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At thy beloved feet to kneel—
| 6 | 194 |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834/The Zenana
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FFisher%27s%5FDrawing%5FRoom%5FScrap%5FBook%2C%5F1834%2FThe%5FZenana
|
Looks all about, sighs deeply as in a daze.
| 9 | 629 |
May (Mácha)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/May%5F%28M%C3%A1cha%29
|
And bear the tribute to their native soil:
| 8 | 71 |
Warrington Academy
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Warrington%5FAcademy
|
Cards were superfluous here, with all the tricks
| 8 | 207 |
The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 4
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F4
|
Was curiously bedight.
| 3 | 44 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Haunted Oak
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FThe%5FHaunted%5FOak
|
Was ever more great of heart than she.
| 8 | 87 |
Alice Ayres (Blake)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%5FAyres%5F%28Blake%29
|
And speed thy axle o'er the azure plains?
| 8 | 18 |
Poems Sigourney 1827/The Georgian Planet
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5FSigourney%5F1827%2FThe%5FGeorgian%5FPlanet
|
Did you hear him murmur, "Love!"
| 6 | 23 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Monk's Walk
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FThe%5FMonk%27s%5FWalk
|
And, granting that the child may have a name,
| 9 | 690 |
Gotham (Churchill, 1764)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29
|
ceapas to cnosle.Carran ofgif,
| 4 | 2,096 |
Gecyndbēc Lēoþ
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE
|
For we left behind our wildest rider,Only three of us kept up the pace,
| 14 | 17 |
The Soul Of A Century/A dream
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSoul%5FOf%5FA%5FCentury%2FA%5Fdream
|
Magnificently gay. Here streak'd with gold,
| 6 | 271 |
The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/Joseph
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FJoseph
|
And scanty clothing, seeking to conceal
| 6 | 2 |
Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 3/Faristan and Fatima
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F3%2FFaristan%5Fand%5FFatima
|
But yet, for us whose brains and hearts
| 8 | 73 |
Dreams & Dust/The Tavern of Despair
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dreams%5F%26%5FDust%2FThe%5FTavern%5Fof%5FDespair
|
Says the Agnostic: "It may be so
| 7 | 1 |
To-Day/The Agnostic
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/To%2DDay%2FThe%5FAgnostic
|
Of bill for coin and box for bale?
| 8 | 5 |
Poems of Sidney Lanier/The Symphony
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FSidney%5FLanier%2FThe%5FSymphony
|
And dead is all their human truth.
| 7 | 34 |
The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems/The Song of the Happy Shepherd
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWanderings%5Fof%5FOisin%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FSong%5Fof%5Fthe%5FHappy%5FShepherd
|
Above all earth's anxietyFrom that same hour.
| 7 | 24 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/After While
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FAfter%5FWhile
|
"To the pyre!" an instinct prompted: pallid face,
| 8 | 645 |
Balaustion's Adventure/III
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Balaustion%27s%5FAdventure%2FIII
|
And new-found agate urns as fresh as day,
| 8 | 99 |
Bells and Pomegranates, Second Series/The Tomb at Saint Praxed's
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bells%5Fand%5FPomegranates%2C%5FSecond%5FSeries%2FThe%5FTomb%5Fat%5FSaint%5FPraxed%27s
|
Which is it? Which March is it already?!
| 8 | 20 |
Di – stance: versts, miles
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Di%5F%E2%80%93%5Fstance%3A%5Fversts%2C%5Fmiles
|
Her cable-swivels clanged at every shock.
