DEMOCRATIC POEMS
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The Sentence Of John L. Brown
Ho! thou who seekest late and long
A License from the Holy Book
For brutal lust and fiendish wrong,
Man of the Pulpit, look!
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Ho! thou who seekest late and long
A License from the Holy Book
For brutal lust and fiendish wrong,
Man of the Pulpit, look!
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John Greenleaf Whittier
A Democratic Hymn
Republicans of differing views
Are pro or con protection;
If that's the issue they would choose,
Why, we have no objection.
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Eugene Field
Republicans of differing views
Are pro or con protection;
If that's the issue they would choose,
Why, we have no objection.
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Eugene Field
A Letter
'TIS over, Moses! All is lost!
I hear the bells a-ringing;
Of Pharaoh and his Red Sea host
I hear the Free-Wills singing.*
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John Greenleaf Whittier
'TIS over, Moses! All is lost!
I hear the bells a-ringing;
Of Pharaoh and his Red Sea host
I hear the Free-Wills singing.*
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Color'caste'denomination
970
Color-Caste-Denomination-
These-are Time's Affair-
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Emily Dickinson
970
Color-Caste-Denomination-
These-are Time's Affair-
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Emily Dickinson
Accordion
Some carol of the banjo, to its measure keeping time;
Of viol or of lute some make a song.
My battered old accordion, you're worthy of a rhyme,
You've been my friend and comforter so long.
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Robert Service
Some carol of the banjo, to its measure keeping time;
Of viol or of lute some make a song.
My battered old accordion, you're worthy of a rhyme,
You've been my friend and comforter so long.
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Robert Service
Color-caste-denomination
970
Colorâ??Casteâ??Denominationâ??
Theseâ??are Time's Affairâ??
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Emily Dickinson
970
Colorâ??Casteâ??Denominationâ??
Theseâ??are Time's Affairâ??
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Emily Dickinson
The Proud Farmer
[In memory of E. S. Frazee, Rush County, Indiana]
Into the acres of the newborn state
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Vachel Lindsay
[In memory of E. S. Frazee, Rush County, Indiana]
Into the acres of the newborn state
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Vachel Lindsay
An American Addresses Philomela
Procne, Philomela, and Itylus,
Your names are liquid, your improbable tale
Is recited in the classic numbers of the nightingale.
Ah, but our numbers are not felicitous,
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John Crowe Ransom
Procne, Philomela, and Itylus,
Your names are liquid, your improbable tale
Is recited in the classic numbers of the nightingale.
Ah, but our numbers are not felicitous,
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John Crowe Ransom
Unarmed
Saint Peter sat at the jasper gate,
When Stephen M. White arrived in state.
'Admit me.' 'With pleasure,' Peter said,
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Ambrose Bierce
Saint Peter sat at the jasper gate,
When Stephen M. White arrived in state.
'Admit me.' 'With pleasure,' Peter said,
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Ambrose Bierce
Pretty Halcyon Days
How pleasant to sit on the beach,
On the beach, on the sand, in the sun,
With ocean galore within reach,
And nothing at all to be done!
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Ogden Nash
How pleasant to sit on the beach,
On the beach, on the sand, in the sun,
With ocean galore within reach,
And nothing at all to be done!
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Ogden Nash
Git-yer-gun
Thus it happened .... Let me mention, lest I raise an unsought quarrel,
This occurred in times long vanished, in the land of Git-yer-gun.
'Tis a quaint, unlikely story; some folk say it has a moral;
But that's a little matter you may settle when I'm done.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
Thus it happened .... Let me mention, lest I raise an unsought quarrel,
This occurred in times long vanished, in the land of Git-yer-gun.
'Tis a quaint, unlikely story; some folk say it has a moral;
But that's a little matter you may settle when I'm done.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
One's Self I Sing
One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person,
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.
Of physiology from top to toe I sing,
Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse,
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Walt Whitman
One's-Self I sing, a simple separate person,
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse.
Of physiology from top to toe I sing,
Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse,
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Walt Whitman
The Liberal Constitution
Jack Sprat would eat no fat,
His wife would eat no lean,
And so, betwixt them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
Jack Sprat would eat no fat,
His wife would eat no lean,
And so, betwixt them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
In Former Songs
IN former songs Pride have I sung, and Love, and passionate, joyful
Life,
But here I twine the strands of Patriotism and Death.
