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Title	Poet	Year Written	Collection	Body
When the voices of children are heard on the green			English	* * * When the voices of children are heard on the green, And whisperings are in the dale, The [desires del.] days of my youth rise fresh in my mind, My face turns green & pale. ...
When they come back — if Blossoms do —			English	When they come back — if Blossoms do — I always feel a doubt If Blossoms can be born again When once the Art is out — When they begin, if Robins may, I always had a fear I did not tell, it was their...
When we have ceased to care				When we have ceased to care The Gift is given For which we gave the Earth And mortgaged Heaven But so declined in worth 'Tis ignominy now To look upon —
When we stand on the tops of Things —			English	When we stand on the tops of Things — And like the Trees, look down — The smoke all cleared away from it — And Mirrors on the scene — Just laying light — no soul will wink Except it have the flaw — ...
When We Two Parted	Lord George Gordon Byron	1808	Love	When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted, To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this. The dew of the morning Sank chill on my brow It felt like the warning...
When Will Love Come?	Pakenham Beatty		English	Some find Love late, some find him soon, Some with the rose in May, Some with the nightingale in June, And some when skies are gray; Love comes to some with smiling eyes, And comes with tears to some; For some Love sings, for some Love sighs...
When You Are Old	William Butler Yeats	1893	Love	When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or...
When you look at a picture you always can see			English	*** * *** When you look at a picture you always can see If a Man of Sense has Painted he Then never flinch but keep up a Jaw About freedom & jenny suck awa'^...
When, Dearest, I but Think of Thee	Sir John Suckling	1629	Love	When, dearest, I but think of thee, Methinks all things that lovely be Are present, and my soul delighted: For beauties that from worth arise Are like the grace of deities, Still present with us, tho’ unsighted. Thus while I sit and sigh the day With...
Whenever a Little Child Is Born	Agnes Carter Mason		English	Whenever a little child is born, All night a soft wind rocks the corn; One more buttercup wakes to the morn, Somewhere, somewhere. One more rosebud shy will unfold, One more grass-blade push through the mold, One more bird-song the air will...
Where bells no more affright the morn —			English	Where bells no more affright the morn — Where scrabble never comes — Where very nimble Gentlemen Are forced to keep their rooms — Where tired Children placid sleep Thro' Centuries of noon This place...
Where every bird is bold to go				Where every bird is bold to go And bees abashless play, The foreigner before he knocks Must thrust the tears away.
Where Helen Comes	John Jerome Rooney		English	Where Helen comes, as falls the dew, Where Helen comes Peace cometh too! From out the golden, western lands, White lilies blooming in her lands, A light of beauty in her face, She passeth on with nameless grace. Before her fly the shades of life—...
Where Helen Sits	Laura Elizabeth Richards		English	Where helen sits, the darkness is so deep, No golden sunbeam strikes athwart the gloom; No mother’s smile, no glance of loving eyes, Lightens the shadow of that lonely room. Yet the clear whiteness of her radiant soul Decks the dim walls, like...
Where Hudson's Wave	George Pope Morris		English	Where hudson’s wave o’er silvery sands Winds through the hills afar, Old Cronest like a monarch stands, Crowned with a single star! And there, amid the billowy swells Of rock-ribbed, cloud-capped earth, My fair and gentle Ida dwells,...
Where I have lost, I softer tread —				Where I have lost, I softer tread — I sow sweet flower from garden bed — I pause above that vanished head And mourn. Whom I have lost, I pious guard From accent harsh, or ruthless word — Feeling as...
Where Roses would not dare to go,			English	Where Roses would not dare to go, What Heart would risk the way — And so I send my Crimson Scouts To sound the Enemy —
Where Ships of Purple — gently toss —			English	Where Ships of Purple — gently toss — On Seas of Daffodil — Fantastic Sailors — mingle — And then — the Wharf is still!
Where Thou art — that — is Home —				Where Thou art — that — is Home — Cashmere — or Calvary — the same — Degree — or Shame — I scarce esteem Location's Name — So I may Come — What Thou dost — is Delight — Bondage as Play — be sweet —...
Whether my bark went down at sea —			English	Whether my bark went down at sea, Whether she met with gales, Whether to isles enchanted She bent her docile sails ; By what mystic mooring...