| 6 | 44 |
The Wanderer (Masefield)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWanderer%5F%28Masefield%29
|
Of outward and perilous deeps,
| 5 | 18 |
To the Sun (Smith)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/To%5Fthe%5FSun%5F%28Smith%29
|
Yet I could deem it better too to starve
| 9 | 1,100 |
The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough/Volume 2/Dipsychus/Part 2
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoems%5Fand%5FProse%5FRemains%5Fof%5FArthur%5FHugh%5FClough%2FVolume%5F2%2FDipsychus%2FPart%5F2
|
The dawn came up on Bradlow Knoll,
| 7 | 1,466 |
The Everlasting Mercy
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FEverlasting%5FMercy
|
seventy- two excellent hosts
| 4 | 119 |
The Poem-book of the Gael/The Saltair na Rann/The Heavenly Kingdom
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoem%2Dbook%5Fof%5Fthe%5FGael%2FThe%5FSaltair%5Fna%5FRann%2FThe%5FHeavenly%5FKingdom
|
Use wiles for wit, and make deceit a pleasure
| 9 | 33 |
Of the Courtier's Life
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Of%5Fthe%5FCourtier%27s%5FLife
|
It was not madness quite;
| 5 | 26 |
A Prisoner in a Dungeon Deep
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FPrisoner%5Fin%5Fa%5FDungeon%5FDeep
|
I think, betwixt the poles;
| 5 | 33 |
Marsupial Bill
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marsupial%5FBill
|
One beat the beef-cask, and the others sang
| 8 | 446 |
Dauber
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dauber
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Now vice prepares the formidable blow,
| 6 | 172 |
The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/Joseph
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FJoseph
|
Than what prouder sports impart.
| 5 | 20 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Nutting Song
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FNutting%5FSong
|
Fuse nations in thy kindly heat,And melt the chains of each!
| 11 | 20 |
The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 2/Number 5/The Telegraph
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FAtlantic%5FMonthly%2FVolume%5F2%2FNumber%5F5%2FThe%5FTelegraph
|
See we our God so nigh.
| 6 | 5,593 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
If he’s untidy now, what will he be——?
| 8 | 175 |
North of Boston/The Housekeeper
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/North%5Fof%5FBoston%2FThe%5FHousekeeper
|
And the tall pines that towered around.
| 7 | 6 |
The Lake — To ——
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FLake%5F%E2%80%94%5FTo%5F%E2%80%94%E2%80%94
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Their days are either pass'd in doing nothing,
| 8 | 708 |
Beppo (Lord Byron)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Beppo%5F%28Lord%5FByron%29
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We've come all this distance salvation to win agog,
| 9 | 92 |
The Scapegoat (Paterson)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FScapegoat%5F%28Paterson%29
|
Fu' to tease ol' Pa'son Hedgehog, givin' of a dance;
| 10 | 7 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/De Critters' Dance
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FDe%5FCritters%27%5FDance
|
While Jouk with language glib as oolie,
| 7 | 222 |
Ancient history of three bonnets
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ancient%5Fhistory%5Fof%5Fthree%5Fbonnets
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He clapped his hand on Auster's mane,
| 7 | 501 |
Lays of Ancient Rome/The Battle of the Lake Regillus
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lays%5Fof%5FAncient%5FRome%2FThe%5FBattle%5Fof%5Fthe%5FLake%5FRegillus
|
Three hundred pounds per annum spent
| 6 | 7 |
Arithmetic on the Frontier
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Arithmetic%5Fon%5Fthe%5FFrontier
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To haunt of the wide world a spot
| 8 | 2 |
The Lake — To ——
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FLake%5F%E2%80%94%5FTo%5F%E2%80%94%E2%80%94
|
We were not great guns at cricket, but we couldn't well say, "No!"
| 13 | 11 |
How M'Dougal Topped the Score
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/How%5FM%27Dougal%5FTopped%5Fthe%5FScore
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Where be her kindred? where its sire?
| 7 | 21 |
A Selection of Original Songs, Scraps, Etc., by Ned Farmer/The Gypsy Mother
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FSelection%5Fof%5FOriginal%5FSongs%2C%5FScraps%2C%5FEtc%2E%2C%5Fby%5FNed%5FFarmer%2FThe%5FGypsy%5FMother
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Here high amid our mountain sky,
| 6 | 54 |
We hail the day
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/We%5Fhail%5Fthe%5Fday
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Drops her last gem into the doomsday flame.
| 8 | 62 |
Pocahontas and Other Poems (New York)/Monody on Mrs. Hemans
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pocahontas%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%5F%28New%5FYork%29%2FMonody%5Fon%5FMrs%2E%5FHemans
|
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
| 8 | 4 |
McClure's Magazine/Volume 9/Number 6/When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/McClure%27s%5FMagazine%2FVolume%5F9%2FNumber%5F6%2FWhen%5FI%5FHeard%5Fthe%5FLearn%27d%5FAstronomer
|
That fain would hold her captive, she is free—
| 9 | 12 |
Belgium (Coates)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Belgium%5F%28Coates%29
|
ongunnon cohhetan, cirman hlude
| 4 | 270 |
Poem of Judith
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poem%5Fof%5FJudith
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Upon the tyrant's throne—the sepulchre,
| 5 | 95 |
A Forest Hymn
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FForest%5FHymn
|
God made his ministry a silent one,
| 7 | 13 |
January 1, 1829
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/January%5F1%2C%5F1829
|
Spring's amaranth, drooping in the shade.
