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Mother, I'm Not a Woman Anymore Mahrukh Khawaja	Must I grow a beard and strip my genteel to nakedness and paint a portrait of my flesh be overjoyed and scream Mother, I’m not...	Rate it (4.52 / 6 votes)
A Different Route Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	If you claim the least adherence To the genteel game of politics as played By right-thinking politicians, Who 'consider their positions' Once...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Genteel Family. Kate Greenaway	And some are very good; But the Genteel Family Did always what it...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Panegyric Of The Dean In The Person Of A Lady In The North Jonathan Swift	But then a parson so genteel, So nicely clad from head to heel; So fine a gown, a band so clean, As well become...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
All In a Family Way Thomas Moore	And famine itself is genteel, When one starves in a family...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
All The People Lydia Lim	All the upper-class give a genteel smile as They claim that society life isn’t all It’s made out to be, overrated,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
An Apt Pupil Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	A crook I was, an' a cad, Till the genteel cops taught me a Code An', lissen, I was...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
An Eastern Tale David John Scott	Instead of from good sense and genteel...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Charades Charles Stuart Calverley	Cooking for a genteel family, John, it's a goluptious...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Coat of Compassion Prateet Sarkar	Genteel, refined; The coat of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Daisy And Lily Wallace Dean LaBenne	Lily is...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Emily's Children at Heart Mistyrose Ok	Beneath this fuzzy accent of genteel taste An icy sharp tongue lies in...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
For the Brown Girls Jairica Johnson	Wear it like armour, against the Genteel Shades of nature Colors of the land Embrace your vibrant hues Your love will...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Handsome Nell Robert Burns	Both decent and genteel; And then there's something in her gait Gars ony dress look...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
House Or Window Flies John Clare	In many clean cottages and genteel houses, they are allowed every liberty to creep, fly, or do as they like; and seldom or ever...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
I will write your name in my heart forever Taleshia G MCcray	accompanied by your quiescent, genteel,body next to mine your beautiful...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Lines Addressed to Miss Theodora Jane Cowper, On Himself William Cowper	No dancing beau was so genteel Or half so ...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Mates of the Soul (NoTmi) - part 1 Kirk W. Spencer	Soon after the genteel greetings, she finds an unusual comfort in this stranger And tells him of her broken heart...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Mr and Mrs Spikky Sparrow Edward Lear	'Quite galloobious and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Mr. and Mrs.Spikky Sparrow Edward Lear	'Quite galloobious and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ode to the Great Unknown Thomas Hood	To keep and clothe thee in genteel...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Of Himself William Cowper	No dancing bear was so genteel, Or half so...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Old Town Types No. 21 - Mr Woolin-Wister Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	His hair combed on his forehead in a very genteel 'slick,' He made just the perfect masher with his silver-headed stick, And thro' the street,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage William Cowper	I perch'd at will on every spray, My form genteel, my plumage gay, My strains for ever...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Said Hanrahan John O'Brien	While round the church in clothes genteel Discoursed the men of mark, And each man squatted on his heel, And chewed his piece of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)