And, the Last Day Being Come, Man Stood Alone
by Trumbull Stickney (1874-1904)
And, the last day being come, Man stood alone
Ere sunrise on the world
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The Harp of India
by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-1831)
Why hang
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Peace
by Henry Vaughan (1622-1695)
My soul, there is a country
Far beyond the stars,
Where stands a wing
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On an Anniversary
(after reading the dates in a book of lyrics)
by John Millington Synge (1871-1909)
With Fifteen-ninety or Sixteen-sixteen
We end Cervantes, Marot, Nashe or Green;
Then Sixteen-thirteen till two score and nine,
Is Crashaw
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Joys of the Road
by Bliss Carman (1861-1929)
Now the joys of the road are chiefly these:
A crimson touch on the hard-wood trees;
A vagrant
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The Convergence of the Twain
(Lines on the loss of the
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The Bonnie Earl of Murray
anonymous Scottish Ballad
Ye highlands, and ye lawlands,
Oh! whair hae ye been?
They hae slaine the earl of Murray,
And hae layd him on the green.
Now wae be to thee, Huntley!
And whairfore did you sae!
I bade you bring him wi’ you,
But forbade you him to slay.
He was a braw gallant,
And he rid at the [...]
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Easter Wings
by George Herbert (1593-1633)
Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
Though foolishly he lost the same,
Decaying more and more,
Till he became
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Faith
by Christopher Smart (1722-1771)
The Father of the Faithful said,
At God
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Elegy Written in Spring
by Michael Bruce (1746-1767)
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