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Adventures With Bears. James McIntyre	He bravely caught the thievish rogue, And this move made him soon fork o'er To me at once the largest porker, For moment...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
An Extempore John Keats	And then the thievish Monkies down would creep And filch the unpleasant trammels quite...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
April Remy Belleau	Hours, the swarm Of the thievish bees, that flies Evermore from bloom to bloom For perfume, Hid away in tiny...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Bitterness Biterness	I own that I have been sly, thievish, mean, a prevaricator, greedy, derelict, And I own that I remain so...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Folding the Flocks Beaumont and Fletcher	Bear a lamb or kid away; Or the crafty, thievish fox, Break upon your simple flocks; To secure yourself from these Be not too secure in ease;...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
I Shall Never Love the Snow Again Robert Seymour Bridges	night The hidden moon shed thievish light In the misty...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig! Walt Whitman	I own that I have been sly, thievish, mean, a prevaricator, greedy, derelict, And I own that I remain so...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Olney Hymn 17: The House of Prayer William Cowper	Devoted as it is to Thee, A thievish swarm frequents the place, They steal away my hopes from me, And rob my Saviour of His...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Orlando Furioso Canto 4 Ludovico Ariosto	Watches his thievish hands in fear and doubt; And follows every motion with her...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Poor Mailie's Elegy Robert Burns	I'll say't, she never brak a fence, Thro' thievish...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Sonnet 48: How careful was I, when I took my way William Shakespeare	For truth proves thievish for a prize so...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Child Of The Islands - Autumn Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton	Down-crouching with most thievish treachery; Climbing again, with limbs o'erspent and tired, Watching for that their failing...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The House of Prayer William Cowper	Devoted as it is to Thee, A thievish swarm frequents the place, They steal away my hopes from me, And rob my Saviour of His...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Maid Of The Mill's Repentance Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	Of murder and thievish...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Rape of Lucrece William Shakespeare	Of that rich jewel he should keep unknown From thievish ears, because it is his...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Shepherd's Week : Tuesday; or, the Ditty John Gay	I fright the thievish rooks from off the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Upon The Thief John Bunyan	Yet nought but loss doth come by thievish...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Verses Sent To A Lady On Her Birthday. Patrick Bronte	Behold how thievish Time has...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Yardley Oak William Cowper	Which babes might play with; and the thievish jay Seeking her food, with ease might have purloined The auburn nut that held thee,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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