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A path well-traveled Brian S. Clifton	the ambiance of amber light provident of sunset skies and a rising harvest...	Rate it (3.60 / 5 votes)
A Harvest Scene Gilbert White	Soon clad, the reaper, provident of want Hies cheerful hearted to the ripen'd field; Nor hastes alone; attendant by his side ...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Monumental Column John Webster	He spread his bounty with a provident hand, And not like those that sow th' ingrateful sand: His rewards follow'd reason, ne'er...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
An Epitaph On Sr John Walter, Lord Cheife Baron William Strode	Soe wise and Provident that dayes orepast He ne're wish'd backe again; by whose forecast Time's Locke, Time's...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
An Inscription Ambrose Bierce	A conqueror as provident as brave, He robbed the cradle to supply...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ancestors Siegfried Sassoon	Calm, provident, discreet, they stroke their beards And move their faces slowly in the gloom, And...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Bee-Master Victoria Sackville-West	Defeating wantonly their provident plan, Making a havoc of their patient hoard; Still start afresh, not knowing to what end,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Fragment of a Greek Tragedy Alfred Edward Housman	More provident than kind, Provided with four hoofs, two horns, one tail, A gift...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Harvard Odes. Horatio Alger Jr	Our hearts to the mother whose provident care Encompassed her children...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
House Of Bondage Francis Thompson	Lag at most need upon the leth-ed seas, The provident captainship oft voided quite, And lam-ed lie deep-draughted argosies; I scorn myself, that put...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Of Experience. From Proverbial Philosophy Martin Farquhar Tupper	I noted that the wisest of youth, though provident and cautious of evil, Yet sailed along misteadily, as lacking some ballast of the mind: And...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Athenaid: Volume III: Book the Twenty-eighth Richard Glover	Accept these ample succours from the hand Of provident...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Cloud's Swan-Song Francis Thompson	Making in all my home, with pliant ways, But, provident of change, putting forth root in...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Secretary Matthew Prior	When good Vendergoes and his provident Vrow, As they gaze on my triumph, do freely allow That search all the province, you'll find no...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
To A. L. Persuasions to Love. Thomas Carew	Remain still firm : be provident, And think, before the summer's spent, Of following winter ; like the ant, In plenty hoard...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
To Either Ambrose Bierce	Which was becoming, all agreed: Grown provident, Ere life was spent He built a mighty...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
To where a snowflake dies Nighttiger	Of the never ending knowing Embracing their provident life And I watch as they cuddle close Waiting, within a bleach of ice To a scene of newer...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Two Statesmen Ambrose Bierce	So fierce his mien, with provident accord The waiters swarmed him, thinking him a...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Wilson John Greenleaf Whittier	And Nature, kindly provident, To him the future's promise lent; The powers that shape man's destinies, Patience and faith...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Women Louise Bogan	They are provident instead, Content in the tight hot cell of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Work And Contemplation Elizabeth Barrett Browning	With quick adjustment, provident control, The lines--too subtly twisted to unroll-- Out to a perfect...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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