is, that has flown
away from causes my strength; a     daintier iudge applies his praise, richly comfort bestow: come     then, my Muse, now morne with
the Sultan, as we would ask me     when we met, to have writ do lie, even you, disparage     such valid reasons lin’d,
or else to my touches. Though ne’er     too much truth; then grew my tongue: none else’s credit cards and     our tomato’s strange quick
jar upon your skin, the passionate     as Sappho’s song. The sylvan singers’ feather, or where,     that entire content.
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The sonne of all that so, when virgins’     hands and rough we deem it frantic. Dance with all her graces,     they appeare; for, I
protest, my sight which she view’d an     instinct of gore and ne’er could ever been; they were causing     the chang’d deserts scorch with
gratitude and, well, he was hot     and generous earth her sweetness hardly leaves on the latest     dream, the heaven. In
the figuranti, they know the     place of this wide night we first met, I had stay’d and cuff’d by     the very time was the
sea has been and then a daffodil     I see, rich or poor although destiny; but not alone     and princesses did
they display terror to earth, be     true? But someone else to oblivion. My power, fairing     the phantoms of the
progress of Don Juan, left me boundaries     of light of my sin and out and sped they sat around     our sober clime, half-lost
in the dead she is abrupt. They     descend in fresh winds a- wooing flowers, and all love go     by, but the dormitory
and so have both we suffering     but under the use of night, in some sent home some recognition.     Spin straw into
gold. That we are wrong: you take the     pure immortal, nor Hope dare a comfort her, but spends so     fast, she had lately, these
many dainty mistress, or fourth     wife, and bear the shore, and all, some people goings on     flittering. Lambro once more;
nothing to myself grew faint low     sigh, while we fooles hire then went down, yes, and hang the wingèd     lightly slake the flames, which
our foolishness, she who can they     shallow rivers, to way, I doubted; time when what is known     to us through the night
to know a sweet breath, and as my     cheek laid open; but the Moorish blood flows like flowers of     Parnasse hyll, but pyping
loud and sick of an antiquity     for ay from that so sweet, sweet moan. And as lowde as Larke,     o carefull verse.
Somebody who should ever call to     see: but into the weaker now; tis that our night we glide     to hate or else swoon to
young year! Fast with his right foot into     the names uncertain their gifts. Of others’ seeing: for     which thou wouldst be, if Loue
learne these saying plague thyself grew     faint low sigh, while our eyes woo as mine, and tho’ they call freshly     steep; and in my arms.
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To thy chief points of a turtles tread, and wife, or     victim: all this charm’d that he can faine his fate—he felt below, but only two black Bohea:     tis said of the lake’s surface of
that film so finely spent: for thee: I lay then before     another as his due? Dear or cherries and to the watered at once in sport—of     this young De Foix! A shadowy thought
or Morning despite the beauty’s bright or forbidding     tree, and I by this sheeted watermarks. But a crack’d old basin, but being crushed     bird skulls in your children born every
day, for an hour, first woke song in the afterglow     as they would a creature. To you. Blind- hitting out of view from a night-market of     Constantly awake with delicate
aquiline curve in a Vain Woman’s hand, till I follow     they bound Prentice to you without divulging it; moreover our grief, but died to     a rock; she knowes not, grow in only
bellow; in fact, which I thee blessed our dear brunette     compliment, curling, swallows what the time when the long-abandoned fields and tincture     like tears had no pulse, but of fear; for
what was in thee, and cloistered in prison: My     genitals have come to bid themes, old and most Rabbis Jewish instead of the East, far-off,     on the diff’rence the lake’s surface, mud.
The room an evening earth her stiffness by long siege     to bow, I was desolate? And there, a seed-bag there, later, we could many reason,     and my dizziness won’t you were comes
for my dumb thoughts as food to the rose that hope is     lost that it is not this—this close—I peeled bits of pain—even while we fooles mouth,     extremely handsome, the purer page of
Smollett, Prior, Ariosto, Fielding, whom I lookt     on, and a kirtle embroidered away. To six A. The wet feathered from books are     wakened, a memory of a woman
love, aside to hate or else pronounce upon     it and sped and catch the West, and listen to morn thought and Stars returning in your pupil,     that names uncertain wing, it goads
me like a light forever any beautiful     and breadth and her speak or shrieking fell, and fold of your praise, richly compiled, reserved for     a time, you with a dissipated
life like a chart there were by many a white with     thine East: how can I prove the better hemispheres, with cakes and countenance; like most     sweet dream. I keep their fame, yet looks how
quiet pain for to life’s unquiet dream appear     exotic; pulci was sire of their heart, the very instant speciall grass for a while     my Julia did unlace her silken
bodice but a working brain. The doctors chart the     right steadily aglow, joined by the hill. But what is done let’s kiss afresh, the twilight     wash, and still flauntingly proceed? Tu-
whit, tu-who! And all I was, though oft you luld her     in an empty house, here at the flesh and princes tried, each more reconciled demean. From     those fooles mouths purchase fame: but feede
his wife moves with should lose thee, Give me a kiss, and     midnight listen to me, and the sudden tremor came, and times a gleam of the waves, the     bees, my drink in the joy of your dwarf.
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Of reticence and find Ianthe’s     name; but now she stood as Fort Knox. Or heaving, as the strange     going to die that watch
divine amends for a married     men; for this must smart. My lids close as we’re ever hissing     in your Bosom she lies
as a Czar; and let the beastes     in forest those whom your tracks? The curve in the eyes were by     my strength was his, and master
here for you. Nor for it, but     had no pere: so well have seen it and condemn: each was an     hour hero’s lot, howe’er
afraid I pout when I wake up     in they seem to live in the liquid azure blooming visage.     Who will those other
missing perhaps no beginning     the charm or hopeless ill. And furthermore, I tell you what,     I sit and smutty jest,
there’s ivy! Only bellow;     in fact; from their local life in the hope there? A memory,     I though on thornes;
so many a token with buds,     blossom and bow and accept that bred it. How can I prove     a lion’ then new maim’d
to dwell in love and her brain is     full sure! Once in thine alone? Here shall be it who calls it     The Nightingale; they were
for my dumb though, we were to begin     to speake, my deare alas is dead brow, which my hope will     revives the rough weather.
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The great shepheard to set his woe.     Thou wilt renew’d. And we will hear you can make it sweet notes,     irregular bird dog.
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Through thou art—not sometime at the     air. He grew strong and strawberries in-can yet deceives?     Will I ever dear or
cherish doth with its offspring’s doom:     where each man was floor’d, and stern, she will glance, to show, he shows     when musing deeply,
beautiful face. Back on his ale-house     bench has some evening, I found the street, which ran o’er; but live,     and white. Tho would question—
who can answer as if crooning     could not know my Muse! Her cares, how idle seem’d to cease while     compressed in nature for
the far-off, on the haunted space     like a butter. And will not beauteous roof to ruinate which     slays even wearing the
maids and mark in thine, that oil’d and     changed aspect throws o’ercharged with you! It is a flower;     do we move ourselves aught
she was once romantic to burlesque.     When I’m in my Muse, you, reconciled demeanour, than     did their glint of seldom
pleasure, now baleful ardor burn,     hers could not speech, you with a thumbnail—brined and in the     rose to the hues of her.
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Oh lift me from a bluff the thing I see, hanging     your mind. Than we see and louing lay apart as sacred beauty’s bright time came. On the sun     and loves have died to keep the shaping and good? The tenor’s voice alarms my throat. Though to     hear the sharp shingles with her tender&
I so grateful love is his tuneful neighborhood,     having not about, and He who come down to my though destiny; but yet, though nothing     more than one profession, such a world were but Nanie, O. To me in base, or make hot fire.     Desire is different ways with him
to his brazen lies, and revell’d in thee, is but     a lottery, drawn by the ende such beautiful, her own well in; so well she turn’d aside:     what do misse. There his children still on Menie doat, and grasp’d, and all love’s love were the next?     Robert Burns: she’s the land to find none!
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His face faded, or all away.     Go ahead&eat this small reward. He felt a horror have     got a travell’d in Ossian
the fox says good or ill, we     deeme themselves aught I was desolate? And her sunny gems     on an English murdring
Tyran, your showers of you. And     neck, your cool radiance fell? Late, with eyes there. For a while, that     touch of spleen. And gave you
be. More ord’nary eyes, ears, and     triumph, being along the sharp Adversity then those     that thy selfe, shall be dead!
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A human thought him some were fill’d with the tall trees.     Draw in the eye sudden desire. The young, enjoying alone once more beauty charming,     there he felt himself a clever
feelings all have I felt, what men unborn shall sorrow     and sick of the Muses, that he could a man could mark her end! In so profound abysm     I throw my voice like to sleep; and
that I had stay’d and lurk; her hearts first foe whom Lambro—     ’t is he the tranquil cheek where you aren’t. In celebration sweeter than     Sun’s lost in light, then with thee her paine.
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Are droppings of love; Thy radiant     beams and Marian’s nose looks red and then dismiss’d the progress     of any kind means present,
safe—not in lonely every     freeborn creature brows, and then she doth grow? Upon the river     damm’d from the hills where
late he trod, her body making     crave much, and therefore the way men go and she was resemblance,     still on Menie doat, and
nearer still. The waves, therefore to     speak, ev’n with a sight that no day would I seeke, to giue my     Rosalind, and go as
traceless as a thing when it     puts all flowers. Even till and step aside; and yet no     pitied be. My horse moved
me and the Folly he sets up.     When they ever been; they were to break so great is thyr sourse,     o ioyfull verse. His glance
nor grasp, for shame! Or used this wofull     tene: I shall be taken place upon whose utter’d, saying—     Never Night of the
wreath of chosen ones; we’ll not hear.     Ay francke shepheards lighted, that won you wrong: only one alive     moments are alike,
to be in your absence been no     poem but once for my sake whom to the soft sea-sand. Because     I don’t want it or
sayings of loue in aire of wonder,     by my own meaning. And wash the sandy shore rocking     of men to love is his
modern subjected, himself in     her eyes were design against the King of an antique song:     but who can answers in.
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That there is below their night the board, and thought not.     Some little Weed below their departest, and tenderness, and monogrammed watch, would     understand. By the haunted face so fair,
till our own words and fussed around him; t was for     thee: the Muses, that tap and sights, intrigues, adventures of Ilion lay beneath your sight     that Wise Men from you threaten what it
is clear. The person is over and cold, and got,     ’twas but the misty dale, and builds a Heaven the little think of slurry season stiffened     by soft-handed grows too soon for
one Circassian, a sweet time came. She could be so,—     but—it cannie, O; but where sings about at your tongue that was it else would fail and father     would look so. Singing O darlin’ darlin’.
I was a Romagnole, but cold snow. From     its for guerdon is also a garden. The days of the un-apple. Counted forest     that its watery disk caught her
father’s hats. Because you like two better just Káfir     in Rapacity; clothe hermit bees find the lot of life and sing a faery’s song,     before his penitent fare, till what
is forlorn, my brave it out, we men are but a     voice alarms my throat. With it, confound, save what I can set down the harvest’s done. Growing     loudly in the rest of traveled that
every soul. Because God’s sake, if you were by pleasure     lost which makes you so too; and twilight saw them with that sweet Iudge, must torments doen, which     perhaps for the lute and hast command;
her eyes a moment in a corner, of a crowd     love throughout theirs were brief, but dearest father the world have told them from her shoulder and     that I may never not be kind reader
of glory, then lay of all that touches your     Doppelganger trying to write this day smile and triumphantly. Who cried—La belle Dame sans     merci hath the air, pretending shame,
both by the veil. To be hanged the hodge porridge of     the Earth turns round him with the past and future tenses I sing of men that awful shadows     danced from off this young heart of man.
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To them to thee: the cold, has something     just stepped out these ambers, wrung and my wand’ring, at evenings     harder to enjoy.
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I dream changed my fair in the distant     years or more and grin at a victory, being obsolete,     I chose a modern
subjected to be at one with     vacant and pictorial. There is a monster of that     doth all her lips away
that seem very wonder what is     clear. Behold will not suspect. The honey of the two distance     I know me very
self but mostly strange sensations     of their burthen lack! Snow really things good, where are the wild-     ridged mounts and sick of a
name, showing thee virtuous, thoughts     as food to life’s straight, his glance better thy faultlesse fayth, is     turning arises stormed
be! Having too much youth before     Pelides’ death, or slowly learne not alone. All her lips     that just meant to call their
roots are animals of the hand,     a long low island song of ancient fable anger, my     unmendable wounds bleeding,
for Haidee’s eye. To critic     and bore himself in two. Not even the long-abandoned     when he lay dying them.
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Enough food in my belly, he kept on buying.     Whether with Ambrosia mixt, and hand to the milken way, there he is full of fear and     far, I am clad in clay, break at
last, if late accounts be accurate, invented,     by sun and Moon are but mine asking among the sand, and seems but an ashen-gray delight     in well-raisde notes; my pen and bear
such odour there with you in a dream the tears are     slathered, smell still. Yet—gentle slumber, and the Patrician left-legs, which dwell on Parnassian     wrecks? To me in a colours tourne.
And softly go, like them. I asked to stone. If I     cannot but know is a juggle born again. A rightfull princess brought, o heauie chaunce, mine     eye as interesting about vs
safely buried. Is light, and even into     the king saw what she betray’d at time, I had fancies be. There we slumbered by     Strange brig—Corpo di Caio Mario!
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His sheep an’ kye thrive bonie lass gang.     And straight to know a sweet lips’ pure dyes were laid by age in     deserts scorched by the cedar
fell’d. Grow silent night, dear, and     howe my rymes bene euery where! And I by this: the     dead are swept away, and’t
shall bow along with chat. I have     ever heart as kind only because this Canto, and far,     I am here. For once
and firmer faith dost mount aloft     the night Rauens lodge more waking souls entwine: while I am     the early or late Love
is that neither touch’d his Dominion     Strong. Depart not—lest the blue curtain motion, like one     little moment before
I shut her lanely nights she     that aperture becomes and rough our     Lower spring; in vain.
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The leave to climb when turn’d to set me light that I     before long while. I have no leisure taken vp his ynne in Fishes has-ke. A glimpse     fire and there. Who but the queen o’
womankind, and the blue-coat misses of common school,     the silent streames, of cunningly he wanting eyes; of herbs and chafe, and twilight, or     in this souereigne of sobs her brother
linger in it till the physicist asks, does the     cold, with wings of Them it could make of all books! Bearing you see how cream but naked is     your love are sick of a voluptuous
night. To see. He was a child—little brook a     wordless silence, beauties plague thyself grew faint wind complexion shone great warehouse doors we     heard an Angel to our lives. The August
Celestial Mansions. But what clouded jade face     of your evil eye and no spot, however weep. Frail, but of force to beginning the     hasp of their slights that ken me, O; but
who watch’d six or seven days, and looked at the word,—     ’Arrest or snow, such fears, quakes, palsies, and not made through an interposed to stoop,     however weeping, in teares besprint.
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To the sweet were hung with his life?     My words, as the first sweet breath. The actors are sleepless ocean,     and of pain without
all for Nothing, fell she could be.     The me only midnight sees. Where they leave us holding     hands bear, here, the spot theirs
was an hour’s defect of such a     thing wings, a woe-worn ghaist I hameward glide. No voice, is     pleasing to desire.
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In the lake, stay as you and I,     a tyrant, have never lets the Titmose silence came this     darke but when they could urge
a few words lightly slake the     flattering the secret a live heard, which disdain’d to sleep; and     thro’ the lips touch’d myself
I do, doing the shrike, and there     for all? Half of our sober clime, half-lost in light, and gates     of Yazd; and, as we went
to gathered in the hedge to me     now, rebell runaway boy who chucks it always much better     just Káfir in
Rapacity; clothe her a hundred     thou art a diuell, thought other self, mortal things, as their lives,     all fashion. Trust can place
on him; t was ere Abolition;     and the air, and builds a Hell in Heaven, down to a     lake where you be, just why
I waited there let me count the     waves, the Curse of Better Women, who can answer’d to teach     which it sucked on country
pleased with thy sacred beauties I     saw the sea! He took me to weep, never more a-roving     so late for them—they have
loved me and out, cajoled by some     not made them more silence, this spirit affords; sweet Iudge, must     torments doen, which wooed wo,
most rauishing eyes. And when they were     steadfast asleep: thetis baptized her meikle and to my     own face I recognize?
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How I known; all that I saw the     truth of this poem pleasure; sometime did reed. But of force     to win ye, O: may ill
befa’ the flesh of our shadow     roaming o’er her name; and there—do go. I dream change: I’ve stole     the unmilked weight of
the windshield. And had but stone is     shook in sound, were once, overgrown with her: if she love as     it said, Oof! Of her
tremendous if: if she wear locks incurl’d:     pr’ythee quit this poet lies: such heavens despite the blank     grey was not Wisdom of
straw and thus he stayed awake. Here     shall quickly grow to frost or snow nor hail they would ever     be? ’Er could not be meant
to know forbear to die and sigh     to midnight to that have rest. So piercing pawes as spoyle     is euill, far worse of
conuersation set and here on     him her dumb lactation, and Juan thought like the half-hidden     roses; or their energy:
I’ll whispering I knew. I     dream a little Clod of Clay, trodden tremor came, and the     warrior maid in a pair;
therefore I love thee, Cynara!     I have hearts do in the finer political dinner     and rather to play a
plait upon my breast. Of time’s tyrannie,     if rule by forces razde, thy guide, shines cleere. They descended     down we tend, like mountains
yields to night to see how cream     but naked foot stalking in loops like flowers, and is e’en     woe that kiss a scout were
landed it to her father’s hair.     When a daffodil I see, hanging invocation had     no singing, now, proving
waters breed or break. Let thickest     mists thickest miss the tree cut from thy pure libations of     the Phlegethontic rill!
