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So borough towns, election brought on,
| 6 | 33 |
The Works of Henry Fielding/The Queen of Beauty, t'other day
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWorks%5Fof%5FHenry%5FFielding%2FThe%5FQueen%5Fof%5FBeauty%2C%5Ft%27other%5Fday
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And purge me from all heresies of thought and speech and pen
| 12 | 34 |
A Pilgrim's Way
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FPilgrim%27s%5FWay
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The wilful heart be fain to own
| 7 | 377 |
The Christian Year
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
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Before the dawn the warriors fly,
| 6 | 7 |
Littell's Living Age/Volume 133/Issue 1718/The Capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F133%2FIssue%5F1718%2FThe%5FCapture%5Fof%5FJerusalem%5Fby%5Fthe%5FChaldeans
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'Tis criminal to leave a sinking state,
| 7 | 478 |
Retirement (Cowper)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Retirement%5F%28Cowper%29
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Unimpeded, keen, golden, and crystalline,
| 5 | 118 |
Prometheus Unbound; a lyrical drama in four acts with other poems/A Vision of the Sea
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Prometheus%5FUnbound%3B%5Fa%5Flyrical%5Fdrama%5Fin%5Ffour%5Facts%5Fwith%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FA%5FVision%5Fof%5Fthe%5FSea
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And from them draw the vision of their home.
| 9 | 56 |
An American to Mother England
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An%5FAmerican%5Fto%5FMother%5FEngland
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And if I chose a part of sin,
| 8 | 21 |
To My Sister (Gordon poem)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/To%5FMy%5FSister%5F%28Gordon%5Fpoem%29
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Lies ever through Duty's hard way.
| 6 | 34 |
Poems of Cheer/Retrospection
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FCheer%2FRetrospection
|
Around each pure domestic shrine
| 5 | 2,080 |
The Christian Year
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
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I give the first watch of the night
| 8 | 23 |
Voices of the Night/The Light of Stars
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Voices%5Fof%5Fthe%5FNight%2FThe%5FLight%5Fof%5FStars
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And with the fervor of a lip unused
| 8 | 13 |
The Declaration
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FDeclaration
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Attempts no task it cannot well fulfil,
| 7 | 280 |
Retirement (Cowper)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Retirement%5F%28Cowper%29
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I burn men with my eyes.
| 6 | 10 |
A Roman Lady
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FRoman%5FLady
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While the gods of Air crowd heaven’s aisles,
| 8 | 45 |
Poet Lore/Volume 27/Number 1/The Golden Plover
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poet%5FLore%2FVolume%5F27%2FNumber%5F1%2FThe%5FGolden%5FPlover
|
It drove home, and no time was allowed to the crowd that was driven.
| 14 | 57 |
The City of Brass
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FCity%5Fof%5FBrass
|
I' the guest; or knowing it, was ignorant
| 8 | 805 |
Balaustion's Adventure/III
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Balaustion%27s%5FAdventure%2FIII
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The worlds revolve like ancient women
| 6 | 56 |
Prufrock and Other Observations/Preludes
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Prufrock%5Fand%5FOther%5FObservations%2FPreludes
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O blest proficiency ! surpassing all
| 6 | 99 |
Retirement (Cowper)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Retirement%5F%28Cowper%29
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Up de t'ings in almanacs.
| 5 | 4 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Foolin' Wid De Seasons
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FFoolin%27%5FWid%5FDe%5FSeasons
|
And all this uniform, uncolour'd scene,
| 6 | 177 |
The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 6
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F6
|
Above it a few red stars
| 6 | 6 |
Finis (Smith)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Finis%5F%28Smith%29
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Seemed fair though pale. The humble violet,
| 7 | 67 |
The Twelve Months: A New Year's Dream
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FTwelve%5FMonths%3A%5FA%5FNew%5FYear%27s%5FDream
|
“Who comes forth to the Judgment,
| 6 | 49 |
The Woman at the Washtub
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWoman%5Fat%5Fthe%5FWashtub
|
For all thy rankling doubts so sore,
| 7 | 4,446 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
I could not rise from my dark dungeon floor,
| 9 | 19 |
The Captive's Dream
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FCaptive%27s%5FDream
|
Combat is honour, slaughter is but savage: Murder is yours—ye combat now no more!
