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The Litanies Of Satan Charles Baudelaire	the forehead of Croesus, the vile and pitiless, O Satan, take pity on my long...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
A Liberty Bond Helen Leah Reed	While bonds hold one fast, whether pauper or...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Arms and the Man Siegfried Sassoon	Young Croesus went to pay his call On Colonel Sawbones,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Arms And The Man Siegfried Loraine Sassoon	Young Croesus went to pay his call On Colonel Sawbones,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
At the Funeral of a Minor Poet Thomas Bailey Aldrich	As he wrote no odes When Croesus wedded or Mæcenas died, And gave no breath to civic feasts and shows, He missed the glare...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Gone Down Andrew Barton Paterson	With his Coolangatta Croesus, who was posing for the day As a Friend of Labour, just brought up from town: When...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
How A Beauty Was Waked And Her Suitor Was Suited Guy Wetmore Carryl	Prince Charming wasn't any less Conceited than a Croesus or a modern millionaire: Though often in necessity, No one would ever guess...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Franklin P. Adams	" When Andrew Croesus built a home for children who were sick, The people said they rather thought he did it as a...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
So Shines a Good Deed in a Naughty World Franklin P. Adams	"...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Ginestra, Count Giacomo Leopardi	Nor calls, nor deems himself A Croesus, or a Hercules, Nor makes himself ridiculous Before the world with vain pretence Of vigor or...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Lid Charles Baudelaire	beggar, or Croesus the glittering one, city-dweller or rustic, traveller or sedentary, whether his tiny brain...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Lights at Carney’s Point Alice Dunbar-Nelson	Aureate filagree on a Croesus’ brow, You hasten the dawn on a gray ship’s...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Movie Producers (by mel brooks) Wayne Blair	Theyll be richer than Croesus And...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Muleteer La Fontaine	'Tis dearer far to me than Croesus'...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Today, in class, Lesbia Harford	The legend of King Croesus' boasted...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Vanity of Vanities Michael Wigglesworth	Then wealthy Croesus, wherefore are thou...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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