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For, since the ship left England, only twice | 8 | 954 | Dauber | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dauber |
I cannot blame your weakness, boy, my tears could almost flow, | 11 | 13 | Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 2/The return of the Firefly | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F2%2FThe%5Freturn%5Fof%5Fthe%5FFirefly |
The white fox by thy couch shall play ;And, from the frozen skies, | 13 | 21 | Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant/The Arctic Lover | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCullen%5FBryant%2FThe%5FArctic%5FLover |
And from the gallery, Christine | 5 | 183 | Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in The Literary Souvenir, 1825/Christine | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FLetitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FThe%5FLiterary%5FSouvenir%2C%5F1825%2FChristine |
Would send us dazed and faltering on our way : | 10 | 25 | Jesus about His Father's Business | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Jesus%5Fabout%5FHis%5FFather%27s%5FBusiness |
As though from bowers of bloom | 6 | 54 | A Sunset Fantasy | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FSunset%5FFantasy |
Would echo the groans of despair, | 6 | 26 | Poems of Cheer/In the crowd | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FCheer%2FIn%5Fthe%5Fcrowd |
And therefore, brutish dotard, | 4 | 39 | Anthology of Modern Slavonic Literature in Prose and Verse/To Theodor Mommsen | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Anthology%5Fof%5FModern%5FSlavonic%5FLiterature%5Fin%5FProse%5Fand%5FVerse%2FTo%5FTheodor%5FMommsen |
What shall be the monument o'er gallant Ellsworth's grave? | 9 | 3 | People's Ellsworth Regiment | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/People%27s%5FEllsworth%5FRegiment |
Sank beneath a load of Woe; | 6 | 22 | Monody on the Death of Chatterton (1790) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Monody%5Fon%5Fthe%5FDeath%5Fof%5FChatterton%5F%281790%29 |
From that low Dell, steep up the stony Mount | 9 | 28 | Reflections on Having Left a Place of Retirement (unsourced) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reflections%5Fon%5FHaving%5FLeft%5Fa%5FPlace%5Fof%5FRetirement%5F%28unsourced%29 |
Not passed his manhood's prime, | 5 | 10 | Memoirs of Anne C. L. Botta/To Fitz-Greene Halleck | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Memoirs%5Fof%5FAnne%5FC%2E%5FL%2E%5FBotta%2FTo%5FFitz%2DGreene%5FHalleck |
Of those tame drudges, Judgment, Taste, and Sense, | 8 | 544 | Gotham (Churchill, 1764) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29 |
"This nether heaven of loveliest blue?—"Charms not thine own fair form imprest | 12 | 14 | Blackwood's Magazine/Volume 1/Issue 2/The Mermaid | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Blackwood%27s%5FMagazine%2FVolume%5F1%2FIssue%5F2%2FThe%5FMermaid |
usnuly hvězdy okolo měsíce | 4 | 2 | A Book of Czech Verse/J. Wolker | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FBook%5Fof%5FCzech%5FVerse%2FJ%2E%5FWolker |
For her own boy Charlie's sake, | 6 | 30 | Across the Lines | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Across%5Fthe%5FLines |
When they spoke of that unknown West; | 7 | 14 | An Anthology of Australian Verse/Where the Pelican Builds | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An%5FAnthology%5Fof%5FAustralian%5FVerse%2FWhere%5Fthe%5FPelican%5FBuilds |
As soon as Britain had sustain'd | 6 | 51 | British Wonders | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/British%5FWonders |
And set it on the whiteness of her dress, | 9 | 30 | Littell's Living Age/Volume 136/Issue 1760/The Flower of the Field | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F136%2FIssue%5F1760%2FThe%5FFlower%5Fof%5Fthe%5FField |
Mullein and columbine. | 3 | 33 | The American Rebellion | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FAmerican%5FRebellion |
And you are still for war? Then sound the charge, | 10 | 43 | Moral Pieces, in Prose and Verse/Our Country | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral%5FPieces%2C%5Fin%5FProse%5Fand%5FVerse%2FOur%5FCountry |
Whippin' Will w'en Katy did? | 5 | 24 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Whip-Poor-Will and Katy-Did | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FWhip%2DPoor%2DWill%5Fand%5FKaty%2DDid |
Does she shed her soul's sweet perfume, | 7 | 23 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Lily of the Valley | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FThe%5FLily%5Fof%5Fthe%5FValley |
the gentle deer returned the self-same way, | 7 | 8 | Sonnet 67 (Spenser) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sonnet%5F67%5F%28Spenser%29 |
