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Almost as long as flowersWhich daily die:
| 7 | 2 |
Cities and Thrones and Powers
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cities%5Fand%5FThrones%5Fand%5FPowers
|
Therefore it was that the fancy
| 6 | 261 |
The Devil's Walk
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FDevil%27s%5FWalk
|
As befor than scho had beyne
| 6 | 26 |
Macbeth and the Weird Sisters
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Macbeth%5Fand%5Fthe%5FWeird%5FSisters
|
A Latter-day’s reward.
| 3 | 108 |
A Journeying Song for the Camp of Israel
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FJourneying%5FSong%5Ffor%5Fthe%5FCamp%5Fof%5FIsrael
|
But take my word, she doth not know a heart.
| 10 | 32 |
The Blossom (Donne)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBlossom%5F%28Donne%29
|
And Apennine's gray vultures
| 4 | 239 |
Lays of Ancient Rome/The Prophecy of Capys
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lays%5Fof%5FAncient%5FRome%2FThe%5FProphecy%5Fof%5FCapys
|
I ain't talkin' 'bout some gambler, goin' to see Richard Lee.
| 11 | 10 |
Billy Lyons and Stack O' Lee
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Billy%5FLyons%5Fand%5FStack%5FO%27%5FLee
|
And Nature said, This place I’ll take,
| 7 | 5 |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1839/Village of Koghera
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FFisher%27s%5FDrawing%5FRoom%5FScrap%5FBook%2C%5F1839%2FVillage%5Fof%5FKoghera
|
Shrills not his trumpet of ‘To Horse, To Horse!’
| 9 | 580 |
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
|
Be merciful and sooth my grief!”
| 6 | 53 |
The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Spectre's Bride
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FCzechoslovak%5FReview%2FVolume%5F3%2FSpectre%27s%5FBride
|
Less keenly, thorough his grosser ear,
| 6 | 4,056 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
Then my heart spoke out with a right bold air:
| 10 | 6 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Retort
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FRetort
|
The love you struck with a mortal blow—
| 8 | 43 |
A Woman's Mood
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FWoman%27s%5FMood
|
Duly ejected from the God's nice lip,
| 7 | 681 |
Balaustion's Adventure/III
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Balaustion%27s%5FAdventure%2FIII
|
On his celestial errands bound.
| 5 | 4,892 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
The path of honour still is straight,From thence I shall not shrink.
| 12 | 44 |
Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 9/The horse of the desert
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F9%2FThe%5Fhorse%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fdesert
|
Or fan them with Thine airs serene.
| 7 | 6,227 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
Remember Handel? Who, that was not born
| 7 | 644 |
The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 6
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F6
|
As 'tis by seeming reason underpropp'd.
| 6 | 61 |
A Funeral Elegy
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FFuneral%5FElegy
|
For far over all that folks hold worth,
| 8 | 13 |
A Rolling Stone (Service)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FRolling%5FStone%5F%28Service%29
|
Consuming all both flowers & fruits insects & warbling birds
| 10 | 360 |
Tiriel
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tiriel
|
As with shipmen whirled through the straits of Peril,
| 9 | 3 |
An Anthology of Australian Verse/Quis Separabit?
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An%5FAnthology%5Fof%5FAustralian%5FVerse%2FQuis%5FSeparabit%3F
|
‘I said that he who loved her wellWould robe her all in silk,
| 13 | 55 |
The Story and Song of Black Roderick
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FStory%5Fand%5FSong%5Fof%5FBlack%5FRoderick
|
Each falling accent, studious to prolong
| 6 | 155 |
The feminead: or, Female genius
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5Ffeminead%3A%5For%2C%5FFemale%5Fgenius
|
Three chosen bands, in royal state,
| 6 | 73 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
Forget not yet!
