Poetry
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To a Lady Weeping by Lord Byron
To a Lady Weeping was first published anonymously in the Morning Chronicle. It was later published with Byron’s most popular…
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Nana Mouskouri – Prière (Suliko)
Une prière pour le monde,un crédo pour l’humanitéQue les enfants sortant de l’ombrevont soudain se mettre à chanterUne prière pour…
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A Song of Living by Amelia Josephine Burr
A Song of Living is the source of Burr’s most quoted inspirational verse: “Because I have loved life, I shall…
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Kitchener’s March by Amelia Josephine Burr
Kitchener’s March was published in Burr’s collection, Life and Living (1917).NOT the muffled drums for himNor the wailing of the…
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Our Bargain by Amelia Josephine Burr
Our Bargain was published in Fifes and Drums: Poems of America at War (1917).Is all our world upon a counter…
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To Our Women by Amelia Josephine Burr
To Our Women was adapted by Burr from the French of Paul Déroulède. It was published in Fifes and Drums:…
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Two Viewpoints by Amelia Josephine Burr
Two Viewpoints from The Vigilantes was published in The War in Verse and Prose, edited by Eben Norris (1918). A…
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A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
Robert Burns wrote this song in the Scots language in 1794. Also referred to as My Love is Like a…
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Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
Auld Lang Syne was written by Scotsman Robert Burns in 1788. Literal translation: ‘old long since’ or more loosely as…
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Despondency – An Ode by Robert Burns
I. Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can bear, I set me down and sigh:…
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