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Apostasy Charlotte Brontë	Both rite and prayer are vainly spent, As dews upon the...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
I hate being scared like that Kadot36	Our grounds drift apart And I vainly try to hold on— 'Cause, you see, when I touch When I hold, I can't easily let...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
The Raven Edgar Allan Poe	Eagerly I wished the morrow;- vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore- ...	Rate it (4.57 / 14 votes)
David's Fall John Newton	When sin deceives it hardens too, For though he vainly fought To hide his crimes from public view, Of God he little...	Rate it (3.00 / 1 vote)
Baby's Birthday Edith Nesbit	Love stands with eager eyes, that vainly Seek to discern what gift may fit The slow unfolding years of it; And still Time's lips...	Rate it (2.00 / 1 vote)
You Alone Are The Beginning Narsinh Mehta	' the Scriptures vainly...	Rate it (1.00 / 1 vote)
A Basket of Flowers Adam Lindsay Gordon	And still I look back,— Look back—Ah, how vainly...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Birthday Aleister Crowley	How vainly sulphur tries to tarnish...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Conference, Between Sir Harry Pierce's Chariot, And Mrs. D. Stopford's Chair Jonathan Swift	Canst thou vainly e'er hope, I'll answer thy...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Confidant Without Knowing It; Or The Stratagem Jean de La Fontaine	Before the fort he'll vainly waste his time, While Cupid, unattended, in shall climb, Obtain possession perfectly at ease,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Confidant Without Knowing It; Or The Stratagem La Fontaine	Before the fort he'll vainly waste his time, While Cupid, unattended, in shall climb, Obtain possession perfectly at ease,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Dead Baby Dinah Maria Mulock Craik	With whom naught is lost, and naught spent vainly: Unto Him this little one I...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Description Of One Of The Pieces Of Tapistry At Long-Leat Anne Kingsmill Finch	And whilst She vainly to Describe thee seeks, The Pen but traces, where the Pencil...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Flight of Wild Ducks Charles Harpur	The senses vainly struggle to retain The impression of an Image (as the same) So swift and manifold: For now again...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Hymn In Honour Of Beauty Edmund Spenser	How vainly then do idle wits invent, That beauty is nought else but mixture made Of colours fair, and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Hymn to Contentment Thomas Parnell	And seeks (as I have vainly done) Amusing thought; but learns to know That solitude's the nurse of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Hymn to Contentment Thomas Parnell	And seeks (as I have vainly done) Amusing thought; but learns to know That solitude's the nurse of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Lament John Greenleaf Whittier	While vainly alike on her eye and her ear Fell the scorn of the heartless, the jesting and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Legend Of The Hartz. George W Sands	But vainly they watch who await his return; A red hue of blood tinged the deep waters o'er, But the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Letter From Italy Alfred Austin	I vainly seek Outstretched hand and kindling cheek, Such as, in the bygone days, Sweetened, sanctified,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Letter Sent To Mrs. Barber Mary Barber	Sapphira is the Theme; O strive, tho' vainly, to enhance her Fame: Her Guardian Care did all my Griefs assuage, Those sure Attendants of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Letter To Monsieur Boileau Despreaux, Occasioned By The Victory At Blenheim Matthew Prior	Must of a man immortal vainly boast, And bring him laurels whatsoe'er they cost, What turn wilt thou employ, what colours...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Lonely Road Vadim Dukhovny	E'er to plod and vainly moan, And destined through the desolate fog To be the one that goes...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Lost Chord Adelaide Anne Procter	I have sought, but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord divine, Which came from the soul of the Organ, And entered into...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Lover's Litanies - Eighth Litany. Domina Exaudi. Eric Mackay	I seem'd to feel thy breath upon my cheek; I vainly searched for words I long'd to speak, But could not utter lest the sound thereof Should scare...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)