And wonders I don’t keep a dog to cheer me | 10 | 53 | The Old Huntsman and Other Poems/The Old Huntsman | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FOld%5FHuntsman%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FOld%5FHuntsman |
Feudal tenures, mercantile lords, competition and bishops, | 7 | 119 | The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich/1 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBothie%5Fof%5FToper%2Dna%2Dfuosich%2F1 |
Slowly to work, in their limbs the lingering sweetness of slumber; | 11 | 112 | The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich/9 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBothie%5Fof%5FToper%2Dna%2Dfuosich%2F9 |
A start—a pause—a flutter and a sigh, A voice that trembles in the common greeting; | 15 | 1 | Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 3/Won! | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F3%2FWon%21 |
White-gloved hangmen | 2 | 9 | The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 1/Parallel | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FCzechoslovak%5FReview%2FVolume%5F1%2FParallel |
And lo! a crown | 4 | 14 | Poems of Cheer/Guerdon | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FCheer%2FGuerdon |
His eyes have lost their sight with many tears: | 9 | 77 | Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Friendship’s Offering, 1825/The Suicide's Grave | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FLetitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FFriendship%E2%80%99s%5FOffering%2C%5F1825%2FThe%5FSuicide%27s%5FGrave |
I say, not God Himself can make man's best | 9 | 107 | Stradivarius | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Stradivarius |
I hurry forward, Passion's helpless slave! | 6 | 10 | Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems, Volume 1, The Ninth Edition/Sonnet XXI | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Elegiac%5FSonnets%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2C%5FVolume%5F1%2C%5FThe%5FNinth%5FEdition%2FSonnet%5FXXI |
Can ne'er so far true royalty pervert | 7 | 1,212 | Gotham (Churchill, 1764) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29 |
Thou in thy mother's arms, a babe, didst meet | 9 | 821 | The Forest Sanctuary, and Other Poems/The Forest Sanctuary | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FForest%5FSanctuary%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FForest%5FSanctuary |
When he'd none sail with the herring fleet, 'cause he met old Susie's cat. | 14 | 2 | Littell's Living Age/Volume 136/Issue 1762/"Fey" | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F136%2FIssue%5F1762%2F%22Fey%22 |
That she never may be caught this day | 8 | 86 | Visions in the Smoke | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Visions%5Fin%5Fthe%5FSmoke |
The day had come, your night is done, | 8 | 9 | Be Brave | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Be%5FBrave |
Then they steamed away, Yeo ho! Yeo ho!Brave men who had gained their wish, | 14 | 21 | Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3819/The Tirpitz Touch | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Punch%2FVolume%5F147%2FIssue%5F3819%2FThe%5FTirpitz%5FTouch |
Springs forth the SAVIOUR'S blood. | 5 | 3,800 | The Christian Year | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear |
You would go deep and broad. You're right; but then | 10 | 36 | The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 2/Number 6/Nature and the Philosopher | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FAtlantic%5FMonthly%2FVolume%5F2%2FNumber%5F6%2FNature%5Fand%5Fthe%5FPhilosopher |
With a cry of rapture, away she flies, | 8 | 38 | Poems of Passion/A Fable | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FPassion%2FA%5FFable |
More high his heart in youthful strength must swell; | 9 | 975 | The Forest Sanctuary, and Other Poems/The Forest Sanctuary | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FForest%5FSanctuary%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FForest%5FSanctuary |
O softly tread, said Christabel, | 5 | 160 | Christabel; Kubla Khan; The Pains of Sleep (1816)/Christabel | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Christabel%3B%5FKubla%5FKhan%3B%5FThe%5FPains%5Fof%5FSleep%5F%281816%29%2FChristabel |
And seek the bliss of liberty, | 6 | 3 | Ode V. to Sylvia | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ode%5FV%2E%5Fto%5FSylvia |
We felt steal o’er us.Vivian broke the spell | 8 | 756 | Maurine And Other Poems/Maurine | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2FMaurine |
These are thy graceful memories, the dreams | 7 | 2 | Landon in The Literary Gazette 1822/Mr. Martin’s Picture of Clytie | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Landon%5Fin%5FThe%5FLiterary%5FGazette%5F1822%2FMr%2E%5FMartin%E2%80%99s%5FPicture%5Fof%5FClytie |