| 6 | 50 |
May (Mácha)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/May%5F%28M%C3%A1cha%29
|
Woman, he ſaid, I may not caſt,
| 7 | 508 |
Wife of Beith
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wife%5Fof%5FBeith
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But, since they will take them, I think I'll go too.
| 11 | 39 |
Pity the Poor Africans
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pity%5Fthe%5FPoor%5FAfricans
|
A gang that seized the football for a lark.
| 9 | 40 |
Old Schooldays
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Old%5FSchooldays
|
"What magic pow'rs in[15] Celia's numbers dwell,
| 7 | 265 |
The feminead: or, Female genius
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5Ffeminead%3A%5For%2C%5FFemale%5Fgenius
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Was all the same to Cassidy.
| 6 | 24 |
Cassidy's Epitaph
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cassidy%27s%5FEpitaph
|
And plainly and more plainly
| 5 | 205 |
Lays of Ancient Rome/Horatius
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lays%5Fof%5FAncient%5FRome%2FHoratius
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So let Thy turtle-dove's sad call arise
| 7 | 2,311 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
Thy spheres, and as thy silver proxy shine?
| 8 | 265 |
The Poetical Works of John Keats/Lamia
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FJohn%5FKeats%2FLamia
|
"Rincas mine,restað incit
| 3 | 3,457 |
Gecyndbēc Lēoþ
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE
|
But not the less there lurks below
| 7 | 50 |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1840/The Portrait of Lord Byron, at Newstead Abbey
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FFisher%27s%5FDrawing%5FRoom%5FScrap%5FBook%2C%5F1840%2FThe%5FPortrait%5Fof%5FLord%5FByron%2C%5Fat%5FNewstead%5FAbbey
|
Home?—aye, the brutes are happier than the man!
| 8 | 6 |
Littell's Living Age/Volume 126/Issue 1629/The Swine-herd of Gadara
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F126%2FIssue%5F1629%2FThe%5FSwine%2Dherd%5Fof%5FGadara
|
What is Your Ladyship's mood?
| 5 | 23 |
The Wishing-Caps
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWishing%2DCaps
|
But I trust we shall meet—in town.
| 7 | 32 |
Maurine And Other Poems/“Advice”
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2F%E2%80%9CAdvice%E2%80%9D
|
Gales from Heaven, if so He will,
| 7 | 134 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
When mystery imparts a keener zest;
| 6 | 30 |
Psychopompos: A Tale in Rhyme
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Psychopompos%3A%5FA%5FTale%5Fin%5FRhyme
|
the battell was nat half done.
| 6 | 200 |
The Ballad of Chevy Chase (no source)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBallad%5Fof%5FChevy%5FChase%5F%28no%5Fsource%29
|
And yet one woe may deeper move,
| 7 | 39 |
A Little Child's Monument/Death
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FLittle%5FChild%27s%5FMonument%2FDeath
|
'---Oh Goddess! let your powerful arms
| 6 | 36 |
The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/To Mr. Bleecker
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FTo%5FMr%2E%5FBleecker
|
But their tongues restrain'd from walking
| 6 | 1,523 |
Astrophel and Stella
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Astrophel%5Fand%5FStella
|
With that which you receiv'd on other terms,
| 8 | 639 |
Comus and other poems/Comus
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Comus%5Fand%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FComus
|
I was buried near this Dike
| 6 | 5 |
Another Epitaph (I was buried near this Dike)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Another%5FEpitaph%5F%28I%5Fwas%5Fburied%5Fnear%5Fthis%5FDike%29
|
Beneath, each bold and promontory mound
| 6 | 699 |
The poetical works of Thomas Campbell/Gertrude of Wyoming
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5Fpoetical%5Fworks%5Fof%5FThomas%5FCampbell%2FGertrude%5Fof%5FWyoming
|
Swept down the Murrumbidgee;
| 4 | 36 |
A Mountain Station
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FMountain%5FStation
|
But men must burst their bracesWith laughter as of yore.
