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A Baffled Boy Albeej A	us pray for peace, as contending against war; a peace that rarely came or lasted prayers that were rarely...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Child's Amaze Walt Whitman	statements, As contending against some being or...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Vision of a Wrangler, of a University, of Pedantry, and of Philosophy James Clerk Maxwell	Set apart as arbitrators ’Twixt contending calculators, Scrutinised the trembling...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
April Charlotte Smith	I drag on life, contending with my woe, Though conscious misery still repeats, that never My soul one pleasurable hour...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Canzonet Mary Darby Robinson	REASON sickens by contending, Fanning only feeds the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - Canto The Fourth. George Gordon Byron	As Day and Night contending were, until Nature reclaimed her order: - gently flows The deep-dyed Brenta, where their...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III [excerpt] George Gordon Byron	Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Childish Recollections George Gordon Lord Byron	Who, still contending in the studious race, In quick rotation fill the senior...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Come Soon Fair, Mild, And Early Spring Alan S Jeeves	Early risers of the year Contending to be blooming first A fleetly winter's end is...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Echo to Him Who Complains Mary Darby Robinson	More radiant than an angel seems, Contending with the ruthless...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Hymn To The Penates Robert Southey	The uproar of contending nations sounds, But like the passing wind--and wakes no pulse To...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Inflexible As Fate Alfred Austin	Only of men contending now who should Purchase the spot on which the Victor...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Introductory 03 Sa di	Four contending rebellious dispositions Harmonize but five days with each...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
King Trisanku Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	With these equal powers...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Life and death William Baylebridge	This world is driven by two contending powers-- Love, that coerceth Heaven to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Lines Written in 1799. Amelia Opie	But in my breast contending feelings rise, While this loved semblance fascinates my...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Lines Written on the Sea-Coast Mary Darby Robinson	The lab'ring wreck, contending with the wave, Mounts to the blast, or plunges in the main, The trembling wretch suspended...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Mercury And Cupid Matthew Prior	Cupid, your Darts-this very Hour- There's no contending against...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Mists In Autumn James Thomson	And high between contending kingdoms rears The rocky long division, fills the view With great variety; but in a night...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Morris Island William Gilmore Simms	Through the protracted struggle and close fight, Contending for the lands they may not save, Against the felon, and innumerous foe; Still struggling,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Mute Discourse James Brunton Stephens	Had lost its judgment 'mid contending...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
On Leaving Newstead Abbey George Gordon Lord Byron	On Marston, with Rupert, 'gainst traitors contending, Four brothers enrich'd with their blood the bleak field; For the rights of a monarch...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
On Leaving Some Friends At An Early Hour John Keats	For what a height my spirit is...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
On the Prospect of Peace Thomas Tickell	To the Lord Privy...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Our Crown Of Praise Katharine Lee Bates	Above the turmoil of contending powers, A beacon firm, while seas of fury brim The world's long-labored fields and vineyards...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)