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Title	Poet	Year Written	Collection	Body
The Evening Wind	William Cullen Bryant	1814	English	Spirit that breathest through my lattice, thou That cool’st the twilight of the sultry day, Gratefully flows thy freshness round my brow; Thou hast been out upon the deep at play, Riding all day the wild blue waves till now, Roughening their...
The Evening Wind	William Cullen Bryant	1814	English	Spirit that breathest through my lattice: thou That cool’st the twilight of the sultry day! Gratefully flows thy freshness round my brow; Thou hast been out upon the deep at play, Riding all day the wild blue waves till now, Roughening their crests,...
The event was directly behind Him			English	The event was directly behind Him Yet He did not guess Fitted itself to Himself like a Robe Relished His ignorance. Motioned itself to drill Loaded and Levelled And let His Flesh Centuries from...
The Exchange	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	1792	English	We pledged our hearts, my love and I,— I in my arms the maiden clasping; I could not tell the reason why, But, O, I trembled like an aspen! Her father’s love she bade me gain; I went, and shook like any reed! I strove to act the man,—in...
The Execution of Montrose	William Edmondstoune Aytoun	1833	English	[James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, was executed in Edinburgh, May 21, 1650, for an attempt to overthrow the Commonwealth and restore Charles II.] COME hither, Evan Cameron! Come, stand behind my knee— I hear the river roaring down Toward the wintry sea....
The Exile at Rest	John Pierpont		English	His falchion flashed along the Nile; His hosts he led through Alpine snows; O’er Moscow’s towers, that shook the while, His eagle flag unrolled,—and froze. Here sleeps he now, alone;—not one Of all the kings whose crowns he gave, Nor sire,...
The Exile’s Song	Robert Gilfillan	1818	English	Oh! why left I my hame? Why did I cross the deep? Oh! why left I the land Where my forefathers sleep? I sigh for Scotia’s shore, And I gaze across the sea, But I canna get a blink O’ my ain countrie. The palm-tree waveth...
The Expiration			English	SO, so, break off this last lamenting kiss, ⁠Which sucks two souls, and vapours both away; Turn, thou ghost, that way, and let me turn this, ⁠And...
The face I carry with me — last —				The face I carry with me — last — When I go out of Time — To take my Rank — by — in the West — That face — will just be thine — I'll hand it to the Angel — That — Sir — was my Degree — In Kingdoms —...
The Face in evanescence lain			English	The Face in evanescence lain Is more distinct than ours — And ours surrendered for its sake As Capsules are for Flower's — Or is it the confiding sheen Dissenting to enamor us Of Detriment divine? ...
The Face we choose to miss —			English	The Face we choose to miss — Be it but for a Day As absent as a Hundred Years, When it has rode away.
The Fact that Earth is Heaven —			English	The Fact that Earth is Heaven — Whether Heaven is Heaven or not If not an Affidavit Of that specific Spot Not only must confirm us That it is not for us But that it would affront us To dwell in...
The fairest Home I ever knew				The fairest Home I ever knew Was founded in an Hour By Parties also that I knew A spider and a Flower — A manse of mechlin and of Floes —
The Fairies	William Allingham	1844	English	Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren’t go a hunting For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl’s feather! Down along the rocky shore ...
The Fairies			English
The Fairies of the Caldon Low	Mary Howitt		English	A Midsummer Legend “AND where have you been, my Mary, And where have you been from me?” “I ’ve been to the top of the Caldon Low, The midsummer-night to see.” “And what did you see, my Mary, All up on the Caldon Low?” “I saw the glad...
The Fairies’ Lullaby	William Shakespeare	1584	English	From “a Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Act II. Sc. 2. Enter TITANIA, with her train. TITANIA.—Come, now a roundel, and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence;— Some, to kill cankers in the musk-rose buds; Some war with rear-mice for their...
The Fairy Child	John Anster	1813	English	The Summer sun was sinking With a mild light, calm and mellow; It shone on my little boy’s bonnie cheeks, And his loose locks of yellow. The robin was singing sweetly, And his song was sad and tender; And my little boy’s eyes, while he...
The Faithful Angel	John Milton	1628	English	From “Paradise Lost,” Book V. THE SERAPH Abdiel, faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he; Among innumerable false, unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal; Nor number, nor example with...
The Faithful Lovers	Anonymous		English	I ’d been away from her three years,—about that, And I returned to find my Mary true; And though I ’d question her, I did not doubt that It was unnecessary so to do. ’T was by the chimney-corner we were sitting: “Mary,” said I, “have you been...