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Meditatio — Ezra Pound	When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs I am compelled to conclude That man is the superior animal. When I consider the curious habits...	347,004 views Rate it
The Female of the Species — Rudyard Kipling	When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted rends...	11,572 views Rate it
I'm Just Here So I Don't Get Fined — Ian Bair	I love the way words can mean something I mean when they're put together that is Well not even then... A sentence is a social construct A sentence is...	6,533 views Rate it
Gone but not forgotten — Jordane Garrity	When I lost you grief arrived with a twin One asked that I mourn who you were The other that I mourn who you could have been My heart feels torn in...	6,177 views Rate it
Casey at the Bat — Ernest Lawrence Thayer	The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play, And then when Cooney died at...	4,831 views Rate it
Terence, This is Stupid Stuff — Alfred Edward Housman	"Terence, this is stupid stuff! You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink your beer. But oh,...	4,827 views Rate it
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me — Ayesha	When tomorrow starts without me, and I am not there to see... The sun should rise and find your eyes, all filled with tears for...	4,694 views Rate it
Requiem — Anna Akhmatova	Not under foreign skies Nor under foreign wings protected - I shared all this with my own people There, where misfortune had abandoned us. ...	3,820 views Rate it
Song of the Prettybird — Shay Alexi Stewart	I've lived 20 prettybird years Of this great big prettybird life And i think i pretty pretty pretty bird bird pretty much know what im talking about ...	3,141 views Rate it
The Thousandth Man — Rudyard Kipling	One man in a thousand, Solomon says, Will stick more close than a brother. And it's worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the...	2,655 views Rate it
love, men — William Blake	I love men I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did...	2,278 views Rate it
Farewell — Anne Brontë	Farewell to thee! but not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of thee: Within my heart they still shall dwell; And they shall cheer and...	2,228 views Rate it
Maud Muller — John Greenleaf Whittier	Maud Muller on a summer's day Raked the meadow sweet with hay. Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth Of simple beauty and rustic...	2,157 views Rate it
The House with Nobody in It — Joyce Kilmer	Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black. I suppose I've passed it a hundred times,...	2,110 views Rate it
Little Orphant Annie — James Whitcomb Riley	To all the little children: -- The happy ones; and sad ones; The sober and the silent ones; the boisterous and glad ones; The good ones -- Yes, the good...	2,103 views Rate it
The Idiot Boy — William Wordsworth	'Tis eight o'clock,--a clear March night, The moon is up,--the sky is blue, The owlet, in the moonlight air, Shouts from nobody knows where; He...	1,861 views Rate it
The Men That Don't Fit In — Robert William Service	There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't stay still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will....	1,560 views Rate it
America, A Prophecy — William Blake	The shadowy Daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc, When fourteen suns had faintly journey'd o'er his dark abode: His food she brought in...	1,502 views Rate it
The Cremation Of Sam McGee — Robert William Service	There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold; The Arctic trails have their secret tales That would make your...	1,483 views Rate it
The Corsair — George Gordon Lord Byron	'O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our soul's as free Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our...	1,483 views Rate it
Circe — Augusta Davies Webster	The sun drops luridly into the west; darkness has raised her arms to draw him down before the time, not waiting as of wont till he has come to her...	1,477 views Rate it
The Highwayman — Alfred Noyes	PART ONE ...	1,450 views Rate it
Carpe Diem — William Shakespeare	O mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and hear! your true-love's coming That can sing both high and low; Trip no further, pretty sweeting, ...	1,368 views Rate it
The Explorer — Rudyard Kipling	"There's no sense in going further -- it's the edge of cultivation," So they said, and I believed it -- broke my land and sowed my crop -- Built my...	1,354 views Rate it
Free Verse — Robert Graves	I now delight In spite Of the might And the right Of classic tradition, In writing And reciting Straight ahead, Without let or omission, Just any...	1,340 views Rate it