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An Apology for my fearfull temper Anne Kingsmill Finch	But who'd be safe had best be walking This hasty councel and conclusion Seem'd harsh to those who had no shoes on And saw...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
At Shelley’s House At Lerici Alfred Austin	Fancy's light sails had...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - Canto The Second. George Gordon Byron	By British hands, which it had best behoved To guard those relics ne'er to be...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Death-Doomed. Will Carleton	But I must lie in a felon's grave, and she had best...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Death-Doomed. William McKendree Carleton	But I must lie in a felon's grave, and she had best...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Historical Associations Robert Louis Stevenson	Here we had best on tip-toe tread, While I for safety march ahead, For this is that enchanted ground Where...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
La Nuit Blanche Rudyard Kipling	Though I said: "To give my head room You had best unroof the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Late Summer Edwin Arlington Robinson	Told him was all he had best be sure...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Oh, see how thick the goldcup flowers Alfred Edward Housman	'Tis now the blood runs gold, And man and maid had best be glad Before the world is...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
One And Two Will Carleton	So I think you had better be kind, And I had best be true, And let the old love go on, Just as it used to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
One And Two. Will Carleton	So I think you had better be kind, And I had best be true, And let the old love go on, Just as it used to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Battle of Hastings Marriott Edgar	The Saxons had best line of forwards, Well armed both with buckler and sword - But the Normans had best...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Bill of the Ages Henry Lawson	chance to know of a noble deed he has done, you had best keep still; If you chance to know of a kindly act, you mustn’t let on to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Curtain Gamaliel Bradford	Truly, we had best be wary And not lift the curtain...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Lost Leichardt Andrew Barton Paterson	Those British pioneers Had best at home abide, For things have changed in fifty years Since Ludwig Leichhardt...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Unwelcome Guest Richard Pryce-williams	I'm your poison and strife now And you had best not ignore...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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