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Walt Whitman
IN former songs Pride have I sung, and Love, and passionate, joyful
Life,
But here I twine the strands of Patriotism and Death.
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Walt Whitman
One's Self I Sing
ONE'S-SELF I sing--a simple, separate Person;
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-masse.
Of Physiology from top to toe I sing;
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Walt Whitman
ONE'S-SELF I sing--a simple, separate Person;
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-masse.
Of Physiology from top to toe I sing;
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Walt Whitman
My Lady Is Compared To A Young Tree
When I see a young tree
In its white beginning,
With white leaves
And white buds
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Vachel Lindsay
When I see a young tree
In its white beginning,
With white leaves
And white buds
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Vachel Lindsay
Mr Dana, Of The New York Sun
Thar showed up out'n Denver in the spring uv ‘81
A man who'd worked with Dana on the Noo York Sun.
His name wuz Cantell Whoppers, ‘nd he wuz a sight ter view
Ez he walked inter the orfice ‘nd inquired fer work ter do.
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Eugene Field
Thar showed up out'n Denver in the spring uv ‘81
A man who'd worked with Dana on the Noo York Sun.
His name wuz Cantell Whoppers, ‘nd he wuz a sight ter view
Ez he walked inter the orfice ‘nd inquired fer work ter do.
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Eugene Field
To The Right Honourable Francis Earl Of Huntington
I
The wise and great of every clime,
Through all the spacious walks of Time,
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Mark Akenside
I
The wise and great of every clime,
Through all the spacious walks of Time,
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Mark Akenside
Lowther
Lowther! in thy majestic Pile are seen
Cathedral pomp and grace, in apt accord
With the baronial castle's sterner mien;
Union significant of God adored,
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William Wordsworth
Lowther! in thy majestic Pile are seen
Cathedral pomp and grace, in apt accord
With the baronial castle's sterner mien;
Union significant of God adored,
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William Wordsworth
The Tariff On Tin
Monarch of Hannah's rocking-chair,
With unclipped beard and unkempt hair,
Sitting at ease by the kitchen fire,
Nor heeding the wind and the driving sleet,
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Hanford Lennox Gordon
Monarch of Hannah's rocking-chair,
With unclipped beard and unkempt hair,
Sitting at ease by the kitchen fire,
Nor heeding the wind and the driving sleet,
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Hanford Lennox Gordon
Longfellow
In a great land, a new land, a land full of labour
and riches and confusion,
Where there were many running to and fro, and
shouting, and striving together,
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Henry Van Dyke
In a great land, a new land, a land full of labour
and riches and confusion,
Where there were many running to and fro, and
shouting, and striving together,
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Henry Van Dyke
Haw!
'Haw! Good fellow I'm not doubting
Your intentions are all right,
And your general appearance
Is intelligent and bright;
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
'Haw! Good fellow I'm not doubting
Your intentions are all right,
And your general appearance
Is intelligent and bright;
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
The Rhyme Of The O'sullivan
Pro Bono Publico
Went out the streets to scan,
And marching to and fro
He met a seedy man,
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Banjo Paterson
Pro Bono Publico
Went out the streets to scan,
And marching to and fro
He met a seedy man,
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Banjo Paterson
The Ballad Of Mabel Clare
Ye children of the Land of Gold,
I sing a song to you,
And if the jokes are somewhat old,
The main idea is new.
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Henry Lawson
Ye children of the Land of Gold,
I sing a song to you,
And if the jokes are somewhat old,
The main idea is new.
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Henry Lawson
The Freed Islands
A FEW brief years have passed away
Since Britain drove her million slaves
Beneath the tropic's fiery ray:
God willed their freedom; and to-day
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John Greenleaf Whittier
A FEW brief years have passed away
Since Britain drove her million slaves
Beneath the tropic's fiery ray:
God willed their freedom; and to-day
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John Greenleaf Whittier
As A Strong Bird On Pinious Free
AS a strong bird on pinions free,
Joyous, the amplest spaces heavenward cleaving,
Such be the thought I'd think to-day of thee, America,
Such be the recitative I'd bring to-day for thee.
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Walt Whitman
AS a strong bird on pinions free,
Joyous, the amplest spaces heavenward cleaving,
Such be the thought I'd think to-day of thee, America,
Such be the recitative I'd bring to-day for thee.
