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Of her high heart giv'n me the monarchy:
| 8 | 1,000 |
Astrophel and Stella
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Astrophel%5Fand%5FStella
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For thou art deadly ſick in ſin.
| 7 | 522 |
Wife of Beith
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wife%5Fof%5FBeith
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Its own perfume;
| 3 | 12 |
The Secret (Smith)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSecret%5F%28Smith%29
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Still her heart blooms forth its beauty
| 7 | 27 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Lily of the Valley
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FThe%5FLily%5Fof%5Fthe%5FValley
|
Uninjur'd, but expect th' upholding aid
| 6 | 658 |
The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 3
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F3
|
Well may I guess and feel
| 6 | 2,159 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
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Grey birds scream landward through the distance hoar,
| 8 | 2 |
Sea-Grief
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sea%2DGrief
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The lawny vale, of every beauteous stone,
| 7 | 467 |
The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green/The Ruins of Rome
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FArmstrong%2C%5FDyer%2C%5Fand%5FGreen%2FThe%5FRuins%5Fof%5FRome
|
The last train out from the drowsy town with its midnight load of mail,
| 14 | 10 |
The Call of the North
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FCall%5Fof%5Fthe%5FNorth
|
One Angel knows it. O might prayer avail
| 8 | 1,527 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
She has Mohammed's faith that heaven is pleasure,
| 8 | 10 |
Poems of Charles Baudelaire/An Allegory
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FCharles%5FBaudelaire%2FAn%5FAllegory
|
All that seems most opposed to be
| 7 | 203 |
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
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Is she not beautiful, although so pale?
| 7 | 1 |
Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Forget Me Not, 1824/Ellen
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FLetitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FForget%5FMe%5FNot%2C%5F1824%2FEllen
|
By endless riot, vanity, the lust
| 6 | 812 |
The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 3
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F3
|
“My Donnatello, you, not I, have said
| 7 | 107 |
The Soul Of A Century/Donatello, A Legend
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSoul%5FOf%5FA%5FCentury%2FDonatello%2C%5FA%5FLegend
|
Ah! who could deem that root of Indian crew
| 9 | 718 |
The poetical works of Thomas Campbell/Gertrude of Wyoming
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5Fpoetical%5Fworks%5Fof%5FThomas%5FCampbell%2FGertrude%5Fof%5FWyoming
|
Thou shalt be judge how I do spend my time.
| 10 | 103 |
Mine own John Poins
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mine%5Fown%5FJohn%5FPoins
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But he tapped it with gentle contempt.
| 7 | 28 |
A Reminiscence of Cricket
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FReminiscence%5Fof%5FCricket
|
The leaves and flowers of the commonest weeds—the moist fresh stillness of the woods,
| 14 | 20 |
Poem of Joys
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poem%5Fof%5FJoys
|
The absent look, the careless word,
| 6 | 135 |
Landon in The New Monthly 1831/The Convict
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Landon%5Fin%5FThe%5FNew%5FMonthly%5F1831%2FThe%5FConvict
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And cripples his manhood. So, stricken by fate, I
| 9 | 39 |
Narrara Creek
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Narrara%5FCreek
|
To show each feature, every limb,
| 6 | 115 |
The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (ed. Hutchinson, 1914)/The Devil's Walk
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FPercy%5FBysshe%5FShelley%5F%28ed%2E%5FHutchinson%2C%5F1914%29%2FThe%5FDevil%27s%5FWalk
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And body's precious earth and root.
| 6 | 793 |
The Everlasting Mercy
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FEverlasting%5FMercy
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—I could have died upon the battle plain
| 8 | 1,124 |
The Forest Sanctuary, and Other Poems/The Forest Sanctuary
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FForest%5FSanctuary%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FForest%5FSanctuary
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His chariot rattling o'er a bridge of brass.
| 8 | 24 |
The Smoaker Smoak'd
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSmoaker%5FSmoak%27d
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But be went on in gladness—that fair child!
| 8 | 1,478 |
The Forest Sanctuary, and Other Poems/The Forest Sanctuary
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FForest%5FSanctuary%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FForest%5FSanctuary
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The holy Child have met.
| 5 | 4,605 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
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And suns that fell
| 4 | 46 |
Ode to the Abyss
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ode%5Fto%5Fthe%5FAbyss
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In railway trains he sought retreat,
| 6 | 21 |
The Ballad of that P.N.
