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Nature of War Susan Mayer Brumel	I prayed her suffering would end, that swift mercy be invoked… But her whimpers, like damp breezes weave through autumn’s dying...	Rate it (5.00 / 3 votes)
The others Alissa Hawley	again to build a wall, but the others words are...	Rate it (5.00 / 3 votes)
Eventide Shelby Minick	Stirs up my soul in thought; How swiftly Time escapes our reach And soon, alas, is...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
Sweet Lydia Karl Constantine FOLKES	Changing their speed from swift to slow To make connection with a...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
The Eagle The Eagle	It rides the currents, swift and true, A sentinel of skies, born...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
The Morning Fog Zachary Huneycutt	. That one morning I thought with awe and fear “Swift as fog fades, we’ll...	Rate it (5.00 / 2 votes)
2 Flies Charles Bukowski	impulse to challenge: he circles swifter, nearer, even making a fly-sound, and one above catching a sense of the new whirling, he too,...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
A Culture Vanished Shelby Minick	swiftly met their end ‘Ere warmer climes they found: In hunger’s pangs they named the dead Laid...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
A Kiss (selection from Bernard Freeman Trotter, WW One poet) Wayne Blair	Which issued in that swift caress— Somehow, to her, at any rate A mere hand-clasp seemed inadequate; And so...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Abide With Me Henry Francis Lyte	Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away: ...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Autumn Song Dante Alighieri	And how the swift beat of the brain Falters because it is in vain, In Autumn at the fall of the leaf Knowest...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Away! Shelby Minick	The ground they formerly had trod; How swift they now will...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Back to King's Branch Kathy A. Wittman	Grabbing his flask, your movements were swift as you poured its amber liquids into the depths of the swirling, crystal stream, quenching...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Common Carnage Jeffrey Powell	and obliterating sensation; swift removal of lands and tribes brings...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Cotter's Saturday Night, The Robert Burns	The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet; Each tells the uncos that he sees or...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Cycles David A Whitfield	For evil knew best it thought With one swift blow its “justice”...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Dear Mr. Google… Ashley Smith Williams	How much to get into a Taylor Swift...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Defeat Kahlil Gibran	Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot And not to be trapped by withering...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind Stephen Crane	Swift blazing flag of the regiment, Eagle with crest of red and gold, These men were born...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Droplets Roberto Suárez Torres	Swift like a falcon gleaning droplets of water ...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Eyes that don’t see Lyric Estuary	This is what I was dealt Swift justice, bad charma Is all I felt For lack of something I never possessed Judged and...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Forest's Hymn Abby J	A swift wave they leave to yearn, To go on to their blood and...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Goblin Market Christina Rossetti	She dwindled, as the fair full moon doth turn To swift decay and burn Her fire...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Goliath Of Gath Phillis Wheatley	What David's fire enjoin'd the son obey'd, And swift of foot towards the trench he came, Where glow'd each bosom with the martial...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Grief Three Ways Rachel Jenkins	It flickered and faltered, unlike the swift fox who carried on with his night as though we hadn't...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)

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