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Title	Poet	Year Written	Collection	Body
The Wreck	Lord Byron		English	From “Don Juan,” Canto II. THEN rose from sea to sky the wild farewell— Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave,— Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave; And the sea yawned around her like a hell,...
The Wreck of the Hesperus	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1827	English	It was the schooner Hesperus That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn...
The Yankee Man-of-War	Anonymous		English	’t is of a gallant Yankee ship that flew the stripes and stars, And the whistling wind from the west-nor’-west blew through the pitch-pine spars; With her starboard tacks aboard, my boys, she hung upon the gale; On an autumn night we raised the light on the old Head of...
The Yarn of the “Nancy Bell”	William Schwenck Gilbert	1856	English	From “The Bab Ballads” ’T WAS on the shores that round our coast From Deal to Ramsgate span, That I found alone, on a piece of stone, An elderly naval man. His hair was weedy, his beard was long, And weedy and long was he; And...
The Year of Jubilee	Anonymous		English	SAY, 1 darkeys, hab you seen de massa, Wid de muffstash on he face, Go long de road some time dis mornin’, Like he gwine leabe de place? He see de smoke way up de ribber Whar de Lincum gunboats lay; He took he hat an’ leff berry sudden,...
The Young Gray Head	Caroline Bowles Southey	1806	English	Grief hath been known to turn the young head gray,— To silver over in a single day The bright locks of the beautiful, their prime Scarcely o’erpast; as in the fearful time Of Gallia’s madness, that discrownèd head Serene, that on the accursèd altar bled...
The Yule Log	William Hamilton Hayne		English	Out of the mighty Yule log came The crooning of the lithe wood-flame,— A single bar of music fraught With cheerful yet half pensive thought,— A thought elusive: out of reach, Yet trembling on the verge of speech.
The Zeroes — taught us — Phosphorous —				The Zeroes — taught us — Phosphorous — We learned to like the Fire By playing Glaciers — when a Boy — And Tinder — guessed — by power Of Opposite — to balance Odd — If White — a Red — must be! Paralysis —...
The “Old, Old Song”	Charles Kingsley	1839	English	When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away; Young blood must have its course, lad, And every dog his...
Thébaïde	Théophile Gautier	1831	French	Mon rêve le plus cher et le plus caressé, Le seul qui rie encor à mon cœur oppressé, C’est de m’ensevelir au fond d’une chartreuse, Dans une solitude inabordable, affreuse ; Loin, bien loin, tout là-bas, dans quelque Sierra Bien sauvage, où jamais voix d’...
Thébaïde	Louis Ménard	1862	French	Quand notre dernier rêve est à jamais parti, Il est une heure dure à traverser ; c'est l'heure Où ceux pour qui la vie est mauvaise ont senti Qu'il faut bien qu'à son tour chaque illusion meure. Ils se disent alors que la part la meilleure Est celle de l'ascète au...
Theerose	Eufemia von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem	1878	German	Der Mondschein flimmert auf den Fluren Wie gold'ner Hauch auf Schneegefild, Der zitternd leise ros'ge Spuren Hinzaubert wie ein Duft so mild. Ein Röslein roth am Strauch im Garten, So schön, wie keines je man brach, -...
Thefts of the Morning	Edith Matilda Thomas		English	Bind us the Morning, mother of the stars And of the winds that usher in the day! Ere her light fingers slide the eastern bars, A netted snare before her footsteps lay; Ere the pale roses of the mist be strown, Bind us the Morning, and restore our own!...
Their Barricade against the Sky			English	Their Barricade against the Sky The martial Trees withdraw And with a Flag at every turn Their Armies are no more. What Russet Halts in Nature's March They indicate or cause An inference of Mexico...
Their dappled importunity			English	Their dappled importunity Disparage or dismiss — The Obloquies of Etiquette Are obsolete to Bliss —
Their Height in Heaven comforts not —			English	Their Height in Heaven comforts not — Their Glory — nought to me — 'Twas best imperfect — as it was — I'm finite — I can't see — The House of Supposition — The Glimmering Frontier that Skirts the...
Thème sentimental	Émile Nelligan	1899	French	Je t'ai vue un soir me sourire Dans la planète des Bergers : Tu descendais à pas légers Du seuil d'un château de porphyre. Et ton oeil de diamant rare Eblouissait le règne astral. Femme, depuis, par mont ou val, Femme, beau marbre de Carrare, ...
Themself are all I have —				Themself are all I have — Myself a freckled — be — I thought you'd choose a Velvet Cheek Or one of Ivory — Would you — instead of Me?
Then and Now	Charles Frederick Johnson		English	To me the earth once seemed to be Most beautiful and fair; All living creatures were to me, In wood or air, But kindred of a freer class; I thrilled with keenest joy To find the young quail in the grass:— I was a boy. ...
Theocritus	Annie Fields		English	Ay! unto thee belong The pipe and song, Theocritus,— Loved by the satyr and the faun! To thee the olive and the vine, To thee the Mediterranean pine, And the soft lapping sea! Thine, Bacchus, Thine, the blood-red revels, ...