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For men unlearn'd and simple phrase) | 6 | 32 | Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900/The Deserted Garden | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Oxford%5FBook%5Fof%5FEnglish%5FVerse%5F1250%2D1900%2FThe%5FDeserted%5FGarden |
He values neither him nor her,but follows still his game. | 10 | 296 | Merry piper, or, The popish fryar & boy | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Merry%5Fpiper%2C%5For%2C%5FThe%5Fpopish%5Ffryar%5F%26%5Fboy |
The chosen suckling of the mother's breast. | 7 | 14 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Columbian Ode | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FColumbian%5FOde |
'His hands and eyes the brier tore,'and scratch'd him by the snout. | 12 | 162 | Merry piper, or, The popish fryar & boy | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Merry%5Fpiper%2C%5For%2C%5FThe%5Fpopish%5Ffryar%5F%26%5Fboy |
Give us the living—do you hear?” | 6 | 190 | Bohemian legends and other poems/The Wedding Shirt | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bohemian%5Flegends%5Fand%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FThe%5FWedding%5FShirt |
The blue-winged Judas, a jay began | 6 | 203 | Reynard The Fox Part II | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reynard%5FThe%5FFox%5FPart%5FII |
Lifting on high th' adored Name:- | 6 | 5,522 | The Christian Year | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear |
He leaped, but fell, in sight of the field. | 9 | 1,198 | Reynard The Fox Part II | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reynard%5FThe%5FFox%5FPart%5FII |
For thou art gone above, | 5 | 26 | An Orphan's Lament | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An%5FOrphan%27s%5FLament |
P. S. Ef you cain't mek out dis letter, lay it by erpon de she'f, | 15 | 41 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/A Letter | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FA%5FLetter |
You must have seen it too.” | 6 | 12 | North of Boston/The Fear | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/North%5Fof%5FBoston%2FThe%5FFear |
John Kendrick Bangs. | 3 | 3 | The Poet Paradox | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoet%5FParadox |
Saw spread itself a sea-wide town with towers, | 8 | 86 | Balaustion's Adventure/I | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Balaustion%27s%5FAdventure%2FI |
it has a fair abode encompassed by water, where it lives in happiness. | 13 | 112 | Rune poems | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rune%5Fpoems |
And the musk of the rose is blown. | 8 | 6 | Song from Maud | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Song%5Ffrom%5FMaud |
How bright in Heaven the festal sun is glowing, | 9 | 871 | The Forest Sanctuary, and Other Poems/The Forest Sanctuary | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FForest%5FSanctuary%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FForest%5FSanctuary |
'Shalt thou indeed a sov'reign to us be? | 8 | 28 | The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/Joseph | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FJoseph |
Untrodden and alone, | 3 | 66 | Orara | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Orara |
What freedom, prudence, and right reason give | 7 | 70 | The Choice (Pomfret) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChoice%5F%28Pomfret%29 |
Were out among the Grand Banks | 6 | 5 | Translations from the Chinese/Sunk Without Trace | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translations%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5FChinese%2FSunk%5FWithout%5FTrace |
She watched my every turn with her large blue wistful eyes, | 11 | 29 | Littell's Living Age/Volume 137/Issue 1773/The Yeoman's Story | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F137%2FIssue%5F1773%2FThe%5FYeoman%27s%5FStory |
when hazels grow sweet in frilled jackets? | 7 | 27 | The Dial (Third Series)/Volume 75/Poem | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FDial%5F%28Third%5FSeries%29%2FVolume%5F75%2FPoem |
Is yet boss on a cutting-out camp. | 7 | 4 | Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now? | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Who%27s%5FRiding%5FOld%5FHarlequin%5FNow%3F |
Either give him some clothes or a good running start. | 10 | 35 | Rules of Etiquette | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rules%5Fof%5FEtiquette |
A placid stream meanders on the steep, | 7 | 18 | The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/To Mr. Bleecker, on his passage to New-York | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FTo%5FMr%2E%5FBleecker%2C%5Fon%5Fhis%5Fpassage%5Fto%5FNew%2DYork |
Let me,—and Reason shall her aid afford,— | 7 | 1,374 | Gotham (Churchill, 1764) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29 |
