HOBBY POEMS
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Ode To Rae Wilson Esq.
A WANDERER, Wilson, from my native land,
Remote, O Rae, from godliness and thee,
Where rolls between us the eternal sea,
Besides some furlongs of a foreign sand,â??
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Thomas Hood
A WANDERER, Wilson, from my native land,
Remote, O Rae, from godliness and thee,
Where rolls between us the eternal sea,
Besides some furlongs of a foreign sand,â??
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Thomas Hood
A Hero To His Hobby-horse.
Hear me now, my hobby-horse, my steed of prancing paces!
Time is it that you and I won something more than races.
I have got a fine cocked hat, with feathers proudly waving;
Out into the world we'll go, both death and danger braving.
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Juliana Horatia Ewing
Hear me now, my hobby-horse, my steed of prancing paces!
Time is it that you and I won something more than races.
I have got a fine cocked hat, with feathers proudly waving;
Out into the world we'll go, both death and danger braving.
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Juliana Horatia Ewing
The Virtues Of Sid Hamet The Magician-s Rod
The rod was but a harmless wand,
While Moses held it in his hand;
But, soon as e'er he laid it down,
Twas a devouring serpent grown.
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Jonathan Swift
The rod was but a harmless wand,
While Moses held it in his hand;
But, soon as e'er he laid it down,
Twas a devouring serpent grown.
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Jonathan Swift
My Chapel
In idle dream with pipe in hand
I looked across the Square,
And saw the little chapel stand
In eloquent despair.
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Robert Service
In idle dream with pipe in hand
I looked across the Square,
And saw the little chapel stand
In eloquent despair.
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Robert Service
Hippodromania; Or, Whiffs From The Pipe (in Five Parts): Part V: Ex Fumo Dare Lucem ('twixt Th
Prologue
Calm and clear! the bright day is declining,
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Prologue
Calm and clear! the bright day is declining,
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
My Chapel
In idle dream with pipe in hand
I looked across the Square,
And saw the little chapel stand
In eloquent despair.
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Robert William Service
In idle dream with pipe in hand
I looked across the Square,
And saw the little chapel stand
In eloquent despair.
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Robert William Service
Ex Fumo Dare Lucem - 'twixt The Cup And The Lip
Prologue
Calm and clear! the bright day is declining,
The crystal expanse of the bay,
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Prologue
Calm and clear! the bright day is declining,
The crystal expanse of the bay,
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Desultory Thoughts On Criticism - Prose
"Let a man write never so well, there are now-a-days a sort of persons they call critics, that, egad, have no more wit in them than so many hobby-horses: but they'll laugh at you, Sir, and find fault, and censure things, that, egad, I'm sure they are not able to do themselves; a sort of envious persons, that emulate the glories of persons of parts, and think to build their fame by calumniation of persons that, egad, to my knowledge, of all persons in the world, are in nature the persons that do as much despise all that, as, a, In fine, I'll say no more of 'em!" REHEARSAL.
All the world knows the story of the tempest-tossed voyager, who, coming upon a strange coast, and seeing a man hanging in chains, hailed it with joy, as the sign of a civilized country. In like manner we may hail, as a proof of the rapid advancement of civilization and refinement in this country, the increasing number of delinquent authors daily gibbeted for the edification of the public.
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Washington Irving
"Let a man write never so well, there are now-a-days a sort of persons they call critics, that, egad, have no more wit in them than so many hobby-horses: but they'll laugh at you, Sir, and find fault, and censure things, that, egad, I'm sure they are not able to do themselves; a sort of envious persons, that emulate the glories of persons of parts, and think to build their fame by calumniation of persons that, egad, to my knowledge, of all persons in the world, are in nature the persons that do as much despise all that, as, a, In fine, I'll say no more of 'em!" REHEARSAL.
All the world knows the story of the tempest-tossed voyager, who, coming upon a strange coast, and seeing a man hanging in chains, hailed it with joy, as the sign of a civilized country. In like manner we may hail, as a proof of the rapid advancement of civilization and refinement in this country, the increasing number of delinquent authors daily gibbeted for the edification of the public.
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Washington Irving
Old Codger
Of garden truck he made his fare,
As his bright eyes bore witness;
Health was his habit and his care,
His hobby human fitness.
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Robert Service
Of garden truck he made his fare,
As his bright eyes bore witness;
Health was his habit and his care,
His hobby human fitness.
