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• Frog Poem (Aston)

  "An ancient pond!
  With a sound from the water
  Of the frog as it plunges in."

  William George Aston

• Frog Poem (Chamberlain)

  The old pond, aye!
  And the sound of a frog
  leaping into the water.

  Matsuo Basho

• From all the Jails the Boys and Girls

  From all the Jails the Boys and Girls
  Ecstatically leap —
  Beloved only Afternoon …

  Emily Dickinson

• From beneath a mysterious and ice-cold half-mask

  From beneath a mysterious and ice-cold half-mask
  Your voice sounded to me as flattering as a dream,
  Your charming eyes were shining at me, …

  Mikhaïl Lermontov

• From Blank to Blank —

  From Blank to Blank —
  A Threadless Way
  I pushed Mechanic feet — …

  Emily Dickinson

• From Cocoon forth a Butterfly

  From Cocoon forth a Butterfly
  As Lady from her Door
  Emerged — a Summer Afternoon — …

  Emily Dickinson

• From De Vigny

  Come on the sea, beloved,
  Fearless and free;
  Leave friends and wealth behind; …

  Anne Lynch Botta

• From his slim Palace in the Dust

  From his slim Palace in the Dust
  He relegates the Realm,
  More loyal for the exody …

• From the Chrysalis

  My cocoon tightens, colors tease,
  I'm feeling for the air ;
  A dim capacity for wings …

  Emily Dickinson

• Frying Pan's Theology

  Scene: On Monaro.
  Dramatis Personae
  Shock-headed blackfellow, …

  Banjo Paterson

• The Funeral (Donne)

  WHOEVER comes to shroud me, do not harm,
  ⁠Nor question much,
  That subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm; …

  John Donne

• Funny — to be a Century —

  Funny — to be a Century —
  And see the People — going by —
  I — should die of the Oddity — …

  Emily Dickinson

• Further in Summer than the Birds

  Further in Summer than the Birds -
  Pathetic from the Grass -
  A minor Nation celebrates …

  Emily Dickinson

• The Garden of Proserpine

  Here, where the world is quiet,
  Here, where all trouble seems
  Dead winds' and spent waves' riot …

  Algernon Charles Swinburne

• Garland for Queens, may be —

  Garland for Queens, may be —
  Laurels — for rare degree
  Of soul or sword. …

  Emily Dickinson

• The Geebung Polo Club

  It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub,
  That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club.
  They were long and wiry natives from the rugged mountain side, …

  Banjo Paterson

• General Putnam

  GREAT Soul, and brave, 'tis good to think of thee,
  And with a filial reverence raise the veil
  From patriot valor, that ne'er sought of Fame …

  Lydia Sigourney

• Gilhooley's Estate

  Oh, Mr Gilhooley he turned up his toes,
  As most of you know, soon or late;
  And Jones was a lawyer, as everyone knows, …

  Banjo Paterson

• Give little Anguish —

  Give little Anguish —
  Lives will fret —
  Give Avalanches — …

  Emily Dickinson

• Give pensions to the Learned Pig

  * * *
  Give pensions to the Learned Pig
  Or the Hare playing on a Tabor …

  William Blake

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