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Our House Christopher Morley	Cut in the days of Robin Hood, And banisters worn smooth as glass Down which your hand will lightly pass; A piano with pale yellow keys ...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Paterson City Hall David Schultz	see varnished wood, medallions, bronze banisters, gilded marquetry and the window-ledge tomes containing written-up lives against the...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
A Christmas Poem J. Michael Welborn	And peering through the banisters I feel the excitement grow But alongside, I feel...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Lay of St. Gengulphus Richard Harris Barham	' A maid, o'er the banisters chancing to peep, Whispers, 'Ma'am, here's Gengulphus a-coming...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Christmas poem Brittany Wilson	Garland & ornaments on Christmas trees & banisters galore Fireplaces with roasted logs & tacks hanging socks full of candy &...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Compilation #1 Brittany Wilson	Garland & ornaments on Christmas trees & banisters galore Fireplaces with roasted logs & tacks hanging socks full of candy &...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
I Wrung My Hands Anna Akhmatova	I ran downstairs, not touching the banisters, and followed him as far as the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
L'Irrémédiable (The Irremediable) Charles Baudelaire	A damned soul descending endless stairs Without banisters, without light, On the edge of a gulf of which The odor reveals the humid...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Our Secret Selves Conrad Potter Aiken	Lay weary hands on the banisters, and climb; Climbing, each, to his little four-square dream Of love or lust or beauty or death...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Over the Banisters Ella Wheeler Wilcox	Over the banisters bends a face, Daringly sweet and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Postman Cheval Andre Breton	of the backs of swans with a spreading wing for banisters It turns inside out as though it were going to bite itself But no, it is content at the sound...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The House Of Dust: Part 01: 05: The snow floats down upon us, mingled with rain Conrad Potter Aiken	Lay weary hands on the banisters, and climb; Climbing, each, to his little four-square dream Of love or lust or beauty or...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The King's Breakfast Alan Alexander Milne	Tenderly, "Nobody," he said, As he slid down the banisters, "Nobody, My darling, Could call me A fussy man - BUT I do like a little bit of butter to my...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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