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To John Taylor (Poem by Robert Burns)

To John Taylor By  Robert Burns With Pegasus upon a day,     Apollo weary flying, Through frosty hills the journey lay,     On foot the way was plyin…

The Universal Prayer (Poem by Victor Hugo)

The Universal Prayer (1) By Victor Hugo Come, child, to prayer; the busy day is done,     A golden star gleams through the dusk of night;…

Down by the Salley Gardens (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

Down by the Salley Gardens By William Butler Yeats Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with …

Spring (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott)

Spring (Song) By  Duncan Campbell Scott Sing me a song of the early spring, Of the yellow light where the clear air cools, Of the lithe willows bourg…

The Lily Flower (Poem by Gilbert Parker)

The Lily Flower By  Gilbert Parker Oh, love, it is a lily flower, (Sing, my captain, sing, my lady!) The sword shall cleave it, Life shall leave it —…

Israfel (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe)

Israfel By  Edgar Allan Poe In Heaven a spirit doth dwell "Whose heart-strings are a lute;" None sing so wildly well As the angel Israfel, …

France (Poem by Walter Whitman)

France, the 18th year of These States By  Walter Whitman A great year and place A harsh discordant natal scream out-sounding, to touch the mother'…

Sonnet (Poem by John Keats)

Sonnet By  John Keats How many bards gild the lapses of time!     A few of them have ever been the food     Of my delighted fancy, — I could brood Ov…

Mrs. Moody (Poem by James McIntyre)

Mrs. Moody By  James McIntyre Mrs. Moody was a sister of the celebrated Agnes Strickland, author of "The Queens of England." When this coun…
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