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A Dan Yell

© Henry Lawson

I WISH Id never gone to board

In that house where I met

As Jean de Breboeuf told his rosary
At sundown in his cell, there came a call!--
Clear as a bell rung on a ship at sea,
Breaking the beauty of tranquillity--
Down from the heart of Heaven it seemed to fall:

George and Sarah Green

© William Wordsworth

WHO weeps for strangers? Many wept
For George and Sarah Green;
Wept for that pair's unhappy fate,
Whose grave may here be seen.

Malcolm's Katie: A Love Story - Part V.

© Isabella Valancy Crawford

Said the high hill, in the morning: "Look on me--

"Behold, sweet earth, sweet sister sky, behold

Metamorphoses: Book The Second

© Ovid

The End of the Second Book.

Translated into English verse under the direction of
Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison,
William Congreve and other eminent hands

Aeneid

© Virgil

THE ARGUMENT.- Turnus takes advantage of AEneas's absence,
fires some of his ships (which are transformed into sea nymphs),
and assaults his camp. The Trojans, reduc'd to the last extremities,
send Nisus and Euryalus to recall AEneas; which furnishes the
poet with that admirable episode of their friendship, generosity, and
the conclusion of their adventures.

Convict Once - Part Second.

© James Brunton Stephens

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Tomorrow Is the Marriage Day

© Thomas Weelkes

Tomorrow is the marriage day
Of Mopsus and fair Philida.
Come shepherds, bring your garlands gay.

They Sit Together on the Porch by Wendell Berry: American Life in Poetry #68 Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet L

© Ted Kooser

Here is a marvelous little poem about a long marriage by the Kentucky poet, Wendell Berry. It's about a couple resigned to and comfortable with their routines. It is written in language as clear and simple as its subject. As close together as these two people have grown, as much alike as they have become, there is always the chance of the one, unpredictable, small moment of independence. Who will be the first to say goodnight?

They Sit Together on the Porch

Thespis: Act I

© William Schwenck Gilbert

Jupiter, Aged Diety
Apollo, Aged Diety
Mars, Aged Diety
Diana, Aged Diety
Mercury

A Story Of Doom: Book IV.

© Jean Ingelow

Now while these evil ones took counsel strange,

The son of Lamech journeyed home; and, lo!

The Telegraph Clerk

© Anonymous

Sitting here by my desk all day,
Hearing the constant click
As the messages speed on their way,
And the call comes sharp and quick--

A Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Nation

From A Serious and Pathetical Contemplation of the Mercies of God

O Lord, the children of my people are Thy peculiar treasures,

The Ring And The Book - Chapter X - The Pope

Then Stephen, Pope and seventh of the name,
Cried out, in synod as he sat in state,
While choler quivered on his brow and beard,
Come into court, Formosus, thou lost wretch,
That claimedst to be late the Pope as I!

The Ballad Of The White Lady

© Edith Nesbit

SIR GEOFFREY met the white lady
Upon his marriage morn,
Her eyes were blue as cornflowers are,
Her hair was gold like corn.

feel.
Three seats were vacant while Sir Denys reign'd,
And three such favourites their admission gain'd;
These let us view, still more to understand
The moral feelings of Sir Denys Brand.