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Tread lightly, and do not leave a mark Richard Daish	Far beyond their clamourous cavil Alone, I face the fear and...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Abolition Of Slavery In The District Of Columbia, 1862 John Greenleaf Whittier	I cavil not with Him: the voice That freedom's blessed gospel tells Is sweet to me as silver...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Amours de Voyage, Canto I Arthur Hugh Clough	No one can cavil, I grant, at the size of the great...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Astræa at the Capitol John Greenleaf Whittier	I cavil not with Him: the voice That freedom's blessed gospel tells Is sweet to me as silver...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Chicanery Wallace Dean LaBenne	The objective used in cavil; it's faultfinding to annoy Irritatingly uncivil, disguised motives simply...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Dell And I Ella Wheeler Wilcox	After her belleship is run; She will cavil the matter in worldly way And wed Dame Fortune's...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Don Juan: Canto The Sixteenth George Gordon Lord Byron	'...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
God Neither Known Nor Loved By The World William Cowper	In spite of erring men, who cavil at my...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Harp of the North, Farewell! Sir Walter Scott	And little reck I of the censure sharp May idly cavil at an idle...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
King Canute William Makepeace Thackeray	Keeper, you are irreligious, for to talk and cavil...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Leave Me, My Blamer XIII Khalil Gibran	Cavil me not by mention of the Lions of the forest or the Snakes of the valley, for Me soul knows...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Loraine George Essex Evans	They have passed where none can cavil and strive; How could she and I keep the feud...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Love And Passion Wallace Dean LaBenne	There is a love of cavil and trickery and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Presumption Ella Wheeler Wilcox	Your task, O man, is not to carp and cavil At God's achievements, but with purpose strong To cling to good, and turn away from evil - ...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ritner John Greenleaf Whittier	Turning back from the cavil of creeds, to unite Once again for the poor in defence of the Right; Breasting calmly, but...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Souvenirs Of Democracy Walt Whitman	Parceling out with care--And then, to prevent all cavil, His name to his testament formally...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Symptom Recital Dorothy Parker	I cavil, quarrel, grumble,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Magi to the Star Mary Hannay Foott	When hate shall cavil at His worth; When underlings like Haman rule Hold Thou the golden sceptre...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Parish Register - Part I: Baptisms George Crabbe	And, where they once agreed, to cavil...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Truant Dove, From Pilpay Charlotte Smith	How should he tell her, he had learn'd to cavil At happiness itself, and longed to travel...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Uncultured Rhymer To His Cultured Critics Henry Lawson	To drivel and croak and cavil: Till your voice goes further than college walls, Keep out of the tracks we...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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