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBallad%5Fof%5Fthat%5FP%2EN%2E
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Gifts of delight, sweet stream! on all who move
| 9 | 9 |
Poetical Remains of the Late Mrs Hemans/On a Scene in the Dargle
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poetical%5FRemains%5Fof%5Fthe%5FLate%5FMrs%5FHemans%2FOn%5Fa%5FScene%5Fin%5Fthe%5FDargle
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Twelve axes waited on him, six marching on a side;
| 10 | 15 |
Lays of Ancient Rome/Virginia
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lays%5Fof%5FAncient%5FRome%2FVirginia
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Through roses choked among thorns and thistles.
| 7 | 168 |
Eden bower (Dante Gabriel Rossetti)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Eden%5Fbower%5F%28Dante%5FGabriel%5FRossetti%29
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Ne forsæt he þy siðe,ac sona ongann
| 7 | 3,432 |
Gecyndbēc Lēoþ
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE
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Justice, gem of matchless worth—
| 5 | 17 |
Ode to Deseret
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ode%5Fto%5FDeseret
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To the pale ear thinned by yon plaster mould.
| 9 | 18 |
Who Lasts Wins
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Who%5FLasts%5FWins
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With Justice still the genius of his rhyme,
| 8 | 3 |
General William Booth enters into Heaven, and other poems/Shakespeare
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/General%5FWilliam%5FBooth%5Fenters%5Finto%5FHeaven%2C%5Fand%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FShakespeare
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O'er level paths, with moss and flow'rets strewn;
| 8 | 2 |
Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 2, The Second Edition/Sonnet LXXIII
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Elegiac%5FSonnets%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2C%5FVolume%5F2%2C%5FThe%5FSecond%5FEdition%2FSonnet%5FLXXIII
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That state obliterate he had at first:
| 7 | 130 |
Contemplations
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Contemplations
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And what will ye leave your father dear,
| 8 | 31 |
Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 6/The fratricide
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F6%2FThe%5Ffratricide
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Men light and put out, so thou deal'st with me;
| 10 | 25 |
Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900/The Dream
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Oxford%5FBook%5Fof%5FEnglish%5FVerse%5F1250%2D1900%2FThe%5FDream
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And with His Light of life confounding all!O my own baby boy! my child!
| 14 | 100 |
A Little Child's Monument/Old Scenes revisited
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FLittle%5FChild%27s%5FMonument%2FOld%5FScenes%5Frevisited
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Though they get to their goal somewhat slower,
| 8 | 55 |
A Voice from the Town
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FVoice%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5FTown
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His shining name the fair-haired Northman left;*5*
| 7 | 94 |
The Sydney International Exhibition
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSydney%5FInternational%5FExhibition
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Where, like a solitary child,
| 5 | 1,362 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
The lady, at her tapestry, From the great oriel window caroll’d;
| 11 | 8 |
Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 7/The morning before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F7%2FThe%5Fmorning%5Fbefore%5Fthe%5FMassacre%5Fof%5FSt%2E%5FBartholomew
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I do, yet dare not say I ever meant,
| 9 | 4 |
On Monsieur's Departure
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On%5FMonsieur%27s%5FDeparture
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A rush and a wild crying.
| 6 | 15 |
The Wild Duck
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWild%5FDuck
|
And whisper
| 2 | 5 |
Translations from the Chinese/"The Sun's Over the Foreyard"
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translations%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5FChinese%2F%22The%5FSun%27s%5FOver%5Fthe%5FForeyard%22
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Came to the station one morning (and why they did this no one knows)
| 14 | 16 |
In the Stable
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/In%5Fthe%5FStable
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Yet failed as woman’s guide.
| 5 | 42 |
Poems of Experience/The Tides
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FExperience%2FThe%5FTides
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(Michael, Michael: Michael of the battle-cry!)
| 6 | 32 |
To St. Michael in Time of Peace
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/To%5FSt%2E%5FMichael%5Fin%5FTime%5Fof%5FPeace
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And take them unawares;
| 4 | 40 |
Battle of Minderoo
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Battle%5Fof%5FMinderoo
|
and V hund eac;heold þæt folc teala,
| 7 | 1,478 |
Gecyndbēc Lēoþ
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE
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Until the moon lights up a window sill.
