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The Shadow People Francis Ledwidge	Coming from the village street Just beyond the parson's wall, Where the clover globes are sweet And the mushroom's parasol Opens in the moonlit...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Shepherd's Week (excerpt) John Gay	Pudding our parson eats, the squire loves hare, But white-pot thick is my Buxoma's...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Shepherd's Week : Monday; or the Squabble John Gay	Pudding our parson eats, the squire loves hare, But white-pot thick is my Buxoma's...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Shepherd's Week : Tuesday; or, the Ditty John Gay	Marian lov'd the swain, The parson's maid, and neatest of the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Spellin'-Bee Paul Laurence Dunbar	Then Parson Brown an' Lawyer Jones were present — all attention, An' piles on piles of other folks...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Surgeon's Warning Robert Southey	The Surgeon affrighted said, The Parson and the Undertaker, Let them hasten or I shall be...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Swan Song of Parson Avery John Greenleaf Whittier	Parson Avery sailed from Newbury, with his wife and children eight, Dropping down the river-harbor in...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Three-Decker Rudyard Kipling	And a Church of England parson for the Islands of the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Tracks That Lie By India Henry Lawson	I’m wearied of the formal lands of parson and of priest, Of dollars and of fashions, and I’m drifting towards the East; I’m tired of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Truckers La Fontaine	It cannot be, for well I recollect, That Parson Gregory (whom none suspect) Would always say, or much my mem'ry fails, My flock 's my wife:...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Vicar Winthrop Mackworth Praed	And guided to the parson’s...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Village Blacksmith Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter's voice, Singing in the choir, And it makes his...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Way To Rule A Village William Hutton	Let the 'Squire and the Parson get drunk once a week; When into their breast they've transported the barrel, Let the Priest...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Wife Of Bath Her Tale John Dryden	The midnight parson, posting o’er the green, With gown tucked up, to wakes; for Sunday next, With humming...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Wolfe New Ballad Of Jane Roney And Mary Brown William Makepeace Thackeray	And the parson was ready, and a waitin for his...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
There Is No God, the Wicked Sayeth Arthur Hugh Clough	The shadow of the steeple; The parson and the parson's wife, And mostly married...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Tinker Dick Ambrose Bierce	Good Parson Dickson preached, I'm told, A sermon-ah,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
To Ladies Of A Certain Age John Trumbull	A pillory can outpreach a...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
To My Old Schoolmaster John Greenleaf Whittier	Jests that shook grave periwigs, When the parson had his jokes And his glass, like other folks; Sermons that, for mortal hours, Taxed our...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Two Methods Ambrose Bierce	The Parson, loth alike to free or kill, Forsakes the souls already on the grill, And, God's prerogative...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Under The Locusts John Crowe Ransom	Parson's coming up the hill, Meaning mighty well; Thinks he's preached the doubters...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Unholy Trinity Robert William Service	Aye, Parson says it's wrong, Yet for my pleasing I'll...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Upon Parson Beanes Robert Herrick	Old Parson Beanes hunts six days of the week, And on...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Village Blacksmith, The Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	sits among his...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Village Don Juan Robert William Service	Proof of my powers, far and wide: Even the parson' handsome scamp, And the Doctor's daughter have my...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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