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The Sparrow's Nest
© Howitt Mary
Nay, only look what I have found!A Sparrow's nest upon the ground;A Sparrow's nest as you may see,Blown out of yonder old elm tree.
A Shropshire Lad LXII: "Terence, this is stupid stuff
© Alfred Edward Housman
"Terence, this is stupid stuff:You eat your victuals fast enough;There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear,To see the rate you drink your beer
Absence, Hear thou my Protestation
© John Moses Hoskyns
Absence, hear thou my protestation Against thy strength, Distance and length:Do what thou canst for alteration; For hearts of truest mettle Absence doth join, and time doth settle.
The Wreck of the Deutschland (Dec. 6, 7, 1875)
© Gerard Manley Hopkins
[[A-text]]to the happy memory of five Francisan nuns,exiles by the Falck Laws, drowned betweenmidnight & morning of December 7 [[1875]].
Imperial Adam
© Alec Derwent Hope
Imperial Adam, naked in the dew,Felt his brown flanks and found the rib was gone.Puzzled he turned and saw where, two and two,The mighty spoor of Jahweh marked the lawn.
Before Action
© Hodgson William Noel
By all the glories of the day,And the cool evening's benison:By the last sunset touch that layUpon the hills when day was done:By beauty lavishly outpoured,And blessings carelessly received,By all the days that I have lived,Make me a soldier, Lord
The Mother
© Hinkson Katharine Tynan
I am the pillars of the house; The keystone of the arch am I.Take me away, and roof and wall Would fall to ruin utterly.
The Choice
© Hinkson Katharine Tynan
When skies are blue and days are brightA kitchen-garden's my delight,Set round with rows of decent boxAnd blowsy girls of hollyhocks.
The Time of Youth is to be Spent
© Henry VIII, King of England
The time of youth is to be spentBut vice in it should be forfent.
Passtime with good company
© Henry VIII, King of England
Pastime with good companyI love and shall unto I die
Lusty Youth should us ensue
© Henry VIII, King of England
Lusty Youth should us ensue,His merry heart shall sure all rue.For whatsoever they do him tell,It is not for him, we know it well.
The Soul of Spain With McAlmon and Bird the Publishers
© Ernest Hemingway
In the rain in the rain in the rain in the rain in Spain
The Song of the Western Men
© Robert Stephen Hawker
I. A merry heart and true!King James's men shall understand What Cornish lads can do.
The Pastime of Pleasure
© Stephen Hawes
The good Dame Mercy with Dame CharyteMy body buryed full ryght humblyIn a fayre temple of olde antyquyte,Where was for me a dyryge devoutelyAnd with many a masse full ryght solempnely;And over my grave, to be in memory,Remembraunce made this lytell epytaphy:
"O erthe, on erthe it is a wonders caceThat thou arte blynde and wyll not the knowe
Virgidemiarum: Book I, Satire III
© Joseph Hall
With some pot-fury, ravish'd from their wit,They sit and muse on some no-vulgar writ:As frozen dunghills in a winter's morn,That void of vapours seemed all beforn,Soon as the sun sends out his piercing beams,Exhale out filthy smoke and stinking steams;So doth the base, and the fore-barren brain,Soon as the raging wine begins to reign
Rags and Robes
© Whitney Adeline Dutton Train
"Hark, hark! The dogs do bark;Beggars are coming to town: Some in rags, Some in tags,And some in velvet gowns!"
The Phlebotomous Flea
© Guiterman Arthur
A Flea who felt phlebotomousAssailed a Hippopotamus; The Hippo, he Sat on the Flea,And, goodness gracious! what a muss!
