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Coronach
2023-12-06by Sir Walter Scott He is gone on the mountain, He is lost to the forest, Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. The font reappea...
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The Writer
2023-12-06by Richard Wilbur In her room at the prow of the house Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed with linden, My daughter is writing a story. I p...
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The Young Fools
2023-12-06by Paul Verlaine (Translated by Louis Simpson) High-heels were struggling with a full-length dress So that, between the wind and the terrain, At times...
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Then
2023-12-06by Spencer Reece I was a full-time house sitter. I had no title. I lived in a farmhouse, on a small hill, surrounded by 100 acres. All was still. The ...
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Counting
2023-12-06by Douglas Goetsch I'd walk close to buildings counting bricks, run my finger in the grout till it grew hot and numb. Bricks in a row, rows on a f...
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Theories of Time and Space
2023-12-06by Natasha Trethewey You can get there from here, though there's no going home. Everywhere you go will be somewhere you've never been. Try thi...
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There Will Come Soft Rains
2023-12-06by Sara Teasdale There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pools sin...
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There are Days
2023-12-06by John Montague There are days when one should be able to pluck off one's head like a dented or worn helmet, straight from the nape and collarbon...
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There's a certain Slant of light (258)
2023-12-06by Emily Dickinson There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes Heavenly Hurt, it gives us...
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They flee from me
2023-12-06by Thomas Wyatt They flee from me, that sometime did me seek, With naked foot stalking in my chamber. I have seen them, gentle, tame, and meek, That n...