Cursed be my destines all, | 5 | 1,325 | Astrophel and Stella | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Astrophel%5Fand%5FStella |
ofer langne weg,þæt git ne læstan wel | 7 | 664 | Gecyndbēc Lēoþ | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gecyndb%C4%93c%5FL%C4%93o%C3%BE |
without any consuming (?) upon the soul of Adam. | 9 | 153 | The Poem-book of the Gael/The Saltair na Rann/The Death of Adam | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoem%2Dbook%5Fof%5Fthe%5FGael%2FThe%5FSaltair%5Fna%5FRann%2FThe%5FDeath%5Fof%5FAdam |
Ye'ſe baith get gowd, and be a Bailey.Bawſy. Faith Jouk, I ſee but little ſkaith | 15 | 365 | Ancient history of three bonnets | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ancient%5Fhistory%5Fof%5Fthree%5Fbonnets |
It is the severed head of France's Queen[2] | 8 | 58 | Poems of Italy: selections from the Odes of Giosue Carducci/Miramar | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FItaly%3A%5Fselections%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5FOdes%5Fof%5FGiosue%5FCarducci%2FMiramar |
Of limewash and of tar, | 5 | 45 | Flannan Isle | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Flannan%5FIsle |
He bares his throat—then slowly his bosom bares, | 8 | 631 | May (Mácha) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/May%5F%28M%C3%A1cha%29 |
Are you coming to the valley? Answer thro' the darkness, friend. | 11 | 43 | The Yellow Book/Volume 5/The Call | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FYellow%5FBook%2FVolume%5F5%2FThe%5FCall |
With a ghostly snow | 4 | 107 | A Little Child's Monument/In the Alps | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FLittle%5FChild%27s%5FMonument%2FIn%5Fthe%5FAlps |
And prove the facts it seeks to overthrow. | 8 | 19 | Poems of Experience/I look to Science | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FExperience%2FI%5Flook%5Fto%5FScience |
Ah! let me intercede---Ah! spare her breath, | 7 | 28 | The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/To Mr. Bleecker, on his passage to New-York | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FTo%5FMr%2E%5FBleecker%2C%5Fon%5Fhis%5Fpassage%5Fto%5FNew%2DYork |
Trickles of stones and earth fell down | 7 | 874 | Reynard The Fox Part II | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reynard%5FThe%5FFox%5FPart%5FII |
Where no white Dryad sings within the pines: | 8 | 14 | The Sydney International Exhibition | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSydney%5FInternational%5FExhibition |
Him Nature’s essence, mind, and energy! | 6 | 49 | Religious Musings (unsourced) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Religious%5FMusings%5F%28unsourced%29 |
Poor Muse, alas, what ails thee, then, to-day? | 8 | 1 | Poems of Charles Baudelaire/The Sick Muse | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FCharles%5FBaudelaire%2FThe%5FSick%5FMuse |
Behold ! it stirs and fluctuates | 6 | 11 | The Return of Hyperion | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FReturn%5Fof%5FHyperion |
The gem was the human will divine ; | 8 | 15 | Who Lasts Wins | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Who%5FLasts%5FWins |
Tall Troy's on fire!) | 4 | 7 | Troy Town (Dante Gabriel Rossetti) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Troy%5FTown%5F%28Dante%5FGabriel%5FRossetti%29 |
An open hand down-reachingForth from the clouded sky. | 8 | 18 | Littell's Living Age/Volume 131/Issue 1693/The Crucifix | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Littell%27s%5FLiving%5FAge%2FVolume%5F131%2FIssue%5F1693%2FThe%5FCrucifix |
The doctor’s sure you’re going to walk again?” | 8 | 15 | North of Boston/The Self-seeker | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/North%5Fof%5FBoston%2FThe%5FSelf%2Dseeker |
Whether 'tis good or evil none's to blame: | 8 | 4 | On the Virginity of the Virgin Mary & Johanna Southcott | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On%5Fthe%5FVirginity%5Fof%5Fthe%5FVirgin%5FMary%5F%26%5FJohanna%5FSouthcott |
Trample down with a mail'd heel its palpitation, | 8 | 103 | The Cry of the Children (Blackwood's Magazine) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FCry%5Fof%5Fthe%5FChildren%5F%28Blackwood%27s%5FMagazine%29 |
No, no, not that,—it's bad to think of war, | 9 | 4 | Counter-Attack and Other Poems/Repression of War Experience | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Counter%2DAttack%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FRepression%5Fof%5FWar%5FExperience |
For there is none to covet, all are full. | 9 | 771 | The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 6 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F6 |
For God's sake go away!" | 5 | 36 | Rudyard Kipling: The Complete Verse/The Comforters | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rudyard%5FKipling%3A%5FThe%5FComplete%5FVerse%2FThe%5FComforters |
