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Independence by A. A. Milne
I never did, I never did,
I never did like "Now take care, dear!"
I never did, I never did,
I nev..
Integrity by Adrienne Rich
the quality of being complete; unbroken condition; entirety
~ Webster
A wild patience has taken me..
In Those Years by Adrienne Rich
In those years, people will say, we lost track
of the meaning of we, of you
we found ourselves
re..
In A Classroom by Adrienne Rich
Talking of poetry, hauling the books
arm-full to the table where the heads
bend or gaze upward, li..
Implosions by Adrienne Rich
The world’s
not wanton
only wild and wavering
I wanted to choose words that even you
would hav..
Imitations of Horace: The First Epistle of the Second Book by Alexander Pope
Ne Rubeam, Pingui donatus Munere
(Horace, Epistles II.i.267)
While you, great patron of mankind, s..
Impromptu, to Lady Winchelsea by Alexander Pope
In vain you boast Poetic Names of yore,
And cite those Sapho’s we admire no more:
Fate doom’d the..
In the Droving Days by Andrew Barton Paterson
"Only a pound," said the auctioneer,
"Only a pound; and I’m standing here
Selling this animal, g..
Investigating Flora by Andrew Barton Paterson
’Twas in scientific circles
That the great Professor Brown
Had a world-wide reputation
As a wr..
It's Grand by Andrew Barton Paterson
It’s grand to be a squatter
And sit upon a post,
And watch your little ewes and lambs
A-giving..
In the Stable by Andrew Barton Paterson
What! you don’t like him; well, maybe -- we all have our fancies, of course:
Brumby to look at, yo..
In Defence of the Bush by Andrew Barton Paterson
So you’re back from up the country, Mister Lawson, where you went,
And you’re cursing all the busi..
"In re a Gentleman, One" by Andrew Barton Paterson
We see it each day in the paper,
And know that there’s mischief in store;
That some unprofession..
I Love The Naked Ages Long Ago by Charles Baudelaire
I love the naked ages long ago
When statues were gilded by Apollo,
When men and women of agility..
Ill-Starred by Charles Baudelaire
To bear a weight that cannot be borne,
Sisyphus, even you aren’t that strong,
Although your hear..
In An Artist's Studio by Christina Rossetti
One face looks out from all his canvasses,
One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans;
We found he..
In Progress by Christina Rossetti
Ten years ago it seemed impossible
That she should ever grow so calm as this,
With self-remembranc..
In The Willow Shade by Christina Rossetti
I sat beneath a willow tree,
Where water falls and calls;
While fancies upon fancies solaced me,
..
Is it Well with the Child? by Christina Rossetti
SAFE where I cannot die yet,
Safe where I hope to lie too,
Safe from the fume and the fret;
Yo..
In California During the Gulf War by Denise Levertov
Among the blight-killed eucalypts, among
trees and bushes rusted by Christmas frosts,
the yards an..
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