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Walt Whitman
Jones M.p.
It was thus in the beginning: With a sporting chance of winning,
Jones contested an election years ago.
He was young, enthusiastic, and maintained that measures drastic
Were imperative to save the land from Woe.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
It was thus in the beginning: With a sporting chance of winning,
Jones contested an election years ago.
He was young, enthusiastic, and maintained that measures drastic
Were imperative to save the land from Woe.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
Gone Down
To the voters of Glen Innes 'twas O'Sullivan that went,
To secure the country vote for Mister Hay.
So he told 'em what he'd borrowed, and he told 'em what he'd spent,
Though extravagance had blown it all away.
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Banjo Paterson
To the voters of Glen Innes 'twas O'Sullivan that went,
To secure the country vote for Mister Hay.
So he told 'em what he'd borrowed, and he told 'em what he'd spent,
Though extravagance had blown it all away.
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Banjo Paterson
The Peace Convention At Brussels
STILL in thy streets, O Paris! doth the stain
Of blood defy the cleansing autumn rain;
Still breaks the smoke Messina's ruins through,
And Naples mourns that new Bartholomew,
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John Greenleaf Whittier
STILL in thy streets, O Paris! doth the stain
Of blood defy the cleansing autumn rain;
Still breaks the smoke Messina's ruins through,
And Naples mourns that new Bartholomew,
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Accordion
Some carol of the banjo, to its measure keeping time;
Of viol or of lute some make a song.
My battered old accordion, you're worthy of a rhyme,
You've been my friend and comforter so long.
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Robert William Service
Some carol of the banjo, to its measure keeping time;
Of viol or of lute some make a song.
My battered old accordion, you're worthy of a rhyme,
You've been my friend and comforter so long.
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Robert William Service
To An Artist
YOU tell me these great lords have raised up Art?
I say they have degraded it. Look you,
When ever did they let the Poet sing,
The Painter paint, the Sculptor hew and cast,
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Francis William Lauderdale Adams
YOU tell me these great lords have raised up Art?
I say they have degraded it. Look you,
When ever did they let the Poet sing,
The Painter paint, the Sculptor hew and cast,
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Francis William Lauderdale Adams
The Squatter-s Daughter
OUT in the west, where runs are wide,
And days than ours are hotter,
Not very far from Lachlan Side
There dwelt a wealthy squatter.
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Henry Lawson
OUT in the west, where runs are wide,
And days than ours are hotter,
Not very far from Lachlan Side
There dwelt a wealthy squatter.
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Henry Lawson
Rantoul
One day, along the electric wire
His manly word for Freedom sped;
We came next morn: that tongue of fire
Said only, 'He who spake is dead!'
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John Greenleaf Whittier
One day, along the electric wire
His manly word for Freedom sped;
We came next morn: that tongue of fire
Said only, 'He who spake is dead!'
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John Greenleaf Whittier
The Briny Grave
You wonder why so many would be buried in the sea,
In this world of froth and bubble,
But I donâ??t wonder, for it seems to me
That it saves such a lot of trouble.
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Henry Lawson
You wonder why so many would be buried in the sea,
In this world of froth and bubble,
But I donâ??t wonder, for it seems to me
That it saves such a lot of trouble.
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Henry Lawson
The Martyred Democrat
In Lady Lusher's drawing-room, where float the strains of Brahms,
While cultured caterpillars chew the leaves of potted palms
In Lady Lusher's drawing-room, upon a summer's day,
The democrats of Toorak met to pass an hour away.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
In Lady Lusher's drawing-room, where float the strains of Brahms,
While cultured caterpillars chew the leaves of potted palms
In Lady Lusher's drawing-room, upon a summer's day,
The democrats of Toorak met to pass an hour away.
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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
Mr. Dana, Of The New York Sun
Thar showed up out'n Denver in the spring uv '81
A man who'd worked with Dana on the Noo York Sun.
His name wuz Cantell Whoppers, 'nd he wuz a sight ter view
Ez he walked inter the orfice 'nd inquired fer work ter do.
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Eugene Field
Thar showed up out'n Denver in the spring uv '81
A man who'd worked with Dana on the Noo York Sun.
His name wuz Cantell Whoppers, 'nd he wuz a sight ter view
Ez he walked inter the orfice 'nd inquired fer work ter do.
