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Can You Imagine — Robbin T Hartridge	When we have arrived at the doorstep of humanity's dark night we must remember more than anything how on effervescent wings love can beam light into...	105 views Rate it
My Laura-Within — Kurt Philip Behm	The Muse on vacation, all thoughts have gone slack The lyrics unwritten, the music off track All time is unsettled, the Devil has...	105 views Rate it
Salve Eternum — Edward George Bulwer-Lytton	I. Farewell! O soul departed! Farewell! O sacred urn! Bereaved and broken-hearted, To earth the mourners turn. To the dim and dreary shore, Thou art...	105 views Rate it
Centennial Celebration — Julia A Moore	In the year eighteen seventy-six, A Fourth of July celebration Was held in Grand Rapids city In honor to our nation. The largest city in the county of...	105 views Rate it
The Rose is not fair — Shams al-Din Hafiz	THE rose is not fair without the beloved's face, Nor merry the Spring without the sweet laughter of wine; The path through the fields, and winds from a...	104 views Rate it
Unwelcome — Mary Elizabeth Coleridge	\|WE were young, we were merry, we were very very wise, And the door stood open at our feast, When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes, ...	104 views Rate it
The Needle and Thread — Ella Wheeler Wilcox	The Needle and Thread one day were wed, The Thimble acted as priest, A paper of Pins, and the Scissors twins Were among the guests at the...	104 views Rate it
A Very Gay and Adult Night Before Christmas — Jared Kairel	"Twas the night before Christmas And all through the house Every gay boy was partying, There was no mouse. The dancers were hung and paid to be...	103 views Rate it
The Garden — Victoria Mary Sackville-West	We owned a garden on a hill, We planted rose and daffodil, Flowers that English poets sing, And hoped for glory in the...	103 views Rate it
The Prisoner For Debt — John Greenleaf Whittier	LOOK on him! through his dungeon grate, Feebly and cold, the morning light Comes stealing round him, dim and late, As if it loathed the sight. Reclining...	103 views Rate it
The Spring In Ireland: 1916 — James Stephens	I...	103 views Rate it
The Wolf And Shepherds. A Fable — James Beattie	Laws, as we read in ancient sages, Have been like cobwebs in all ages: Cobwebs for little flies are spread, And laws for little folks are made; But if an...	103 views Rate it
Song of the Worm — Eliza Cook	THE worm, the rich worm, has a noble domain In the field that is stored with its millions of slain ; The charnel-grounds widen, to me they belong, With...	103 views Rate it
Two Christmas Eves — Edith Nesbit	I...	103 views Rate it
A Christmas Carol — Alfred Austin	Hark! In the air, around, above, The Angelic Music soars and swells, And, in the Garden that I love, I hear the sound of Christmas...	103 views Rate it
A Border Burn — Alfred Austin	Where Autumn runnels fret and foam Past banks of amber fern, Since track was none I chanced to roam Along a Border...	103 views Rate it
Marmion: Canto III. - The Inn — Sir Walter Scott	I....	102 views Rate it
Resurrection — Katharine Tynan	Now the golden daffodil Lifts from earth his shining head That was lately frozen still In the gardens of the...	102 views Rate it
To phillis, to love and live with him — Robert Herrick	TO PHILLIS, TO LOVE AND LIVE WITH...	101 views Rate it
The Mistletoe (A Christmas Tale) — Mary Darby Robinson	A farmer's wife, both young and gay, And fresh as op'ning buds of May; Had taken to herself, a Spouse, And plighted many solemn vows, That she a faithful...	101 views Rate it
Jump-To-Glory Jane — George Meredith	I...	101 views Rate it
A drinking song — Eugene Field	Come, brothers, share the fellowship We celebrate to-night; There's grace of song on every lip And every heart is light! But first, before our mentor...	101 views Rate it
On With the Dance! — Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	Hi, Cockalorum! But - Misery me! What is the aftermath going to be? With joy at its zenith and sorrow its least, I am the skeleton come to the feast. Now...	101 views Rate it
The Day after Christmas — Robin Loving	Twas the day after Christmas And all through the house, The magic was missing And so was my spouse. We wore re-gifted faces of holiday cheer While...	100 views Rate it
The Right Honourable Lord Durham — Letitia Elizabeth Landon	Now on an Embassy at the Court of...	100 views Rate it

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