| 8 | 23 |
Secrets (Howard)
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Secrets%5F%28Howard%29
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For purple; these shall wear it as your lords.Ye played like children: die like innocents!
| 15 | 848 |
Prometheus Bound, and other poems/Casa Guidi Windows
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Prometheus%5FBound%2C%5Fand%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FCasa%5FGuidi%5FWindows
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He still goes on his rounds at night
| 8 | 121 |
Rover (Kendall)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rover%5F%28Kendall%29
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To hold and turn it over in my hands
| 9 | 807 |
The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough/Volume 2/Dipsychus/Part 2
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoems%5Fand%5FProse%5FRemains%5Fof%5FArthur%5FHugh%5FClough%2FVolume%5F2%2FDipsychus%2FPart%5F2
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Trampling to silence their loud hopes and fears,Darkening each other with their multitude,
| 13 | 67 |
Prometheus Unbound; a lyrical drama in four acts with other poems/Ode to Liberty
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Prometheus%5FUnbound%3B%5Fa%5Flyrical%5Fdrama%5Fin%5Ffour%5Facts%5Fwith%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FOde%5Fto%5FLiberty
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If they won liberty to laudGod on their native mountain side.
| 11 | 4 |
Bohemian legends and other poems/Bohemia
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bohemian%5Flegends%5Fand%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FBohemia
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And we, no more with longings pale,
| 7 | 57 |
A Sunset Fantasy
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FSunset%5FFantasy
|
There's never a band to play them out, and the bugle's note is still,
| 14 | 19 |
The Old Tin Hat
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FOld%5FTin%5FHat
|
And carrion-kite and jay,
| 4 | 118 |
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
|
From the dread place does soft Compassion fly!
| 8 | 37 |
Dura Navis
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dura%5FNavis
|
We cantered to the shore, and knew
| 7 | 173 |
The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems/The Wanderings of Oisin
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWanderings%5Fof%5FOisin%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FWanderings%5Fof%5FOisin
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I’ve witnessed half a million dawns.
| 6 | 4 |
Weird Tales/Volume 36/Issue 11/Avalon
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weird%5FTales%2FVolume%5F36%2FIssue%5F11%2FAvalon
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Ah! wretch, why was I named son of a Dove,
| 10 | 121 |
St. Peter's Complaint
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/St%2E%5FPeter%27s%5FComplaint
|
As our dear Redeemer said
| 5 | 57 |
My Spectre around me night & day
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/My%5FSpectre%5Faround%5Fme%5Fnight%5F%26%5Fday
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With "Bob-in Sweeps" their thirst to quench,
| 7 | 7 |
That Half-Crown Sweep
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/That%5FHalf%2DCrown%5FSweep
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For the men who conquer deserts have to work.
| 9 | 32 |
The Men Who Made Australia
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FMen%5FWho%5FMade%5FAustralia
|
The first-born violets of the year shall spring;
| 8 | 10 |
Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 1, The Ninth Edition/Sonnet XXVI
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Elegiac%5FSonnets%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2C%5FVolume%5F1%2C%5FThe%5FNinth%5FEdition%2FSonnet%5FXXVI
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By the light of Cynthia's crescent, Playing thro' the waving trees;
| 11 | 4 |
The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/To Miss Catharine Ten Eyck
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FTo%5FMiss%5FCatharine%5FTen%5FEyck
|
The selfsame rites will to the present bring
| 8 | 128 |
Ode on the Stability of the British Empire
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ode%5Fon%5Fthe%5FStability%5Fof%5Fthe%5FBritish%5FEmpire
|
His cage was strewn with scattered wheat.
| 7 | 92 |
Reynard The Fox Part I
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reynard%5FThe%5FFox%5FPart%5FI
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Oh, no matter where the place;
| 6 | 4 |
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FHand%5FThat%5FRocks%5Fthe%5FCradle
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The slender rill had strayed,
| 5 | 9 |
The Two Streams
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FTwo%5FStreams
|
Ez you lay a-list'nin'
| 4 | 12 |
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Song of Summer
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FSong%5Fof%5FSummer
|
Many still suffer what I tell of one:
| 8 | 31 |
The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/To Miss Ten Eyck
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FTo%5FMiss%5FTen%5FEyck
|
Of a life without reversalAll inherit!
