Death (Beilby Porteus Poems)
Friend to the wretch whom every friend forsakes,I woo thee, Death! — Life and all its joysI leave to those ...
Friend to the wretch whom every friend forsakes,I woo thee, Death! — Life and all its joysI leave to those ...
Once upon a time, in days remote,A politician bought a vote. The price he paid is not quite clear, But ...
I saw a Christian, a temperance man,Casting his ballot one day at the polls:One who believes he does what he ...
this evangelistbuttons with his big gollywog voicethe kingdomofheaven up behind and crazilyskating thither and hither in filthy sawdustchucks and rollsagainst ...
The schools marched in procession in happiness and pride, The city bands before them, the soldiers marched beside; Oh, starched ...
In our prayers, in stopping to give thanks certain to honor God, to whom we are thankful from whom all ...
The words of our forefathers, at the first Thanksgiving at the beginning of our nation in the midst of civil ...
Would that I had the crystal ball to answer her quaking question a day or two before the anniversary of ...
For a fleeting moment he was the only other one able, by faith, to exceed his imagination his own failings, ...
What conversazzhyonies wuz I really did not know, For that, you must remember, wuz a powerful spell ago; The camp ...
IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring; As proof, Candaules' story we will bring; In folly's scenes the king was ...
The Candidate, answering a question about El Salvador, generalized by saying he thought we should support human rights everywhere they ...
Thou youngest virgin-daughter of the skies, Made in the last promotion of the Blest; Whose palms, new pluck'd from Paradise, ...
To the Pious Memory of the Accomplished Young Lady, Mrs Anne Killigrew, Excellent in the Two Sister-arts of Poesy and ...
Shall I take thee, the Poet said To the propounded word? Be stationed with the Candidates Till I have finer ...
Somehow myself survived the Night And entered with the Day -- That it be saved the Saved suffice Without the ...
Oh Shadow on the Grass, Art thou a Step or not? Go make thee fair my Candidate My nominated Heart ...
BY QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS SUGGESTED BY THE COMPOSITION SO ENTITLED BY THE AUTHOR OF 'WAT TYLER' 'A Daniel come to judgment! ...
WHOEVER you are, holding me now in hand, Without one thing, all will be useless, I give you fair warning, ...
Our fathers, brave men were and strong, And whisky was their daily liquor; They used to move the world along ...
I was crushed between Altgeld and Armour. I lost many friends, much time and money Fighting for Altgeld whom Editor ...
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