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The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner — Samuel Taylor Coleridge	IN SEVEN...	1,097 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. ...	1,097 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...	1,093 views Rate it
America — Claude McKay	Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth, Stealing my breath of life, I will confess I love this cultured...	1,090 views Rate it
Orpheus — William Shakespeare	? or John...	1,088 views Rate it
On Death — John Keats	1. Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by? The transient pleasures as a vision seem, And yet we think the...	1,082 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
Until Then — Maxwell Sebastian Burchett	Until Then by Max Burchett Listen free to new pop song on SoundCloud based on lyrics of this “Until Then” poem ...	1,081 views Rate it
The Last of The Flock — William Wordsworth	I...	1,079 views Rate it
Garlands of Gold — Robin Loving	I dashed through a snowstorm, in search of a tree I had thirteen dollars, but found one for free. It was thrown in a pile, still nailed to a stand, ...	1,075 views Rate it
The Significance of Difference — Ludy Bührs	Life isn’t choosing from mere good and bad. If that would be the case, we'd win the plight. Instead we can’t but try and just feel glad when things...	1,072 views Rate it
The Clod and the Pebble — William Blake	'Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a heaven in hell's...	1,072 views Rate it
Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave? — Thomas Hardy	"Ah, are you digging on my grave, My loved one? -- planting rue?" -- "No: yesterday he went to wed One of the brightest wealth has bred. 'It...	1,070 views Rate it
Resiliency — Jonathan Piper	Resiliency- The thoughts are intrusive, this smiles a facade. How can happiness be so elusive? I'm truly a fraud. Heavy is how I would describe...	1,057 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
Inner peace — Joshua Fraser	The wind whistle past my ears, Closing my eyes I lose all my fears. The waves crash into the rocks. Out here there is no time on my clock. The serenity I...	1,056 views Rate it
Happy the man — John Dryden	Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair...	1,054 views Rate it
The Nightingale's Nest — John Clare	Up this green woodland-ride let’s softly rove, And list the nightingale - she dwells just here. Hush ! let the wood-gate softly clap, for fear The noise...	1,054 views Rate it
Unrequited Love — Nobody Nose	Unrequited Love Where are you? I look for you Nowhere to be found Nobody Knows Where my sweetest Of my heart The dream woman Who came my way By some...	1,049 views Rate it
The Man on Chapman Road — Maxwell Sebastian Burchett	The Man on Chapman Road by Max Burchett As I was driving the usual way, Out Chapman Road to start the day, I saw him standing there. I stopped and...	1,048 views Rate it
I Believe I Am All Wrong for This Place — Lisbeth Lavigne	I Believe I Am All Wrong for This...	1,041 views Rate it
One Being Brought From Africa To America — Phillis Wheatley	'TWAS mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too: Once I redemption...	1,040 views Rate it
O Living Always--Always Dying — Walt Whitman	O LIVING always--always dying! O the burials of me, past and present! O me, while I stride ahead, material, visible, imperious as ever! O me,...	1,037 views Rate it
The friend I never knew. — A J C	The friend I never knew. As I walk through the cemetery for my daily exercise, everything is quiet and silent, but the summer breeze blows on my...	1,036 views Rate it
THAT'S LIFE — mad hippie poet	Dream inside of a dream looking searching for something, someone, anything, anyone to bring back to reality, or is this half nightmare half dream my world...	1,032 views Rate it