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Eugene Field
The Rhyme Of The O'sullivan And Pro Bono Publico
Pro Bono Publico
Went out the streets to scan,
And marching to and fro
He met a seedy man,
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Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
Pro Bono Publico
Went out the streets to scan,
And marching to and fro
He met a seedy man,
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Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
Gone Down
To the voters of Glen Innes 'twas O'Sullivan that went,
To secure the country vote for Mister Hay.
So he told 'em what he'd borrowed, and he told 'em what he'd spent,
Though extravagance had blown it all away.
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Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
To the voters of Glen Innes 'twas O'Sullivan that went,
To secure the country vote for Mister Hay.
So he told 'em what he'd borrowed, and he told 'em what he'd spent,
Though extravagance had blown it all away.
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Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
The Squatter's Daughter
Out in the west, where runs are wide,
And days than ours are hotter,
Not very far from Lachlan Side
There dwelt a wealthy squatter.
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Henry Lawson
Out in the west, where runs are wide,
And days than ours are hotter,
Not very far from Lachlan Side
There dwelt a wealthy squatter.
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Henry Lawson
The Poet And The Woodlouse
Said a poet to a woodlouse, "Thou art certainly my brother;
I discern in thee the markings of the fingers of the Whole;
And I recognize, in spite of all the terrene smut and smother,
In the colours shaded off thee, the suggestions of a soul.
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Said a poet to a woodlouse, "Thou art certainly my brother;
I discern in thee the markings of the fingers of the Whole;
And I recognize, in spite of all the terrene smut and smother,
In the colours shaded off thee, the suggestions of a soul.
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Algernon Charles Swinburne
Plaint Of The Missouri 'coon In The Berlin Zoological Gardens
Friend, by the way you hump yourself you're from the States, I know,
And born in old Mizzourah, where the 'coons in plenty grow;
I, too, am a native of that clime, but harsh, relentless fate
Has doomed me to an exile far from that noble state,
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Eugene Field
Friend, by the way you hump yourself you're from the States, I know,
And born in old Mizzourah, where the 'coons in plenty grow;
I, too, am a native of that clime, but harsh, relentless fate
Has doomed me to an exile far from that noble state,
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Eugene Field
Distichs
Chords are touch'd by Apollo, the death-laden bow, too, he bendeth;
While he the shepherdess charms, Python he lays in the dust.
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Chords are touch'd by Apollo, the death-laden bow, too, he bendeth;
While he the shepherdess charms, Python he lays in the dust.
-
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Toward The Gulf
Dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt
From the Cordilleran Highlands,
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Edgar Lee Masters
Dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt
From the Cordilleran Highlands,
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Edgar Lee Masters
Be Aware
We were not born into racism
But
racism Thought us with the knowledge of the books they set us to read
The I'm accepting change cause
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Bongane Murimwa
We were not born into racism
But
racism Thought us with the knowledge of the books they set us to read
The I'm accepting change cause
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Bongane Murimwa
Great Zimbabwe
The city of Kings, Mwenemutapa
So long infected, by envious stories.
It has stood for centuries
This piece of magnificent African Architecture
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Seke Bharu
The city of Kings, Mwenemutapa
So long infected, by envious stories.
It has stood for centuries
This piece of magnificent African Architecture
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Seke Bharu
The Frogs Asking A King
[1]
A certain commonwealth aquatic,
Grown tired of order democratic,
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Jean De La Fontaine
[1]
A certain commonwealth aquatic,
Grown tired of order democratic,
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Jean De La Fontaine
The First Black Flag
("Avez-vous oui dire?")
[LES BURGRAVES, Part I., March, 1843.]
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Victor-marie Hugo
("Avez-vous oui dire?")
[LES BURGRAVES, Part I., March, 1843.]
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Victor-marie Hugo
The Man Who Worked With Dana On The "sun"
Thar showed up out 'n Denver in the spring of '81
A man who'd worked with Dana on the Noo York Sun.
His name was Cantell Whoppers, 'nd he was a sight ter view
Ez he walked into the orfice 'nd inquired for work to do;
.....
Eugene Field
Thar showed up out 'n Denver in the spring of '81
A man who'd worked with Dana on the Noo York Sun.
His name was Cantell Whoppers, 'nd he was a sight ter view
Ez he walked into the orfice 'nd inquired for work to do;
.....
Eugene Field