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Feelings Of A Noble Biscayan At One Of Those Funerals William Wordsworth	And guilt and shame, from which is no defence, Descend on all that issues from our...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The cost of War Prashant Bhatt	We may justify war, citing defence and security; We may condemn it, invoking...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The walking contradictions SMRUTHY V SASIDHARAN	mother, but have built a series of forts of defence...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Waste Land T. S. Eliot	Exploring hands encounter no defence; His vanity requires no response, And makes a welcome of...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Defence of Lucknow Alfred Lord Tennyson	Fiercely on all the defences our myriad enemy...	Rate it (3.50 / 2 votes)
The Many Woes of Alms Men Deybor	I nstead,you ended up with a defence mechanism wrapped up Well, "Life gets better when we create a room in our hearts - to think...	Rate it (3.00 / 1 vote)
The silence of love Royston	in His defence nothing was...	Rate it (2.00 / 1 vote)
OUR ERROR NKEGBE CHUKWUEMEKA JOSHUA	You're our drawn out gleaming sword of defence whirled around to face us shredding our shivering bodies You're a chameleon feces Saints...	Rate it (1.00 / 1 vote)
'Look at The Clock!' : Patty Morgan The Milkmaid's Story Richard Harris Barham	Pryce to commence His 'ingenious defence,' Made a 'powerful appeal' to the jury's 'good sense,' 'The world he must defy Ever to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
'The Wonga Pigeon' Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	And trick the spoiler, with the vain defence Of earth's harried...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
*The Student * Amrito Lal Sarker	"Never be debarred from the defence of Hardest Discipline" While walking on Hellish Sand...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
17APR2022 1PoertUSA	Resolve to provide for common defence Electors & Electorate in Mutual Pact Promote the Nation's Economic Welfare Secure...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
3 Minute Warning lynn weescabbydugs	Ministry of defence knew all about armeggedon someones finger on the button all the time kept us in the dark for oh...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Remedy For Love Sir Philip Sidney	Are spells and charms of strong defence, To conjure down...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Satyre Against Mankind John Wilmot	Men must be Knaves, 'tis in their own...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Song Of The Sandbags Robert William Service	poor blokes like us to fight: That's self-defence, for 'earth and 'ome, and them that bears our name; And that's wot I'm a-doin' by the sandbags...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A song written by the earl of surrey Henry Howard	your refuse against my power shall boot them no...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Story Of The Rebellion Frances Ellen Watkins Harper	But he our comrade good and grand, In our defence had bravely...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Story Of The Rebellion. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper	But he our comrade good and grand, In our defence had bravely...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Sweet Contention Between Love, His Mistress, And Beauty Nicholas Breton	That enter'd heart without...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Abraham Lincoln. Pamelia Sarah Vining	In stern defence of Freedom and of Right, Than all he could have said by word or pen, In a whole life of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Absalom and Achitophel John Dryden	Stock, Stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his Servants are as bold As if he had been born...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Advance Australia Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	we keep up the craze An' borrow for...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Again the Clash is East Leon Gellert	Before the brave defence of Hector’s horde, The blows that burst on Agamemmnon’s shield, Or echoed from Achilles’...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
An American Rudyard Kipling	Your bar or weighed defence...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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