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Drinking While Driving

© Raymond Carver

It's August and I have not

Read a book in six months

Florio : A Tale, For Fine Gentleman And Fine Ladies. In Two Parts

The Kitten And Falling Leaves

© William Wordsworth

That way look, my Infant, lo!
What a pretty baby-show!
See the kitten on the wall,

Walter And Jane: Or, The Poor Blacksmith

'We brav'd Life's storm together; while that Drone,
'Your poor old Uncle, WALTER, liv'd alone.
'He died the other day: when round his bed
'No tender soothing tear Affection shed--
'Affection! 'twas a plant he never knew;--
'Why should he feast on fruits he never grew?'

Gnothi Seauton

© Ralph Waldo Emerson

Then bear thyself, O man!
Up to the scale and compass of thy guest;
Soul of thy soul.
Be great as doth beseem
The ambassador who bears
The royal presence where he goes.

The Church An Happy Zunday

© William Barnes

Ah! ev'ry day mid bring a while

O' eäse vrom all woone's ceäre an' tweil,

Peace

© Robert Laurence Binyon

I
Lovely word flying like a bird across the narrow seas,
When winter is over and songs are in the skies,
Peace, with the colour of the dawn upon the name of her,

In Memoriam 131: O Living Will That Shalt Endure

© Alfred Tennyson

O living will that shalt endure
When all that seems shall suffer shock,
Rise in the spiritual rock,
Flow thro' our deeds and make them pure,

The Road Home

© Madison Julius Cawein

Over the hills, as the pewee flies,
Under the blue of the Southern skies;
Over the hills, where the red-bird wings
Like a scarlet blossom, or sits and sings:

Damages, Two Hundred Pounds

© William Makepeace Thackeray

Special Jurymen of England! who admire your country's laws,
And proclaim a British Jury worthy of the realm's applause;
Gayly compliment each other at the issue of a cause
Which was tried at Guildford 'sizes, this day week as ever was.

Conduct

© John Greenleaf Whittier

Heed how thou livest. Do no act by day
Which from the night shall drive thy peace away.
In months of sun so live that months of rain
Shall still be happy. Evermore restrain
Evil and cherish good, so shall there be
Another and a happier life for thee.

Give Your Wish Light

© Robinson Jeffers

By day and night dream about happy death,

Poor dog give your heart room, drag at the chain,

Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. - Canto II.

© Matthew Prior

Richard, quoth Matt, these words of thine
Speak something sly and something fine;
But I shall e'en resume my theme,
However thou may'st praise or blame.

An Apology To Dr. Clayton, Bishop Of Killala, And His Lady

© Mary Barber

No longer let Rome her old Argument boast,
That by Marriage the End of the Priesthood is lost;
That, toil'd and entangled in Family Cares,
The Clergy forget their celestial Affairs:
For, had she known Delia, she must have confess'd,
That the Church, in the Marriage of Prelates, was bless'd.

Charles The First

A Pursuivant.
Place, for the Marshal of the Masque!

A Plea For Our Northern Winters

Oh, Earth, where is the mantle of pleasant emerald dye
That robed thee in sweet summer-time, and gladdened heart and eye,
Adorned with blooming roses, graceful ferns and blossoms sweet,
And bright green moss like velvet that lay soft beneath our feet?