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Title	Poet	Year Written	Collection	Body
Washington	James Russell Lowell		English	[From “Under the Elm,” read at Cambridge, July 3, 1875, on the Hundredth Anniversary of Washington’s taking Command of the American Army.] BENEATH our consecrated elm A century ago he stood, Famed vaguely for that old fight in the wood, Which redly foamèd round...
Washington's Statue	Henry Theodore Tuckerman		English	The quarry whence thy form majestic sprung Has peopled earth with grace, Heroes and gods that elder bards have sung, A bright and peerless race; But from its sleeping veins ne’er rose before A shape of loftier name Than his, who Glory’s...
Washington. On Huntington's picture of Washington crossing the Alleghany in early life			English	More proudly on thy winding course, Dark Alleghany! flow; The noblest burden thou couldst bear Is on thy waters now. But calm be every turbid wave, ...
Wasserfahrt	Heinrich Heine	1827	German	Ich stand gelehnet an den Mast, Und zählte jede Welle. Ade! mein schönes Vaterland Mein Schiff, das segelt schnelle! 5 Ich kam schön Liebchens Haus vorbei, Die Fensterscheiben blinken; Ich guck’ mir fast die Augen aus, Doch will mir...
Wasserfahrt	Ernst Rauscher	1864	German	Tiefschlummernd nun im Vollmondschein Des Teiches Wasser ruht, Ringsum verneigen sich herein Die Bäume auf die Fluth. Du aber lenkest anmuthvoll, Geschickt den kleinen Kahn, So holder Schiff'rin traute...
Wasserfall bei Nacht I, II	Christian Morgenstern	1914	German	#EANF#
Watching	Emily Chubbuck Judson		English	Sleep, love, sleep! The dusty day is done. Lo! from afar the freshening breezes sweep Wide over groves of balm, Down from the towering palm, In at the open casement cooling run, And round thy lowly bed, Thy bed of pain, Bathing thy...
Watching	Emily Chubbuck Judson		English	In Burmah SLEEP, love, sleep! The dusty day is done. Lo! from afar the freshening breezes sweep Wide over groves of balm, Down from the towering palm, In at the open casement cooling run, And round thy lowly bed, Thy bed of pain,...
Watching for Papa	Anonymous		English	She always stood upon the steps Just by the cottage door, Waiting to kiss me when I came Each night home from the store. Her eyes were like two glorious stars, Dancing in heaven’s own blue— “Papa,” she ’d call like a wee bird, “I ’s...
Watend durch den Bach	Robert Burns	1860	German	Watend durch den Bach, Du Kleine, Watend durch den Bach, Machst Dir Röckchen naß und Beine, Watend durch den Bach. 5 Jenny ist ganz naß, die Kleine, Selten trocken, ach! Macht sich Röckchen naß und Beine,...
Water makes many Beds			English	Water makes many Beds For those averse to sleep — Its awful chamber open stands — Its Curtains blandly sweep — Abhorrent is the Rest In undulating Rooms Whose Amplitude no end invades — Whose...
Water, is taught by thirst.			English	Water, is taught by thirst. Land — by the Oceans passed. Transport — by throe — Peace — by its battles told — Love, by Memorial Mold — Birds, by the Snow.
Waterloo	Gérard de Nerval	1826	French	Pleure, Napoléon, ton pouvoir expirant, Sous d’indignes revers ta gloire est étouffée ; Qu’en est-il revenu, de ton pompeux trophée ? — Le char brisé du conquérant ! ^[1] L’étranger va fouler...
Waterloo	Lord Byron		English	[June 15, 1815] From “Childe Harold,” Canto III. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium’s capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o’er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat...
Watervliet	Théodore Weustenraad	1831	French	Mort pour la Patrie. C’est ici que tomba l’élite de nos Braves, C’est ici que mon frère est mort pour son pays, Mort, à vingt ans, sous les canons bataves, La tête emportée en débris. Oh ! celui-là du moins n’a pas jeté ses armes, N’a...
Watteau	Théophile Gautier	1831	French	Devers Paris, un soir, dans la campagne, J’allais suivant l’ornière d’un chemin, Seul avec moi, n’ayant d’autre compagne Que ma douleur qui me donnait la main. L’aspect des champs était sévère et morne, En harmonie avec l’aspect des cieux, Rien n’était vert...
Watteau	Albert Samain	1879	French	Au-dessus des grands bois profonds L?étoile du berger s?allume... Groupes sur l?herbe dans la brume... Pizzicati des violons... Entre les mains, les mains s?attardent, Le ciel où les amants regardent Laisse un reflet rose dans l?eau ; Et dans la clairière...
Waves	Ralph Waldo Emerson	1823	English	All day the waves assailed the rock, I heard no church-bell chime; The sea-beat scorns the minster clock And breaks the glass of Time.
We can but follow to the Sun —			English	We can but follow to the Sun — As oft as He go down He leave Ourselves a Sphere behind — 'Tis mostly — following — We go no further with the Dust Than to the Earthen Door — And then the Panels are...
We Cover Thee — Sweet Face —			English	We Cover Thee — Sweet Face — Not that We tire of Thee — But that Thyself fatigue of Us — Remember — as Thou go — We follow Thee until Thou notice Us — no more — And then — reluctant — turn away ...