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Robert Service
The Prospector
I strolled up old Bonanza, where I staked in ninety-eight,
A-purpose to revisit the old claim.
I kept thinking mighty sadly of the funny ways of Fate,
And the lads who once were with me in the game.
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Robert Service
I strolled up old Bonanza, where I staked in ninety-eight,
A-purpose to revisit the old claim.
I kept thinking mighty sadly of the funny ways of Fate,
And the lads who once were with me in the game.
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Robert Service
The Four Ages Of Man: 01 - Introduction
Lo now! four other acts upon the stage,
Childhood, and Youth, the Manly, and Old-age.
The first: son unto Phlegm, grand-child to water,
Unstable, supple, moist, and cold's his Nature.
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Anne Bradstreet
Lo now! four other acts upon the stage,
Childhood, and Youth, the Manly, and Old-age.
The first: son unto Phlegm, grand-child to water,
Unstable, supple, moist, and cold's his Nature.
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Anne Bradstreet
An Apology For The Bottle Volcanic
Sometimes I dip my pen and find the bottle full of fire,
The salamanders flying forth I cannot but admire.
It's Etna, or Vesuvius, if those big things were small,
And then 'tis but itself again, and does not smoke at all.
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Vachel Lindsay
Sometimes I dip my pen and find the bottle full of fire,
The salamanders flying forth I cannot but admire.
It's Etna, or Vesuvius, if those big things were small,
And then 'tis but itself again, and does not smoke at all.
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Vachel Lindsay
For The Young Who Want To
Talent is what they say
you have after the novel
is published and favorably
reviewed. Beforehand what
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Marge Piercy
Talent is what they say
you have after the novel
is published and favorably
reviewed. Beforehand what
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Marge Piercy
Ode To Memory
O Memory! Celestial maid!
Who glean'st the flowerets cropt by time;
And, suffering not a leaf to fade,
Preserv'st the blossoms of our prime;
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William Shenstone
O Memory! Celestial maid!
Who glean'st the flowerets cropt by time;
And, suffering not a leaf to fade,
Preserv'st the blossoms of our prime;
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William Shenstone
De Libris
True â?? there are books and books. Thereâ??s Gray,
For instance, and thereâ??s Bacon;
Thereâ??s Longfellow, and Monstrelet,
And also Coltonâ??s â?? Lacon,â?
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William Cosmo Monkhouse
True â?? there are books and books. Thereâ??s Gray,
For instance, and thereâ??s Bacon;
Thereâ??s Longfellow, and Monstrelet,
And also Coltonâ??s â?? Lacon,â?
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William Cosmo Monkhouse
The Stranger's Friend
The strangest things and the maddest things, that a man can do or say,
To the chaps and fellers and coves Out Back are matters of every day;
Maybe on account of the lives they lead, or the life that their hearts discardâ??
But never a fool can be too mad or a â??hard caseâ?? be too hard.
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Henry Lawson
The strangest things and the maddest things, that a man can do or say,
To the chaps and fellers and coves Out Back are matters of every day;
Maybe on account of the lives they lead, or the life that their hearts discardâ??
But never a fool can be too mad or a â??hard caseâ?? be too hard.
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Henry Lawson
Colyn Cloute
Quis consurget mecum adversus malignantes ?
aut quis stabit mecum adversus operantes iniqui-
tatem ? Nemo, Domine !
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John Skelton
Quis consurget mecum adversus malignantes ?
aut quis stabit mecum adversus operantes iniqui-
tatem ? Nemo, Domine !
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John Skelton
Old Codger
Of garden truck he made his fare,
As his bright eyes bore witness;
Health was his habit and his care,
His hobby human fitness.
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Robert William Service
Of garden truck he made his fare,
As his bright eyes bore witness;
Health was his habit and his care,
His hobby human fitness.
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Robert William Service
Of The Four Ages Of Man
Lo, now four other act upon the stage,
Childhood and Youth, the Many and Old age:
The first son unto phlegm, grandchild to water,
Unstable, supple, cold and moist's his nature
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Anne Bradstreet
Lo, now four other act upon the stage,
Childhood and Youth, the Many and Old age:
The first son unto phlegm, grandchild to water,
Unstable, supple, cold and moist's his nature
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Anne Bradstreet
On St. David's Day
To Mrs. E.C. Morrieson
â??Twas not chance but deep design,
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James Clerk Maxwell
To Mrs. E.C. Morrieson
â??Twas not chance but deep design,
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James Clerk Maxwell
The Falcon
Fair Princesse of the spacious air,
That hast vouchsaf'd acquaintance here,
With us are quarter'd below stairs,
That can reach heav'n with nought but pray'rs;
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Richard Lovelace
Fair Princesse of the spacious air,
That hast vouchsaf'd acquaintance here,
With us are quarter'd below stairs,
That can reach heav'n with nought but pray'rs;
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Richard Lovelace
Epilogue, Spoken By The Same.
