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Old Sweethearts by Robert William Service
Oh Maggie, do you mind the day
We went to school together,
And as we stoppit by the way
I rolled..
Obesity by Robert William Service
With belly like a poisoned pup
Said I: ’I must give bacon up:
And also, I profanely fear,
I must..
Overnight at the Riverside Tower by Tu Fu
Evening colors linger on mountain paths.
Out beyond this study perched over River Gate,
At the cli..
On a Prospect of T'ai-shan by Tu Fu
How is one to describe this king of mountains? Throught the whole of Ch’i and
Lu one never loses si..
Ode To William H. Channing by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Though loth to grieve
The evil time’s sole patriot,
I cannot leave
My buried thought
For the pri..
Ode To Beauty by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who gave thee, O Beauty!
The keys of this breast,
Too credulous lover
Of blest and unblest?
Say..
On the Portrait of Two Beautiful Young People by Gerard Manley Hopkins
A Brother and Sister
O I admire and sorrow! The heart’s eye grieves
Discovering you, dark tra..
Over The Alley by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Here in my office I sit and write
Hour on hour, and day on day,
With no one to speak to from morn..
Over the Banisters by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Over the banisters bends a face,
Daringly sweet and beguiling.
Somebody stands in careless grace..
Only A Slight Flirtation by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
‘Twas just a slight flirtation,
And where’s the harm, I pray,
In that amusing pastime
So much i..
Over The Alley by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Here in my office I sit and write
Hour on hour, and day on day,
With no one to speak to from morn..
Over the Banisters by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Over the banisters bends a face,
Daringly sweet and beguiling.
Somebody stands in careless grace..
Only A Slight Flirtation by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
‘Twas just a slight flirtation,
And where’s the harm, I pray,
In that amusing pastime
So much i..
Our Whole Life by Adrienne Rich
Our whole life a translation
the permissible fibs
and now a knot of lies
eating at itself to..
Orion by Adrienne Rich
Far back when I went zig-zagging
through tamarack pastures
you were my genius, you
my cast-iron V..
Ode on Solitude by Alexander Pope
Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air,
..
On a certain Lady at Court by Alexander Pope
I know the thing that’s most uncommon;
(Envy be silent and attend!)
I know a Reasonable Woman,
Ha..
Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve by Andrew Barton Paterson
You never heard tell of the story?
Well, now, I can hardly believe!
Never heard of the honour an..
Old Schooldays by Andrew Barton Paterson
Awake, of Muse, the echoes of a day
Long past, the ghosts of mem’ries manifold --
Youth’s memori..
Out of Sight by Andrew Barton Paterson
They held a polo meeting at a little country town,
And all the local sportsmen came to win themsel..
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