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A Shropshire Lad – XXXVII by A. E. Housman
As through the wild green hills of WyreThe train ran, changing sky and shire,And far behind, a fading crest,Low in…
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The half-moon westers low, my love by A. E. Housman
The half-moon westers low, my love,And the wind brings up the rain;And wide apart lie we, my love,And seas between…
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The Olive Branch by Robert Herrick
Sadly I walk’d within the field,To see what comfort it would yield;And as I went my private way,An olive-branch before…
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To Live Merrily, and to Trust to Good Verses by Robert Herrick
Now is the time for mirth;Nor cheek or tongue be dumb;For with [the] flowery earthThe golden pomp is come. The…
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To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick
Published in 1648 this poem originally appeared in Herrick’s book of poetry Hesperides as poem 208. The poem is in…
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If This Little World To-Night by Oliver Herford
If This Little World To-Night is the prologue in Herford’s whimsical collection, The Bashful Earthquake & Other Fables and Verses,…
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The Bashful Earthquake by Oliver Herford
The Bashful Earthquake is the title poem in Herford’s whimsical collection of fables and verses published in 1898. The Bashful…
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The Early Owl by Oliver Herford
The Early Owl was published in Herford’s collection, Artful Anticks (1901). There’s an early worm, why not an owl? Oliver…
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The First First of April by Oliver Herford
The First First of April is featured in Herford’s whimsical collection, The Bashful Earthquake & Other Fables and Verses, published…
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Two Fusiliers by Robert Graves
Two Fusiliers is featured in Graves’ collection, Fairies and Fusiliers (1918). And have we done with War at last?Well, we’ve…
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