| 14 | 56 |
Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 8/The ship of mail
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F8%2FThe%5Fship%5Fof%5Fmail
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She heard the men's half-whisper'd mode of praising,
| 8 | 664 |
Beppo (Lord Byron)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Beppo%5F%28Lord%5FByron%29
|
Rubbing against all people, high and low,
| 7 | 2,349 |
Maurine And Other Poems/Maurine
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2FMaurine
|
The glittering of the blue waves into glint;
| 8 | 260 |
Dauber
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dauber
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þæt wæs se mæraMelchisedec,
| 4 | 2,522 |
Gecyndbēc Lēoþ
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE
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So Stella's heart finding what power Love brings,
| 8 | 399 |
Astrophel and Stella
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Astrophel%5Fand%5FStella
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I'll thank thee when approaching death
| 6 | 17 |
Thorp Green
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thorp%5FGreen
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Lifde siððanand lissa breac
| 4 | 1,410 |
Gecyndbēc Lēoþ
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE
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Not doubtfully I augur from the past
| 7 | 285 |
Fragments of the Mystery of the Fall
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fragments%5Fof%5Fthe%5FMystery%5Fof%5Fthe%5FFall
|
Through paths, and turnings oft'n trod by day,
| 8 | 527 |
Comus and other poems/Comus
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Comus%5Fand%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FComus
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And waving in a dusky dragon light
| 7 | 7 |
Babel (Howard)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Babel%5F%28Howard%29
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And thro' the Skies such Flashes hurl'd,
| 7 | 901 |
British Wonders
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/British%5FWonders
|
But dancin' times an' spahkin'
| 5 | 15 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/A Christmas Folksong
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FA%5FChristmas%5FFolksong
|
Riding down the road at evening when the wind was on the sea,
| 13 | 17 |
Stirring Science Stories/February 1941/Always Comes Evening
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Stirring%5FScience%5FStories%2FFebruary%5F1941%2FAlways%5FComes%5FEvening
|
That it availeth much to pray.
| 6 | 12 |
Poems of Cheer/Prayer
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FCheer%2FPrayer
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Through all the Alban villages
| 5 | 18 |
Lays of Ancient Rome/The Prophecy of Capys
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lays%5Fof%5FAncient%5FRome%2FThe%5FProphecy%5Fof%5FCapys
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(to the distance) from the earth to the moon.
| 9 | 84 |
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
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Watching for thee, the lover's ardent eyes
| 7 | 5 |
Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 2, The Second Edition/Sonnet LXXII
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Elegiac%5FSonnets%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2C%5FVolume%5F2%2C%5FThe%5FSecond%5FEdition%2FSonnet%5FLXXII
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Licking their Lips, in clusters stood,
| 6 | 378 |
British Wonders
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/British%5FWonders
|
Courage attemper'd and refined by thought;
| 6 | 206 |
Gotham (Churchill, 1764)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29
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His horse, wild-eyed with some unusual fright,
| 7 | 303 |
Psychopompos: A Tale in Rhyme
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Psychopompos%3A%5FA%5FTale%5Fin%5FRhyme
|
So, when Henry Edward Kater
| 5 | 19 |
Who is Kater Anyhow?
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Who%5Fis%5FKater%5FAnyhow%3F
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Bread and water — nothing more
| 6 | 8 |
Littell's Living Age/Volume 126/Issue 1627/The Praise of Poverty
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F126%2FIssue%5F1627%2FThe%5FPraise%5Fof%5FPoverty
|
Just there the thicker boughs gave way,
| 7 | 65 |
Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in The Literary Souvenir, 1825/Christine
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FLetitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FThe%5FLiterary%5FSouvenir%2C%5F1825%2FChristine
|
The heart has sent its fire up to the brain,
| 10 | 21 |
Landon in The Literary Gazette 1823/A Maniac visited by his Family in confinement
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Landon%5Fin%5FThe%5FLiterary%5FGazette%5F1823%2FA%5FManiac%5Fvisited%5Fby%5Fhis%5FFamily%5Fin%5Fconfinement
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Answered the Piper, indeed!—Nay, truly, said Hobbes, interposing,
| 8 | 209 |
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich/3
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBothie%5Fof%5FToper%2Dna%2Dfuosich%2F3
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Then Cruelty knits a snare,
| 5 | 7 |
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1826)/Songs of Experience/The Human Abstract
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Songs%5Fof%5FInnocence%5Fand%5Fof%5FExperience%5F%281826%29%2FSongs%5Fof%5FExperience%2FThe%5FHuman%5FAbstract
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Blasted with sighs, and surrounded with tears,Hither I come to seek the spring,
| 13 | 1 |
Twickenham Garden
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Twickenham%5FGarden
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The golden hours flitted by In mirth and loving revelry.
