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Whispers of Immortality by T. S. Eliot
WEBSTER was much possessed by death
And saw the skull beneath the skin;
And breastless creatures u..
Woe! by Czeslaw Milosz
It is true, our tribe is similar to the bees,
It gathers honey of wisdom, carries it, stores it in..
Window by Czeslaw Milosz
I looked out the window at dawn and saw a young apple tree
translucent in brightness.
And when I..
What Does It Mean by Czeslaw Milosz
It does not know it glitters
It does not know it flies
It does not know it is this not that.
An..
Winnie by Robert William Service
When I went by the meadow gate
The chestnut mare would trot to meet me,
And as her coming I would..
Willie by Robert William Service
’Why did the lady in the lift
Slap that poor parson’s face?’
Said Mother, thinking as she sniffed,..
White-Collar Spaniard by Robert William Service
We have no heart for civil strife,
Our burdens we prefer to bear;
We long to live a peaceful life
..
Wistful by Robert William Service
Oh how I’d be gay and glad
If a little house I had,
Snuggled in a shady lot,
With behind a garden..
While The Bannock Bakes by Robert William Service
Light up your pipe again, old chum, and sit awhile with me;
I’ve got to watch the bannock bake -- h..
Weary Waitress by Robert William Service
Her smile ineffably is sweet,
Devinely she is slim;
Yet oh how weary are her feet,
How aches her..
Washerwife by Robert William Service
The aged Queen who passed away
Had sixty servants, so they say;
Twice sixty hands her shoes to tie..
Words by Robert William Service
If on isle of the sea
I have to tarry,
With one book, let it be
A Dictionary.
For though I love..
Warsaw by Robert William Service
I was in Warsaw when the first bomb fell;
I was in Warsaw when the Terror came -
Havoc and horror,..
Winding Wool by Robert William Service
She’d bring to me a skein of wool
And beg me to hold out my hands;
so on my pipe I cease to pull
..
Weary by Robert William Service
Some praise the Lord for Light,
The living spark;
I thank God for the Night
The healing dark.
Wh..
Was It You? by Robert William Service
"Hullo, young Jones! with your tie so gay
And your pen behind your ear;
Will you mark my cheque in..
Worms by Robert William Service
Worms finer for fishing you couldn’t be wishing;
I delved them dismayed from the velvety sod;
The..
Wounded by Robert William Service
Is it not strange? A year ago to-day,
With scarce a thought beyond the hum-drum round,
I did my de..
Wonder by Robert William Service
For failure I was well equipped
And should have come to grief,
By atavism grimly gripped,
A fool..
What Kisses Had John Keats? by Robert William Service
I scanned two lines with some surmise
As over Keats I chanced to pore:
’And there I shut her wild,..
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