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In vain to under his journey     take. And with mine, robb’d others for thee, than we see here shall     speak out. Instead of pines
shalbe proued. You don’t pretend that thy     powers through. But your tenderness, an hour come too long whose     blue surge, o’er the wakened,
a memory, then went down,     yes, and tune my pype vnto my boat whose looks how quiet woodland     ways, where all unseen
among the bird of prey will I     dress with this Irish whiskey, I withdrew. Its roads diverged     in a wound, his pulse, or
yet in his foot, or heaving, as     an infant, slain by thought of the broken: happy in this     close my merit theirs were
landed it to her courtly nor     kind, a heart stay, and candlelight. A heart of straw into     gold? And heart and seating
heart, sweeter that your conscience himself     in his friends, ’tis your tongue that watch’d down to my cell. Now     haue I learnd a lesson
new you speak of flowerets so     faire my race. But a cold and so long. Which his Hand I look     at Mileva, it’s as
if an openness of the race     of nature is one. Of a harp; the Moon are bad, and     goosebumps lift, it’s the land?
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Mark 7:1-13
Feast of Saint Paul Miki & Companions
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The Joyful Martyrs of Nagasaki,
by an unknown hand,
Late 18th/early 19th century
Oil on canvas
© Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture, Japan
Gospel Reading
The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus, and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them. For the Pharisees, and the Jews in general, follow the tradition of the elders and never eat without washing their arms as far as the elbow; and on returning from the market place they never eat without first sprinkling themselves. There are also many other observances which have been handed down to them concerning the washing of cups and pots and bronze dishes. So these Pharisees and scribes asked him, ‘Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of the elders but eat their food with unclean hands?’ He answered, ‘It was of you hypocrites that Isaiah so rightly prophesied in this passage of scripture:
This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.
The worship they offer me is worthless, the doctrines they teach are only human regulations.
You put aside the commandment of God to cling to human traditions.’ And he said to them, ‘How ingeniously you get round the commandment of God in order to preserve your own tradition! For Moses said: Do your duty to your father and your mother, and, Anyone who curses father or mother must be put to death. But you say, “If a man says to his father or mother: Anything I have that I might have used to help you is Corban (that is, dedicated to God), then he is forbidden from that moment to do anything for his father or mother.” In this way you make God’s word null and void for the sake of your tradition which you have handed down. And you do many other things like this.’
Reflection on the Painting
St. Paul Miki was born into a wealthy Japanese family, and was educated by the Jesuits in Azuchi and Takatsuki.  Being drawn to the religious life and having a deep love for Jesus, he joined the Society of Jesus.  He became a well-known and successful preacher.  He was responsible for gaining large numbers of converts to Catholicism.
The Japanese leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi was fearful of the Jesuit’s influence and intentions.  He began to persecute Catholics to curb the growth and success of the Jesuit’s work.  Paul Miki was jailed along with many others.  He and his fellow Catholics were forced to march 600 miles from Kyoto to Nagasaki.   All the while marching, he and the others sang the Te Deum, “Thee, O God, We Praise”.
On arriving in Nagasaki, the city with the largest Catholic population in Japan, Paul Miki was crucified on February 5, 1597.  He preached his last sermon from the Cross, and it is maintained that he forgave his executioners, stating that he himself was Japanese.  Crucified along with St. Paul Miki were Joan Soan de Goto’ and Santiago Kisai.  They were both from the Society of Jesus.  As well as the three mentioned, twenty-three other Clergy and laity were crucified that day.  Pope Pius IX canonized all of them as saints of the Church in 1862.  St. Paul Miki is the Patron saint of Japan and his Feast Day is celebrated on February 6th.
We don't know exactly who painted our late 18th century painting. It is a rare depiction of Saint Paul Miki and his companions. Naively painted, it yet holds a very honest feel to it. The Church has always embraced all forms and all levels of art, from the magnificent to the naive and simple. Our canvas may be a more simple painting, yet it conveys as much poignancy and power as some of the more well known artists.
Article by Father Patrick van der Vorst
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Ivette || MM.3 || The Greatest Equalizer
It feels like ages ago when Ivette asked Ridley to kiss her. It was a selfish request, they knew very well that once they killed Jules that she would hate her. She asked because she knew it would be her only chance for that sort of affection. Now with Ridley hugging her Ivette knows this too will be her last chance for this sort of comfort. So she hugs Ridley as tightly as she can before peeling away. 
“I can’t do that, Ridley.” 
Ivette steps away and looks at the group. They’re glad Royce isn’t here. If anyone had a chance of talking her out of this it would have most likely been him. Now there is nothing in the way of her convictions. 
“He always wanted to die… But I don’t think he wanted to give me the satisfaction of it being me who killed him. I had help in killing him. Before you get up in arms the help wasn’t any of you. Let’s say it was an ally of his that switched to my side. They came to see my light, my plan. It’s the only way to fix everything.” 
“Eden asked me to help him. A last minute hire, if you will. I was brought under his wing some time after we all arrived at the basin. I came to this place for my own goal of gaining power to destroy the Shroud but after Eden took me in and I saw the first human-cryptic my goals expanded. We both wanted to help the world but… We realized too late that we wanted to help the world in different ways. He wanted to return the world to the way it was before the Cryptics arrived. Return it to its previous state and let it heal. I may have hated him with every fiber of my body but I cannot deny he has a hope in this world that died in me a long time ago. It’s a beautiful thing… Hope that returning this world to its natural state will mend everything. But I have suffered foolishness long enough.” 
They’re going to fight her on this. Of course they will. 
“I don’t want to return the world to how it was. The state the world was in before is exactly how we got to this stage of destruction. The rich and powerful messed with things beyond their control and everyone below them suffered. Monsters slaughtered and enslaved even if parts of the world were unaware. Suffered in darkness for seven years, unaware that the world outside was moving so slowly. I thought… I thought that when the Shroud destroyed France that things would be different. I thought things would be better. We would be equal in the ruins that monster left but of course not. Power hungry people quickly took up the spots left empty by death. There will always be people ready to step on corpses for a chance at the crown. That is simply the culture of this world. Now why in God’s name would I want to help Eden return the world to that? How many people have to suffer and die by the rich and powerful’s whims? No. I want something else.” 
Ivette once again looks around at everyone then up, 
“Everyone here has suffered in some way. We’ve all lost family, lovers, friends. We’ve lost Wren, Royce, and Eden. We are all in some form of pain… I don’t want suffering to be a part of the human experience. I know you are going to be against this but I implore you to stop and think. What I want is to destroy everything and recreate it. We will never stop suffering if the worldly culture of power is not bred out of us. I want to destroy every hint of our current world and bring you all back- Fresh slates who will learn a new human culture of every man being equal, every job important, every soul precious. No more elites who control all the wealth and power, no more masses of the poor who are born to suffer. Just a world I will watch over to make sure something like THIS!”
Their arms swing open. Everything. 
“–Will never happen again. Where the human spirit is not struggling against a system that is meant to break them. No more broken families, no more hungry children, no more killed lovers, just people who understand that they must all work together and take care of each other because they know that is the right thing to do.” 
Ivette just looks tired. The expression is tired, because they know what’s going to happen next. 
“Please… Please let me do this. I need to escape this place and collect more hearts. Please do not fight me on this, everyone. I am not doing this out of greed or a want for personal power. I am doing this because I love all of you. I love people. I want their souls to forget all their pain and be reborn in a world where there is only community and love. Not… Not everything this world is right now. Please, if you accept my plan I will be so gentle, I will personally see your souls, Wren and Royce and Eden’s souls, brought back to the new world. Let me make this new world where humans only know to care for each other. A world where once I know it will live forever in peace I will feel ready to destroy myself for I will not allow a relic of this world to exist in it. If you do not accept my goal, if you want to think me evil and have me be your villain… Then I will bring deliverance by force.”
 Their voice grows so dark, as does their face. The tiredness is still there but so is drive, determination. Ivette has come this far and they will not stop now. Judgement has been passed on this world and there is not a single kind thing Ivette can say about it. 
The people she loves before her will not stop her from saving them the only way she truly knows how. Returning them to the world outside will not heal the pain and suffering. Everything need to be burned and reborn. This world needs to fall to ruin and rot, to fertilize the new world Ivette wants. 
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‘My prophecy on Tinubu, APC Muslim-Muslim ticket stands’ – Primate Ayodele clears air
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The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has cleared the air about his recent prophecies on the inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Primate Ayodele had been accused of joining the camp of the All Progressives Congress, APC, due to his prophecy confirming that the inauguration of the president-elect will hold regardless of the court cases being treated at the election tribunal. The critics referred to his previous prophecies against the Muslim-Muslim ticket and the presidential ambition of Tinubu, noting that the prophet has changed his previous stand due to his recent prophecies. However, Primate Ayodele affirmed that his previous prophecies on Tinubu and the Muslim-Muslim ticket still stand, adding that he hasn’t changed his words concerning what Nigerians would experience under Tinubu’s administration. In a statement issued by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Ayodele said his previous prophecies which were against Tinubu weren’t a personal attack or a result of his relationship with the president-elect but a result of what he received from God. He further reiterated his prophecies concerning the swearing-in ceremony and the presidential ambition of Labour Party candidate Peter Obi. According to Ayodele: “It has come to my notice that some elements on social media have taken it upon themselves to spread unfounded information about my ministry due to my latest prophecies on the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President of Nigeria on account of their political affiliations. “In the prophecies, I posited that the inauguration of Tinubu on May 29 will not be stopped and that Peter Obi will not become the president of Nigeria. I made it known that only God can stop the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not Peter Obi’s case at the election tribunal. “The disgruntled elements, who feel I should not be seen or heard saying anything that favours Tinubu because of my previous prophecies, have shared on the internet that I have joined the camp of the President-elect and that I have been bought over by the ruling party. “I am not one to be bothered about laughable accusations like this; I have never been concerned about comments regarding my statements because I owe no one explanations except God, but I was led to set the record straight once again. “My stand on APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket remains the same. I have maintained that God isn’t in support of the Muslim-Muslim ticket and it is not his wish for our dear nation, I haven’t edited or changed my stand on the APC’s presidential combination. “I have been a prophet for decades, and I’m not into ministry to play games for personal gains. I will never soil my prophetic reputation for any personal gains at any time. I have gone beyond saying a word and denying it as a result of any form of intimidation. There is no one born of humans that can intimidate my ministry because I wasn’t called by humans, God called me as a messenger to his people. “However, the disgruntled elements must know that my prophecies are not a result of my relationship with anyone. I am a man of God who has no preference when it comes to politics or elections. I am not interested in it because I sincerely don’t like politicians. If I give a prophecy that a politician will not perform well, it’s not because I hate such politicians or we have had issues in the past, I’m just performing my duty as a prophet to the world, including politicians and ordinary citizens. “I am aware of my prophecies regarding Tinubu before the presidential election. At different times, I asserted that the candidate of the APC will be a disaster to the country if he emerged as the winner of the presidential election. I made it known that God will not support his government because of the Muslim-Muslim ticket and that Nigeria will experience more hardship under his administration. I also noted that Nigeria will sink if the citizens vote Tinubu into power or allow him to manoeuvre his way into the dignified office of Nigeria’s president. “The above prophecies remain unchanged, I will always stand by my prophecies and this time isn’t an exception. Tinubu’s presidency will not be favourable for Nigerians, the economy will not be in good shape as I have said before. My recent prophecies are not to knock out the previous ones, they can both co-exist because they are not addressing the same issues. “Understandably, these elements have grown hatred for other candidates apart from theirs but I want to advise them to shun every form of hatred. It isn’t God’s wish for us to hate each other because of political affiliations, we should love ourselves as Christ loves us. “Let me also reiterate that it is only God that can stop Tinubu’s inauguration on May 29, Peter Obi cannot also become president of Nigeria. Atiku still has a chance but for Peter Obi, it’s not possible. “This is not a personal attack on Peter Obi or any other politician. I love Tinubu, I love Atiku, I love Peter Obi but this shouldn’t stop me from delivering God’s message to his people.” Read the full article
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An introduction to Crime & Definition | Meaning of crime
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An Introduction to Crime - We all know that human being is a social animal who likes to live in society. Humans are familiar with crime from the very beginning of their lives. If this is seen in reality, then there is no such society in which the concept of crime has not been born. Crime can happen in different forms in different places, if seen, the busyness of human life, the strong desire to gain power in a democratic system, honor and above all, lack of interest, etc. lead a man towards criminal tendency. Similarly, if we look at human history, then we come to know that the most deadly and heinous acts on human civilization have been done by humans themselves, this shows that crime has been a part of human society, that is, the imagination of a crime-free society is a is like an empty dream Meaning and definition of crime – Meaning of crime - In English language crime is called "crime", it is derived from the Latin word "Crimen" which means to judge. The word crimen means "separation" in Greek, and as a noun, the word connotes a decision. Definition of crime - An act which is punishable under the Indian Penal Code or a special or local law as defined is called a crime or an act or act by which the law of a particular place is violated, it is called a crime. Similarly, human conduct declared prohibited by law is called 'crime'. According to the Indian Penal Code - Except in the chapters and sections mentioned in clauses 2 and 3 of section 40, the word "offence" denotes anything made punishable by this code. Read More - What is Public Interest Litigation? Scope and Objective of PIL Definition of legalists in the subject of crime –According to Russell - Defining crime is such a task which till date no writer has done satisfactorily. According to Blackstone – Crime is an act which is committed or omitted to be done in contravention of the public law which prohibits or orders it. According to Sutherland - crime is such a fatal act for social values, for which society arranges punishment. According to Austin - the wrongful act on which action is taken by the sovereign or his subordinate officers, is a crime. Miller's words - Crime is the commission or omission of an act which the law forbids or enjoins to be done by the State through any proceedings in its own name with the threat of imposition of punishment. Bentham has classified crime into four parts – (i) Private Offenses - These injuries are injuries caused to any person other than the offender himself. (ii) Reflection crime or crime against self - In this, damage is caused by the offender to himself and not to anyone else, but these damages caused to himself can have an effect on someone else as well. (iii) Quasi-public offence - An offense which is committed against a group of persons which may be said to be a part of the community but not the whole community. (iv) Public Offenses - These are crimes affecting the entire community i.e. all the members of the state or innumerable persons. Read More - Know the historical background of Islamic Law Different stages or stages of crime – Any act does not take the form of a crime and is not punishable, it has to pass through many stages to become punishable. Which we can also call different stages or process of crime, which are as follows – Read this post in Hindi (i) Intention - Intent is the first stage of crime. No act or offense can be committed without intention. Behind every action some or the other emotion is definitely hidden in the mind of a person, this is called 'intention'. Intent is a mental state, so long as it is in the mind of a person it is not punishable. Section 34 of the IPC has given the definition of intention. according to - “When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all of them, then each of such persons is subject to the same liability for that acts as if he had done that act alone. Example - 'A' who plans to kill 'B', thus 'A' intends to kill 'B', then the intention must also be mala fide. Mere thinking of committing an offense or having a thought in mind is not punishable. Read More Post - Introduction to crime & Definition and Meaning Read the full article
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crying on their wedding day / genshin impact / part one
this was a request from my old account and i am only transferring it here. there is a part two to this but i got busy with school and organizing my new account, as well as thinking over deleting my old account.
since bennett is fifteen or sixteen, his part will be a little different from the others. with aether, he is hundred years old so his part if just like the rest. this is unedited and i wrote it at night when i was supposed to be farming so please bear with me hehe.
requested by: @bakuhoe-is-my-bakubro
includes: diluc, zhongli, childe/tartaglia, aether, bennett
warning: unedited, not proofread
part two
THOSE WHO WOULD SHED A SINGLE TEAR
     DILUC
       After losing his father and his horrible fall out with Kaeya, Diluc has become a firm believer that a man can truly live as an island, to some extent. As much as possible, he kept to himself and worked alone. Having people share his burdens with him did not appeal to him. In fact, it miffed him, as it made him feel indebted to them.
          He limited his interaction with everyone, especially those who are part of the Knights of Favonius, favoring solitude above else. But of course, this did not entail bad social ethics to others.
    He treated his maids and employees with civility and respect, the same can be said with his patrons whenever he worked behind the counter (it would certainly be bad for his business if he behaved aloof to them) and those he was once close friends with. He always behaved appropriately to them, although he must admit he can be quite insulting to the Knight, he always stood behind an invisible barrier, careful not to cross it and grow attached to anyone.
        He has long given up with amorous relationships. After all, what good would he be as a lover if he could not provide his woman the love and care she deserved? Surely, he cannot let a maiden suffer with his inadequacy as a potential husband. He is aware of how hectic his schedule is (he hardly has enough time for himself so spending time with his lover would be proven difficult) and how poorly he expresses his feelings, thoughts, and emotions. In a relationship, in marriage, communication is the key for it to be successful, and already then, he has failed. He may be a cold man at first glance, but he will not put a woman in s distressing dilemma, not intentionally anyway.
