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Presumption by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Whenever I am prone to doubt or wonder -
I check myself, and say, ’That mighty One
Who made the so..
Penalty by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Because of the fullness of what I had,
All that I have seems poor and vain.
If I had not been ha..
Perished by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I called to the summer sun,
“Come over the hills to-day!
Unlock the rivers, and tell them to run..
Politeness by A. A. Milne
If people ask me,
I always tell them:
"Quite well, thank you, I’m very glad to say."
If people as..
Power by Adrienne Rich
Living in the earth-deposits of our history
Today a backhoe divulged out of a crumbling flank of..
Prospective Immigrants Please Note by Adrienne Rich
Either you will
go through this door
or you will not go through.
If you go through
there is al..
Planetarium by Adrienne Rich
Thinking of Caroline Herschel (1750-1848),
astronomer, sister of William; and others.
A woman i..
Paula Becker to Clara Westhoff by Adrienne Rich
The autumn feels slowed down,
summer still holds on here, even the light
seems to last longer than..
Policeman G. by Andrew Barton Paterson
To Policeman G. the Inspector said:
"When you pass the ’shops’ you must turn your head;
If you t..
Pioneers by Andrew Barton Paterson
They came of bold and roving stock that would not fixed abide;
There were the sons of field and fl..
Passageways by Antonio Machado
Who set, between those rocks like cinder,
to show the honey of dream,
that golden broom,
those bl..
Prelude to Space by C. S. Lewis
An Epithaliamium
So Man, grown vigorous now,
Holds himself ripe to breed,
Daily devises how
To..
Promises Like Pie-Crust by Christina Rossetti
Promise me no promises,
So will I not promise you:
Keep we both our liberties,
Never false and ne..
Passing away, saith the World by Christina Rossetti
Passing away, saith the World, passing away:
Chances, beauty and youth, sapp’d day by day:
Thy lif..
People at Night by Denise Levertov
A night that cuts between you and you
and you and you and you
and me : jostles us apart, a man elb..
Pleasures by Denise Levertov
I like to find
what’s not found
at once, but lies
within something of another nature,
in repos..
Psalm Concerning the Castle by Denise Levertov
Let me be at the place of the castle.
Let the castle be within me.
Let it rise foursquare from the..
Poem In October by Dylan Thomas
It was my thirtieth year to heaven
Woke to my hearing from harbour and neighbour wood
And the muss..
Poem On His Birthday by Dylan Thomas
In the mustardseed sun,
By full tilt river and switchback sea
Where the cormorants scud,
In his h..
Pity Me Not Because The Light Of Day by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Pity me not because the light of day
At close of day no longer walks the sky;
Pity me not for beau..
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