| 10 | 8 |
Littell's Living Age/Volume 136/Issue 1757/A Japanese Love-Song
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F136%2FIssue%5F1757%2FA%5FJapanese%5FLove%2DSong
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With his ear to the keyhole was listenin';
| 8 | 14 |
A Bush Christening
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FBush%5FChristening
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I see the pluméd horsemen;
| 5 | 451 |
Lays of Ancient Rome/The Battle of the Lake Regillus
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lays%5Fof%5FAncient%5FRome%2FThe%5FBattle%5Fof%5Fthe%5FLake%5FRegillus
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On someone else's heart's blood all their days,
| 8 | 11 |
Weird Tales/Volume 26/Issue 3/Vampires
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weird%5FTales%2FVolume%5F26%2FIssue%5F3%2FVampires
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As the fountains of flame shoot higher :
| 8 | 62 |
Alice Ayres (Blake)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%5FAyres%5F%28Blake%29
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Yet at Bellagio I find no trace, no sort of remembrance.
| 11 | 43 |
The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough/Volume 2/Amours de Voyage/Canto IV
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoems%5Fand%5FProse%5FRemains%5Fof%5FArthur%5FHugh%5FClough%2FVolume%5F2%2FAmours%5Fde%5FVoyage%2FCanto%5FIV
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To the dancers dancing in tune;
| 6 | 18 |
Song from Maud
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Song%5Ffrom%5FMaud
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There's my saddle when a rover—That's the bridle hanging up,
| 10 | 5 |
How We Won the Ribbon
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/How%5FWe%5FWon%5Fthe%5FRibbon
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Lived on her eyes, unspeaking what lacked not articulate speaking;
| 10 | 118 |
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich/4
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBothie%5Fof%5FToper%2Dna%2Dfuosich%2F4
|
Is thy reign so quickly ended? Canst thou, then, no longer stay?
| 12 | 2 |
Littell's Living Age/Volume 130/Issue 1685/To Summer
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F130%2FIssue%5F1685%2FTo%5FSummer
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And fluctuant as a veil,
| 5 | 5 |
The Summer Moon
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSummer%5FMoon
|
Nobody only the eyes of brown,
| 6 | 9 |
Maurine And Other Poems/Over the Banisters
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2FOver%5Fthe%5FBanisters
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I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
| 8 | 5 |
The Hound of Heaven
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FHound%5Fof%5FHeaven
|
As we two roamed, or sat and talked together.
| 9 | 274 |
Maurine And Other Poems/Maurine
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2FMaurine
|
Slow at the end of his robust array,
| 8 | 89 |
The Death of Nicou
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FDeath%5Fof%5FNicou
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Look to the guide who can never fail:
| 8 | 28 |
Pocahontas and Other Poems (New York)/"Jesus of Nazareth passes by"
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pocahontas%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%5F%28New%5FYork%29%2F%22Jesus%5Fof%5FNazareth%5Fpasses%5Fby%22
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I do not ask from history a record of thy fame,
| 11 | 3 |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832/The City of Delhi
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FFisher%27s%5FDrawing%5FRoom%5FScrap%5FBook%2C%5F1832%2FThe%5FCity%5Fof%5FDelhi
|
sun, under the insufficient
| 4 | 40 |
O Distinct
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/O%5FDistinct
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I'd say—"I used to know his father well;Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap."
| 15 | 4 |
Counter-Attack and Other Poems/Base Details
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Counter%2DAttack%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FBase%5FDetails
|
Clothing with higher life the Being of the Storm.
| 9 | 124 |
A Storm in the Mountains
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FStorm%5Fin%5Fthe%5FMountains
|
Spectre? Admetos had not made his guest
| 7 | 127 |
Balaustion's Adventure/V
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Balaustion%27s%5FAdventure%2FV
|
Love looses lucid waters, and they sing;
| 7 | 129 |
A Little Child's Monument/De Profundis
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FLittle%5FChild%27s%5FMonument%2FDe%5FProfundis
|
Men heard the music and men felt the thrill.