Before this day; for now the fall of tears | 9 | 440 | The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems/The Wanderings of Oisin | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWanderings%5Fof%5FOisin%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FWanderings%5Fof%5FOisin |
Can he some petty rogue to justice call | 8 | 1,384 | Gotham (Churchill, 1764) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29 |
The hounds all rank from a fox they'd eaten. | 9 | 1,346 | Reynard The Fox Part II | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reynard%5FThe%5FFox%5FPart%5FII |
But wafted to her glorious place | 6 | 4,893 | The Christian Year | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear |
That on His altar-throne | 4 | 6,029 | The Christian Year | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear |
That Lyre and Sword were broken! | 6 | 19 | Poems of Felicia Hemans in The Literary Souvenir, 1825/The Grave of Körner | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FFelicia%5FHemans%5Fin%5FThe%5FLiterary%5FSouvenir%2C%5F1825%2FThe%5FGrave%5Fof%5FK%C3%B6rner |
If there be Force in Virtue, or in Song. | 9 | 387 | Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Epistle%5Fto%5FDr%5FArbuthnot |
Oppressing mortal sense, my death proceed, | 6 | 589 | Astrophel and Stella | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Astrophel%5Fand%5FStella |
Summer, in light transparent gauze array'd, | 6 | 424 | Gotham (Churchill, 1764) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29 |
For it is a hard fate, I will say it and sing, | 12 | 19 | Bronwylfa and Rhyllon | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bronwylfa%5Fand%5FRhyllon |
Changes and chances are quickly rung; | 6 | 7 | Under the Shadow of Kiley's Hill | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Under%5Fthe%5FShadow%5Fof%5FKiley%27s%5FHill |
Ah, but if you had seen the play itself! | 9 | 181 | Balaustion's Adventure/V | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Balaustion%27s%5FAdventure%2FV |
With leafy rustling crest the morning sows with pearls, | 9 | 10 | The Yellow Book/Volume 1/Tree-Worship | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FYellow%5FBook%2FVolume%5F1%2FTree%2DWorship |
And the soft darkness of her serious eyes, | 8 | 1,152 | The Forest Sanctuary, and Other Poems/The Forest Sanctuary | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FForest%5FSanctuary%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FForest%5FSanctuary |
Father and Lover of our souls! | 6 | 239 | The Christian Year | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear |
Soft dreamy days, time’s perfumed fall, Farewell, for aye farewell! | 10 | 3 | Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 7/The parting of Ulysses: An Homeric reminiscence | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F7%2FThe%5Fparting%5Fof%5FUlysses%3A%5FAn%5FHomeric%5Freminiscence |
Rich be thy recompense, | 4 | 42 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Two Songs | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FTwo%5FSongs |
And made it paradise. On the west side, | 8 | 45 | Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Friendship’s Offering, 1826/The Emigrants | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FLetitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FFriendship%E2%80%99s%5FOffering%2C%5F1826%2FThe%5FEmigrants |
Her willingness to tax, | 4 | 30 | Grimm Tales Made Gay/How Rumplestilz Held Out in Vain for a Bonus | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grimm%5FTales%5FMade%5FGay%2FHow%5FRumplestilz%5FHeld%5FOut%5Fin%5FVain%5Ffor%5Fa%5FBonus |
That throbbing heart and burning tears | 6 | 3 | Severed and Gone | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Severed%5Fand%5FGone |
Settling at last upon eternal things, | 6 | 672 | Retirement (Cowper) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Retirement%5F%28Cowper%29 |
For we are coming very near. | 6 | 176 | The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Spectre's Bride | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FCzechoslovak%5FReview%2FVolume%5F3%2FSpectre%27s%5FBride |
Dark was the night, cold was on the ground. | 9 | 16 | Frankie and Albert | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Frankie%5Fand%5FAlbert |
The raging Fire, the roaring Wind, | 6 | 921 | The Christian Year | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear |
And it looks flourishing—a little while, | 6 | 27 | Landon in The Literary Gazette 1822/Poetic Sketches - Sketch the Second | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Landon%5Fin%5FThe%5FLiterary%5FGazette%5F1822%2FPoetic%5FSketches%5F%2D%5FSketch%5Fthe%5FSecond |
