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Gotham - Book I — Charles Churchill	Far off (no matter whether east or west, A real country, or one made in jest, Nor yet by modern Mandevilles disgraced, Nor by map-jobbers wretchedly...	84 views Rate it
Christmas 1864 — Anonymous Americas	Christmas time has come again, But ah! where are the merry chimes Which on the air their glad refrain Rang forth in other happier times? Where now the...	84 views Rate it
A Social Call — Ambrose Bierce	Well, well, old Father Christmas, is it you, With your thick neck and thin pretense of virtue? Less redness in the nose-nay, even some blue Would not, I...	84 views Rate it
Violets Are Blue — HMRyan	Roses are red Violets are blue Honeybees sting And so do you! Roses are red Violets are blue I wish I could hit you with my shoe! Is there any...	83 views Rate it
The Shepherd's Week : Monday; or the Squabble — John Gay	Lobbin Clout, Cuddy,...	83 views Rate it
Part IV: Banker’s Dream — Adam Lindsay Gordon	Of chases and courses dogs dream, so do horses— Last night I was dozing and dreaming, The crowd and the bustle were there, and the rustle Of the silk in...	83 views Rate it
A Road Trip — Hawra ranala	One sunny Sunday Eve, It's a weekend I can't believe. I want all my troubles to leave, Thankful to God for what I achieve. In the world ful of fake...	82 views Rate it
The Dying Slave — William Lisle Bowles	Faint-gazing on the burning orb of day, When Afric's injured son expiring lay, His forehead cold, his labouring bosom bare, His dewy temples, and his...	82 views Rate it
I Have Loved Flowers That Fade — Robert Seymour Bridges	I have loved flowers that fade, Within whose magic tents Rich hues have marriage made With sweet unmemoried scents: A honeymoon delight- A joy of love at...	82 views Rate it
A Calendar of Sonnets: October — Helen Hunt Jackson	The month of carnival of all the year, When Nature lets the wild earth go its way, And spend whole seasons on a single day. The spring-time holds her...	82 views Rate it
An Ode to Solidarity: The All NEHU Workers' Union (ANWU) — Mawphniang Napoleon	Dedicated to the members of the All NEHU Workers' Union (ANWU) Stanza 1: Brothers and sisters of the worker’s guild, Gathered in solidarity,...	81 views Rate it
For Charity's Sake — Sydney Thompson Dobell	'Oh dark-eyed maid,' The soldier said, 'I've been wounded in many a fray, But such a dart As you shoot to my heart I never felt till...	81 views Rate it
The Nuns And The Lilies — Lesbia Harford	The lilies in the garden walk Are out today. The nuns all came to look at them, To look and say They wouldn't last to deck the crib On Christmas day....	81 views Rate it
Night After The Picnic — Abram Joseph Ryan	And 'Happy! Happy! Happy!' Rang the bells of all the hours; 'Shyly! Shyly! Shyly!' Looked and listened all the flowers; They were wakened from their...	80 views Rate it
The Sea-Swallows — Algernon Charles Swinburne	THIS FELL when Christmas lights were done, Red rose leaves will never make wine; But before the Easter lights begun; The ways are sair fra’ the Till to...	80 views Rate it
Christmas, His Masque (extract) — Ben Jonson	Why Gentlemen, doe you know what you doe? ha! Would you ha'kept me out? Christmas, old Christmas? Christmas of London, and Captaine Christmas? Pray you...	79 views Rate it
Clovelly — Adam Gutteridge	Hard craggy rocks soften with shine The street tempts further a storied decline Sledges wait ready to carry and cart For this is the way here in these...	78 views Rate it
Sassoor, in the Deccan — Letitia Elizabeth Landon	THE plate represents a temple to Mahadeo, surrounded by inferior shrines. The Hindoos usually place some religious building at the confluence of two...	78 views Rate it
Sunrise — Victor Marie Hugo	Foul times there are when nations spiritless Throw honour away For tinsel glory, to base happiness A mournful...	78 views Rate it
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf V. -- The Skerry Of Shrieks — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Now from all King Olaf's farms His men-at-arms Gathered on the Eve of Easter; To his house at Angvalds-ness Fast they press, Drinking with the royal...	78 views Rate it
Nero’s Incendiary Song — Victor Marie Hugo	Aweary unto death, my friends, a mood by wise abhorred, Come to the novel feast I spread, thrice-consul, Nero, lord, The Caesar, master of the world, and...	76 views Rate it
The Ten Lepers — Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon	’Neath the olives of Samaria, in far-famed Galilee, Where dark green vines are mirrored in a placid silver sea, ’Mid scenes of tranquil beauty, glowing...	76 views Rate it
The Shepherd's Calendar - September — John Clare	Harvest awakes the morning still And toils rude groups the valleys fill Deserted is each cottage hearth To all life save the crickets mirth Each burring...	76 views Rate it
A Christmas Carol — Charles Kingsley	It chanced upon the merry merry Christmas eve, I went sighing past the church across the moorland dreary- 'Oh! never sin and want and woe this earth will...	76 views Rate it
Bells — Letitia Elizabeth Landon	How sweet on the breeze of the evening swells The vesper call of those soothing bells, Borne softly and dying in echoes away, Like a requiem sung to...	75 views Rate it

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