The Island: Canto II. (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
I.How pleasant were the songs of Toobonai,When Summer's Sun went down the coral bay!Come, let us to the islet's softest ...
I.How pleasant were the songs of Toobonai,When Summer's Sun went down the coral bay!Come, let us to the islet's softest ...
Wintertime, er Summertime, Of late years I notice I'm, Kindo'-like, more subjec' to What the _weather_ is. Now, you Folks 'at lives in town, I ...
Two mice, dear boy, of genteel fashion,And, what is more, good education,Frolic and gay, in infant yearsEqually shared their parents' ...
Dragon! since lyrics are the mode,To thee I dedicate my Ode,And reason good I plead:Are those who cannot write, to ...
When writing to you, friend, a subject I'd findIn which there's both pleasure and profit combined,And though what I've chosen ...
O Summer Hill! if thou wert mine,I'd order in a pipe of wine,And ask a dozen friends to dine.In faith, ...
"Hats off" in the crowd. "Present arms" in the line!Let the standards all bow, and the sabres incline —Roll drums, ...
O storied vale of MerrimacRejoice through all thy shade and shine,And from his century's sleep call backA brave and honored ...
PHI BETA KAPPAWENDELL PHILLIPS, ORATOR; CHARLES GODFREY LELAND, POET1881"THE Dutch have taken Holland,"--so the schoolboys used to say;The Dutch have ...
That's a rather bold speech, my Lord Bacon, For, indeed, is't so easy to knowJust how much we from others have ...
The breath of dew, and twilight's grace,Be on the lonely battle-place;And to so young, so kind a face,The long, protecting ...
I'll tell you a story; but pass the "jack",And let us make merry to-night, my men.Aye, those were the days ...
My father who owned the wagon-shopAnd grew rich shoeing horsesSent me to the University of Montreal.I learned nothing and returned ...
His namesake, born of Jewish breeder,Knew "from the Hyssop to the Cedar;"But he, unlike the Jewish leader,Scarce knew the Hyssop ...
Listening to the power of his speech, to the prayers he had for his children Reading the words of his ...
A name, oh what a name his name to carry, into the world into the sanctuary, to the pulpit Is ...
A famous Greek, a playwright of the Gods a name from my scholastic memory, my past now on my computer ...
Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood Had made mock-knight of Arthur's Table Round, At Camelot, high above the ...
Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood Had made mock-knight of Arthur's Table Round, At Camelot, high above the ...
My father who owned the wagon-shop And grew rich shoeing horses Sent me to the University of Montreal. I learned ...
Early March. The cold beach deserted. My kids home in a bare house, bundled up and listening to rock music ...
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