A City Plum Is Not A Plum
A City Plum Is Not A Plum A city plum is not a plum; A dumb-bell is no bell, though dumb; A party rat is not […]
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A Daughter Of Eve A fool I was to sleep at noon, And wake when night is chilly Beneath the comfortless cold moon; A fool to […]
READ MOREA Diamond Or A Coal?
A Diamond Or A Coal? A diamond or a coal? A diamond, if you please: Who cares about a clumsy coal Beneath the summer trees? A […]
READ MOREA Dirge
A Dirge Why were you born when the snow was falling? You should have come to the cuckoo’s calling Or when grapes are green in the […]
READ MOREA Frisky Lamb
A Frisky Lamb A frisky lamb And a frisky child Playing their pranks In a cowslip meadow: The sky all blue And the air all mild […]
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A Frog’s Fate Contemptuous of his home beyond The village and the village-pond, A large-souled Frog who spurned each byway Hopped along the imperial highway. Nor […]
READ MOREA Hope Carol
A Hope Carol A night was near, a day was near, Between a day and night I heard sweet voices calling clear, Calling me: I heard […]
READ MOREA House Of Cards
A House Of Cards A house of cards Is neat and small: Shake the table, It must fall. Find the Court cards One by one; Raise […]
READ MOREA Linnet In A Gilded Cage
A Linnet In A Gilded Cage A linnet in a gilded cage, – A linnet on a bough, – In frosty winter one might doubt Which […]
READ MOREA Motherless Soft Lambkin
A Motherless Soft Lambkin A motherless soft lambkin Along upon a hill; No mother’s fleece to shelter him And wrap him from the cold: – I’ll […]
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