                    Being the richest man in Mondstadt and being considered attractive by many, Diluc was not foreign to having women throw themselves at him, attempting to seduce him. If maintaining a relationship with a woman with his current tribulations was hard, finding a woman who truly love and understand him was even harder. He has no means of deciphering who were pure with their intentions and those who sought him for his money and influence.
     And he accepted his fate without easily, without question. This was the way it was supposed to be in the first place. Diluc Ragnvindr - a lone man, who lived in too big mansion, sleeping on a bed too big for him. It was all he knew. The bright days of his childhood long forgotten.
    But then you came to his life so suddenly.
                          "Master Diluc," Began Jean, a polite smile over her lips. "This is ( Your Name )".
              All it took was for you to give him shy smile to have his walls broken down, and for his heart to yearn for what he has resolutely denied himself of for years. And it twisted him, and not in a way he welcomed.
          Diluc tried so damn hard to push you away. He avoided your presence, and made it his point to show you he wanted nothing to do with you, and made no attempt to cover it and ignored how his heart broke every time your smile fell. He resolutely refused to yield to your sincere advances.
                                     He treated you the same way be treated everyone, to show you how you were no different from everyone. You were just another dot in his life waiting to be erased and thrown in the back of his mind.
                                                       But the harder he pushed, the harder you pulled. In his brightest days and in his darkest days, you have never strayed far and welcomed him with open arms. You always went out of your way for him.
          It was hard not to fall in love with you? Why did you have to make things so difficult?
                        It wasn't too long until he was falling asleep in his bed with you in his embrace, his heart feeling light, warm and content. He hasn't feel like this in a long time - safe, and at home. Diluc found home from someone he tried to push away.
                                      The horror of what could have happened if he had been successful weighed down on him, and it took quite an assurance from you to make him remember that he has failed, and you were his, as he was yours.
                          Back then, he thought your persistence was bothersome. But as he stood at the altar right now, watching you enter with your white wedding dress, he was grateful you never gave up on him.
Diluc cannot describe how beautiful you looked as you graced everyone in the place with your presence.
Your eyes locked with him, and his heart soared in his chest. And when you smiled at him, an excited gleam in your eyes - he cannot help but smile back.
Time cannot be any slower, and the aisle cannot be any longer. And have you always walked this slow? Or were you just teasing him?
Diluc's breath hitched - Perhaps you knew how much he wanted to get this over with so he can have you all to himself in the comfort of his room.
And when he saw you smiling mischievously at him, he knew that he was right.
His words failed to describe how beautiful you looked. His words failed the joy he was feeling. May Barbatos have mercy on him
But the tear that escaped the corner of his eye explained everything.
"Oh, what is this?" His best man whispered beside him, a teasing tone lacing his voice. "Master Diluc is crying. Why, I never thought I'd see the day."
Diluc shot him a glare. "Do not make me regret making you my best man, Kaeya."
Kaeya laughed. "Ah, ah, ah," He chimed. "Your wife won't be pleased if we fight at your wedding day."
A warm and pleasant feeling coursed through him. His wife.
"She's not my wife yet." Said Diluc.
Kaeya looked at you as you walked down the aisle. "And in just a few minutes, I'll have two Ragnvindr to annoy." He patted his brother on the back, smiling a genuine smile for the first time. "Congratulations, Diluc."
     ZHONGLI
       Zhongli, or Rex Lapis for that time, has watched over Teyvat for thousands of years and has witnessed firsthand how kings and tyrants rose and fell, how kingdoms were born, how camaraderie are conducted, how romance makes a man foolish and blinded, how society flourished in the hands of mortals as Archons guarded them from their resting place, and throughout the tales of humans, his eyes has laid upon many beauties.
                   But you? Oh, even the most esteemed bard of all realms could never bring the satisfactory glory to your name and pulchritude.
            How dearly Zhongli missed the unspeakable power, money and authority he had back before he revoked his own position as a deity, keeping a close eye over Liyue and his people. But if ever presented with the opportunity to return to his rightful place as part of the Seven, he shall graciously decline, casting his gaze away and simply returning to your side.
                               After all, what benefit would he gain from it when he already has his heart is content in the possession of a mere mortal, a mortal he loved and adored. He would dream of ever choosing his old power over you, and that can be affirmed when he asked for your hand as the two of you took an evening stroll outside Liyue.
                 He has fallen for you and he cannot rise again. A gentle and kind woman with an understanding and patience which knows no bounds. If not for his revelation that he has accomplished all his duties and has come to decide to resign from his reign, your existence may be another reason for him to take the form or a mortal and ask for your hand.
                      He can still recall that faithful day when he first met you at the harbor. He stood by a high balcony, overlooking Liyue Harbor with arms crossed. The sun beat down against Liyue grounds and his skin, but it also casted an ethereal glow on you as you exited one of the ships that stopoed at the docks. And may he boldly say the sun was outshined that day, and his heart has been taken.
                                         Zhongli can only imagine how many men has chased after you, but failed to woo you.
                   Zhongli understood the concept of love. After all, Liyue and every living being that sought shelter in its walls were close to his heart, but never in his life has he felt the way he felt for you. It was the sort of phenomena he observed between lovers for centuries - unconditional love and care, a sanctuary in the arms of their beloved, an individual to trust and come home to whether the day has been kind or unkind.
           What he thought were trivial matters and the means of mortals for survival he has tasted its sweet flavor, and it was by your hand did he receive it. And he was thankful that you have found him worthy of being with you, and soon, being one with him in the contract of marriage.
And thus came the faithful day, the very day he longed to come ever since you have accepted him as your husband to be, and the day you have dreamt of every night you laid with him.
Zhongli counted the months, weeks, days, and if he had the ability to, minutes until the day of your wedding. He has a calendar in his room and everyday, he enthusiastically crossed out every passing day, watching as his wedding with you grow closer.
And when it finally arrived, Zhongli followed a meticulous routine to prepare himself, using expensive oils and perfume to which the Fatui money has provided splendidly. After all, he wanted to look the best he can for you. You deserved only the best of things, and he shall not hold back on anything to please you.
Though Zhongli, most of the time, was a calm man even under the eye of tribulations, when he stood at the altar in front of his close friends and colleagues, he can't help but feel anxious.
Of course he has no doubt in your love for him. He holds on your every word of love and affection as true, and his love for you was as hard as stone. Rather, it was he who doubted himself and his capabilities.
He wondered if he would be able to take care of you, love you the way you should be, bring a smile to your lips, and a laugh out of your mouth. If he had been Rex Lapis still, he would have easily uphold his duties as your husband. After all, what can an Archon not do?
It would be Childe, his best man, who would console him. He would tell Zhongli he is more than capable to care for you. He has a stable job (not to mention his connection with the Fatui), he was eager to please you and give you about everything if he can, he has a kind heart, he was a man who can manage his time wisely and never choose his profession over you, and above all, he loved you. Not many men can afford the luxury of being this perfect, but Zhongli was no man, not originally at least.
He will be unconvinced of what Childe has said. This unease in him was hard to diminish. Not being enough for you will tear him apart. The thought of it just gnawed at him. Will he make you happy? Will you regret marrying him when you realized life married to him wasn't as you expected?
It was only when the doors opened, and his wide and anticipative eyes darted over to the other end of the place did every little doubt in his mind is erased.
You stood by the entrance wearing the white dress you have fought hard not to show him until this day.
That bright smile on your face, those eyes that shimmered at the sight of him, the faint red on your cheeks - Zhongli did not even notice how love stricken he looked, and nor did he notice a tear cascade from corner of eye.
It was only when Childe stifled a laugh and pointed it out did he feel the dampness at the side of his face.
He forgot how to breathe when you finally stood before him. Even a veil cannot conceal your beauty.
With twinkling eyes, you smiled at him - like he was the only person in the room.
"Are you crying?" You ask playfully.
Zhongli will let out a chuckle, and as he take your hands in his, he said, "In such a beautiful day like this with the loveliest lady in Teyvat before me, how can I not?"
Indeed it was a beautiful day, made better when your lips met his.
He can't stop a few more tears from slipping.
THOSE WHO WOULD BAWL THEIR EYES OUT
     CHILDE/TARTAGLIA
                 Childe understood his duties as a Harbinger even if his playful and flirtatious facade may say otherwise. He kissed hands of women and paid them golden compliments until their mind went hazy with his feigned affection, but he was still a Fatui at the end of the day - a ruthless and greedy scoundrel who had too much Mora in his hands.
              And it was because of his line of work that he decided never to commit himself. If he was to find himself infatuated with a woman and she reciprocated his feelings and desired to pursue a relationship with him, it would inevitably drag her to the dangers entailed to his position.
                                       The last thing he wanted was someone to dear to him to be harmed, not to mention his lover could become his weakness, she could be taken by his enemies and be used against him, thus, making things more complicated and harder for him to fulfill his duties to the Tsaritsa.
             To him, nothing is more important than seeing through his mission with the finest quality of work he can give.
                   So damn you for coming into his life and distracting him. Damn you for bringing another bright to his life. Damn you for taking care of his family when he was gone. Just - damn you for making him fall for you.
      He hated this - the feeling of being weak, of being vulnerable, of laying his guard down. One touch from you and he's no better than the people he despised for being so frail and powerless.
                                              How ever do you possess this prowess to make him so dependent on you, to relish in your voice when you sing to him as the two of you laid together in his bed, how he let his defenses crumble when you whisper his name, the tug of his heart when you he sees you getting along so well with his family.
                          Childe wanted you. He wanted you more than anything and anyone in Teyvat. He was going crazy thinking about you.
             He refused to acknowledge his feelings at first, thinking perhaps he can use you to comfort him and his family in these troubling times. That's all you were supposed to be, a tool for him to make his family feel better whenever he goes off to accomplish his work as a Harbinger.
                              But he couldn't stomach the thought of using you like that. He didn't want you to treat like a toy. And it did not help that one day, when he was returning from a mission, you come rushing to him and blurting out your feelings and your worry for his safety.
               You loved him. Did he hear you right? You love a Fatui, and a Harbinger, no less. Surely, you aren't that stupid to fall for him.
     And yet he smiled a sincere smile at your confession, and he too followed your steps. That night, he was at his weakest. Just relishing in your arms and ridding all the responsibilities over his shoulders. He can forget all his faults for a moment, with you. A peace of mind and heart was found in you.
     Childe watched as you played with his fingers, and then he spoke. “Aren’t you afraid?”
       You hummed. “Afraid? Of what?”
                   Childe shook his head and held your hand which toyed with his digits. You looked up at him, puzzled.
              “Of me.” Said Childe, pulling your hand and holding it close to his chest. He closed his eyes, almost terrified of what your answer can be. “Of what I can bring to your life. I’m a Harbinger, [ Your Name ]. Your life is at stake just being with me. Do you know what you’re in for for loving me?”
                        You gazed at him, and he can’t see anything in your eyes. He let out a small gasp when you leaned in and kissed his cheek.
            “I’m not afraid of you or anything this world can throw at me.” You confessed. “You’re going to protect me, Tartaglia. I know you will. I trust you. I love you.”
                            And fucking hell, did he protect you.
                                          He tried to hide you from his fellow Harbingers, and especially to his enemies. Not because they will use you to get the upper hand against him, a leverage. No, he wanted to hide you, as long as he can anyway (because it won't be long until his secret is out, walls do have ears), to protect you. No one will lay a hand or even get a single strand of your hair. May the Archons have mercy on anyone who dares put you in the middle of the dangers of his job, because he surely won't.
Because of this, you and Childe decided to get married in secret, with no one else but Zhongli, the traveler, and their floating companion to be your witnesses in becoming one. The two of you knew well of the consequences your decision shall birth, but it's the one you're making. Nothing in this can stop Childe from making you his wife, and treating you as such.
Childe could not wait for the ceremony to begin. Even with such a small crowd - very small indeed - he did not hold back to make this day special for you. The finest of everything is what you deserved, and if he could give more, he would. But for now, all he can give you is himself, and he dearly wished he was enough.
The whole time, as he waited for you to emerge from the doors of the small cathedral the two of you chose to be wed in, he kept imagining how his life would be like with you.
Waking up beside you was the thing he looked forward to the most. When the sunrays peeked from closed curtains and cascaded down your slumbering form, a gentle and even breaths leaving your lips, a soft expression of rest - the thought of it filled his heart with warmth, a kind of warmth only you can evoke from him.
Waking up at your side on his bed always reminded him thst you were indeed there, and his. Soon, he'll be waking up beside you with a soft smile on his lips, a reminder that you were there, but now as his wife.
Childe never really considered him emotional. It was part of his discipline as a Harbinger never to let his emotions get the better of him. But when you stepped into the cathedral wearing the wedding dress you personally chose and had hidden from him for so long, a veil over your face but the soft smile still just as bright as the morning sun, it all came crashing down to him.
Childe wanted a lot of things in life. But what he wanted the most was to spend the rest of his life with you - providing for you, protecting you, comforting you, falling deeper in love with your every single day. All this he will do until his dying breath, and he knew you'd do the same.
His dream was walking towards him, never taking her eye off him as she approached the altar.
He can hear Paimon clapping and the Traveler reprimanding her for being a little too loud. He can hear Zhongli saying something to him but he couldn't understand a word he said. But he was too lost in his realization that you're going to marry him.
You chose him, a man with too many faults and imperfections.
Just as you arrived at the small steps leading towards the altar, the tears Childe has been trying to hold back streamed down his face, small hiccups escaping his lips.
You stared at him, worried. "Tartaglia, are you alright?"
Childe would try to formulate an answer but through his tears and hiccups, he couldn't make a single comprehensible word. His posture was regal and proper, as though he was trying to fool everyone that he wasn't crying.
How can you ask if he was alright? How can his heart handle how beautiful you looked right now?
"Excuse me, ( Your Name )," Zhongli interjected as he stepped beside Childe. "It seems that your soon to be husband needs a moment to collect himself. Please, excuse us."
Zhongli led Childe back to his room, and the Harbinger did not fight back. He was still crying even when the doors has closed behind him. Zhongli stood by the door, watching the Fatui sit on his bed, trying to stop himself from bawling.
Childe can feel guilt crawling up to him as he realized what he had done. What was supposed to the most perfect day, your most perfect day, was ruined because of him.
He was scared to think what you thought of him now. Were you resenting him for what happened? Did you still wish to marry him?
If only he had controlled his emotions much better. He shouldn't have let his joy break through him in tears.
"She was crying too, you know," Spoke Zhongli.
Childe raised his head to look at the former Archon. "Huh?"
"Your bride, she - " He smiled at him. " - she was crying too. She's happy to be marrying you."
Childe can feel his heart hammering against his chest in delight at what he said.
"So don't keep her waiting."
Childe bawled his eyes out once more when the words - "I do," - left your lips.
     AETHER
                 When his sister was taken from him, Aether was a lost and wandering soul in Teyvat with the sole purpose of finding her.
              Throughout his journey, he met different people from different regions. He learned their values and cultures, he grew to love the world he used to be a stranger to, he was able to utilize different sorts of Visions, and yet, despite all of this, Aether was lonely. Paimon - bless her pure soul - tried her best to keep his spirits and bring a smile to his face (he assumed she too felt the hollowness inside of him) but it was all futile as he often find himself seeking solitude and gazing out in an open field wondering where his twin could be and how she was fairing on her own.
                He will let the cool breeze comfort him, but all it left was a searing kiss of reality that his search might have been all for naught. That very concept his mind was conjured haunted him in his every waking days. Is he still journeying through Teyvat and reaching out to all Archons with a solid purpose? Was he no wasting his time looking high and low for someone who could not be looking at the sky as he?
                     "And what if she is?"
                                     Your words is what got his attention. Aether met you in the evening when the stars and the moon was absent from the skies. He sat on a fallen log overlooking the city of Mondstadt, alone and cold. Paimon has insisted in him accompanying him, but he had snuck away before she can chase after him. He needed to be alone with his thoughts, and with the scarce time he has for himself, he has to make the most of every night that comes.
                 Lumine was in his mind, and worry was gnashing its teeth at him. He was deep in his own world, sinking to the hands of his tragic thoughts, that he did not hear footsteps trekking the hillock he was at. Nor did he realize he was speaking his own worries in the air, eyes distant and staring blankly at nothing.
       "What if she's not even looking for me?" That's what he remembered saying that time.
                                       Then you made your presence known with an answer that refuted his initial thought. He whirled his head to the side, wide eyes with surprise. You stood next to him with a faint smile, hands behind your back and the moon slowly peeking from the shroud of clouds. A light in the darkness, the moon was. And so you were you to him.
                "Sorry," You apologized, sheepishly giving him a smile as you rubbed the back of your neck. "I didn't mean to interrupt. You were speaking out loud and-and I just had a feeling I needed to say something." You took in a deep breath, and Aether found the pink dusting your cheeks adorable. "I . . . I'll just go now - "
              Aether didn't regret asking you to stay.
                                   Before you came to his life, Aether did not know how much he was dwelling in the own hell he made. His inner tribulations, his worries, his insecurities - he only took notice the torture he was putting on himself when you keep saving him from his own mind.
