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Aunt Jane by Robert William Service
When Aunt Jane died we hunted round,
And money everywhere we found.
How much I do not care to say,..
Anti-Profanity by Robert William Service
I do not swear because I am
A sweet and sober guy;
I cannot vent a single damn
However hard I try..
A Grain Of Sand by Robert William Service
If starry space no limit knows
And sun succeeds to sun,
There is no reason to suppose
Our earth t..
Ambition by Robert William Service
They brought the mighty chief to town;
They showed him strange, unwonted sights;
Yet as he wandere..
A Character by Robert William Service
How often do I wish I were
What people call a character;
A ripe and cherubic old chappie
Who live..
A Song Of Winter Weather by Robert William Service
It isn’t the foe that we fear;
It isn’t the bullets that whine;
It isn’t the business career
Of a..
A Song Of Suicide by Robert William Service
Deeming that I were better dead,
"How shall I kill myself?" I said.
Thus mooning by the river Sein..
A Verseman's Apology by Robert William Service
Alas! I am only a rhymer,
I don’t know the meaning of Art;
But I learned in my little school prime..
Adventure by Robert William Service
Out of the wood my White Knight came:
His eyes were bright with a bitter flame,
As I clung to his..
Abandoned Dog by Robert William Service
They dumped it on the lonely road,
Then like a streak they sped;
And as along the way I strode
I..
A Lyric Day by Robert William Service
I deem that there are lyric days
So ripe with radiance and cheer,
So rich with gratitude and prais..
Alone, Looking for Blossoms Along the River by Tu Fu
The sorrow of riverside blossoms inexplicable,
And nowhere to complain -- I’ve gone half crazy.
I..
Astræ by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Himself it was who wrote
His rank, and quartered his own coat.
There is no king nor sovereign stat..
Alphonso Of Castile by Ralph Waldo Emerson
I Alphonso live and learn,
Seeing nature go astern.
Things deteriorate in kind,
Lemons run to lea..
Account Of A Visit From St. Nicholas by Ralph Waldo Emerson
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even..
Ash-Boughs by Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Not of all my eyes see, wandering on the world,
Is anything a milk to the mind so, so sighs..
At The Wedding March by Gerard Manley Hopkins
God with honour hang your head,
Groom, and grace you, bride, your bed
With lissome scions, sweet s..
Andromeda by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Now Time’s Andromeda on this rock rude,
With not her either beauty’s equal or
Her injury’s, looks..
As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins
As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;
As tumbled over rim in roundy wells
Stones ring..
Adolescence II by Rita Dove
Although it is night, I sit in the bathroom, waiting.
Sweat prickles behind my knees, the baby-brea..
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