Apart with his own thoughts to dwell. | 7 | 12 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834/Airey Force | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letitia%5FElizabeth%5FLandon%5F%28L%2E%5FE%2E%5FL%2E%29%5Fin%5FFisher%27s%5FDrawing%5FRoom%5FScrap%5FBook%2C%5F1834%2FAirey%5FForce |
And knows the joy that fantasy purloins, | 7 | 6 | The Beggar (Elliott) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBeggar%5F%28Elliott%29 |
'Twixt Sense and Nonsense daily change their Side. | 8 | 383 | An Essay on Criticism | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An%5FEssay%5Fon%5FCriticism |
Of autumn leaves unchangingly. | 4 | 4 | Remembrance (Smith) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Remembrance%5F%28Smith%29 |
Press to the front, it were craven to pause. | 9 | 16 | Emancipation (Dunbar) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Emancipation%5F%28Dunbar%29 |
A name of which the wretched shall not think | 9 | 153 | Hymn To Death | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Hymn%5FTo%5FDeath |
And your reward,—the old rewardThat is for all who dare, | 10 | 17 | The Eyes of Little Charlotte | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FEyes%5Fof%5FLittle%5FCharlotte |
Hardened to war against the foe within. | 7 | 12 | Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3820/Probation | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Punch%2FVolume%5F147%2FIssue%5F3820%2FProbation |
The makers of a mighty yesterday. | 6 | 8 | Western Highway | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Western%5FHighway |
From her thach't pallat rowse, if otherwise | 7 | 290 | Comus and other poems/Comus | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Comus%5Fand%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FComus |
Vengeance shall fall on thy disdain, | 6 | 22 | My Lute Awake! | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/My%5FLute%5FAwake%21 |
The barbarous Ghuz, to shun thy generous rage, | 8 | 234 | The Tears of Khorassan | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FTears%5Fof%5FKhorassan |
Headforemost, in our arms we caught | 6 | 59 | Alice Ayres (Blake) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%5FAyres%5F%28Blake%29 |
You ask not for atonement! O my son! | 8 | 632 | Fragments of the Mystery of the Fall | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Fragments%5Fof%5Fthe%5FMystery%5Fof%5Fthe%5FFall |
When the roaring surge sweeps o'er the strand | 8 | 11 | Mingle my dust with the burning brand... | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mingle%5Fmy%5Fdust%5Fwith%5Fthe%5Fburning%5Fbrand%2E%2E%2E |
There breathe but o'er my arch of grass | 8 | 7 | Twenty Years Hence | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Twenty%5FYears%5FHence |
“Joel, I’ll have to look. I can’t go in, | 9 | 17 | North of Boston/The Fear | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/North%5Fof%5FBoston%2FThe%5FFear |
Still unconvinced, no smallest point I yield. | 7 | 41 | Maurine And Other Poems/Maurine | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maurine%5FAnd%5FOther%5FPoems%2FMaurine |
A voice in the anchor chain, | 6 | 26 | Song of the Sailor Boy | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Song%5Fof%5Fthe%5FSailor%5FBoy |
The darkness gains upon the sky, and still | 8 | 27 | The Constellations | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FConstellations |
But that Despair and Indignation rose, | 6 | 73 | Monody on the Death of Chatterton (1790) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Monody%5Fon%5Fthe%5FDeath%5Fof%5FChatterton%5F%281790%29 |
I am the late-falling leaf. | 5 | 4 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Paradox | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FThe%5FParadox |
A fine man and a famous Professor was he, | 9 | 112 | The Devil's Walk | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FDevil%27s%5FWalk |
Grows conscious of a change, and likes it well: | 9 | 638 | The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 4 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F4 |
Such as the blind Ionian fabled erst. | 7 | 223 | Religious Musings (unsourced) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Religious%5FMusings%5F%28unsourced%29 |
My lady, my lady. | 4 | 21 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Parted (2) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FParted%5F%282%29 |
With him and Thee shall rest. | 6 | 1,814 | The Christian Year | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear |
Black riders came from the sea. | 6 | 1 | The Black Riders & Other Lines/Black riders came from the sea. | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FBlack%5FRiders%5F%26%5FOther%5FLines%2FBlack%5Friders%5Fcame%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5Fsea%2E |
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