| 10 | 8 |
Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3824/The Great Shock
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Punch%2FVolume%5F147%2FIssue%5F3824%2FThe%5FGreat%5FShock
|
To manhood's home and thunder at the gate?
| 8 | 8 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Robert Gould Shaw
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FRobert%5FGould%5FShaw
|
A howling thing ’neath prison bars,
| 6 | 9 |
Weird Tales/Volume 9/Issue 3/Wolf
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weird%5FTales%2FVolume%5F9%2FIssue%5F3%2FWolf
|
From Coln St. Evelyn's with the party.
| 7 | 519 |
Reynard The Fox Part I
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reynard%5FThe%5FFox%5FPart%5FI
|
“Hahhah! be damned that yellow gold
| 6 | 182 |
The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Spectre's Bride
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FCzechoslovak%5FReview%2FVolume%5F3%2FSpectre%27s%5FBride
|
And all Thy mystery to understand.
| 6 | 4 |
Shir Hakovod
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Shir%5FHakovod
|
Shall break, unveil'd for terror or delight?
| 7 | 3 |
Felicia Hemans in The New Monthly Magazine Volume 43 1835/Thoughts During Sickness V. Flight of the Spirit
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Felicia%5FHemans%5Fin%5FThe%5FNew%5FMonthly%5FMagazine%5FVolume%5F43%5F1835%2FThoughts%5FDuring%5FSickness%5FV%2E%5FFlight%5Fof%5Fthe%5FSpirit
|
We shall not sleep !
| 5 | 43 |
In Memoriam: John McCrae
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/In%5FMemoriam%3A%5FJohn%5FMcCrae
|
'Ll be proud, you bet yo' life.
| 7 | 42 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Encouragement
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FEncouragement
|
And the favourite's friends devoutly cursedOld Premier's gamest daughter.
| 9 | 25 |
Verses Inspired by my "Old Black Pipe"
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Verses%5FInspired%5Fby%5Fmy%5F%22Old%5FBlack%5FPipe%22
|
As hear these women's jaw-teeth chattering;
| 6 | 271 |
Poems and Ballads (Swinburne)/St. Dorothy
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fand%5FBallads%5F%28Swinburne%29%2FSt%2E%5FDorothy
|
Famishing children weep at her bosom;
| 6 | 56 |
Modern Czech Poetry/The pitman
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Modern%5FCzech%5FPoetry%2FThe%5Fpitman
|
Unknown, tho' Fame goes with me; I must leave
| 9 | 8 |
Records of Woman: with Other Poems/Properzia Rossi
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Records%5Fof%5FWoman%3A%5Fwith%5FOther%5FPoems%2FProperzia%5FRossi
|
With angels in strong level flight.
| 6 | 137 |
The Blessed Damozel (Dante Gabriel Rossetti)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBlessed%5FDamozel%5F%28Dante%5FGabriel%5FRossetti%29
|
Or, like that race whom the dire deluge slew,
| 9 | 29 |
Poems Sigourney 1827/The Georgian Planet
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5FSigourney%5F1827%2FThe%5FGeorgian%5FPlanet
|
In bitter thoughts of low-born care begun,
| 7 | 2,914 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
Of love to last eternally.
| 5 | 4,352 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
That we were parted thus for years—
| 7 | 69 |
Birth-day Verses
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Birth%2Dday%5FVerses
|
With black usurping mists, som gentle taper
| 7 | 309 |
Comus and other poems/Comus
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Comus%5Fand%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FComus
|
And censure freely who have written well.Authors are partial to their Wit, 'tis true,
| 14 | 17 |
An Essay on Criticism
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An%5FEssay%5Fon%5FCriticism
|
Whose home is in the green,
| 6 | 26 |
Orara
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Orara
|
Duty that’s to say, complying,
| 5 | 1 |
Duty (Clough)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Duty%5F%28Clough%29
|
But you stand without in the dark and cold,
| 9 | 9 |
A Woman's Mood
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FWoman%27s%5FMood
|
And they are held in the light of my dreams
| 10 | 50 |
A Song of Dreams
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FSong%5Fof%5FDreams
|
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