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A Horseman in the Sky
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by AMBROSE BIERCE
One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861, a soldier lay in a clump of laurel by the side of a road in Western Virginia. H... |
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After Blenheim
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by ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1893)
It was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by... |
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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
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by W. B. YEATS (1865-1939)
I KNOW that I shall meet my fateSomewhere among the clouds above;Those that I fight I do not hate,Those that I guard I do ... |
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Ballad of Sweet P
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by VIRGINIA WOODWARD CLOUD (1861-1938)
Christmas night, 1776.
Mistress Penelope Penwick, sheCalled by her father, "My Sweet P,"Painted by ... |
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He Who Serves
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by EDGAR GUEST (1881-1959)
He has not served who gathers gold,Nor has he served, whose life is toldIn selfish battles he has won,Or deeds of skill th... |
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Old Scout
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by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE (1874-1958)
IS IT because I'm bent and grey, Though wearing rather well, That I can slickly get away With all the yarn... |
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Superman
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by ROBERT GRANT (1852-1940)
The horror-haunted Belgian plains riven by shot and shellAre strewn with her undaunted sons who stayed the jaws of hell.I... |
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The War Song of Dinas Vawr
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(from The Misfortunes of Elphin)by Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866)
THE MOUNTAIN sheep are sweeter,But the valley sheep are fatter;We therefore deem’d... |
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There Will Come Soft Rains
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by SARA TEASDALE (1884-1933)
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in ... |
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To Lucasta
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on Going to the Wars
BY RICHARD LOVELACE(1618–1657)
Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind,That from the NunneryOf thy chaste breast, and quiet mind,To War... |