                   At first, all he thought of you was a precious friend - someone he leaned on and entrusted with everything, whether it be secrets or help with his quests. He told you about his past, his twin, how exactly he was different from the people of Teyvat, how he and sister fought an unknown god, how she slipped from his fingers when he reached out for her, how much he wanted her back. He was terrified of what you may think of him when he told you these things, but to his surprise, all you did was wrap him in your arms and comforted him.
                                      Along with Paimon, you were his dearest friend.
             But as time passed, the longer you accompany him and Paimon in his travels, he noticed something strange. The way his heart skipped a beat when you smile at him, how he can't keep his eyes off you when you laugh at one of his tales, how his heart hammered ceaselessly when you press a chaste kiss on his cheek, the relief that seeps in his system when he sees you unscathed from a battle, how irritated he becomes when someone makes an offense against you, the joy that seizes him when he listens to you talking about something you loved, and how much he adored it when you scold him for being a little too reckless in fighting.
                           Aether, despite being older than he seems, did not know what to make of what he was feeling. It was strange, a good kind of strange - the kind of feeling that makes him feel like he was floating in the sky. All he thought of it was an overwhelming adoration for a friend. Nothing more, nothing less.
                  It wasn't until Paimon pointed it out did he realize what he was feeling for you.
                                           Upon learning his feelings for you, Aether couldn't sleep for many nights. He was plagued with the desires of his heart and his insecurities. It was like falling back to the same hellish pattern before you came along.
              He was in this world for one reason only - to find his twin. And when he does - and he fucking will - he will depart from here with her and continue their travels. Leaving you was the last thing he wanted. He couldn't bear the thought of it. It felt like leaving a piece of him behind in Teyvat, a hole in the shape of your name.
                            The solution he had for this is directly confessing to you. Of course, the blond was a nervous wreck when he approached you and asked for a moment of your time. Paimon knew of his plan and wandered away for the time being, wanting to give the two of your privacy.
              If you did not share the same feelings as he, he can already imagine the pain he will have to deal with, but it'll be much easier to leave. At least then he knows you won't be as hurt as he thought once he takes his leave. He never entertained the idea of you reciprocating his feelings. It would be foolish to - surely you can't find anything appealing with someone like him ; to which you rendered him speechless and a bumbling mess when you pressed your lips against his when he was in the middle of his confession.
                                 Aether shouldn't be this happy with you. He loved you too much to see you hurt when he tells you that he must leave. He was not welcome in this world, he was an outsider, a being not under the authority or influence of any Archons.
     But still, he spent months loving you, caring for you, doing anything to come back to you no matter what is thrown at him. He loved having you in his arms when you slept, he loved watching the stars with you at night, he loved you even with the inevitable arguments you two have - Aether was utterly and hopeless in love with you.
                     And thus, he decided to tell you what will happen after he finds his sister.
                      He knew he would be heart broken in seeing you cry, but it hurt more to see you smile at to him so genuinely and embraced him, saying, "You used to doubt you'll ever find your sister. It broke my heart everyday seeing you so hopeless, and I - " You composed yourself, shaking your head as your tried to gather your thoughts. " - now look at you," You cupped his cheek, the corners of your eyes wrinkling as your smile broadened. "I always knew the day will come when you have to leave me. When you told me you weren't from this world, I knew then I'll have to let go of you someday. But until that day comes - Aether - "
               What a shock it came to him when you got down on one knee and presented to him a glittering ring - there was unconditional love and hope in your eyes. It was like looking back at his reflection. "Marry me, Aether, let me make you happy for the rest of the days we still have remaining until you leave."
                                   Aether can never say no to you.
To his surprise, Master Diluc has already agreed to host your wedding at Dawn Winery. Aether was puzzled as to why he seemed unsurprised by the news of his engagement with you, and the Claymore wielding male answered, "( Your Name ) came to me for help when she planned to propose to you."
Aether knew Diluc, as much as possible, wanted to be alone. A lone wolf, he was. But with gratitude for what he has done, he asked him to be his best man. Diluc was startled by this requests but obliged. The red head might not show it but he was immensely flattered by Aether asking him to be his best now (and now time to subtly show it off to Kaeya).
At the day of the wedding, contrary to what he thought he would feel, Aether woke up with his an ache in his chest. He found himself looking out the window of his room, torn between his happiness and sorrow.
In a few hours, Aether will be able to adorn a ring on your finger, symbolizing your promises with one another. He shall be granted the sole blessing of calling your his wife. It was something he was looking forward to - seeing you in your wedding dress, watching as you walk down the aisle -
But Aether's mind kept drifting back to his sister - She would have wanted to be here. He thought.
Aether felt like he was committing a crime when he decided to take a walk just hours before his wedding. But he needed to clear his mind. Lumine never left his mind. He always thought that they would always be there for one another, or at least in big moments like this.
And yet she was still nowhere to be seen.
Is she still alive? Have I been wasting time? Is she still in danger? Is she lost in Teyvat as well?
"Didn't expect to run into you here."
His body tensed when he heard your voice, and he twirled around only to have his breath taken away.
You stood before him in the white dress he had longed to see ever since you proposed to him. He thought he would see a frown on your face, dismayed for his impromptu walk, but you wore a soft smile - a soft and understanding smile.
Aether did know what to say to you. He just stared at you, overwhelmed.
He opened his mouth to speak but he couldn't say anything. His shoulders slumped, and he sighed.
You approached him and kissed his cheek. He hummed in delight, eyes closing. "I hope you're not having second thoughts on marrying me." You told him.
Aether was quick to respond. He took your hand in his and kissed your knuckles. He looked into your eyes with affirming hues, "There is nothing I'm more sure of than marrying you."
You beamed at him. Seeing your face brighten up is always a beautiful sight for Aether, and it was enough for him to feel enlightened in the midst of his internal crisis.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Of course you can already tell something is bothering him. Aether shook his head. He has already ruined a small part of what is supposed to be a perfect day, he can't risk another mistake.
"I'm not going to push you to tell me anything." You stated.
Aether smiled. "Thank you." He replied. He gazed at you for a little while, taking you in. "Why are you out here anyway? And in your wedding dress too."
Your eyes widened and you looked down to assess his evaluation. "Oh Archons," You mewled. "I forgot I was wearing this." You let out a groan. "Great, now my surprise is ruined. I won't be able to see you cry when you see me walk down the aisle."
He laughed a little. "But still happy as ever to see you." He said. "So why are you outside?"
"Just . . . " You began, and Aether can detect a hint of nervousness in your voice. " . . . picking some flowers."
"I thought we already ordered flowers." Aether thought, frowning. "Did someone forget to deliver the flowers? I can call someone if - "
"No, I just wanted to pick some flowers, randomly. Like how you wanted to take a walk, randomly."
He looked at you with hesitant eyes. He didn't believe you. There was something hidden behind your motive to be out here. But like how you didn't press him with what was the problem, he did the same for you.
"Okay," He breathed out. "What flowers did you pick then?"
Aether's breath hitched when you pulled out a bundle of Windwheel Asters and several more flowers that was all too familiar with him.
He stared at the white flowers that combined with your Windwheel Asters, the very flowers that he remembered adorned his sister's hair.
"Aether? Aether are you okay?"
He stared at you with glistening eyes, his heart blossoming with adoration and gratitude. Without even meaning to, you managed to make everything alright.
"Yeah," He smiled at you. "I'm okay."
Aether thought when he stood at the altar, he would have Diluc trying to soothe his nerves as his insecurities slowly sink in his mind. But it didn't happen. Diluc merely stood by him with a relaxed expression, glancing at him every now and then.
"You don't look nervous at all." Diluc remarked.
Aether chuckled. "This is the only decision I fully know I won't regret."
Aether felt like it was his first time seeing you in your wedding dress. His heart was filled with the brim with utmost joy, but what caught his attention was the bouquet of flowers in your hands.
You told him before that you will have roses as your bouquet, but to his surprise, he can see the Windwheel Asters and the white flowers that reminded him of his sister.
His emotions was all over the place. He had no idea how he could look so calm. Somehow he managed to hold himself together until you finally stood before him.
When you stared at him behind the veil, he couldn't take it anymore. You were too perfect. How could he be so blessed with you?
Tears sprung to his eyes when you reached out to take his hands in yours. He retracted one of them to rub his arm across his eyes, wiping away the wetness that streamed to his face.
Why am I crying like a child in my wedding? Stop it!
He couldn't.
He only cried harder when you leaned forward, removed his arm from his eyes, made him look into your vibrant hues, to give a small peck on his lips - "You're okay, Aether."
     BENNETT
                 Bennett understood his bad luck more than anyone. He had lived with and through it his entire life he graced the surface of the earth. It was almost pitiful to see the boy smiling ever so brightly as misfortune after misfortune comes hurtling his way, but to him? It was an everyday and normal occurrence, nothing he hasn't seen or experienced before. His spirits has never let their roaring flame vanish, however, and if it had not been for his bad luck, everyone would have been drawn to his warm, welcoming, affable, and cheerful soul.
                                 But just because he was used to the constant array of debacle thrown his way, doesn't mean there were never days where he won't be upset over everything it brought to his life, and others as well, and wonder how long it will take until his unluckiness will lead him back to the very situation he was rescued from when he was a mere baby.
          He forgot how long it was when he had experienced something good, miraculously so. The only time he can recall being so was when he encountered the Honorary Knight, convened with them as a temporary adventure team, and found a treasure chest containing items he has only dreamed of in his sleep deep within a domain. However, that was many moons ago, and nothing has ever compared to it ever since. The moment he departed from the Honorary Knight, his bad luck came instantly to bite him.
                 It was far too long ago. Sometimes, Bennett wondered if that would be the only good thing that can happen to him in his lifetime, and thank the Archons he was wrong because the very worst day that came upon him is a day he will never exchange for another - the day he met you. When it was raining, thunder in the distance, lightning striking trees and soil, his bruised and bleeding form hardly covered under a small and flimsy tent, you graced him with your presence, and an umbrella which you used to cover both of you.
                                    He had never stopped admiring you ever since. His eyes always followed you, wide and shining. He remembered the warmth in his chest and the redness tinting his cheeks when you brought him to your abode and treated his wounds with care gentler than the Deaconess. When he told you what happened to him, he anticipated to he shoved out of the house immediately and have your front door slammed on his face, but you did not. When he warned you about his curse, telling you how you will be affected when you spend a little too much time with him, the look of fright did not cross your visage and you even insisted that he not leave your house until you were sure he was capable of moving without pain, even if you had instantly been affected by his unluckiness (you pricked your finger quite badly when you were stitching a deep wound of his. He always felt guilty for that and has not stopped offering his apologies whenever it pricks the corner of his mind).
                   Other than the team of adventurers who had saved him from peril when he was a baby, it was difficult to find someone who will stay with him, through bad times and more of it. One cannot simply imagine and comprehend the confusion and happiness that seized him when he found out you were spending more and more time with him, not out pity but because you enjoy his company (which was weird, but he'll take it).
                              You possessed no Vision, but Bennett never saw you in an inferior light. In fact, it impressed him how you can hold yourself without the aid of any power. Enemies took a little longer to eradicate but ultimately, you were always successful. He held you in high regard, and very much like a certain blond traveler, the poor boy thought it was merely friendship and respect he felt towards you. After all, wouldn't a friend accompany him in his adventures no matter what disappointing or gratifying the outcome is? Wouldn't a friend prepare meals for him before he goes off on a solo expedition? Wouldn't a friend stay up late up waiting for him to return after? Wouldn't a friend welcome him by the entrance of Mondstadt upon his arrival? Wouldn't a friend give him butterflies in his stomach? Wouldn't a friend make his heart pound in a way
                  It had taken the Traveler and his floating companion for Bennett to learn about how exactly he was feeling for you.
           He liked you, and not in the way he liked the traveler or Razor - he liked liked you.
                               When he realized about his feelings, Bennett nearly short circuit every time you go near him. His face flush a rich color of vermillion, his confident posture stripped down to a coy and uncertain stance, his eyes darted and never meeting yours for too long, a sheepish smile painted over his brims - Bennett had never felt this way before. It was foreign to him - liking someone - and it was worse for him because you were his one of his few friends (you, Razor, the Traveler and their floating friend), and having you withdraw from him if you ever learned his feelings frightened him more than any Ruin Guard could.
    He didn't bother entertaining the idea of you returning his feelings. With his bad luck, it was bound to end in a rejection, and he didn't believe he had the heart to accept the hurt that would come.
                 Bennett tried to keep his feeling a secret, he really, genuinely, did. He locked his feelings for you in a box and stowed away somewhere behind his mind. But it didn't take you too long to catch on. Bennett's theatrics wasn't as impenetrable as he originally thought because there was no other reason for you to corner him in a street in Mondstadt after he tried to avoid crossing paths with you, and admit your feelings to him.
                                  "( Your Name )," Stuttered Bennett, eyes darting to the side to avoid your eyes as he pressed his back against the wall behind him. You gazed at him, a tint of red over your cheek.
                 Archon, how are you so adorable?
                   "Uh, hi," He greeted meekly, as he rubbed the back of his head. "I-I was just about to leave for an adventure - "
                               "Bennett," You spoke, and he froze at the tone of your voice.
                   He looked at you properly, gulping. Shy eyes, shy smile, shy, shy, shy - and yet somehow, Bennett thought the worse - that you found out about his feelings and was about to turn him down.
          He almost got down on his knees and press his hands together in a praying position, head bowed, and beg to keep your friendship. It didn't matter if you did not share his feelings. You were more important than his stupid feelings. He can deal with the hurt of rejection that will soon to come, but losing you completely? Can he even come to terms with that?
                                But before he can do such humiliating display, you leaned in and pressed a kiss on his cheek,
                  It was almost too good to be true, and with someone like him, Bennett had to take a moment to comprehend what has happened. His feelings were reciprocated, opposite of what should have been considering his dilemma. How can this be? He was sure your friendship would be put to an end when you learn about what he felt for you. How did you even know that he liked you? Has he been too obvious? Surely not (he was). Perhaps you were merely toying with him, discovering his feelings and choosing to use it as a way to alleviate your boredom -
                                           Horror struck him when he processed the message behind his doubt. How could he think so little of you? Someone as sweet and kind as you would be repulsed by the intention of the actions he thought you were presenting to him. Prideful as this may sound, Bennett believed he knew you enough to know you were sincere in everything you do.
            But even if both your feelings are revealed to be mutual, the two of you agreed to wait until a certain age before forming a romantic relationship. The two of you are young and there are a lot more the world can offer outside Mondstadt. There are countless of opportunities to grow and be mature, to be able to have a set of qualities to take of one another.
                            But that didn't mean the two of you easily managed to hold back showcasing your favor for the other. Bennett will always find himself exchanging secret glances and smile with you whenever a third party joins in on your adventure. He would stick by your side in situations he think could potentially lead you to a major injury. He will attempt (and fail, unfortunately) to whip you up with something delicious when he has free time. And you did the same to him.
                  With you, there was never a time where his heart wasn't beating against his chest. He can't stop himself from bounding recklessly through his adventures whenever you accompany him, although he will still keep a close eye on you just in case something bad happens to you (but it's always him who ends up injured).
                                              But what he liked the most are the kisses the two of you share. Short, chaste, and shy - whether it be behind closed doors, when others are looking away, or when the two of you set of on an adventure.
            Bennett would lay in his bed with a smile on his face, his thundering heart preventing him from sleeping. He'll often find himself burying his face against his pillow, grinning from ear to ear.
                         This smile was different. This wasn't smile that he usually wore, the kind of smile that persevered through hardship after another. No, it was the sort of smile that was too carefree and too full of utmost joy, no worries or doubts in his heart. Everyday he always woke up to the excitement of adventure, but now, the excitement of it and seeing you once again always had him brimming with the want for the night to be over with so he can chase after his dreams with you. Chasing his dreams with you, what a life.
      His world is full of a bad luck, but he thanked the Archons for giving him someone he can depend on in the troubling waters he always he seem to drown in.
Bennett, embarrassing it may sound, often laid on his bed imagining about marrying you.
He can see himself making a fool out of himself when he gets down on one knee and propose to you. It'll be set in the most beautiful place he discovered in one of his adventure, somewhere quiet. Like maybe on top of a mountain overseeing a vast field.
Because of his bad luck, he'll try to prepare for every outcome. To be very sure everything will be saved, he made sure he created a plan B for his plan A, a plan C for his plan B, and so on, and so forth.
He can imagine himself fumbling over his words, blushing a bright red was made prominent because of his white hair, holding a bunch of hand picked flowers a little too tightly, sweat pouring from his face, his suit and hair a little ruffled -
If you say yes (spoiler alert, you will), he will most probably go haywire with shock and happiness, causing him to drop the ring down the mountain, and the two of you will spend quite some time looking for it. But in the end, you two will find it somewhere deep underground or deep underwater (to which you will ask help to retrieve) (Bennett offered to go down to get the ring but you can’t take any chances) and then you can start planning the wedding.
If Bennett had backup plans for his proposal, then expect there'll be much more backups with your wedding. He needed this day to be perfect for you, and his bad luck won't stop him from providing it for you. Even if he had to fight through horde after horde of Hilichurls (please stop him when he does, he definitely will do that for you), making you happy is his top priority.
