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the age demanded
The age demanded that we sing
And cut away our tongue.
The age demanded that we flo...[read poem]
The age demanded that we sing
And cut away our tongue.
The age demanded that we flo...
barmaid
Though, if you ask her name, she says Elise,
Being plain Elizabeth, e'en let it pass,
And ...[read poem]
Though, if you ask her name, she says Elise,
Being plain Elizabeth, e'en let it pass,
And ...
between the dusk of a summer night
Between the dusk of a summer night
And the dawn of a summer day,
We caught at a mood a...[read poem]
Between the dusk of a summer night
And the dawn of a summer day,
We caught at a mood a...
croquis
The beach was crowded. Pausing now and then,
He groped and fiddled doggedly along,
His wor...[read poem]
The beach was crowded. Pausing now and then,
He groped and fiddled doggedly along,
His wor...
double ballade of the nothingness of things
The big teetotum twirls
And epochs wax and wane
As chance subsides or swirls;
But of ...[read poem]
The big teetotum twirls
And epochs wax and wane
As chance subsides or swirls;
But of ...
i. m. r.t. hamilton bruce (1846-1899) [invictus]
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever ...[read poem]
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever ...
london voluntaries iv: out of the poisonous east
Largo e mesto
Out of the poisonous East,
Over a continent of blight,...[read poem]
Largo e mesto
Out of the poisonous East,
Over a continent of blight,...
madam life's a piece in bloom
Largo e mesto
Madam Life's a piece in bloom
Death goes doggin...[read poem]
Largo e mesto
Madam Life's a piece in bloom
Death goes doggin...
the rain and the wind
The rain and the wind, the wind and the rain --
They are with us like a disease:
They ...[read poem]
The rain and the wind, the wind and the rain --
They are with us like a disease:
They ...
villon's straight tip to all cross coves
"Tout aux tavernes et aux filles."
Suppose you screeve? or go cheap-jack?
...[read poem]
"Tout aux tavernes et aux filles."
Suppose you screeve? or go cheap-jack?
...
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