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Death to the Poet — BC Byron	Death to the poet who opened our eyes The silvery tongue that outed our lies Death to the poet who pulled the disguise And made all the sleepers arise ...	1,224 views Rate it
Colin Powell: May He Be Given Grace — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Gone now, and yet forever here to stay, a giant among us, a soldier on display. This folklore hero, patriot. A veteran of the wars. A statesman of the...	1,148 views Rate it
Jabberwocky — Lewis Carroll	'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths...	1,141 views Rate it
The Proof Of Worth — Edgar Albert Guest	Though victory's proof of the skill you possess, Defeat is the proof of your grit; A weakling can smile in his days of success, But at trouble's first...	1,138 views Rate it
The Flesh and the Spirit — Anne Bradstreet	In secret place where once I stood Close by the Banks of Lacrim flood, I heard two sisters reason on Things that are past and things to...	1,121 views Rate it
The Bull — Ralph Hodgson	See an old unhappy bull, Sick in soul and body both, Slouching in the undergrowth Of the forest beautiful, Banished from the herd he led, Bulls and...	1,118 views Rate it
After Blenheim — Robert Southey	It was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little...	1,111 views Rate it
Sir Galahad — Alfred Lord Tennyson	MY good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. ...	1,095 views Rate it
Success is Counted Sweetest — Emily Dickinson	Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest...	1,092 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...	1,091 views Rate it
A Christmas Carol — Gilbert Keith Chesterton	The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world, But here is all...	1,082 views Rate it
The Last of The Flock — William Wordsworth	I...	1,079 views Rate it
Little Boy Blue — Eugene Field	The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and stanch he stands; And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket molds in his...	1,065 views Rate it
Lost At Sea, Kindness Was Her Name, The Wind is A Friend of mine — Lia	Lost at Sea A pointless existence maybe A drowning man yells “save me” Save me from all the trouble of...	1,056 views Rate it
Refugee — Maxwell Sebastian Burchett	Refugee by Max Burchett I met a man, homeless he said. Home was wherever he stood. He had no house, no doors, no locks, As long as there were...	1,031 views Rate it
March — William Carlos Williams	I...	995 views Rate it
The Canonization — John Donne	For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love, Or chide my palsy, or my gout, My five grey hairs, or ruin'd fortune flout, With wealth your state, your...	980 views Rate it
The Duke of Plaza-Toro — William Schwenck Gilbert	In enterprise of martial kind, When there was any fighting, He led his regiment from behind (He found it less exciting). But when away his regiment ran,...	956 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...	955 views Rate it
The Lesson — Roger McGough	Chaos ruled OK in the classroom as bravely the teacher walked in the nooligans ignored him his voice was lost in the...	954 views Rate it
Aftermath — Siegfried Sassoon	Have you forgotten yet?... For the world's events have rumbled on since those gagged days, Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways: And...	949 views Rate it
A Winter Night — Robert Burns	When biting Boreas, fell and doure, Sharp shivers thro' the leafless bow'r; When Phoebus gies a short-liv'd glow'r, Far south the lift,...	944 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...	940 views Rate it
Put Out My Eyes — Rainer Maria Rilke	Put out my eyes, and I can see you still, Slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet; And without any feet can go to you; And tongueless, I can conjure you...	930 views Rate it
Death the Leveller — James Shirley	The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against Fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and...	925 views Rate it