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The Coliseum (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe)

The Coliseum By  Edgar Allan Poe Type of the antique Rome! Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation left to Time By buried centuries of pomp and power! …

The Cotter’s Saturday Night (Poem by Robert Burns)

The Cotter’s Saturday Night Inscribed to Robert Aiken, Esq By  Robert Burns (1)     My lov’d, my honour’d, much respected friend!         No mercenar…

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&…

Written in a Wrapper (Poem by Robert Burns)

Written in a Wrapper, Enclosing a Letter to Captain Grose By  Robert Burns Ken ye ought o’ Captain Grose?                     Igo and ago, If he’s am…

Heriot's Ford (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)

Heriot's Ford By  Rudyard Kipling 'What's that that hirples at my side?' The foe that you must fight, my lord. 'That rides as fas…

Inscription for a Crucifix (Poem by Victor Hugo)

Inscription for a Crucifix [1] By  Victor Hugo Ye weepers, the Mourner o'er mourners behold! Ye wounded, come hither — the Healer enfold! Ye gloo…

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…
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