| 3 | 4 |
Forget not yet
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Forget%5Fnot%5Fyet
|
My Shields and O'Connells, my pious MacDonnells,
| 7 | 201 |
The Devil's Walk
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FDevil%27s%5FWalk
|
The time shall come when I, perhaps, may tread
| 9 | 185 |
The Poetical Works of William Collins/On the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCollins%2FOn%5Fthe%5FPopular%5FSuperstitions%5Fof%5Fthe%5FHighlands%5Fof%5FScotland
|
The stars they have left their veils
| 7 | 9 |
Littell's Living Age/Volume 133/Issue 1719/Spring Showers
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F133%2FIssue%5F1719%2FSpring%5FShowers
|
He- and she-resiarehs prepare
| 4 | 117 |
The Trustee's Lament
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FTrustee%27s%5FLament
|
My labouring mind, I have fought and failed.
| 8 | 22 |
Sword Blades and Poppy Seed/The Last Quarter of the Moon
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sword%5FBlades%5Fand%5FPoppy%5FSeed%2FThe%5FLast%5FQuarter%5Fof%5Fthe%5FMoon
|
Nor trampling hoof nor tinkling bell,
| 6 | 3,168 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
The field is ours, the Turk, his wife, and all.
| 10 | 16 |
Our Conquering Swords
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Our%5FConquering%5FSwords
|
My heart feels sick, but I am not downcast.
| 9 | 16 |
Re-Affirmation
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Re%2DAffirmation
|
Treat me nice!
| 3 | 24 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/A Plea
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FA%5FPlea
|
What were the dreams that made your eyes so bright?”
| 10 | 842 |
Maurine And Other Poems/Maurine
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2FMaurine
|
And faint, salt breezes blowing,
| 5 | 12 |
The Heritage (Duer Miller)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FHeritage%5F%28Duer%5FMiller%29
|
Lycius to all made eloquent reply,
| 6 | 338 |
The Poetical Works of John Keats/Lamia
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FJohn%5FKeats%2FLamia
|
And when my luck began to change
| 7 | 25 |
The Digger's Daughter
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FDigger%27s%5FDaughter
|
And crooning idly, sheds their petals upon earth!
| 8 | 41 |
A Little Child's Monument/In the Alps
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FLittle%5FChild%27s%5FMonument%2FIn%5Fthe%5FAlps
|
By the fireside tragedies are acted
| 6 | 26 |
Birds of Passage (Collection)/The Golden Mile-Stone
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Birds%5Fof%5FPassage%5F%28Collection%29%2FThe%5FGolden%5FMile%2DStone
|
And the path fades in the snow.
| 7 | 48 |
Roundelay Of The Roughneck
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Roundelay%5FOf%5FThe%5FRoughneck
|
By agéd Hermit in his holy dream,
| 7 | 331 |
The Destiny of Nations (unsourced)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FDestiny%5Fof%5FNations%5F%28unsourced%29
|
Sees—O shame!—the girl bowed low
| 5 | 75 |
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
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Bill knows how to act when his rule is at stake,
| 11 | 55 |
Bill the Bullock-Driver
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bill%5Fthe%5FBullock%2DDriver
|
The storm clouds eddied, and raged, and burst,
| 8 | 53 |
The Watchers (Favenc)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWatchers%5F%28Favenc%29
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His noble limbs disguise.
| 4 | 48 |
Knight Toggenburg (Murray)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Knight%5FToggenburg%5F%28Murray%29
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Pitiful fool that I was, to stand fiddle-faddling in that way!
| 11 | 38 |
The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough/Volume 2/Amours de Voyage/Canto IV
|
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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So I'll prop the eight hour swindle - be the boss in every strike.
| 14 | 35 |
The Song of Ninian Melville
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSong%5Fof%5FNinian%5FMelville
|
I think my heart has known him all these years,
| 10 | 999 |
Maurine And Other Poems/Maurine
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2FMaurine
|
'All on his good mother's side.'
| 6 | 32 |
The Wander-Light
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWander%2DLight
|
Becauſe you'were burnt, not that they lik'd your ſmell,
| 9 | 63 |
Poems (Donne)/Elegie IV
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5F%28Donne%29%2FElegie%5FIV
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It chanced one day, when the north wind blew in his face like a furnace-breath,
| 15 | 29 |
Out Back
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Out%5FBack
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To aim their shafts aright.
| 5 | 306 |
The Ballad of Chevy Chase (no source)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBallad%5Fof%5FChevy%5FChase%5F%28no%5Fsource%29
|
Pack de clean boiled rag.
| 5 | 34 |
The Ballad of the Carpet Bag
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBallad%5Fof%5Fthe%5FCarpet%5FBag
|
And on his least of beauties soar to fame.
| 9 | 136 |
The Works of Henry Fielding/Of True Greatness. An Epistle to George Dodington, Esq.
