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The Mountain (Poem by Robert Lee Frost)

The Mountain By  Robert Lee Frost The mountain held the town as in a shadow. I saw so much before I slept there once: I noticed that I missed stars i…

Japanese Love-Songs (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)

Japanese Love-Songs (In the Hokku manner) By  Frank Oliver Call (1) The white lotus-flower Grows in the depths of the pool, Love grows in my heart. (…

Lament of the Maple Tree (Poem by James McIntyre)

Lament of the Maple Tree By  James McIntyre A VISION " We had a dream which was not all a dream ." — Byron. I laid me down one day in June,…

Corner Stone Laying (Poem by James McIntyre)

Corner Stone Laying By  James McIntyre The following lines were read at the festival after the stone had been laid by Grand Master Col. Moffat, of a …

From Far Dakota’s Canyons (Poem by Walter Whitman)

From Far Dakota’s Canyons (June 25, 1876) By  Walter Whitman From far Dakota’s canyons, Lands of the wild ravine, the dusky Sioux, the lonesome stret…

The November Pansy (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott)

The November Pansy By  Duncan Campbell Scott This is not June, — by Autumn's stratagem Thou hast been ambushed in the chilly air;     Upon thy fr…

The Boy on the Barricade (Poem by Victor Hugo)

The Boy on the Barricade By  Victor Hugo Like Casabianca on the devastated deck,     In years yet younger, but the selfsame core. Beside the battered…
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