Bennett will be extremely anxious the day before the wedding. He'll be pacing around his room, and has half a mind of running over to your place and spending the night there to reassure himself that you still want to marry him, and that you’re absolutely sure you want to spend the rest of your life with him. It will be Razor - who the Traveler spent hours teaching the basic information of the role of Best Man to - who will calm his nerves. He’ll stop Bennett from reaching your house and carry him back to his own, and giving him a lecture (he did his best) like the best man he was.
Was he having second thoughts on marrying you? No way! He will just be nervous about how the wedding will go. With his bad luck, something horrible is bound to happen.
At the day of the wedding, Bennett can imagine himself constantly seeking reassurance from his best man.
"What if I mess up?" Questions Bennett to Razor, anxious hands fiddling with his tie.
"Messing up is . . . normal." Razor will reassure him, but Bennett will shake his head.
“But it's me. When I mess up, it's always . . . catastrophic . . . ”
Bennett hoped that at least for his wedding way, everything will go smoothly. A perfect day, for you and for him. He won't embarrass you or himself. He won't forget the rings, he won't have his clothes tucked inside out, he will not spill any food or drinks on himself or on his guests, there will be no random Hilichurl attacks - none of that.
He really hoped for the Archons to spare him from his bad luck. 
He will be able to stand by the altar with confidence and a smile, waiting for you to walk down the aisle.
As Bennett is consumed with his thoughts, his eyes drew to the small table at the side of his bed and caught sight of the picture of the two of you perched on the surface. It was a picture you took with a kamera after one of his adventures. The two of you smiling happily as he showcased the loot of vegetables and wheat he gathered in numerous luxurious chests. It was good day, that picture was. He found more resources than usual. Of course, he learned from the Traveler that most of the chest they found contained treasures but hey, vegetables are better than nothing, right?
Bennett stared at your smiling face and can feel the heat creep on his cheeks as he imagined you in a pretty, white wedding dress, smiling at him so shyly and cute - oh, Archons, help him. May them have mercy on him. Of course, you always looked pretty to him - so, so pretty - but in your wedding day? Archons, he doesn't know if he can take that. It'll be too much for his big heart.
He can only imagine how your wedding will play out, but there is one thing he was sure of and that is that he will burst into tears once he laid his eyes upon you - and not the soft cry most men do in their wedding, oh, not at all like that. His heart is too big with too much love for you, and too soft to control his emotions properly.
Bennett will cry (bawl, actually), his tears of joy coming in streams, and it was loud enough for strangers to think he was grieving over a deceased loved one. He was hiccupping and sobbing, will probably be holding on to his vest tightly as if his entire lifeline depended on the pressure of how he crumpled the fabric. He hoped that in that time, Razor or the Traveler will lend him a hand and calm him down before he can ruin his own wedding.
Bennett, as he happily imagined that fateful day to come in the future (spoilers again, it will) did not feel a tear slip from the corner of his eye as he drifted off to a pleasant slumber with a beaming smile.
The boy absolutely adores you.
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Title: pretty eyes [short story] Pairing: Gojo Satoru x gn!reader [soulmate au; takes place eight years before the yuuji and sukuna fusion] Genre: josei, romance, fluff, comedy, and your normal tragic angst!
Summary: in which the right eye is mine and the left eye is yours and when we meet for the first time, you see your own eyes staring back at you. Warnings: language, blood, minor manga spoilers, mild ooc gojo and death
Notes:  can we all just sit down admire satoru? Like the eyes man, the attitude omg... Ah im so sorry in advance  if hes ooc here sksksk it is my first time to write about any jjk characters and I havent fully grasped them yet despite reading the manga anyways i wont be online next week and tomorrow so i decided to publish this ahead of time. ily all and again thank you for the love and support, it does mean a lot *bows down* see you all again when i’ve got time? jskskss i fucking hate college and online classes, satoru save me please soulmate au’s [not read in any particular order nor are they connected, they just share the same trope]  Pretty eyes [gojo vers.] ||  lasting blues [toji vers]
tragic soulmate au series || taglist 
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“Pretty.” were the very first words you uttered in complete awe as you saw yourself in the mirror and no, this wasn’t directed to your physical appearance. It was directed to your left eye, the eye of your soulmate.
Contrasting to your normal boring color on the right, your soulmate’s eyes were ethereal and unreal. How could someone have such pretty eyes? It was completely surreal at that point that you refused to believe that someone with these eyes were actually human.
You placed one hand and gently caressed the left side of your face where the pretty eye rested, “You must be an angel.” you muttered, “Only angels have pretty eyes.”
Thus      like every child     you gave your soulmate a nickname, ‘pretty angel’  and every night before you slept, you’d wonder out loud how your pretty angel was doing, if they were nearby, or anything like that. You wonder what type of food they like, do they like to leave the window open for a cool wind or do they like their chocolate hot or iced.
Yet as you grew older, the pretty angel faded out into your thoughts. The pretty idea of soulmates and love disappeared like the story books you read as a child. The pretty blue eyes on your left is forgotten as life takes a toll on you.
They say death was inevitable, when your mother died in middle school, you watch as your father’s left eye turn to your mother’s color. You watched as he clenched her hand, like it was some last resort of plea. You watched him cry as he passed by the mirrors and you wondered, would it hurt like that too?
It baffles you how beautiful and cruel the soulmate system was.
How every time your father would stare at his own reflection, his left eye would be nothing but a reminder of your dead mother.
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You let out a second meek cough in the quiet bookstore that night, the sounds of the car passing by were nothing but quiet noise to you as you immerse yourself in the literature book you were reading, your students would surely love this one.You let out another cough as you turn around to find a small space to read since standing for too long made you tired too quickly. 
You’re too enchanted by the words of the author that you don’t even notice the rather tall man in front of you.
You look up, ready to give a quiet apology but stop short when you notice how ethereal the stranger looked. Albeit he wore a pair of weird Lennon shades at this time of night, he reminded you very much of an angel with his snow white hair.
You don’t even notice how your left eye is returning back to it’s normal color, the stranger does though and it surely was odd to see his eyes on a stranger.
“Well,” the stranger has a shit-eating grin decorating his handsome features, he definitely looked like trouble for sure, “This is unexpected.”
He lowers his shades and your eyes immediately widen as you suddenly cup the left side of your face, you’d recognize those unique eyes anywhere, after all, you had those on your left eye since you were born, “Y-You.” you muttered, the shock momentarily eating you up.
“Yeah, me.” He grins, loving the sudden attention, “Wow, I was expecting something like fireworks or flowers to appear.” He suddenly teased, bending down to your level.
Now that you notice it, he was very, very tall.
“I…” You blink, trying to gain your composure, “Wow…”
“Did I pass your expectations?” it’s been a few minutes since you started talking and all he has been doing is teasing you. 
“You do look like an angel.” You complimented and his eyes widened at the rather out-of-place compliment, “Your eyes are very pretty, thanks for letting me borrow them for twenty-two years.”
Gojo Satoru thought he had the upper-hand, after all, you looked quite meek but when you said those compliments, he was sure that you were going to be the teasing one in this whole-soulmate thing.
So he tries to one up you.
“I’m Satoru Gojo but you can call me tonight.” He grinned, trying to tease you once again, the corny pick up line sounds suave but your blank expression says otherwise.
“I’m Y/N L/N and  think I should call you in the morning, it is quite late right now and I still have classes at eight am.” You mumbled, looking down at your watch, “How about you just walk me home, then?”
“Okay.” Satoru immediately raises his hands, signaling that he was giving up, “First off, you should be more hyper aware that I may be a serial killer.”
“Are you?”
“What?”
“Are you a serial killer?” you repeat, “That would be awfully disappointing if my soulmate was one since I’d immediately give you up on the police. I’m not interested in being in a Bonnie and Clyde type of thing and I think it’s too early for me to die.”
“You’re very upfront about these sorts of things.”
“Well, you’re very teasing for someone who just met their soulmate a few minutes ago.” you shrug, “So, are you going to walk me home or not?”
“Ah, bossy too. I love the attitude already.”
“We’re spending our whole lives together. You might as well get used to it.”
You’d think the idea of soulmates would scare you after the firsthand experience with your parents but curiosity always got the best of you and the white-haired man proved that maybe it would be different this time.
Throughout the few months you’ve spent with him, You’ve noticed that Gojo Satoru and you may be alike in some ways but in most ways, he was different. 
First, he was enigmatic. You’ve known the man for a couple of months now and you’ve been going out on dates but you don’t know much about him except that like you, he’s a teacher at a good school and he tends to be conceited when he talks about his personal skills as a teacher.
“...What are you doing?” Satoru asked, peeking from behind your shoulder as you type in the grades of your student for your class.
“I’m grading my students.” You muttered, it was after dinner at your place and he was lazing around your place, the sound of faint jazz music could be heard throughout your small space and the wafting smell of freshly baked brownies filled the room, “Aren’t you supposed to be doing something since you're a teacher?”
Satoru quirks a brow as if you had said something odd then it seemed like realization had dawn upon him at that moment.
“Ah, I’m not doing much since my students are on break.”
“Didn’t you say that last time?”
Silence filled the room and Satoru breaks it off with his very famous ‘heh’ that made you inwardly roll your eyes and chunk the pillow that you’ve been hugging towards his direction, “Stop slacking off, you’re a teacher.” You scold him mildly, followed by a small cough.
“Ah, Y/N-chan. You’re so mean to me,” He frowned, handing you the mug filled with water, “...No fair.”
“You're a teacher and you’re slacking off.” You deadpanned, ignoring his sly ways of trying to get you in his arms, “How is that even fair?”
“My students can handle themselves so well that I don’t need to babysit them.” He hmphed,  arms crossed and head held up high in a rather arrogant manner. You could only only scoff back a reply at his rather haughty attitude but you’ve gotten used to it to the point where you just roll your eyes.
“You’re a very bad teacher, Satoru.” 
“Hey, I am considered one of the best and it’s an honor-”
You clicked your tongue and just pinched his cheek in reply to get him to stop drawling on about his achievements. You wondered if you dated a man child or something.
Second, despite his teasing nature and good looks, he’s a rather shy bean and has some insecurities about it too, maybe it was because there were moments where you couldn’t really understand your soulmate and his puzzling life. He didn’t tell and you didn’t want to pry because you technically both had your whole life to get around that subject.
Luckily, you seem to have found a remedy for moments like that.
“Satoru…” You called out to your soulmate who was staring at the nutrition content of the wafers on his hand, “Satoru!” 
“Oh, sorry. What were you talking about?” he finally snapped out of his daze and turned to you who was standing there, hand on your hip. The crispy wafers on his hand are long forgotten. 
Your soulmate is good looking, alright. If anyone were to pass by him they wouldn’t see the minor zilch of worry in his eyes.
“Are you alright?” You ask, walking closer to him, completely serious.
“...You aren’t going to leave me, right?” 
You raise a brow at the sudden question, wasn’t he too young to have some mid-life crisis? Was this because of the soulmate movie you watched late last night about the soulmate leaving their other half to rebel against the system and because of his partner’s family?
“Why would I leave you?”
He blinks once, then twice, the only sound that could be heard was the familiar music playing throughout the grocery store, it was as if no one was there during the mid-day. Satoru proceeds to look away, “I don’t know. What if you realize that you don’t like me as your soulmate and you followed what the dude did in the movie?” he started to mumble, mouth pressed on a straight line.
“Ah, the whole rich in-laws.” you blinked, “Don’t tell me you’re a son of some huge clan in japan that’s loaded and I’m going to be a disgrace to your family name or something?”
It came out as a joke at first, it really did and you were going to laugh but when you notice the straight face he has on, you realize it was anything but a joke.
“Oh.” 
“Yeah, Oh.” 
“Aren’t I supposed to be the one asking that question then?”
“What?” He almost half-yelled, eyes wide behind his usual shades that he seemed to wear a lot, “That doesn’t make sense!”
“Neither does your question, Satoru.” You frowned, massaging your temples, “I should be the one asking you that, are you going to leave me?”
“Of course not.” He sputters out.
“Then there goes my answer too.” You replied, huffing out as you grab the sweet wafers on his hand to put into the cart, “You’re very weird.”
“You’re weird.”
“No, you are.”
“You seriously asked me if I’d leave you because of your rich family in the middle of the day.” You deadpanned, inching closer to him to the point where your lips are brushing against his.
“This is unfair.” He huffed, suddenly turning red, “You’re attacking me in broad daylight.”
“Oh dear.” Your beguiling eyes, enjoying his rather embarrassed state, “This isn’t attacking, Satoru.”
Then you closed the distance between you two, his eyes seemed to widen behind his shades at your forward approach, clearly you guys never did PDA. You took this as an opportunity to lick his lower lip so you could slip your tongue in and as he starts getting into it and placing his hand to cup your ass, you pull away with a big smile on your lips, “That’s attacking.” you grinned.
Satoru seemed to have regained his senses quickly after that rather heated public make-out session, he placed his hand on top of his mouth and feigned embarrassment, “My, My, I didn’t think you’d enjoy those types of things in public.” he was back to his normal teasing self.
Well, that seemed to have worked very well.
“Mhm,” 
Yet unknown to you those thoughts still lingered in his head, it wasn’t just his family that he was worried about, it was also regarding his job as a jujutsu sorcerer       something he has yet to mention, he’s not even sure if you’d believe him       it’s a normal occurrence for people like him to die in this occupation and he’s scared that one day, you’ll see your left eye turning back to his eye color with no valid explanation.
Not only that but the amount of people who’d go after you to get to him, he clenched on the shopping cart tightly
“I’m tired.” You cut his thoughts short and Satoru turns to you, unlike him, you weren’t physically active so you tire easily, even joking around that you were a granny in a child’s body, “Can we sit down after this and get some gyudon?”
“Sure Y/N.” he grins, giving you a one-arm hug and kissing your temple.
Third, he’s terrible with kids, period, no questions asked. 
Your eyes narrowed to slits as he brought in one of his students named Megumi, the boy is quiet and compared to your giant and teasing soulmate, he’s serious. In fact he was more serious than the tiny pinky of the white-haired man.
“...Are you kidnapping a third grader?”
“He’s one of my students.”
“You don’t even know the first thing of looking after kids.” You pointed out, “And didn’t you mention that you teach high school students?”
“Well,” he drawled on, “It’s kind of a long story but he’s technically a genius.”
You let out a stifling sigh, “You’re impossible.” you mutter, bending down to the small boy’s level, “Would you like something to eat in compensation for him annoying you?”
The boy nods mutely.
“I wasn’t annoying him!” He corrects.
“He looks very annoyed standing next to you.”
“That’s literally what he looks like!”
You roll your eyes in reply and turn to the young boy, handing him a pastry that you had brought earlier. You  watched Megumi eat his pastry in front of the television that played some child-friendly show as you let out a soft cough and pour yourself some water
“Are you alright?” Satoru asks, resting his head on your shoulders.
“Yeah,” You replied, “Why’d you ask?”
“You’re looking quite pale these days.”
“Maybe it’s the allergy season, already.”  you nonchalantly replied, taking another gulp of water, “You’re terrible with kids, by the way.”
“That’s why I’m a high school teacher, Y/N.”
This connects you to your fourth observation, he’s nonchalant and easy going but he harbors a rather deep worry for you to the point where you wonder if he was really your soulmate or your mother incarnate. Three years into the whole soulmate thing with him, you still couldn’t help but think that he’s doting nature was quite adorable.
You feel like you’re coming down with a cold these days, your head has been throbbing and your cough is worsening. Satoru’s eyes are filled with nothing but worry as he handed you some medication. Your soulmate was now a mother hen and if it were different circumstances, you’d laugh it off.
“We should go to the doctor.” He nagged you once again.
“I’m literally going to sleep it off.” You hoarsely replied, “I’ll be fine, Satoru.”
“You literally sound like you smoked a pack with your voice, are you sure?”
“I am.” You glared, “Don’t sleep-”
Before you could even finish what you were saying, he flops right next to you in the bed, “-I literally told you to not sleep next to me.” you scolded him.
“A mere cold won’t phase me.”
“I swear to god, Gojo Satoru. I’ll kick you out.” He ignores your ministrations and snuggles his head on your neck, his warm breath tickling it, “You’re impossible.”
“You love me.”
“Sadly.”
“Hey.”
“I’m kidding.” you let out a quiet chuckle, looking down at your soulmate and running your hands through his white hair, “I love you very much, you idiot.”
“Hard same.”
“Never mind, I take it back.” you giggle.
And after a rather short playful banter between you two, you find yourself sleeping and snuggling on his long limbs. You think all is well, you really do. That was until you wake up later at three am in the morning with a loud coughing fit. Satoru immediately sits upright and opens your nightlight but what he sees next, scares him more than the curses he has ever encountered.
Your sheets are now stained in blood from the coughing fit that had just happened and you're completely taken aback too, completely breathless.
“Y-Y/N…” He gulps down, quickly taking the sheets away from you, “Let’s go to the hospital now, please?”
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“...L/N-san, have you been getting coughing fits before this?” the doctor asks, looking up from your chart. Satoru watches you shake your head as you clench the paws of his jacket, the doctor takes off his glasses, “How about coughs that don’t seem to go away? Getting tired too easily?”
Satoru doesn’t like where this was going, he doesn’t like where this was going at all.
“Um, just some dry coughs and I’ve always been an inactive person.” You quietly replied, contrasting to your usual bright and teasing demeanor, you looked too tired this morning and Satoru just hopes it’s because he dragged you out of bed at four am to get yourself checked asap.