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWorks%5Fof%5FHenry%5FFielding%2FOf%5FTrue%5FGreatness%2E%5FAn%5FEpistle%5Fto%5FGeorge%5FDodington%2C%5FEsq%2E
|
A woman’s point of view
| 5 | 109 |
A Book of Czech Verse/J. Wolker
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FBook%5Fof%5FCzech%5FVerse%2FJ%2E%5FWolker
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The course of Hymeneal joys he rounds,
| 7 | 12 |
Julia
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Julia
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Their rival's exit blest,
| 4 | 57 |
Poems Sigourney 1827/Death of Wolsey
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5FSigourney%5F1827%2FDeath%5Fof%5FWolsey
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With stress and urgence bold of prisoned spring
| 8 | 13 |
Poems of Sidney Lanier/Corn
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FSidney%5FLanier%2FCorn
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To serve his God and Sire his only joy:
| 9 | 4 |
The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/Joseph
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FJoseph
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A native of Havre de Grace
| 6 | 46 |
The Pearl/Erotic limericks
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPearl%2FErotic%5Flimericks
|
And so do we."
| 4 | 50 |
The First Half of the Seventeenth Century/English Poetry
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FFirst%5FHalf%5Fof%5Fthe%5FSeventeenth%5FCentury%2FEnglish%5FPoetry
|
And float upon blue waves aerial?
| 6 | 85 |
A Little Child's Monument/Among the Mountains
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FLittle%5FChild%27s%5FMonument%2FAmong%5Fthe%5FMountains
|
Impelled to seek the spiritual Pole,
| 6 | 92 |
A Little Child's Monument/De Profundis
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FLittle%5FChild%27s%5FMonument%2FDe%5FProfundis
|
To join her kindred spirits in the sky.
| 8 | 36 |
An Elegy on Winter in Argyleshire
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An%5FElegy%5Fon%5FWinter%5Fin%5FArgyleshire
|
Still in thought as free as ever,
| 7 | 9 |
The Negro's Complaint
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FNegro%27s%5FComplaint
|
"Warning," the men thought, "not to take her down."
| 9 | 147 |
The Wanderer (Masefield)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWanderer%5F%28Masefield%29
|
By giving it a name, acquires, no doubt,
| 8 | 8 |
Gotham (Churchill, 1764)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29
|
Comfort how do you think? with a barrel-organ to bring it.
| 11 | 90 |
The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough/Volume 2/Amours de Voyage/Canto V
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoems%5Fand%5FProse%5FRemains%5Fof%5FArthur%5FHugh%5FClough%2FVolume%5F2%2FAmours%5Fde%5FVoyage%2FCanto%5FV
|
He scowled at his work, for his sight was dim.
