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The Trance of Time John Henry Newman	Far different now;—the whirling year Vainly my dizzy eyes pursue; And its fair tints appear All blent in one dusk...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Traveller at the Source of the Nile Felicia Dorothea Hemans	All vainly struggling to repress That gush of painful...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Tree Anne Kingsmill Finch	Till the fierce winds, that vainly strive To shock thy greatness whilst alive, Shall on thy lifeless hour attend, Prevent the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Triumph Of Woman Robert Southey	"Opprest by Artaxerxes' jealous reign "We vainly pleaded here, and wept in...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Troubadour And Richard Coeur De Lion Felicia Dorothea Hemans	At the chieftain's board a welcome guest; Vainly rich evening's parting smile Would chase the gloom of the haughty pile, That 'midst...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Troubadour. Canto 4 D (The Contest) Letitia Elizabeth Landon	caught At the least hope, and vainly sought By change, by pleasure, to dispel Her sorrow from its secret...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Two Children Emily Jane Brontë	Wither, Brothers, wither, You were vainly given - Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Unconscious Book ,-Dedicated To Swami Vivekananda . Subrata Ray	All our reasoning vainly fail , and who we are , we can't know...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Undying One' - Canto I Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton	Still vainly calls...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Undying One- Canto III Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton	In the dim dark night-- The faces for which we vainly yearn-- The voices whose tones will not return-- That low sad wailing breeze doth bring ...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Unknown Eros. Book I. Coventry Patmore	Uttering first-love's first cry, Vainly renouncing, with a Seraph's sigh, Love's natural...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Unloved to His Beloved William Alexander Percy	More vainly turn and stretch to you my...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Village: Book I George Crabbe	And a sad splendour vainly shines...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Wait Rainer Maria Rilke	and, leaning out the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Waning Moon William Cullen Bryant	Oh, hopes and wishes vainly dear, How in your very strength ye...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Wargeilah Handicap Andrew Barton Paterson	The local sportsmen vainly sought His tranquil calm to counteract By urging that he should be brought Within the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Wasp's Lament : The Pitcher Plant's Pensive Pause Mawphniang Napoleon	Its wings beat wildly, vainly seeking a chance, To break free from the sticky embrace of its...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Watch At Midnight Christopher John Brennan	twilit dreams fail off and rule is spent vainly on vagrant bands the gulfs invite to break away to the dark: they, backward sent, tho'...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Water Lady Thomas Hood	I know that I must vainly pine, For I am made of mortal clay, But she's...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Fifth William Wordsworth	His solitary course maintain; Not vainly struggled in the might Of duty, seeing with clear sight; He was their comfort to the last, ...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The White Doe Of Rylstone, Or, The Fate Of The Nortons - Canto Sixth William Wordsworth	That even bad men had vainly striven Against that overcoming light) Was then reviewed, and prompt word given, That to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The White Squall William Makepeace Thackeray	I envied their disporting— Vainly I was courting The pleasure of a...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Widow Of Crescentius : Part I. Felicia Dorothea Hemans	That 'midst the world's degenerate race They vainly sought a...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Willow-Tree (Another Version) William Makepeace Thackeray	Long by the willow-trees Vainly they sought her, Wild rang the mother's...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Wind of Sorrow Henry Van Dyke	Vainly, for love's delight, we sought to throw New pleasures on the pyre to make it blaze: In life's...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)