The Devil in Us All (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The Pastor was right about the error, the missed point of the scripture in the speech of the firebrand, the ...
The Pastor was right about the error, the missed point of the scripture in the speech of the firebrand, the ...
It is funny; feels strange being so exposed, so public so many poems, so many thoughts, passions, ideas, blurted out ...
To tag, or not to tag: that is the problem: Whether 'tis nobler in the whole to endure The slings ...
I RECOLLECT, that lately much I blamed, The sort of lover, avaricious named; And if in opposites we reason see, ...
HE surely must be wrong who loving fears; And does not flee when beauty first appears. Ye FAIR, with charms ...
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold. Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold. To this the god ...
IF truth give pleasure, surely we should try; To found our tales on what we can rely; Th' experiment repeatedly ...
TO serve the shop as 'prentice was the lot; Of one who had the name of Nicaise got; A lad ...
IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring; As proof, Candaules' story we will bring; In folly's scenes the king was ...
A WIT, transported with Inditing, Unpay'd, unprais'd, yet ever Writing; Who, for all Fights and Fav'rite Friends, Had Poems at ...
Tis true of courage I'm no mistress No Boadicia nor Thalestriss Nor shall I e'er be famed hereafter For such ...
Why should your fair eyes with such sovereign grace Disperse their rays on every vulgar spirit, Whilst I in darkness, ...
Well then; the promis'd hour is come at last; The present age of wit obscures the past: Strong were our ...
Of all our antic sights and pageantry Which English idiots run in crowds to see, The Polish Medal bears the ...
This Merit hath the worst -- It cannot be again -- When Fate hath taunted last And thrown Her furthest ...
The Bird must sing to earn the Crumb What merit have the Tune No Breakfast if it guaranty The Rose ...
My Worthiness is all my Doubt -- His Merit -- all my fear -- Contrasting which, my quality Do lowlier ...
Joy to have merited the Pain -- To merit the Release -- Joy to have perished every step -- To ...
I cross till I am weary A Mountain -- in my mind -- More Mountains -- then a Sea -- ...
Her spirit rose to such a height Her countenance it did inflate Like one that fed on awe. More prudent ...
'Twas awkward, but it fitted me -- An Ancient fashioned Heart -- Its only lore -- its Steadfastness -- In ...
The Spider as an Artist Has never been employed -- Though his surpassing Merit Is freely certified By every Broom ...
Begin, my muse, the imitative lay, Aonian doxies sound the thrumming string; Attempt no number of the plaintive Gay, Let ...
Whoe'er she be, That not impossible she That shall command my heart and me; Where'er she lie, Locked up from ...
My God, how perfect are Thy ways! But mine polluted are; Sin twines itself about my praise, And slides into ...
"How seldom, friend! a good great man inherits Honour or wealth with all his worth and pains! It sounds like ...
Its mother being tethered near it Poor little Foal of an oppress?d race! I love the languid patience of thy ...
This is a day of happiness, sweet peace, And heavenly sunshine; upon which conven'd In full assembly fair, once more ...
1 They that in play can do the thing they would, Having an instinct throned in reason's place, --And every ...
While his wife earned the living, Rabbi Henry studied the Torah, writing commentaries more likely to be burnt than printed. ...
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