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Saturday Afternoon (Poem by Emily Dickinson)

Saturday Afternoon By  Emily Dickinson From all the jails the boys and girls     Ecstatically leap, —  Beloved, only afternoon     That prison doesn&…

The Crazed Moon (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Crazed Moon By  William Butler Yeats Crazed through much child-bearing The moon is staggering in the sky; Moon-struck by the despairing Glances o…

Morning (Poem by Victor Hugo)

Morning By Victor Hugo Morning glances hither,     Now the shade is past; Dream and fog fly thither     Where Night goes at last; Op…

Those Images (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

Those Images By  William Butler Yeats What if I bade you leave The cavern of the mind? There’s better exercise In the sunlight and wind. I never bade…

The Cat and the Moon (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Cat and the Moon By  William Butler Yeats The cat went here and there And the moon spun round like a top, And the nearest kin of the moon, The cr…

The Dawn Dance (Poem by C. J. Dennis)

The Dawn Dance By  C. J. Dennis What do you think I saw to-day when I arose at dawn? Blue Wrens and Yellow-tails dancing on the lawn! Bobbing here, a…

To A Child Dancing in the Wind (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

To A Child Dancing in the Wind By William Butler Yeats Dance there upon the shore; What need have you to care For wind or water’s roar? …

The Phases of the Moon (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Phases of the Moon By  William Butler Yeats An old man cocked his ear upon a bridge; He and his friend, their faces to the South, Had trod the un…

Morning (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)

Morning By  Edwin John Dove Pratt Old, old is the sea to-day. A sudden stealth of age Has torn away The texture of its youth and grace, And filched t…
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