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A Book (Poem by Emily Dickinson)

A Book By  Emily Dickinson There is no frigate like a book     To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page     Of prancing poetry. This trave…

Those Dancing Days are Gone (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

Those Dancing Days are Gone By  William Butler Yeats Come, let me sing into your ear; Those dancing days are gone, All that silk and satin gear; Crou…

The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner By William Butler Yeats Although I shelter from the rain Under a broken tree, My chair was neares…

The Nineteenth Century and After (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Nineteenth Century and After By  William Butler Yeats Though the great song return no more There’s keen delight in what we have: The rattle of pe…

To a Lady and Her Children (Poem by Phillis Wheatley)

To a Lady and Her Children, on the Death of Her Son and their Brother By  Phillis Wheatley O’erwhelming sorrow now demands my song: From death the ov…

Birds of Prey March (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)

Birds of Prey March By  Rudyard Kipling March!  The mud is cakin' good about our trousies.     Front! — eyes front, an' watch the Colour-casi…

The Kirk’s Alarm (Poem by Robert Burns)

The Kirk’s Alarm A Ballad Second Version By  Robert Burns I.         Orthodox, orthodox,         Who believe in John Knox, Let me sound an alarm to y…

With Flowers (Poem by Emily Dickinson)

With Flowers By  Emily Dickinson If recollecting were forgetting,     Then I remember not; And if forgetting, recollecting,     How near I had forgot…

Acanthus (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)

Acanthus By  Frank Oliver Call Beneath the sculptured marble portico     Of a Greek temple, white against the sky,     Carved capitals on pillars ris…
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