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Waking in the Blue by Robert Lowell
The night attendant, a B.U. sophomore,
rouses from the mare’s-nest of his drowsy head
propped on T..
What Happened by Rudyard Kipling
Hurree Chunder Mookerjee, pride of Bow Bazaar,
Owner of a native press, "Barrishter-at-Lar,"
Waite..
What the People Said by Rudyard Kipling
(June 21st, 1887)
By the well, where the bullocks go
Silent and blind and slow --
By the field wh..
When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted by Rudyard Kipling
When Earth’s last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried,
When the oldest colours h..
When the Great Ark by Rudyard Kipling
When the Great Ark, in Vigo Bay,
Rode stately through the half-manned fleet,
From every ship about..
When 'Omer Smote 'Is Bloomin' Lyre by Rudyard Kipling
When ’Omer smote ’is bloomin’ lyre,
He’d ’eard men sing by land an’ sea;
An’ what he thought ’e mi..
White Horses by Rudyard Kipling
Where run your colts at pasture?
Where hide your mares to breed?
’Mid bergs about the Ice-cap
Or..
Wilful Missing by Rudyard Kipling
(Deserters)
There is a world outside the one you know,
To which for curiousness ’Ell can’t compare..
With Scindia to Delphi by Rudyard Kipling
More than a hundred years ago, in a great battle fought near Delhi,
an Indian Prince rode fifty mil..
What Do I Care? by Sara Teasdale
What do I care, in the dreams and the languor of spring,
That my songs do not show me at all?
For..
Water Lilies by Sara Teasdale
If you have forgotten water lilies floating
On a dark lake among mountains in the afternoon shade,
..
What the Captain Said at the Point-to-Point by Siegfried Sassoon
I’ve had a good bump round; my little horse
Refused the brook first time,
Then jumped it prime;..
Wisdom by Siegfried Sassoon
When Wisdom tells me that the world’s a speck
Lost on the shoreless blue of God’s To-Day...
I sm..
Wirers by Siegfried Sassoon
‘Pass it along, the wiring party’s going out’—
And yawning sentries mumble, ‘Wirers going out.’
..
Wraiths by Siegfried Sassoon
They know not the green leaves;
In whose earth-haunting dream
Dimly the forest heaves,
And voi..
When I’m among a Blaze of Lights by Siegfried Sassoon
When I’m among a blaze of lights,
With tawdry music and cigars
And women dawdling through deligh..
Wonderment by Siegfried Sassoon
Then a wind blew;
And he who had forgot he moved
Lonely amid the green and silver morning weathe..
Wind in the Beechwood by Siegfried Sassoon
The glorying forest shakes and swings with glancing
Of boughs that dip and strain; young, slanting..
Welcome Home by Spike Milligan
Unaware of my crime
they stood me in the dock.
I was sentenced to life....
without her.
..
When I Suspected by Spike Milligan
There will be a time when it will end.
Be it parting
Be it death
So each passing minute with y..
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