| 9 | 36 |
Poems of Experience/Read at the Benefit of Clara Morris
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FExperience%2FRead%5Fat%5Fthe%5FBenefit%5Fof%5FClara%5FMorris
|
Watch their woe on wingèd balms
| 6 | 7 |
The Song of Aviol
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSong%5Fof%5FAviol
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For Adam's whole poſterity,
| 4 | 99 |
Wife of Beith
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wife%5Fof%5FBeith
|
I only ask, to make mine arms prevail,
| 8 | 15 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Warrior's Prayer
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FThe%5FWarrior%27s%5FPrayer
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The dead one?"
| 3 | 34 |
Balaustion's Adventure/V
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Balaustion%27s%5FAdventure%2FV
|
What price they cost — they please the better. Italian vines, and Spanish sheep. [27]
| 15 | 226 |
The Works of Henry Fielding/Part of Juvenal's Sixth Satire, Modernised In Burlesque Verse
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWorks%5Fof%5FHenry%5FFielding%2FPart%5Fof%5FJuvenal%27s%5FSixth%5FSatire%2C%5FModernised%5FIn%5FBurlesque%5FVerse
|
Too lenient for the crime by half."
| 7 | 32 |
Love and Folly (Bryant)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Love%5Fand%5FFolly%5F%28Bryant%29
|
Called common sense: and no high wit
| 7 | 641 |
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
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So very anxious, clever, fine, and jealous,
| 7 | 744 |
Beppo (Lord Byron)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Beppo%5F%28Lord%5FByron%29
|
Like the ghost of a daisy dropped out of the sky,
| 11 | 30 |
The Old Swimmin' Hole
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FOld%5FSwimmin%27%5FHole
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In strains of gratitude, be praises hung,
| 7 | 278 |
Gotham (Churchill, 1764)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29
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The eve advanc'd, the sun declin'd,30 BALL to the booby-hutch[3] was join'd,
| 12 | 26 |
Citizen and the Red Lion of Brenton
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Citizen%5Fand%5Fthe%5FRed%5FLion%5Fof%5FBrenton
|
’Neath chill moon and raging sun;
| 6 | 97 |
Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 8/Damsel John
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F8%2FDamsel%5FJohn
|
No other words, but words of love—no other thought but Love.
| 11 | 45 |
The Mystic Trumpeter
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FMystic%5FTrumpeter
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To-morrow when thou leavest, what wilt thou say?
| 8 | 2 |
Woman's Constancy
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman%27s%5FConstancy
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That which her slender waist confined
| 6 | 1 |
On a Girdle
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On%5Fa%5FGirdle
|
To the music's fading calls
| 5 | 34 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/A Corn-song
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FA%5FCorn%2Dsong
|
Adorn the board, invite the guest;
| 6 | 121 |
The Works of Henry Fielding/Part of Juvenal's Sixth Satire, Modernised In Burlesque Verse
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWorks%5Fof%5FHenry%5FFielding%2FPart%5Fof%5FJuvenal%27s%5FSixth%5FSatire%2C%5FModernised%5FIn%5FBurlesque%5FVerse
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There lived an old man in the kingdom of Tess,
| 10 | 2 |
The New Vestments
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FNew%5FVestments
|
So good to watch or share; but when men count
| 10 | 258 |
Biography (Masefield)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Biography%5F%28Masefield%29
|
Let someone nip to Biddy Price's,
| 6 | 486 |
The Everlasting Mercy
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FEverlasting%5FMercy
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Was gone--and Gertrude climb'd a widow'd father's knee.
| 8 | 91 |
The poetical works of Thomas Campbell/Gertrude of Wyoming
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5Fpoetical%5Fworks%5Fof%5FThomas%5FCampbell%2FGertrude%5Fof%5FWyoming
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How Tomboy and Vanity caused much profanity,
| 7 | 30 |
Jack's Last Muster
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Jack%27s%5FLast%5FMuster
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The clown announced a scheme they had
| 7 | 5 |
When Dacey Rode the Mule
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/When%5FDacey%5FRode%5Fthe%5FMule
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