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Dan, The Wreck by Henry Lawson
Tall, and stout, and solid-looking,
Yet a wreck;
None would think Death’s finger’s hooking
Him..
DRINKING SONG by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
INSCRIPTION FOR AN ANTIQUE PITCHER
Come, old friend! sit down and listen!
From the pitcher, plac..
DANTE by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tuscan, that wanderest through the realms of gloom,
With thoughtful pace, and sad, majestic eyes,
..
Daylight and Moonlight by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In broad daylight, and at noon,
Yesterday I saw the moon
Sailing high, but faint and white,
As a..
Divina Commedia by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Oft have I seen at some cathedral door
.
A laborer, pausing in the dust and heat,
.
Lay down h..
Drinking Song, On the Excellence of Burgundy Wine by Hilaire Belloc
My jolly fat host with your face all a-grin,
Come, open the door to us, let us come in.
A score of..
Durin by J. R. R. Tolkien
The world was young, the mountains green,
No stain yet on the Moon was seen,
No words were laid on..
Dream Song 14: Life, friends, is boring by John Berryman
Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
we..
Dream Song 1: Huffy Henry hid the day by John Berryman
Huffy Henry hid the day,
unappeasable Henry sulked.
I see his point,—a trying to put things over..
Dream Song 172: Your face broods by John Berryman
Your face broods from my table, Suicide.
Your force came on like a torrent toward the end
of agony..
Dream Song 128: A hemorrhage of his left ear of Good Friday by John Berryman
A hemorrhage of his left ear of Good Friday—
so help me Jesus—then made funny too
the other, f..
Dream Song 117: Disturbed, when Henry's love returned with a hubby by John Berryman
Disturbed, when Henry’s love returned with a hubby,—
I see that, Henry, I don’t put that down,—..
Dream Song 4: Filling her compact & delicious body by John Berryman
Filling her compact & delicious body
with chicken páprika, she glanced at me
twice.
Fainting wit..
Dream Song 20: The Secret of the Wisdom by John Berryman
When worst got things, how was you? Steady on?
Wheedling, or shockt her &
you have been bad to you..
Dream Song 38: The Russian grin bellows his condolence by John Berryman
The Russian grin bellows his condolence
tĂł the family: ah but it’s Kay,
& Ted, & Chris & Anne,
H..
Dream Song 55: Peter's not friendly. He gives me sideways looks by John Berryman
Peter’s not friendly. He gives me sideways looks.
The architecture is far from reassuring.
I feel..
Dream Song 43: 'Oyez, oyez!' The Man Who Did Not Deliver by John Berryman
’Oyez, oyez!’ The Man Who Did Not Deliver
is before you for his deliverance, my lords.
He stands,..
Dream Song 265: I don't know one damned butterfly from another by John Berryman
I don’t know one damned butterfly from another
my ignorance of the stars is formidable,
also of do..
Dream Song 104: Welcome, grinned Henry, welcome, fifty-one! by John Berryman
Welcome, grinned Henry, welcome, fifty-one!
I never cared for fifty, when nothing got done.
The ho..
Dream Song 36: The high ones die, die. They die by John Berryman
The high ones die, die. They die. You look up and who’s there?
—Easy, easy, Mr Bones. I is on you..
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