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Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like...	977 views Rate it
A Dream — William Blake	Once a dream did weave a shade O'er my angel-guarded bed, That an emmet lost its way Where on grass methought I lay. Troubled, wildered, and...	963 views Rate it
When the food is busting — Will Woj	If thy food is busting Thy hips shall be thrusting Look at me and you shall see How good thy food will be Your food is not busting It be quiet disgusting...	954 views Rate it
To My Brothers — John Keats	Small, busy flames play through the fresh laid coals, And their faint cracklings o'er our silence creep Like whispers of the household gods that keep A...	941 views Rate it
Norman and Saxon — Rudyard Kipling	My son," said the Norman Baron, "I am dying, and you will be heir To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for my share When we conquered...	939 views Rate it
The Mountain Whippoorwill — Stephen Vincent Benet	Up in the mountains, it's lonesome all the time, (Sof' win' slewin' thu' the sweet-potato vine.) Up in the mountains, it's lonesome for a child,...	910 views Rate it
To the University of Cambridge — Phillis Wheatley	While an intrinsic ardor prompts to write, The muses promise to assist my pen; 'Twas not long since I left my native shore The land of errors, and...	892 views Rate it
Old Man Platypus — Andrew Barton Paterson	Far from the trouble and toil of town, Where the reed beds sweep and shiver, Look at a fragment of velvet brown, Old Man Platypus drifting down, Drifting...	892 views Rate it
Outcast — Claude McKay	For the dim regions whence my fathers came My spirit, bondaged by the body, longs. Words felt, but never heard, my lips would frame; My soul would sing...	869 views Rate it
The Reaper And The Flowers — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow...	867 views Rate it
The Grandmother — Alfred Lord Tennyson	I. And Willy, my eldest-born, is gone, you say, little Anne? Ruddy and white, and strong on his legs, he looks like a man. And Willy's wife has written:...	861 views Rate it
The Bridge of Sighs — Thomas Hood	One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; ...	826 views Rate it
Having happier Thanksgiving By Astghick Moradkhanians — Astghick Moradkhanians	Special thanks to mighty good God for blessings on earth, gaven loving gift of Jesus Christ the Lord! For All human being to have peace of mind and heart...	803 views Rate it
Ode to Simplicity — William Taylor Collins	O thou, by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought In numbers warmly pure, and sweetly strong; Who first on mountains wild, ...	800 views Rate it
The Tree Of Life — Toru Dutt	Broad daylight, with a sense of weariness! Mine eyes were closed, but I was not asleep, My hand was in my father's, and I felt His presence...	797 views Rate it
The Power of the Dog — Rudyard Kipling	There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for...	786 views Rate it
The Mask Of Anarchy — Percy Bysshe Shelley	I. As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of...	754 views Rate it
A Poet's Home — Charles Harpur	HERE in this lonely rill-engirdled spot, The world forgetting, by the world forgot, With one vowed to me with beloved lips How sweet to draw, as hiddenly...	753 views Rate it
The Land — Rudyard Kipling	When Julius Fabricius, Sub-Prefect of the Weald, In the days of Diocletian owned our Lower River-field, He called to him Hobdenius-a Briton of the Clay,...	750 views Rate it
My Heart Leaps Up — William Wordsworth	My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let...	745 views Rate it
Life doesn't frighten me — Maya Angelou	Life doesn't frighten me Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life doesn't frighten me at all Bad dogs barking loud Big ghosts in a cloud ...	739 views Rate it
The Building of the Ship — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	"Build me straight, O worthy Master! Stanch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!" ...	737 views Rate it
Your Children — Khalil Gibran	Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they...	732 views Rate it
The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point — Elizabeth Barrett Browning	I. I stand on the mark beside the shore Of the first white pilgrim's bended knee, Where exile turned to ancestor, And God was thanked for liberty. I have...	731 views Rate it
Pandemic of Pandemic! — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Call it pandemic. Pandemic of Pandemic! Man of flesh and blood. Bartering with unknown realms. His body, soul, and spirit. Call it pandemic. Our...	723 views Rate it