| 10 | 679 |
Reynard The Fox Part II
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reynard%5FThe%5FFox%5FPart%5FII
|
On cheek and brow I felt the red blood burn,
| 10 | 3,046 |
Maurine And Other Poems/Maurine
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2FMaurine
|
When thus the King: “Boy, tell me true,Whose is that lock of hair,
| 13 | 28 |
Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 8/Ballad of the page and the king's daughter
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F8%2FBallad%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fpage%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fking%27s%5Fdaughter
|
Parliament's a stage,
| 3 | 1 |
The Seven Ages of Wise
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSeven%5FAges%5Fof%5FWise
|
Till father Adam did her hear:
| 6 | 135 |
Wife of Beith
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wife%5Fof%5FBeith
|
Early to quit His home on earth,
| 7 | 2,648 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
hran æt heortan,hloh þa and plegode
| 6 | 868 |
Gecyndbēc Lēoþ
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE
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Else wherefore born to some diviner lot,
| 7 | 298 |
Fragments of the Mystery of the Fall
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fragments%5Fof%5Fthe%5FMystery%5Fof%5Fthe%5FFall
|
And it seemed to me at most
| 7 | 7 |
Birds of Passage (Collection)/Daylight and Moonlight
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Birds%5Fof%5FPassage%5F%28Collection%29%2FDaylight%5Fand%5FMoonlight
|
But the evening comes when the candle throws twin shadows upon the mat,
| 13 | 15 |
The Old Tin Hat
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FOld%5FTin%5FHat
|
From hence, ye beauties, undeceiv'd,
| 5 | 43 |
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ode%5Fon%5Fthe%5FDeath%5Fof%5Fa%5FFavourite%5FCat%2C%5FDrowned%5Fin%5Fa%5FTub%5Fof%5FGold%5FFishes
|
No ſtatue ſnatch thee from oblivious fate!
| 7 | 79 |
Slavery, a poem
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Slavery%2C%5Fa%5Fpoem
|
Gamma supports the glorious arch
| 5 | 220 |
A Song to David
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FSong%5Fto%5FDavid
|
Rejoicing such last agony to bear.
| 6 | 8 |
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1840/The Temple of Juggernaut
|
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%5FTemple%5Fof%5FJuggernaut
|
Of sceptre and demesne, — no need to fear
| 9 | 465 |
Balaustion's Adventure/III
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Balaustion%27s%5FAdventure%2FIII
|
False to your friend, a friend you’ll never have,
| 9 | 362 |
To Bourke's Statue
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/To%5FBourke%27s%5FStatue
|
'And he must bring sweet sister home,
| 7 | 61 |
The Little Graves
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FLittle%5FGraves
|
Gramma says we wriggle 'roun' like a lot o' eels.
| 10 | 9 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/When A Feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FWhen%5FA%5FFeller%27s%5FItchin%27%5FTo%5FBe%5FSpanked
|
Who holds a monarch's sway;
| 5 | 6 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Masters
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FThe%5FMasters
|
Will they be pleased when I arrive?”
| 7 | 104 |
The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Spectre's Bride
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FCzechoslovak%5FReview%2FVolume%5F3%2FSpectre%27s%5FBride
|
A little shop with its various ware
| 7 | 91 |
Sword Blades and Poppy Seed/Sword Blades and Poppy Seed
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sword%5FBlades%5Fand%5FPoppy%5FSeed%2FSword%5FBlades%5Fand%5FPoppy%5FSeed
|
That just above us played the thief
| 7 | 7 |
Poems of Sidney Lanier/A Song of Eternity in Time
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FSidney%5FLanier%2FA%5FSong%5Fof%5FEternity%5Fin%5FTime
|
In their high and holy zeal.
| 6 | 57 |
Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon in The Literary Souvenir, 1827/Cupid and Psyche
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FLetitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5Fin%5FThe%5FLiterary%5FSouvenir%2C%5F1827%2FCupid%5Fand%5FPsyche
|
Till Grace, vouchsafing captive soul to bail,
| 7 | 717 |
St. Peter's Complaint
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/St%2E%5FPeter%27s%5FComplaint
|
I know my temper's wearin',
| 5 | 54 |
Past Carin'
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Past%5FCarin%27
|
Whereas it is Pharaoh surnamed the Great.
| 7 | 17 |
A Truthful Song
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FTruthful%5FSong
|
Unconscious of my unavailing moans:
| 5 | 17 |
The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/Recollection
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FRecollection
|
And paper lantern.
| 3 | 3 |
Weird Tales/Volume 23/Issue 2/The Lantern
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weird%5FTales%2FVolume%5F23%2FIssue%5F2%2FThe%5FLantern
|
Where Faith rod-chastened smiles to rise
| 6 | 5 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Beyond The Years
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FBeyond%5FThe%5FYears
|
Are these watery lands,
| 4 | 54 |
The Soul Of A Century/The water sprite
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSoul%5FOf%5FA%5FCentury%2FThe%5Fwater%5Fsprite
|
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