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The Quaker Alumni John Greenleaf Whittier	How vainly he labored to sully with blame The white bust of Penn, in the niche of his...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
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 (4.41 / 17 votes)
The Release Robert William Service	We bruise our breasts, we struggle vainly; Up to the glory of the stars We strain with flutterings...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Resurrection Count Giacomo Leopardi	Above the silent vale, And vainly warbled in the grove The plaintive...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Ruin And Its Flowers Felicia Dorothea Hemans	blow, tho' vainly fair, Neglected and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Secret Friedrich Schiller	She sought to breathe one word, but vainly; Too many listeners were nigh; And yet my...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Secret of the Universe Edward Dowden	Dissect, divide, and vainly...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Shadow And The Light John Greenleaf Whittier	Hushed as the warm Numidian heaven He vainly questioned bends our frozen...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Slave Mother Frances Ellen Watkins Harper	Her boy clings to her side, And in her kirtle vainly tries His trembling form to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Snowdrop In The Snow Sydney Thompson Dobell	mine own- Upon thy vestal grave, O vainly...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Soldier Of Fortune Robert William Service	For long and long had I not vainly tried To reason out and body forth my God, And prayed for light, and doubted -- and denied:...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Soldier's Grave Letitia Elizabeth Landon	These are the words, that are vainly spoken To the childless mother, or orphan's ear, Or the widow, whose heart is...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Song Of Hiawatha VIII: Hiawatha's Fishing Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	Through the clear, transparent water, Waited vainly for an answer, Long sat waiting for an answer, And repeating loud and louder, 'Take my bait,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Song Of Hiawatha XX: The Famine Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	With his mittens and his snow-shoes Vainly walked he through the forest, Sought for bird or beast and found none, Saw no track of deer...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Sphinx Edith Nesbit	In their deep depths the question lies; And vainly would he seek to fly Or put the wordless challenge by, Unless within his soul be set ...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Spirits of Our Fathers Henry Lawson	Waited vainly for the Grand Australian...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Statue and the Bust Robert Browning	Crisped like a war-steed's encolure -- And vainly sought to dissemble her eyes Of the blackest black our eyes...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Story Of Rudra. Ramakrishna T	And often would she vainly plead in turn Her desolate position and her...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Story Of The Royal Huntress. Ramakrishna T	Perchance my faithful people at this hour Are vainly searching for their hapless prince, While I die here of hunger and of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Sunset Thoughts Of A Dying Child Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon	Have veiled its radiance bright— As you vainly search that gloomy spot, You’ll look for me and find me...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Swamp Angel Herman Melville	Vainly he calls upon Michael (The white man's seraph was he,) For Michael has fled from his tower To...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Swanks of Gosh Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	Sages, plainly, labour vainly When the Swanks touch...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Symphony Sidney Lanier	Vainly might Plato's brain revolve it: Plainly the heart of a child could solve...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Teaching Of The Nude George Meredith	Vainly he danced for speech, he giggled tears, Made as if torn in two, as if tight pressed, As if...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Ten Lepers Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon	Not unto Him prayed vainly those sore afflicted ten,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)