It stirr’d each musing rower’s lazy oarAnd broke their sleepy spells. | 11 | 35 | Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 7/Limerick bells | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F7%2FLimerick%5Fbells |
Past reef and bar, to shores afar, | 7 | 7 | Poems of Experience/The Tides | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems%5Fof%5FExperience%2FThe%5FTides |
Or, stately shepherd, comest thou | 5 | 31 | Johannes Ronge | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Johannes%5FRonge |
Either to please me, or torment; | 6 | 44 | The Gallery | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FGallery |
Soft were the words that the thunder then said to it — | 12 | 71 | Beyond Kerguelen | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Beyond%5FKerguelen |
Ambition, avarice, penury incurr'd | 4 | 811 | The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 3 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F3 |
Mother of our new birth; | 5 | 5,952 | The Christian Year | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear |
One of them passed on a distant shore | 8 | 23 | Match a toad with a far-winged hawk... | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Match%5Fa%5Ftoad%5Fwith%5Fa%5Ffar%2Dwinged%5Fhawk%2E%2E%2E |
I wrote some lines once on a time | 8 | 1 | The Height of the Ridiculous | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FHeight%5Fof%5Fthe%5FRidiculous |
And, Love, I thought that I was full of thee: | 10 | 215 | Astrophel and Stella | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Astrophel%5Fand%5FStella |
In the far West, where the Lizard Breaks the long Atlantic swell, | 12 | 1 | Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 5/The robber saint | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Once%5Fa%5FWeek%5F%28magazine%29%2FSeries%5F1%2FVolume%5F5%2FThe%5Frobber%5Fsaint |
You've heard of Mungrybambone and the Gundabluey Pine, | 8 | 25 | Those Names | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Those%5FNames |
Till their hearts had ended talking, | 6 | 1,524 | Astrophel and Stella | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Astrophel%5Fand%5FStella |
The light of the evening around them may play, | 9 | 7 | Landon in The Literary Gazette 1822/The Poet | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Landon%5Fin%5FThe%5FLiterary%5FGazette%5F1822%2FThe%5FPoet |
The clay wave breaks as they go by. | 8 | 1,584 | The Everlasting Mercy | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FEverlasting%5FMercy |
Dare this for to meet with affection sincere, And Pleasure untainted you'll find. | 13 | 7 | The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker/To Mrs. D— | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPosthumous%5FWorks%5Fof%5FAnn%5FEliza%5FBleecker%2FTo%5FMrs%2E%5FD%E2%80%94 |
A sweet child weary of its delight, | 7 | 111 | Prometheus Unbound; a lyrical drama in four acts with other poems/The Sensitive Plant | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Prometheus%5FUnbound%3B%5Fa%5Flyrical%5Fdrama%5Fin%5Ffour%5Facts%5Fwith%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FThe%5FSensitive%5FPlant |
And see how the weak spots might have | 8 | 50 | Forget It! | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Forget%5FIt%21 |
Each year he prayed the King divine | 7 | 25 | Bohemian legends and other poems/The Mysterious Ringing | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bohemian%5Flegends%5Fand%5Fother%5Fpoems%2FThe%5FMysterious%5FRinging |
Hearts' symphonies are full of joy and pain, | 8 | 21 | The Glamorgan Gazette/14 September 1894/Twilight | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FGlamorgan%5FGazette%2F14%5FSeptember%5F1894%2FTwilight |
I could see the grim menace from under | 8 | 35 | A Reminiscence of Cricket | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A%5FReminiscence%5Fof%5FCricket |
Who more bewail'd her bird than mother; | 7 | 14 | The Works of Henry Fielding/Part of Juvenal's Sixth Satire, Modernised In Burlesque Verse | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWorks%5Fof%5FHenry%5FFielding%2FPart%5Fof%5FJuvenal%27s%5FSixth%5FSatire%2C%5FModernised%5FIn%5FBurlesque%5FVerse |
From tho women who, famished with cold, were left with the snow in the street. | 15 | 12 | Caroline Chisholm (Kendall) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Caroline%5FChisholm%5F%28Kendall%29 |
That we make friends, the Scripture is express, | 8 | 1,143 | The Poems and Prose Remains of Arthur Hugh Clough/Volume 2/Dipsychus/Part 2 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoems%5Fand%5FProse%5FRemains%5Fof%5FArthur%5FHugh%5FClough%2FVolume%5F2%2FDipsychus%2FPart%5F2 |
