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Magnolia Blossoms (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)

Magnolia Blossoms (1) By  Edwin John Dove Pratt The year's processionals mocked her as they streamed     Across the earth with proud, unsullied g…

Tam O’ Shanter (Poem by Robert Burns)

Tam O’ Shanter A Tale By  Robert Burns When chapman billies leave the street, And drouthy neebors neebors meet, As market-days are wearing late, An’ …

That Day (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)

That Day By  Rudyard Kipling It got beyond all orders an' it got beyond all 'ope;     It got to shammin' wounded an' retirin' fro…

Love (Poem by Kahlil Gibran)

Love By  Kahlil Gibran They say the jackal and the mole Drink from the self-same stream Where the lion comes to drink. And they say the eagle and the…

Aftermath (Poem by Emily Dickinson)

Aftermath By  Emily Dickinson The murmuring of bees has ceased;     But murmuring of some Posterior, prophetic,     Has simultaneous come, —  The low…

Evening (Poem by Emily Dickinson)

Evening By  Emily Dickinson The cricket sang, And set the sun, And workmen finished, one by one,     Their seam the day upon. The low grass loaded wi…

Angutivaun Taina (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)

Angutivaun Taina Song of the Returning Hunter (Esquimaux) By  Rudyard Kipling Our gloves are stiff with the frozen blood,     Our furs with the drift…

Macpherson's Farewell (Poem by Robert Burns)

Macpherson's Farewell (1) By  Robert Burns Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong,     The wretch’s destinie! Macpherson’s time will not be long  …

The White Birds (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The White Birds By William Butler Yeats I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea! We tire of the flame of th…
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