The Sower
by Mathilde Blind (1841-1896)
The winds had hushed at last as by command;
The quiet sky above,
With its grey clouds spread o
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An die Parzen
by Friedrich H
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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Dulce et Decorum Est
by Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to [...]
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The Butterfly
by Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903)
The butterfly from flower to flower
The urchin chas
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School
by Percy MacKay (1875-1956)
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Old Hezekiah leaned hard on his hoe
And squinted long at Eben, his lank son.
The silence shrilled with crickets. Day was done,
And, row on dusky row,
Tall bean poles ribbed with dark the gold-bright afterglow.
Eben stood staring: ever, one by one,
The tendril tops turned ashen as they flared.
Still Eben stared.
O, there is wonder on [...]
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Fredom
by John Barbour (1316-1395)
A! Fredome is a noble thing!
Fredome mays man to haiff liking;
Fredome all solace to man giffis,
He leevys at ese that frely levys!
A noble hart may haiff nane ese,
Na ellys nocht that may him plese,
Gyff fredome fail; for fre liking
Is yarnyt our all othir thing.
Na he that ay has levyt fre
May nocht knaw [...]
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Spider and the Fly
by Mary Howitt (1799-1888)
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