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The Laurustinus James Montgomery	Through life's mutations may she be A modest evergreen like thee; Though bless'd in youth, in age more bless'd, Still be her latest days...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Legend Of Dhruva. Toru Dutt	And oh, be humble, for on modest worth Descends prosperity, even as water flows Down to low...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Levelled Churchyard Thomas Hardy	"There's not a modest maiden elf But dreads the final Trumpet, Lest half of her should rise herself, And...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Lily William Blake	The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Lily Confidante Henry Timrod	Love that feigns, and lips that flatter, Win no modest...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Little Vagabond William Blake	And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Logical Vegetarian Gilbert Keith Chesterton	The modest vegetarians ought to stick to wine or beer, plain vegetable drinks, instead of filling...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Lovers Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis	A trusty maiden's modest face, All innocence and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Magpie's Nest, Or A Lesson Of Docility Charles Lamb	'...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Maids Of Attitash John Greenleaf Whittier	'...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Meeting Friedrich Schiller	The real and modest worth is known to me-- 'Gainst cruel fate I'll guard its cause so...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Memorial Pillar Felicia Dorothea Hemans	Nor with attention's lifted eye, revered That modest stone, by pious Pembroke rear'd, Which still records, beyond the pencil's power, The...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Modest Couple William Schwenck Gilbert	For modesty's a quality that womankind...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Morning Of The Day Appointed For A General Thanksgiving. January 18, 1816 William Wordsworth	As aptly suits therewith that modest pace Submitted to the chains That bind thee to the path which God ordains That thou shalt...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Mosque Of My Creator Nikhil Parekh	my modest attempt to portray its Omniscient essence all throughout the colossal...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Mystery Of Mister Smith Robert William Service	My pension serves her modest needs, She keeps the old apartment on; And living just a block away I meet her nearly every...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The New Moon William Cullen Bryant	Amid that flush of crimson light, The new moon's modest bow grow bright, As earth and sky grow...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Ordinary Man Robert William Service	You'd never look me in the face, My modest mug to scan, Because I'm just a commonplace And Ordinary...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Pangolin Marianne Moore	Uningnorant, modest and unemotional, and all emotion, he has everlasting vigor, power to grow, though there are...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Pig and the Rooster Clement Clarke Moore	With those sweet modest eyes staring out of your head, And those lumps of raw flesh, all so bloody and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Poet and the Dun William Shenstone	I could say much more, but you're modest, I spare...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Poor Of The Borough. Letter XXI: Abel Keene George Crabbe	Now the gay clerk a modest drab despised, And clad him smartly, as his friends advised; So fine a coat upon his back...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Post That Fitted Rudyard Kipling	" Sleary's pay was very modest; Sleary was the other...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Princess (part 3) Alfred Lord Tennyson	"O marvellously modest maiden,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Purification Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon	A female form, with timid step and downcast modest eye;— A girl she seems by the fresh bloom that decks her lovely face— With locks of gold...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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