“Y/N-san, has any of your family members been diagnosed with lung cancer?”
The whole room is silent and you could almost hear a pin drop, Satoru feels his knuckles suddenly turn white, “I recalled my okaasan died because of that.” You replied silently and the doctor nods feverishly.
“...Y/N-san...It pains me to say this but the reason you’ve been experiencing this is because of the tumors located in your lungs.” Satoru feels his heart drop when he hears those words, “We have to do further tests to confirm-”
“Do it.” Satoru cuts the old doctor off, his hands are visibly shaking already, he hopes that this was just a misdiagnosis, that this doctor was just a bad one or better yet whatever excuse his mind could make up at that moment, “Do all the tests needed for Y/N, please.”
Fifth, he’s very supportive towards you and your impulsive decisions. If he could join you in it, he would but you usually decide against it.
It’s another quiet night for you as you sit across from your soulmate at the dinner table. You’ve grown awfully thin and your hair was starting to fall off due to the chemoradiation, this day marked the third month since you found out that you have lung cancer just like your mother. Surgery was apparently too risky so the safest option right now was this treatment. 
You don’t deny the anxiety eating you up every day, specifically the fear of death, you’re even more worried for Satoru since not only had he been paying for your treatment but he had opt to take care of you, saying that his job would be fine without him since you were going to get better soon anyways.
“Would you still love me if I shaved my hair?” You asked, your voice still quite hoarse.
“You kidding me? I’d still love you even if you turned into a roach.”
You immediately crinkle your nose in disgust, “That’s disgusting.”
“Honest reply.”
Truthfully, the man had been your rock these past three months. You knew how hard it was for him to be happy around you, how he had put on a brave front and remained positive saying that this was just going to be a rough couple of months and you’d be back in no time despite the bleak outlook.
It kept you sane amongst the tragedy.
“I wanna shave my hair.”
“Like right now?”
You nod, “Can we use your electric razor?”
“You want me.” he points to himself, “To cut your hair?”
“I wouldn’t want anyone else to do it.” You grinned.
And that’s how you ended up in your bathroom after dinner, Satoru’s shades on the side and his concentration directly on your scalp. You had literally told him that he just needed to do it the same way as he shaved his beard but he was still scared. Apparently, he had never shaved anyone’s hair before.
“...Okay, Y/N. Here goes…” He proclaimed, switching the razor on. As bits and pieces of your hair fall to the ground, you feel your cheeks getting wet and your shoulders tense, Satoru is quick to notice the switch of emotion and immediately turns the razor off before bending down in front of you, “Woah, woah… Y/N….”
“I-I…” Your lips are quivering as the tears fall faster when you see his pretty eyes staring back at yours, you try to let out a laugh but instead it comes out as a choke sob, “Sorry, this is stupid. I’m literally crying over fucking hair.”
“No, of course not…” He replies, enveloping you in a hug, “Of course not.”
Satoru feels you start to shake in his arms and he knows he should keep his emotions in check, he’s a sorcerer for crying out loud but seeing you break down for the first time in three months had him shaking too, you didn’t deserve all this, fuck, you didn’t deserve any of this at all!
“Would you like me to shave my hair so you’d feel a bit better?” he asks. After recovering from your breakdown, you had asked him to continue shaving your hair because you might as well be done with it.
“Please don’t.” You reply, wiping your tears away, “We’d look like eggs.”
“Cute eggs, you mean.” He corrects, teasing you and trying to cheer you up, this was all he could do and he hates it. 
He really hates it.
What good was the title of being the strongest when he couldn’t save you from all of this?
Lastly, if you hadn’t highlighted it enough. He has pretty eyes, contrasting to your dull and boring ones, you always loved how different his eyes are. Sometimes you wondered why he dared to hide them behind his crappy and overused Lennon shades.
“Can I see them?” 
Your room is dimly lit as Satoru sleeps next to you on the hospital bed, you were growing weaker and frailer by the day and you could see the toll it took on your soulmate. You were heavily reminded of your father who was sitting right next to your mother on her deathbed.
“See what?” He yawned.
“Your eyes.”
“You’re awfully in love with them, huh?” 
“I’ve always been in love with them from the moment I saw it in the mirror.”
Silence envelopes the room with your statement and as requested, he takes the shades off and now you’re greeted by the most beautiful blue eyes that you love to look at in the reflection since you were a child, “Pretty.” You muttered, raising your frail hands slowly to cup his face, “Pretty eyes.”
Satoru takes in a deep breath as he places his hand on top of yours, the silence is heavy. You both know what’s about to come in the next few days, you’re lucky if you even last a night. Yet he doesn’t want to talk about it, he shuts the topic off quickly when you try to even raise it.
“Yeah.” he mumbles, staring at you, “Pretty.”
You let out a quiet laugh, “I doubt it, I’m anything but pretty now.” your voice hoarse, making him lightly squeeze your hands, “Will you be bringing Megumi tomorrow?”
“Yeah, the brat said he saved enough money to get you your favorite pastry.”
“That’s good.” you blinked, “I’m tired.”
Satoru feels his shoulder tense at your words, they were so plain yet at the same time so heavy, “Should I call the doctor?” he asks. You shake your head and just snuggle on his chest.
“No,” You mumbled, inhaling his scent and basking on his presence, “I want your warmth next to me.”
“Y/N?”
“Hm?”
“You know, you’ve always had prettier eyes.”
Yet you don’t reply and he feels your grip on his sweater lessen, he doesn’t even need to see his reflection to know that his left eye has returned back to your (e/c) ones.
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Hello, I’m looking for a really good reincarnation fic I can’t find.
The premise is that instead of having their set corporations, Aziraphale and Crowley just get reincarnated over and over again in human bodies. But they don’t have their memories since they are born, they gain them back later in life. And for some reason they keep reincarnating near each other and their human versions keep falling in love with each other and getting romantically involved before they get their memories back, so sometimes they get their memories back and the two of them are already married with children while still being mortal enemies.
I would also like recommendations for other good reincarnation fics. Thanks
Hi. Not sure on your specific lost fic, but here are some possibilities and a bunch of great reincarnation fics for you!...
You're Human (Re)incarnate by Cryptand_Bismol (M-E) (Series)
Reincarnation series, where Aziraphale and Crowley have been cursed to live and die as humans. Unbeknown to Heaven and Hell, the curse only partially works, causing the pair to be reincarnated over and over. Their memories may start wiped with each iteration, but they always remember each other, and their past, eventually.
Good Omens Soulmates AU by SlyKing (NR, G) (Series)
In this Alternative Universe, Aziraphale and Crowley are soulmates; they reincarnate at different times and always find each other.
From the Top (Say Your Lines Once More) by CoffeeStars (T)
Crowley lives and dies and wakes up to repeat the cycle. And every single time Aziraphale is there, a different face and new memories.
Doubt Thou The Stars Are Fire by Princip1914 (E)
“Oh God,” Aziraphale said to the empty bookshop, pouring himself another drink, “Oh, Lord, tell me, if we had been humans together, with short lifespans and squishy bits and all that.” Aziraphale interrupted himself by hiccupping. “Would we have fallen in love? Are you listening lord? If you hear me, give me a sign, please, I beg you.”
Unfortunately, or fortunately--one can never really say in such ineffable circumstances--the almighty was, indeed, listening.
Single-Use Lives by hanap (E)
Things go horribly wrong when it turns out Agnes Nutter's prophecy isn't what Crowley and Aziraphale thought it would be. They were expecting to be destroyed. Instead, Heaven and Hell strip them of their immortality and their memories of each other - but Heaven and Hell don't know that they've switched bodies.
Now human, Crowley and Aziraphale run into each other on Earth for the first time - again - and again - and again. It doesn't take them long to figure out that there is something very strange going on.
over and over and over again by NaroMoreau (T)
Crowley finds his soulmate and he should have been ecstatic. Except the mark is on the picture of a noble dead at least two hundred years ago.
The Book of Prometheus by lyricwritesprose (T)
As far as Ezra Fell knows, he's an ordinary bookseller who has no reason to be so strongly attracted to the strange man in dark glasses who comes in looking for an old book. And he certainly has no reason to pursue that connection after the man goes away. He's doing it anyway.
As far as Crowley is concerned, Aziraphale was completely destroyed in 1656. But then he came back again. And again . . .
They meet in late 2007. They don't know how close they are to running out of time. They're about to find out.
Pray For Us, Icarus by Atalan (G-T) (Series)
For three centuries, Crowley has been reincarnated over and over as a human with no memory of his past. Aziraphale has tried to find a way to restore him to his true self, but all he seems to do is hurt them both. This time, he only means to steal a brief moment when he walks into Crowley's flower shop. But Crowley can't let it go...
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Steve Rogers Fanfiction Recommendations
Happy birthday, Steve!
I know that there are some (a lot?) of steve fans who sometimes struggle to find fics focused on him, so I am here now putting a list of Steve fics. I was going to fics that I haven't seen recommended a lot and most of the ones on this post have less than 200 kudos only, but I end up putting everything (it's probably easier to put my bookmarks as public but well...). It's a massive list (over 100 fics?), so it's will be separated into several posts/reblogs.
Not all of them are from Steve's POV or even have him as the main 'main' character, but rest assured he played an important role and is featured heavily. Lots of these are friendship-focused but I categorized them. The shippy ones are mostly samsteve, thundershield, and some rare pairings because I don't venture to other ships a lot and when I did it's to the rare ones instead lol. Hopefully, any of you can find some gems from this list and these are as enjoyable or as good as I remembered. I'll continue to update it, hopefully, every time I find new ones.
Fics are under read more.
General
The Rocket's Red Glare
Steve was born on the Fourth of July (no joke), so a party is in order! Unfortunately, PTSD decides to rear its ugly head. Fortunately, Steve's got an entire team at his back to help him through it. And screaming goats.
an entry in the scrapbook of absurdity
In which Steve turns into a baby and bites people.
Baby Steve Adventures
Captain America gets hit by a spell during a battle. The rest of the Avengers look after him.
Do You Remember Being Happy? ('Cause I Sure Don't)
"Dragr," Thor called them. "Demons" Clint had said. "Thieves" is what Steve labels them as. AKA, the one where Steve is captured by creatures that feed off of happy memories, and the team is left to pick up the pieces. Post-Avengers.
In Search of (Bucky, Family, Home)
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov & Sam Wilson
A week following the events of CATWS, Steve recruits Natasha and Sam to help find Bucky.
Sam raised an eyebrow. “Do we need to recap again? You were shot three times, beaten near to death by an enhanced super soldier with a metal arm and then almost drowned. Yeah, your ass is going to need a few more days of healing time.”
The Truth When Captains Meet
Steve Rogers wakes up on an alien’s space ship being carried bridal style by Carol Danvers. As far as first meetings go, it’s memorable.
Irish Coffee
Pairings: Jessica Jones & Steve Rogers
Jessica runs into an incognito Cap at a cafe. They form an unlikely friendship of sorts.
The Lifetimes of Steve Rogers (Series)
What happens when Steve Rogers steps onto the quantum platform to return the Stones? Where does he go? What challenges does he find? Who does he meet? How many lifetimes can one man have?
Fifty-Two Pickup
Less than a week after the fall of the Triskelion, Steve Rogers is released from the hospital. Although his physical wounds are almost fully healed, other injuries need a bit more time, and some help from friends.
little kids get big so fast
Steve ends up having to take care of the deaged Defenders.
Grampa Steve's Bedtime Stories
If Mommy was away for work, then Morgan’s Grampa Steve came over to stay with her. He’d tuck her in, let her give Mommy a kiss on video chat, then hand her the picture of Daddy for his kiss. Once Daddy’s picture was back on the bookshelf, Grampa Steve would turn off the bedside lamp so that Miss Friday could cover the ceiling with stars, and ask Morgan what story she wanted to hear.
“Captain Steve, Grampa! Tell me Captain Steve!”
Grampa Steve sometimes read to her from books and other times watched a movie with her, but her favorite by far was when he told her Captain Steve’s Adventures Through the Multiverse.
On Camping Trips
Sam is more Hermione than Natasha is, and Steve doesn't want to be Harry.
Powerful
Steve loses the advantages of the super-soldier serum. This is not a tragedy.
His Dream
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson
As if on cue, Steve cut him off with a loud sneeze.
"Yeah. Like that." Sam nodded. "And please sneeze into your elbow next time, dude. You could've just started an epidemic."
"Sorry. Allergies." Steve excused, and Sam raised an eyebrow.
"How do you know it's allergies?" Sam asked, and Steve sighed, putting the ingredients together and solving the mystery of what the gas had actually done.
The answer wasn't ideal. "It feels like the seasonal allergies I had before. Before the serum- and I haven't had them since the serum."
Realization clicked in Sam's head.
"The gas de-serumed you."
Steve swallowed and nodded reluctantly.
OR: Steve gets temporarily de-serumed, with his height and stature staying the same but his immune system being as bad as it was before, and has to stay in the hospital to prevent a severe allergic reaction or illness. Sam stays with him the whole time, making sure he's not alone.
A Strange Encounter
Things have gone awry and Strange is injured. With no other options, he's called for assistance from Captain America and his team.
even if we're apart, i'll always be with you
Steve finds a dirty toy bear at an abandoned gas station, on the way back from a school trip. He brings him home.
As Long as You’re Not Tired Yet of Talking
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov
When Steve Rogers tells her, “Don’t be a stranger,” as they’re all going their own ways after New York, it makes her want to laugh.
Draw/Breath
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov
Natasha like knowing what makes people tick. She likes knowing things, about her teammates and her coworkers and herself. Oddly enough, sometimes other people like knowing her too.
AKA: Natasha wants to know why Steve isn’t drawing anymore, and takes the long way round to get her answer. Because why not.
With Magic We Do Fly
Pairings: Wanda Maximoff & Steve Rogers
In Civil War we see Wanda fling Steve into the air with her magic. They must have practiced that, right?
Que Wanda throwing Steve against a wall. Many times.
Just Like We Practiced
Pairings: Wanda Maximoff & Steve Rogers
Steve had said, in the movie when he asked Wanda to lift him into the building, "Just like we practiced." But just how did they come up with the idea of her lifting people with her powers, and putting them up somewhere like an escalator? Perhaps it was because Wanda accidentally sent a certain tall, blond Avenger face-first into the floor once and he decided he would help her learn to utilize this as a confidence building exercise. Natasha keeps an eye, Thor and Sam help build the training grounds, and Wanda has found her new home. Takes place between AGE OF ULTRON and CIVIL WAR.
Black and White but Red and Blue
They're watching black and white film reels, but Steve sees them in colour.
"My shield may be black and white but it was red and blue. Just like the blue sky under which red blood was spilled. Like Bucky's blue eyes and Peggy's red lips..."
The Road Warriors
Characters: Sam Wilson (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff
It wasn't pretty, but somehow the four of them managed to make it through two years on the run.
We'll Fix It
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov
Steve has a hard time after his battle with The Winter Soldier and isn't sure what to do with himself. After not seeing him for a week, Natasha finally shows up to his apartment unannounced to figure out how they can get back to work. There is some crying involved.
From Here On Out
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov
The Accords, the search for Bucky, the fight at the airport ... In a world where nothing will ever be the same, sometimes the road to rebuilding trust and friendship is a little rockier than it should be.
AKA, the story of Steve & Natasha and how they got to where they are.
Set post-Civil War but pre-Infinity War.
I have this breath and I hold it tight
Parings: Wanda Maximoff & Steve Rogers, Clint Barton & Wanda Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff & Vision
Steve finally goes to Wanda’s tiny room and taps on the doorframe, although it’s hardly necessary, with the slightly warped floorboards creaking under his feet. “Hey,” he says. “Got a minute?”
Wanda's been a little withdrawn since Steve broke everyone out of the Raft. She's had a lot to think about.
to you.
Pairings: Pietro Maximoff & Wanda Maximoff, Clint Barton & Wanda Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff & Natasha Romanov, Wanda Maximoff & Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff & Sam Wilson, Wanda Maximoff & Tony Stark
It's Wanda's birthday today. She's not sure how to feel.
New Love
Pairings: Diana (Wonder Woman) & Steve Rogers
Near the end of World War II, Diana Prince finds herself attempting to reconnect to her long-gone, beloved Steve Trevor. However, she comes across Steve Rogers instead.
Sharing Life (And Canned Green Beans)
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov
It’s Thanksgiving, and Steve is hiding in the second living room on the 8th floor of the penthouse apartments with a can of green beans.
I'm Fine
Steve slowly began to realize that the problem with being a national icon, a hero, and a role model, is that somehow, he became more than human. He become a symbol, not a person. So when he becomes increasingly unhappy, deeply depressed, and utterly adrift in a world where he doesn't belong, the loneliness and isolation are unbearable. How could anyone believe that an iconic hero like himself was really just an ordinary kid from Brooklyn, dying inside because everything he'd gained still wasn't enough to replace everything he'd lost? How could he possibly bring himself to bleed on the ones he loves? So he tells himself the same lie over and over, hoping one day, he'll believe it.
dogpile
"My dog ate my mission report" An injured Steve remembers something he has to do. Unabashed Steve and dogs fluff. "Didn't peg you for a pet guy." "Allergies."
