Dinner Guest: Me (Langston Hughes Poems)
I know I amThe Negro ProblemBeing wined and dined,Answering the usual questionsThat come to white mindWhich seeks demurelyTo Probe in ...
I know I amThe Negro ProblemBeing wined and dined,Answering the usual questionsThat come to white mindWhich seeks demurelyTo Probe in ...
THE GENTLEMAN FARMER.Gwyn was a farmer, whom the farmers all,Who dwelt around, "the Gentleman" would call;Whether in pure humility or ...
AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT LLOYD. Contrarius evehor orbi.--OVID, Met. lib. ii.When foes insult, and prudent friends dispense,In pity's strains, the ...
Our Skeeta was married, our Skeeta! the tomboy and pet of the ...
A week ago; only a little week:it seems so much much longer, though that dayis every morning still my yesterday;as ...
Praise of the knights of oldMay sleep: their tale is told, And no man cares:The praise which fires ...
Peace, perfect peace. . . . Come, lay aside your gun.The danger zone is past; the gauntlet run.The bark of ...
Half a dozen childrenAt our house!Half a dozen childrenQuiet as a mouse,Quiet as a moonbeam,You could hear a pin—Waiting for ...
Courage, dear Moll, and drive away despair. Mopsa, who in her youth was scarce thought fair, In spite of age, ...
FORMAL, quaint, precise, and trim, You begin your steps demurely -- There's a spirit almost prim In the feet that ...
Here on the pale beach, in the darkness; With the full moon just to rise; They sit alone, and look ...
Thirteenth CenturyThe bells of Oseney(Hautclere, Doucement, Austyn)Chant sweetly every day,And sadly, for our sin.The bells of Oseney(John, Gabriel, Marie)Chant lowly,Chant ...
Jess and Jill are pretty girls, Plump and well to do,In a cloud of windy curls: Yet I know whoLoves ...
and what were roses. Perfume? for i doforget. or mere Music mounting unsurelytwilightbut here were something more maturelychildish, more beautiful ...
Stepping demurely, two by two,Those rapped at Paradise; and went through.In flame to shame the golden sun,These flew to Sheol, ...
1 You said 'The world is going back to Paganism'. Oh bright Vision! I saw our dynasty in the bar ...
to the memory of my friend SI-YA-U, whose head was cut off in Shanghai A CLAIM Renowned Leonardo's world-famous "La ...
ONCE two persons uninvited Came to join my dinner table; For the nonce they lived united, Fox and crane yclept ...
Like gloved hands at the summer cotillion so were the petals of the sun touching her face, oh so delicately, ...
You awaken this time with a welcoming smile, an experience sublime, not a dream - the boner from Hell has ...
Here on the pale beach, in the darkness; With the full moon just to rise; They sit alone, and look ...
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