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Title	Poet	Year Written	Collection	Body
The Women Fo’k	James Hogg	1790	English	O, SAIRLY 1 may I rue the day I fancied first the womenkind; For aye sinsyne I ne’er can hae Ae quiet thought or peace o’ mind! They hae plagued my heart an’ pleased my e’e, An’ teased an’ flattered me at will, But aye for a’ their witcherye...
The Woodspurge	Dante Gabriel Rossetti	1848	English	The Wind flapped loose, the wind was still, Shaken out dead from tree and hill: I had walked on at the wind’s will,— I sat now, for the wind was still. Between my knees my forehead was,— My lips, drawn in, said not Alas! My hair was over in the...
The Word	Richard Realf		English	O earth! thou hast not any wind that blows Which is not music; every weed of thine Pressed rightly flows in aromatic wine; And every humble hedgerow flower that grows, And every little brown bird that doth sing, Hath something greater than itself, and...
The Word	William Walsham How	1852	English	O Word of God incarnate, O Wisdom from on high, O Truth unchanged, unchanging, O Light of our dark sky; We praise thee for the radiance That from the hallowed page, A lantern to our footsteps, Shines on from age to age. ...
The Word of God to Leyden Came	Jeremiah Eames Rankin		English	The word of God to Leyden came, Dutch town by Zuyder-Zee; Rise up, my children of no name, My kings and priests to be. There is an empire in the West, Which I will soon unfold; A thousand harvests in her breast, Rocks ribbed with...
The words the happy say			English	The words the happy say Are paltry melody But those the silent feel Are beautiful —
The Work of Her that went,			English	The Work of Her that went, The Toil of Fellows done — In Ovens green our Mother bakes, By Fires of the Sun.
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 2/Dream-Land			English
The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 2/To F——s S. O——d
The World	Francis Bacon		English	The World ’s a bubble, and the Life of Man Less than a span: In his conception wretched, from the womb, So to the tomb; Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years With cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall...
The World	Frederick William Faber		English	“And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.”—JOHN xvi. 8. THE WORLD is wise, for the world is old; Five thousand years their tale have told; Yet the world is not happy, as the world might be,— Why is it? why is...
The World and the Quietist	Matthew Arnold	1842	English	“WHY, when the world’s great mind Hath finally inclined, Why,” you say, Critias, “be debating still? Why, with these mournful rhymes Learned in more languid climes, Blame our activity Who, with such passionate will,...
The World I Am Passing Through	Lydia Maria Child		English	Few, in the days of early youth, Trusted like me in love and truth. I ’ve learned sad lessons from the years; But slowly, and with many tears; For God made me to kindly view The world that I was passing through. How little did I once believe...
The World Well Lost	Edmund Clarence Stedman		English	That year? Yes, doubtless I remember still,— Though why take count of every wind that blows! ’T was plain, men said, that Fortune used me ill That year,—the self-same year I met with Rose. Crops failed; wealth took a flight; house, treasure, land, ...
The World — feels Dusty				The World — feels Dusty When We stop to Die — We want the Dew — then — Honors — taste dry — Flags — vex a Dying face — But the least Fan Stirred by a friend's Hand — Cools — like the Rain...
The World — stands — solemner — to me —			English	The World — stands — solemner — to me — Since I was wed — to Him — A modesty befits the soul That bears another's — name — A doubt — if it be fair — indeed — To wear that perfect — pearl — The Man — upon...
The Worn Wedding-Ring	William Cox Bennett		English	Your wedding-ring wears thin, dear wife; ah, summers not a few, Since I put it on your finger first, have passed o’er me and you; And, love, what changes we have seen,—what cares and pleasures, too,— Since you became my own dear wife, when this old ring was new! ...
The worthlessness of Earthly things			English	The worthlessness of Earthly things The Ditty is that Nature Sings — And then — enforces their delight Till Synods are inordinate —
The wounded vulture			English	A kingly vulture sat alone, Lord of the ruin round, Where Egypt's ancient monuments Upon the desert frowned. A hunter's eager eye had marked ...
The Wreath	Meleager of Gadara		English	From the Greek by William M. Hardinge NOW will I weave white violets, daffodils With myrtle spray, And lily bells that trembling laughter fills, And the sweet crocus gay: With these blue hyacinth, and the lover’s rose That she may wear...