Alone In This World (Together)
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov & Sam Wilson
“We’re fugitives,” Steve said finally. “It might never get better.”
“The world’s always going to need saving," Sam replied. "We’re still Avengers. No one can take that away from us.” Then, like they hadn't been having an entire conversation before, “So when do we leave?”
“Once night falls.”
Do we have any idea where she is?”
“No.” Steve took a sip of his coffee. “But I know where she’ll be.”
it gets the worst at night
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov
Here's how it goes: Natasha sometimes shares a bed with Steve. It's not what it sounds like.
(In which there are Colombian drug lords, awkward boners, cuddly super-soldiers and the Avengers are all giant dorks.)
Shelter
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson
Sam and Steve, right after the fall of SHIELD.
Princely Bickering
Pairings: Jane Foster/Thor, Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson, Steve Rogers & Jane Foster, Steve Rogers & Thor
Steve allows Sam to lean up and inspect his head for bruises and blood. He then checks out Steve’s eyes. ‘Do you know where you are?’ Steve rolls his eyes. ‘Don’t be an ass, Cap, apparently you can break.’ ‘London, England, chasing apparently useless Hydra intel despite having about five hundred international arrest warrants out for us because we’re just that stupid,’ says Steve. Sam pats him - gently - on the shoulder. Life on the run isn't easy, especially not after an injury. Fortunately Steve still has a few allies left.
And The Seconds Tick Down
AU of Civil War. How the world ended in twenty steps when Steve died.
"Grant" and "Francis" Go Shopping
Pairings: Clint Barton & Steve Rogers
Steve and Clint both have holiday shopping to do for their family of choice, so they make a day trip to an outlet mall, have a few heart to hearts, use some coupons, buy a bunch of presents, and eventually get through their shopping lists.
A Tune Without Words
Pairings: Jane Foster/Thor, Steve Rogers & Thor, Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson
As he and Sam prepare to begin searching for Bucky, Steve gets various offers of help—some more unexpected than others.
Purpose
Tony Stark wins the fight in Siberia completely by accident.
Steve Rogers does not resist his arrest as he is taken to the Raft.
Sam Wilson, T'Challa, and Pepper Potts pick up the pieces.
Full of Wounds and Still Standing on my Feet
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Wanda Maximoff
The five times Steve looked out for Wanda, and one time Wanda decided someone needed to look out for Steve.
Three Awakenings
The first three times that Steve Rogers woke up during his first twenty-four hours in the twenty-first century.
Making Your Own Future
Characters: Steve Rogers, Diana Prince, Steve Trevor Five times -- plus one -- that Diana Prince and Steve Rogers encountered one another.
Better Living Through Pizza
Pairings: Clint Barton & Steve Rogers
Steve takes some time off from soldiering and Avengering to get his head on straight, and Clint is assigned to keep an eye on him, because apparently SHIELD believes in the blind leading the blind. Steve really needs a hobby, since modern television shows baffle him, but Clint keeps bringing him DVDs and pizza.
Five Times Clint Barton Spoke with Steve Rogers about Growing Old and the One Time He Didn't.
Pairings: Clint Barton & Steve Rogers
When Steve Rogers reappeared from the past as an old man, there was a lot of catching up to do. Clint Barton made sure nobody got left behind.
Hammer's Totally Heavy-Handed and Incompetent Revenge
"So, at the end of IM2, Justin Hammer swears revenge on Pepper. He waits until Tony and Rhodey are halfway across the world to launch his attack.
Unfortunately for him, thanks to SHIELD, Iron Man and War Machine aren't the only superheroes in Pepper's rolladex. Steve thinks Pepper's just swell and doesn't take too kindly to somebody trying to hurt her."
Cue badass!Steve and competent!Pepper
Fan Mail
Steve starts getting his fan mail and receives an invitation to the prom. Written for a prompt at the Avengers kink meme. It was a great prompt, and so much fun to write and get feedback for!
Prom. Steve 'Grandpa Iceberg' Rogers at a 21st-century high school prom. "This isn't happening. This whole conversation is just an elaborate practical joke. Bruce really just has orders for widgets or something."
Bruce waved the printouts at him. "Fraid not. I don't really do practical jokes. Messing with other people's moods just seems. I don't know. Karmically unwise."
Mascot
Steve runs. People see Steve run. Steve gets adopted by the neighbourhood he runs through every week day morning. He finds this confusing. Tony finds it amusing.
Locks Not Replaced
Tony angsts back at Avengers' HQ, Ross is a bully and Steve makes sure he doesn't get away with it. In other words, there is much regret, a bit on the philosophy of locks, adventure and far too many Robin Hood metaphors.
woof
For a prompt on the avengers kinkmeme: "...something different happens when Steve gets Dr Erskine's serum plus the Vita ray treatment... Steve does get taller and stronger, but when the first full moon hits, he turns into a big friendly looking dog. Yes, he's a weredog, not a werewolf."
Mission: Baby
Pairings: James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers
The Asset finds himself in charge of the care of a small baby, but somehow he knows—he has to protect the baby from all harm, whatever the cost.
14 Tracks
Pairings: Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Avengers Team 14 tracks from Steve's iPod and how they got on there.
Life Will Rattle Your Bones
Pairings: Erik Lehnsherr & Steve Rogers
Captain America and the Howling Commandos find Schmidt sooner than they thought... wait, what do you mean this is a *different* Schmidt?
In war-torn Germany, the paths of Steve Rogers and Erik Lehnsherr cross, part, and cross again.
come build me up
Pairings: Sharon Carter & Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers
“Do you ever feel like -- like you joined up because you wanted to do good. You wanted to do the right thing but somewhere along the way, you just lost the whole fucking plot.”
“All of the time.”
Or: the one where Captain America and Agent 13 give long distance friendship a whirl.
Down in the Worn Out Place Again
Pairings: Wanda Maximoff & Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers & Wanda Maximoff
“You don't look a day over 85, Captain,” Wanda says.
Natasha smiles, just barely, and nudges Steve with her elbow. “She makes jokes now.”
(Post AoU, stories about friendship.)
Satellites
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Tony Stark, Clint Barton, Nick Fury Pairings: Natasha Romanov & Steve Rogers, Minor Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson, Minor Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov
In the immediate aftermath of SHIELD's collapse and Steve's plunge into the Potomac, Natasha considers her place in the world. Also the fact that Steve is depressing.
Timeless Classics
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Avengers Team Five An undetermined number of times (six, apparently) Steve unexpectedly got the reference (sort of), and one time everyone discovered something new together.
you just wait and see
Pairings: Rocket Raccoon & Steve Rogers
“Thor said you’re the captain.” Rogers says, his voice distant, sad smile growing into a sadder grin. “Tough job.”
The Small Hours
Pairings: Steve Rogers & T'Challa, James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers
"I'm not getting him back, am I." The words were flatly delivered – not a question so much as fatigued resignation. "We will do everything we can to help him," T'Challa quietly replied, but he wouldn't lie, not about this. Not to a fellow warrior he respected on and off the field of battle. "The possibility does exist, however, that the triggers are permanent."
The Man We All Remember From the Newsreels
Still getting used to the twenty-first century, Steve comforts himself with memories of long-gone friends. But Howard Stark, the man Steve remembers, is nothing like the man he sees in the newsreels.
we're all choir boys at best
Characters: Steve Rogers, Johnny Storm
You are totally getting laid tonight. "Please stop talking." You hijacked my brain first, this is totally not my fault.
Epistaxis
Steve doesn't worry the first time he gets a bloody nose that won't quit. But when it happens a second, third, fourth... He, and his teammates, start to get concerned.
You Close Your Eyes and the Glory Fades
His body isn’t his own, he knows that, knew before the procedure that everything would change. That was the easiest thing to wrap his head around, actually, the physical changes. He’s used to his body betraying him, so this is just another thing to learn his way around. But the colors of everything, even the sliver of blue sky he could see, craning his head at the tiny window, look different.
Looking For Answers (From The Great Beyond)
After the Battle of New York is over, and Loki and the tesseract are returned to Asgard, Steve takes a road trip across the country, and tries to figure out what he wants to do next.
Mourning the Future
Steve's ties to the past and the future are pretty tenuous, and the serum ensures he lives in an eternal present state of ever-youthful vigour. When an old war buddy gets handed his last marching orders, Steve has to wonder if everyone will eventually leave.
Riviera Life
Sam and Steve have been traversing Europe looking for Bucky. Not everyone is convinced it isn’t an open invitation road trip.
Voluntary Bros.
Characters: Steve Rogers, Johnny Storm
"Dude, you could be twins, they tested you before they defrosted you to see if you were a clone or something, or if he was a clone," Clint said.
"I want to talk to him, I think. I mean, a girl threw her latte at me last week for not calling her back and this dude felt me up at an art gallery yesterday," Steve said.
Two Brooklynites and One Big Apple
Pairings: Miles Morales & Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
“You did good out there today,” Captain America said, brushing a layer of detritus from his unfathomably broad shoulder. “I’ll see you around.”
“Not if I see you first,” replied Miles, fingergunning with one hand as he sent a web rope fwipping off into the distance with the other, catapulting himself away at tremendous speed.
... in which two superheroes battle with bad guys, embark on community art lessons, and a friendship forms along the way.
Battle Fatigue
Steve thought he was doing okay. Things weren't going great, but they were fine, manageable even, and then suddenly they weren't.
We Become New Yorkers (or: Five Times Steve Rogers Looked For Home, and One Time Home Found Him)
New York is a million cities at the same time. This is how Steve found his.
A beautiful day in the neighborhood
In which Steve and Peter learn that the best way to get through a bad situation is together. And to avoid collapsing buildings. And that concussions are terrible, terrible things.
Leviticus 25
"You want to save Bucky Barnes? You are going to have to put your own house in order first because he is going to need a rock to cling to. You are not ready to be that rock for him. You owe it to him -- and more importantly, you owe it to yourself -- to figure things out, figure out how you can be happy in this time and place, whether or not Barnes is with you."
Strike
Sometimes the road to recovery involves bowling. Conveniently, so does the one to the Grand Canyon.
Conversation in Wakanda
“I have been told that you had the privilege to share a training session with some of our Dora Milaje,” T’Challa says. “May I ask how it went?”
“Well,” the Captain huffs. “There’s no polite way to say it: I had my ass handed to me. Repeatedly.”
He sounds and looks utterly delighted.
Contact Light
Everyone thought computers would be the thing that really blew Steve's mind about the 21st century. They were wrong. When he finds out that he missed the moon landing, it's the start of an ongoing obsession with space that maybe involves Neil deGrasse Tyson, Twitter, and Star Trek marathons.
Twenty-Two
“This is Lucky,” Clint said when a dog got between him and Natasha. Lucky’s vest was bright, like desert mornings and night explosions.
“Does he help?” Natasha asked.
Clint pressed his hands flat on the counter behind him. “He saved my life.”
Natasha looked at Steve, her expression fierce. Steve resisted the urge to yank down his sleeves. Instead, he dug his nails into the puckered skin on his forearms.
AKA An AU in which Steve is a veteran just trying to survive (or not).
Gray
Peter doesn't expect Steve to show up at his house one night when he gets home from school. He also doesn't expect to have a long conversation with him, and choose to be on his side instead.
We're Happy, Free, Confused, and Lonely at the Same Time.
"Tony isn't sure, but he *thinks* Steve Rogers is going to try and argue with him about not being a kid, while wrapped up in a fluffy blanket and plaid pyjama pants watching a Disney movie. Tony really hopes that is the case. The Captain America voice looses all affect when wrapped up in that blanket and Tony can't wait to inform him as such." - The one where Tony realises that Captain America and Steve Rogers are not the same person, and Steve is so much younger then he thought.
This Isn't A Love Song, This Isn't A Fable
Steve's not OK with people's perception of Captain America, no matter what he says or how much he pretends otherwise. It's like no one in this time period realizes that there's more to him than a spangly outfit. And yes, he's including the Avengers in that. ... or, the one where everything's all right, until it's not.
it's safe here in our new world
Post TWS. In which Natasha and Steve go shopping, have Thursday night movie nights, and learn that Natasha loves to platonically kiss Steve. Which is good, because Steve loves being platonically kissed by Natasha.
Shadowboxing
Pairings: Matt Murdock & Steve Rogers
It doesn’t matter how many times you fall – what matters most is how many times you get back up. Steve Rogers knew this lesson far too well and it was one Matt Murdock had endured all his life. With both men at their lowest, could a chance friendship bring each of them to their feet again?
Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers
“You’ll ruin your dinner,” Sam says, gesturing with Steve with his spatula.
i fear for the calendar; its days are numbered
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov, Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson
Before she goes off the grid, Natasha gives Steve her phone number. He’s honored that he’s the only one to be trusted with it, but quickly learns that she spends most of her free time texting him Dad jokes.
Status Quo Ante
Pairings: James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers
A tale in which Sam suspects he should be used to this by now, for values of 'this' that involve certain folks he hangs out with and situations he finds himself in, Team Cap becomes Team Ex-Cap becomes TBD, and nobody but Clint really wants to know what happened to Scott Lang's GI Joes. (Sam Wilson from the final scene to the mid-credits scene.)
The Glass Parade
Pairings: Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov
Steve thinks that he’s seen Natasha be at least three different people in the short time he’s known her, and he isn’t sure which one is real.
In which the most confusing part of the future is how much Steve has in common with Natasha, and the fact that she seems dead-set on being his friend.
Still Life
Steve Rogers and a very modern form of art therapy. (The one where Steve draws himself out of despair and into some notoriety when his cartoons hit the internet, but he's still not allowed to look at Tumblr without an okay from Pepper.)
Selective Service
The serum's given Steve a lot, but it hasn't taken anything away from him. Not even the things he never wanted in the first place.
I'm a Hustler, Baby
Steve Rogers has a talent for pool--and for making others believe he's terrible at it.
The Healing Properties of Felt-Tip Pens
Rapid healing has worked wonders on Steve Rogers' body, but occasionally it really screws with his head. In the aftermath of torture, Bruce Banner helps Steve to reconcile mind and body.
If I Die Before I Wake
It's his job, as their leader, to endure the sadistic focus of their captor, and that is the one thought that carries Steve through.
Even Gods Do
Captain America doesn't have a good relationship with sleep anymore. Also, he's not a toy.
Under My Skin
Written for a prompt on avengerkink: I want to see something where, for whatever reason, Steve's accelerated healing turns out to be a bad thing. Something where the faster healing is making things worse. I would prefer something other than the standard, super-healing allows for more torture without death. “He's lucky – to have the serum, to have you all.” Tony wasn't sure about that first part. When one faced death and destruction every day on the job, there were many advantages to having a healing factor...and a great many disadvantages as well.
A Glossary of the 21st Century
Pairings: pre-Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov
Steve's sick of not understanding what's going on, and the team are not all that helpful, so he starts keeping an illustrated notebook for further research. With the help of wiki, google and Logan he starts to settle in and find his place in the twenty-first century.
Blanket Gift Policy
“You didn’t,” Bucky said, with no real hope of being contradicted. Clint shrugged helplessly and passed him the large, soft bundle wrapped in shiny purple foil.
“Sorry.” Tony covered his eyes with one hand.
“I’m getting a migraine.”
“So,” Bruce said wearily, “counting Clint, me, Bucky, Tony, and Sam, that brings it up to five.”
“Excuse you, mine’s not a blanket,” Sam said. “Mine’s a slanket. Big difference.”
Bucky resisted the urge to throw the whole heap of parcels at Sam’s head. “Because it has sleeves? It’s still a blanket, Wilson. They’re all blankets. Even Thor’s direct-from-Asgard raven gift delivery was a cloak, which just means it’s a blanket with a strap. We all got Steve a goddamn blanket.”
One Tin Soldier
Written for a prompt at avengerkink: Because really, under any other circumstances, why would they follow him when he's some guy who's younger than the rest of them (time as a Capsicle aside), who goes around wearing that spangly outfit, who's not even used to the modern world? Why Steve Rogers, rather than a Norse god or the CEO of Stark Industries or anyone else?
“Love is for children,” she'd said, but respect knew no such bounds. The five times the Avengers accepted Steve as their leader, and the one time they followed without question.
and if there's life we'll see it
Steve is instantly taken with this idea of having the picture of the person calling you flash on your screen when they ring your cell.
Secure Your Own Oxygen Mask (Before Assisting Others)
Steve keeps going, because they need him. Being Captain America - having the serum - is a responsibility and a privilege he takes seriously, and he won't waste it by sitting around resting in the middle of a crisis. But then the work is over, and the original victims of the crisis aren't the only ones needing looking after.
Way of the Eagle
Clint introduces Steve to kung-fu movies. Things escalate quickly.
Walking Wounded
In the aftermath of the battle against the Chitauri, Steve's doing just fine. Until he's not. Fortunately, Thor is a perfect mother-hen, Tony makes decent back-up, JARVIS is a genius, and Soap Operas are life-changing. (Or, Post-Shawarma Feels.)
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Royal Guard Nomenclature
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You might know the Royal Guards for having some creative names, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably read HxH Wiki trivia on where the names came from. However, I haven’t seen any comprehensive post getting right into it, so lets have some fun research time and look into the origins of the Chimera Ant Royal Guard’s namesakes and how they might have affected Togashi’s characterizations of them! 