With never a chance to shirk it! | 7 | 81 | The Old Timer's Steeplechase | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FOld%5FTimer%27s%5FSteeplechase |
And penitence succeeds to pride.— | 5 | 6 | Pig (Smart) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pig%5F%28Smart%29 |
Sparks in the river; a last lustre glows | 8 | 3 | Anthology of Modern Slavonic Literature in Prose and Verse/Evening in Paris | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Anthology%5Fof%5FModern%5FSlavonic%5FLiterature%5Fin%5FProse%5Fand%5FVerse%2FEvening%5Fin%5FParis |
Too well I know that hard obdurate heart; | 8 | 3 | Epistle from Mrs. Yonge to Her Husband | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Epistle%5Ffrom%5FMrs%2E%5FYonge%5Fto%5FHer%5FHusband |
Two small hands so brave, | 5 | 74 | The Soul Of A Century/The water sprite | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSoul%5FOf%5FA%5FCentury%2FThe%5Fwater%5Fsprite |
The sun into the height ascends,Image of life to come; | 10 | 18 | Bohemian Poems, Ancient and Modern/Departed Souls | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bohemian%5FPoems%2C%5FAncient%5Fand%5FModern%2FDeparted%5FSouls |
He westward with the sun doth go, | 7 | 8 | Bohemian Poems, Ancient and Modern/Arrival of the Czechs | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bohemian%5FPoems%2C%5FAncient%5Fand%5FModern%2FArrival%5Fof%5Fthe%5FCzechs |
By Achilles held at "his little games,"On the banks of the swift Scamander; | 13 | 2 | Verses Inspired by my "Old Black Pipe" | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Verses%5FInspired%5Fby%5Fmy%5F%22Old%5FBlack%5FPipe%22 |
E’en the beloved past is dim, | 6 | 19 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834/The Zenana | 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%2FThe%5FZenana |
And from the blood the saplings spring | 7 | 9 | The Song of the Oak | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSong%5Fof%5Fthe%5FOak |
Go singin' sof' an' low an' sweet, | 7 | 14 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/W'en I Gits Home | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FW%27en%5FI%5FGits%5FHome |
The veteran steed excused his task at length, | 8 | 625 | Retirement (Cowper) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Retirement%5F%28Cowper%29 |
They waste their bloom. Nadira's eye | 6 | 257 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834/The Zenana | 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%2FThe%5FZenana |
singing together in the eternal morn | 6 | 107 | Towards the Source : 1894-97 : I : 10 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Towards%5Fthe%5FSource%5F%3A%5F1894%2D97%5F%3A%5FI%5F%3A%5F10 |
Diffus'd, attain the surface: when, behold! | 6 | 493 | The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Benham)/The Task/Book 3 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FPoetical%5FWorks%5Fof%5FWilliam%5FCowper%5F%28Benham%29%2FThe%5FTask%2FBook%5F3 |
Beauty in desolation was her pride, | 6 | 77 | The Wanderer (Masefield) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FWanderer%5F%28Masefield%29 |
'T ain't no time to walk. | 6 | 8 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/A Frolic | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FA%5FFrolic |
Not love, not any bosh of love. | 7 | 589 | Reynard The Fox Part I | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Reynard%5FThe%5FFox%5FPart%5FI |
Cut down by my best friend. | 6 | 99 | Epitaphs of the War | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Epitaphs%5Fof%5Fthe%5FWar |
Impatient urges on, yet with a cast | 7 | 189 | Gotham (Churchill, 1764) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gotham%5F%28Churchill%2C%5F1764%29 |
No more my little home I’ll leave; | 7 | 22 | The Savoyard's Return | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FSavoyard%27s%5FReturn |
That shuns a scrutiny: and she, whose form | 8 | 42 | The Troubadour; Catalogue of Pictures, and Historical Sketches/A Girl at her Devotions | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FTroubadour%3B%5FCatalogue%5Fof%5FPictures%2C%5Fand%5FHistorical%5FSketches%2FA%5FGirl%5Fat%5Fher%5FDevotions |
With the light melting through their high arcades, | 8 | 837 | The Forest Sanctuary, and Other Poems/The Forest Sanctuary | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FForest%5FSanctuary%2C%5Fand%5FOther%5FPoems%2FThe%5FForest%5FSanctuary |
Weak tremblers on the edge of woe, | 7 | 3,841 | The Christian Year | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FChristian%5FYear |
Who sings louder, they or he? | 6 | 37 | The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/At Loafing-Holt | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The%5FComplete%5FPoems%5Fof%5FPaul%5FLaurence%5FDunbar%2FAt%5FLoafing%2DHolt |
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