| 6 | 24 |
A Little Child's Monument/All Saints, and All Souls
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FLittle%5FChild%27s%5FMonument%2FAll%5FSaints%2C%5Fand%5FAll%5FSouls
|
Of one dear pledge;--but shall there then be none
| 9 | 753 |
The poetical works of Thomas Campbell/Gertrude of Wyoming
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5Fpoetical%5Fworks%5Fof%5FThomas%5FCampbell%2FGertrude%5Fof%5FWyoming
|
In a clamour of calls and acclaim
| 7 | 33 |
Kingsborough
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Kingsborough
|
Tremblingly, how was trod the perilous path
| 7 | 139 |
Balaustion's Adventure/V
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Balaustion%27s%5FAdventure%2FV
|
somwist incre,ac þu sece eft,
| 5 | 2,738 |
Gecyndbēc Lēoþ
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE
|
And tho' his Face be out of sight,
| 8 | 987 |
British Wonders
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/British%5FWonders
|
Well enough, in sooth, he liked that truth,
| 8 | 60 |
The Devil's Walk
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FDevil%27s%5FWalk
|
By blushes, gentle sighs, the eloquent signs
| 7 | 22 |
Landon in The Literary Gazette 1822/The Mine
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Landon%5Fin%5FThe%5FLiterary%5FGazette%5F1822%2FThe%5FMine
|
Of laughter his compunctions are sincere;
| 6 | 615 |
The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 5
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F5
|
I formed my uncle's character,
| 5 | 11 |
On the Disastrous Spread of Aestheticism in all Classes
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On%5Fthe%5FDisastrous%5FSpread%5Fof%5FAestheticism%5Fin%5Fall%5FClasses
|
From '51 to '61
| 4 | 12 |
The Everlasting Mercy
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FEverlasting%5FMercy
|
Are the sails.
| 3 | 28 |
The Burning Ship at Sea
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBurning%5FShip%5Fat%5FSea
|
In the cold silence of the stranger's heart;
| 8 | 226 |
Songs of the Affections, with Other Poems/A Spirit's Return
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Songs%5Fof%5Fthe%5FAffections%2C%5Fwith%5FOther%5FPoems%2FA%5FSpirit%27s%5FReturn
|
agan to aldre.Gif hit eower ænig mæge
| 7 | 512 |
Gecyndbēc Lēoþ
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE
|
Who could be lonely? O ho, not I!
| 8 | 8 |
Maurine And Other Poems/Life is Love
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2FLife%5Fis%5FLove
|
The lineaments of Gratified Desire.
| 5 | 5 |
The Question Answer'd
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FQuestion%5FAnswer%27d
|
As where sweet flowers some pastoral garden cheer
| 8 | 5,945 |
The Christian Year
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear
|
Bow'd down their purple vases of perfume
| 7 | 6 |
The Troubadour; Catalogue of Pictures, and Historical Sketches/The Fairy Queen Sleeping
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FTroubadour%3B%5FCatalogue%5Fof%5FPictures%2C%5Fand%5FHistorical%5FSketches%2FThe%5FFairy%5FQueen%5FSleeping
|
Was near?--yet there, with lust of murd'rous deeds,
| 8 | 719 |
The poetical works of Thomas Campbell/Gertrude of Wyoming
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5Fpoetical%5Fworks%5Fof%5FThomas%5FCampbell%2FGertrude%5Fof%5FWyoming
|
Where the besom of God is the wild South wind,
| 10 | 31 |
The Gipsy Trail
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FGipsy%5FTrail
|
His countenance, his purse, his heart, his hand,
| 8 | 595 |
Retirement (Cowper)
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Retirement%5F%28Cowper%29
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The chains have come ter bind her –
| 8 | 22 |
Freedom on the Wallaby
|
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Freedom%5Fon%5Fthe%5FWallaby
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In that early day, afar,
| 5 | 11 |
Poems of Experience/Memories
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FExperience%2FMemories
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