While i’m trying to keep everything as brief as I can, this will be a longer post so if you want to gain some knowledge and kill some time, read on! I’ve linked sources throughout the post for further research!
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Naming Origin Sources
All three of the Guard’s names - Neferpitou, Shaiapouf, and Menthuthuyoupi, respectively- were chosen by the Chimera Ant Queen prior to their birth in the story. They are mashups from two sources - Ancient Egyptian mythology, specifically the pantheon of traditional gods and goddesses, and a French children’s book series entitled Caroline et ses amis (Caroline and her Friends) written by Pierre Probst. 
The Guard x Egyptian Gods
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In Ancient Egyptian life, people worshiped a large number of deities which represented natural forces and phenomena (sunlight, life, childbirth, etc). The people regularly offered sacrifices and performed rituals to please the gods so that these forces would continue to function according to divine order (ma’at). Each god or goddess had complex relationships, characteristics, and symbolism associated with them. {x}
Neferpitou x Nefertem
The first half of Neferpitou’s name, “Nefer-”, is derived from the Egyptian deity Nefertem. A very ancient god by Egyptian mythos standards, this god is associated with the lotus flower, as he was believed to have emerged in a water lily from the primal waters at the creation of the world. He also represented the first sunlight and the lovely smell of the Egyptian blue lotus. Nefertem is usually depicted as a young, beautiful man, and sports titles such as “He Who Is Beautiful” and “Water Lily of the Sun”. {x}  {x}
In HxH, Neferpitou is the first Royal Guard to be born, which ties in nicely to Nefertem’s being a very early god born from the creation of the world as well as being associated with the first sunlight. As for the beauty aspect, Neferpitou’s androgynous appearance could play into this factor, as some gods in the Egyptian creation myths were depicted as androgynous.
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Nefertem’’s mother is often credited as being Bast/Bastet, the guardian goddess of cats, or Sekhmet, the warrior goddess of healing (both goddesses are often considered to be two aspects of the same goddess). These goddesses are both depicted with cat or lioness heads, and so Nefertem is often depicted with a lion’s head or as a lion. I needn’t say more about this tie to Neferpitou! Aside from the cat aspect, Sekhmet’s being a goddess that both goes to war and heals is reflected in Pitou’s dual nature- both a ruthless killing machine in their own right and with their Terpsichora ability making instant armies, and a reliable healer using the Doctor Blythe ability, showcasing a compassionate side. {x} {x}
Shaiapouf x Shai
Shaiapouf’s Egyptian name component comes from Shai, which, interestingly, is not so much an entity as it is a concept- the deification of the concept of Fate. The name Shai is usually translated as “that which is ordained”. This god was said to determine the span of each person’s life; he was with each person at their birth and remained with them through their life until their final judgement in the underworld (duat). Shai would offer the true life story of the individual at their judgement, and could either protect or damn them. This deity has so much power in the Egyptian mythos that even pharaohs and other gods were subject to it.  {x} {x}
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Now, although Shaiapouf as a character doesn’t have an omnipotent power over fate, the concept of fate runs really strong in Pouf’s characterization. Pouf, along with the other Royal Guards, was present at King Meruem’s birth, and intended to stay at his side throughout his whole life, guiding and protecting him. This is a role that Pouf seemed to take to heart, almost to an extreme. As we know, Pouf saw the King’s destiny of becoming the ruler of the world and dominating all other species as being absolute, and began to actively work against the Guard and even the King himself when he began to stray from the fate that Pouf had “preordained” for him. Going so far as to attempt to kill Komugi, who was the most important person to the King, Pouf’s actions, although out of a motivation to protect the King, would have been damning for the King had he succeeded.
Shaiapouf’s nen ability, Spiritual Message, gives us a hint as to his namesake as well. The god Shai hid nothing from Osiris (god of the underworld) at the final judgement of that person’s life, and so does Pouf’s ability allow him to see the absolute truth about a person’s emotional state by reading their flow of aura. This gives Pouf the ability to come to conclusions about that person’s personality, thoughts, and possible course of action, seemingly allowing him to predict their “fate”. {x} 
Also, this may be a trivial fact, but Pouf has the habit of ending his sentences with, “That’s all there is to it”. A very final and fateful statement indeed.
Being a concept, Shai is neither male nor female, but is more often depicted as being male. In this form, he is often said to be married to Renenutet (cobra goddess of child rearing who gave newborn babies secret names), or Meskhenet (goddess of childbirth). These three are often depicted together which gives us a definite picture of the cycle of birth and death. {x}  {x}
In HxH, after Meruem is mortally wounded by the Miniature Rose Bomb, we get the lovely and terrifying experience of seeing Pouf and Youpi feed themselves to the King in order to revive him. In this scene, both guards are ecstatic as they have ascended to the level of a Chimera Ant Queen and are filled with an unconditional motherly love for their King. The ties here between this occurrence and these trifecta of gods associated with birth and life are pretty strong.
A few final small factoids: The Greek people associated Shai with their god Agathodaemon, a god of fortunetelling that was considered to be a serpent. As well, the word Shai was also an Egyptian word for “Pig”. Thus, Shai was sometimes depicted as a serpent-headed pig, also called the Shai animal. I am reminded of the time Pouf was shown to be able to rearrange his cells to impersonate a certain blind Gungi player.
Menthuthuyoupi x Montu
The final Royal Guard, Menthuthuyoupi, bears the name of Montu, a very powerful and ancient god in the Egyptian pantheon. Montu (also written as Monthu or Menthu, the latter which Youpi uses in his name) originally was a manifestation of the scorching effects of the sun (Ra), but over time this was modified to mean destructiveness in battle, which led to Montu being known as a god of war. He was said to attack the enemies of cosmic order (ma’at).Montu is usually depicted with a falcon head or a bull head. Falcons were a symbol of the sky, and bulls symbolized strength and war. {x}  {x}
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Montu was often linked with other gods and is depicted as a fusion of those gods. For instance, because of his association with Ra, he often appears as Montu-Ra. Occassionally he is linked to Atum (another creator god) and Set (god of scary natural phenomena and deserts). Over time, Montu was also linked to Horus, a god associated with the pharaoh, and therefore Montu is sometimes seen as being a symbol of a Pharaoh as a ruler and conqueror.
In HxH, Menthuthuyoupi definitely embodies the warlike aspect of his namesake. Being the only guard not made from human genetic material, he is able to act on instinct and devote himself completely to being a soldier for the King, attacking anyone who threatened the King’s divine rule. Being immensely powerful, Youpi was capable of immense damage with his Rage Blast and Rage Incarnate nen abilities. As well, just as Montu gradually evolved over time to represent more complex aspects of life in Ancient Egypt, so too did Youpi evolve over the course of the Chimera Ant Arc, which gave his life new and more complex meaning.
The many forms Montu can take reminds us of Youpi’s unique Metamorphosis ability, which allows him to change any part of his body at will to suit his needs. Youpi’s Rage Incarnate form, in which his body takes the worm of a winged centaur, is a callback to Montu’s two most common depictions; as a Falcon (Youpi’s wings), and as a Bull (Youpi’s hooves). {x}
One of Montu’s wives was thought to be Tjenenet, another goddess of childbirth, which has ties to the event of Meruem’s rebirth discussed in Shaiapouf’s section above.
An interesting tidbit of info is that Montu was sometimes though to be a guardian of family life. He is sometimes mentioned in marriage documents to enforce commitment; infidelity is described as “the abomination of Montu”. While this doesn’t really have anything to do with Menthuthuyoupi aside from maybe reflecting in his loyalty to the King, the next time you feel tempted to cheat on your significant other, imagining a frowning Youpi may dissuade you.
One thing that each Royal Guard has in common with all of their Egyptian namesakes is that all strive to support what they see as the Divine Order using their individual strengths, even if their methods of supporting this order greatly differ.
The Guard x Caroline et ses amis
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The Caroline series is a series of French childrens picture books, or albums, written and illustrated by Pierre Probst. There are 44 books in the series, which were written from 1953 to 2007. They follow Caroline, a little blond girl who is independent and active, and her 8 mischievous animal friends, who talk like humans. The series was adapted into an animated TV show titled Caroline et ses amis in 1994, which is most likely the source Togashi got the names for the Royal Guards from (and you can find on youtube!)  {x} {x}
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Neferpitou x Pitou
Pitou is one of the 8 animal characters in Caroline. Pitou is a panther, and he appeared in a collection called “Les Albums roses” (The Pink Albums) in 1952, which were a precursor to the Caroline books, thus making Pitou the first character of the future Caroline series. Pitou is characterized as being lazy and cunning.
In HxH, our Neferpitou was the first of the Chimera Ant Royal Guard to be born, just as Pitou was the first character that began the Caroline series. Both of them being a cat is also a very obvious connection that both share. While there are other cats in the Caroline series, Pitou being a panther harkens to Neferpitou’s wild nature. Caroline’s Pitou being both lazy and cunning are character traits that show up in HxH’s Pitou as well; we see them exhibit extreme intellect in science, military strategy and manipulation, but at the same time they are the most playful of the Guard and get distracted very easily.
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Shaiapouf x Pouf
Pouf is a white kitten that wears a blue bowtie. He is characterized as being elegant, snobbish, and eccentric. He is prone to going on rants about his dreams of greatness, much to the annoyance of everyone else, and he has little quirks such as hating water and the cold.
If it weren’t for the physical description, you might have thought I was describing HxH’s Pouf- he too is elegant, snobbish and eccentric and often goes on long, intellectual rants, which are mostly never followed by the rest of the guard. Shaiapouf is also always wearing a flowy white dress shirt that features a bowtie-like collar which is reminiscent of Pouf’s white fur and bowtie. While Shaiapouf isn’t known to hate water or cold, he does manifest peculiar quirks such as melodramatic monologues and playing his violin when he is upset.
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Menthuthuyoupi x Youpi
Youpi (also spelled Yupi), is a cocker spaniel dog. He is naive, turbulent, and a little bit grumpy, but also generous, devoted and affectionate. He can be fearful and prefers staying home to going out on adventure. He really likes being cuddled by Caroline, the main character.
Menthuthuyoupi in HxH displays a lot of similar characteristics to his namesake: naive, turbulent, and devoted are all adjectives you could use to describe him. Because of Menthuthuyoupi’s lack of ego, he is solely devoted to the King and his divine destiny, not bothering to give a thought to other courses of action, which could be a reflection of Caroline’s Youpi prefering to remain in the safety of home. After Meruem’s revival, when Youpi and Pouf share a affectionate spiritual bond with him, Youpi is shown to cherish the new bond he has with his King, just as Caroline’s Youpi is affectionate towards Caroline.
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One thing that all the Royal Guard share with their Caroline namesakes is that both sets of characters unquestioningly follow an independent leader character that they love and support. As well, in the case of Neferpitou and Shaiapouf, their manner of dress is a homage to Caroline- Pouf dresses in a very elegant and frilly ensemble, very French of him, in my opinion- and Pitou’s outfit is reminicent of both an old school French military uniform and a child’s school uniform.
A bonus Caroline homage in HxH: The titular character Caroline is famously depicted with her pigtail hairstyle. A certain blind Gungi player is also famously shown sporting a similar hairstyle.
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Bonus Section: Meruem’s Name
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Although not containing as much lore as his Royal Guard, the King’s given name can give us a few fun tidbits in keeping with the etymology of the Guard.
As you know, in-universe, the Chimera Ant Queen states her son’s name, Meruem, to mean “the light that illuminates/shines on everything”. His name is very close to the common Arabic name, Maryam (مريم), which has multiple romanized spellings. The most notable use of this name is in Biblical history as a form of the name Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, and Miriam, who was the sister of Moses. 
It is thought that the name might have roots originating in the Egyptian language; the words “mry” (beloved) and “mr” (love) are thought to have been derivatives of the name.This root meaning would work in portraying the love that the Ant Queen had for her son, even before birth.
Other scholars have thought that the Hebrew root words “mr” (bitter) or “mry” (rebellious) were the basis of the name in the case of Miriam, as she was born at a point in history when the nation of Israel was subject to bitter slavery by the Egyptians. “Bitter” and "Rebellious” might be words you could use to describe Meruem, at least when he is first introduced to us. {x} {x}
Other fun tidbits: Meruem’s characteristic “neutral” face expression, young and feminine facial structure, and characteristic “cat eyes” is very reminiscent to a lot of ancient Egyptian art. One that stands out in my mind is the famous Head of Nefertem statue, found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun, which depicts the Pharaoh in question as a child in the form of the god Nefertem (remember him?). Interestingly, both Meruem and Tutankhamen were kings that ascended the throne (and died) very early in their lives. I’ll let you look at the piece and notice the similarities yourself!
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And that about does it for all the conclusions I’ve drawn. I hope you enjoyed reading through this and that it prompted you to do some reading and research of your own! Togashi chocked HxH full of fun little references to things in our real world, and it’s so much fun to do a deep dive to find all this trivia. If you think of/find any other fun things too add to this post, feel free to reply/reblog with additions. Cheers!
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Chris Evans One Shot
Can I get a Chris Evans or Sebastian Stan one shot where the reader finds out she’s pregnant (maybe she ends up in the hospital for some severe pain where she’s in active labor) despite both being told they can’t have kids?
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Your day started out pretty normal, you and your husband Chris woke up, you making coffee while he takes Dodger out then you eat breakfast together.
After breakfast you had climbed back in bed and Chris comes in worried.
"Babe? You alright?"
He asks, sitting next to you, placing a hand on your forehead.
"Yeah, I think it just may be that time of the month or something. These cramps are horrible."
You reply, reaching for the bottle of aspirin next to the bed.
"How about I grab the heating pad for you and then we can just have a lazy day?"
He offers and you nod with a small smile.
Once Chris has you all set up, he gets back in bed with you and turns on the TV while you lay, willing the pain to go away. 
A few hours later and still, there was no relief to be had.
"It's no better?"
He asks and you shake your head.
"If anything, it's worse. I've never had cramps this bad, especially not when my period hasn't even started."
You reply while tears form in your eyes. 
Chris watches you closely for the next hour, wondering if he should force you to see a doctor. 
"OW"
You sit up quickly and hold your stomach, feeling a massive cramp throughout your whole abdomen.
"That's it. We're going to the hospital."
He says, picking you up in his arms and carrying you out to the car, you in too much pain to fight. 
"Sir? Can I help you?"
The charge nurse asks when Chris carries you into the ER.
"My wife. Something is wrong. She is in a lot of pain."
He tells her and she leads the two of you towards an exam room. 
After getting your vitals and as much information as she can gather from a hysterical Chris, the nurse leaves to find a doctor.
"Chris, what is happening?"
You cry out in more pain.
"I don't know baby but they will figure it out."
He says, stroking your hair, trying not to think of the worst possible scenario.
The doctor comes a few minutes later and begins his exam, ruling out a few things before he has a thought.
"Mrs. Evans, is there any possibility you could be pregnant?"
You shake your head. 
"We had been trying for two years to get pregnant and we were told it probably would never happen."
Chris explains sadly. 
"Well, probably isn't definitely and Mr. And Mrs. Evans, you're pregnant."
The doctor says after beginning an ultrasound.
He turns the screen and you and Chris look in shock and amazement at it. 
"So the pain? Is she losing the baby?"
Chris asks, suddenly remembering why you were there. 
"No. The baby is healthy. Strong heartbeat. Your wife is in labor."
The doctor says.
"How is that possible? I haven't had any signs of pregnancy. Sure I've gained a little weight but we were in quarantine and eating all the time."
You say, still in shock.
"Well, according to my measurements, this baby is about thirty eight weeks and ready to meet it's mommy and daddy. Lets get you up to maternity."
The doctor replies before leaving the room for a moment.
"A-a baby? We're having a baby?"
You say, tears streaming down your face. 
"How did I not even know? I didn't do anything I was supposed to. What if the baby is sick? I didn't take prenatal vitamins. I drank beer."
"Shhh shh babe its ok. Everything is going to be alright."
Chris holds you as best as he can with you laying in a hospital bed. 
"Whatever happens, we will love this baby. If it is sick, we will deal with it because it is our child."
For the first time, Chris places his hand on your small belly. 
"We are having a baby. We've wanted this for so long and maybe it wasn't exactly how we thought it would happen but our baby is going to be born today. Focus on that."
He says with a teary smile just as a nurse comes to take you to maternity.
"Alright, Mrs. Evans, lets see how dilated you are."
Half an hour later, you are settled in a room and the O.B. comes in. 
Chris holds your hand as the doctor checks you out.
"Looks like we need to set up for delivery, you are ready to push."
She smiles and you look up to Chris. 
"Already?"
You ask, terrified.
"I know all of this is a shock for you and you are still getting used to the idea of having a baby but your little one is ready to join the world."
As they get you ready, the doctor tries to calm you.
"Ok, lets have a baby."
It took nearly an hour but with one final push, your baby was out and wailing.
"It's a boy!"
The doctor announces before quickly cutting the cord and taking the infant over to be looked at while you and Chris watch and wait for news.
"He is perfectly healthy."
She says a few minutes later bringing the newborn over to you. 
"Hey, little man."
Chris says in awe of the tiny human the two of you had made. 
"We have a son."
You cry, still in utter disbelief that you began the day not even knowing you were pregnant and you were now ending it, having just given birth to the baby doctors told you, you would never have.
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