(Prologue To The University Of Oxford, Spoken By Mr Hart, At The Acting Of "The Silent Woman.")
No poor Dutch peasant, wing'd with all his fear,
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John Dryden
(Prologue To The University Of Oxford, Spoken By Mr Hart, At The Acting Of "The Silent Woman.")
No poor Dutch peasant, wing'd with all his fear,
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John Dryden
The Kerrigan Boys
By jove itâ??s hot on the track today, my flannel is soaked with sweat.
I think Iâ??ll sit in the shade a bit and wait for the sun to set.
I know of a decent camping place by the river beyond the town,
And Iâ??d rather carry my swag through there after the sun goes down.
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Edward Harrington
By jove itâ??s hot on the track today, my flannel is soaked with sweat.
I think Iâ??ll sit in the shade a bit and wait for the sun to set.
I know of a decent camping place by the river beyond the town,
And Iâ??d rather carry my swag through there after the sun goes down.
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Edward Harrington
The Prospector
I strolled up old Bonanza, where I staked in ninety-eight,
A-purpose to revisit the old claim.
I kept thinking mighty sadly of the funny ways of Fate,
And the lads who once were with me in the game.
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Robert William Service
I strolled up old Bonanza, where I staked in ninety-eight,
A-purpose to revisit the old claim.
I kept thinking mighty sadly of the funny ways of Fate,
And the lads who once were with me in the game.
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Robert William Service
The Collector Cleans His Picture
Fili hominis, ecce ego tollo a te desiderabile oculorum tuorom in plaga. EZECH. xxiv. 16.
How I remember cleaning that strange picture!
I had been deep in duty for my sick neighbour -
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Thomas Hardy
Fili hominis, ecce ego tollo a te desiderabile oculorum tuorom in plaga. EZECH. xxiv. 16.
How I remember cleaning that strange picture!
I had been deep in duty for my sick neighbour -
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Thomas Hardy
An Epistle To Fleetwood Shephard, Esq. Burleigh, May 14, 1689
Sir,
As once a twelvemonth to the priest,
Holy at Rome, here Antichrist,
The Spanish king presents a jennet
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Matthew Prior
Sir,
As once a twelvemonth to the priest,
Holy at Rome, here Antichrist,
The Spanish king presents a jennet
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Matthew Prior
John O' The Side
'He is weil kend, Johne of the Syde,
A greater theif did never ryde.'
Sir Richard Maitland.
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Frank Sidgwick
'He is weil kend, Johne of the Syde,
A greater theif did never ryde.'
Sir Richard Maitland.
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Frank Sidgwick
The Canonization Of Saint Butterworth
"A Christian of the best edition."--RABELAIS.
Canonize him!--yea, verily, we'll canonize him,
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Thomas Moore
"A Christian of the best edition."--RABELAIS.
Canonize him!--yea, verily, we'll canonize him,
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Thomas Moore
Nursery Rhyme. Ccccxcix. Natural History
I had a little hobby-horse, and it was well shod,
It carried me to the mill-door, trod, trod, trod;
When I got there I gave a great shout,
Down came the hobby-horse, and I cried out.
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Unknown
I had a little hobby-horse, and it was well shod,
It carried me to the mill-door, trod, trod, trod;
When I got there I gave a great shout,
Down came the hobby-horse, and I cried out.
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Unknown
Very Personal
It's not my hobby to disturb someone,
Nor I wish to be an unwanted guest of someone.
It's not my hobby to disclose pain to someone,
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Shrutimala Goswami
It's not my hobby to disturb someone,
Nor I wish to be an unwanted guest of someone.
It's not my hobby to disclose pain to someone,
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Shrutimala Goswami
You Are Your Own Light
Every one needs light for motivation
We want people to bring light to us
But the time has arrived
Its time to be your own light
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Vuyani Chauke
Every one needs light for motivation
We want people to bring light to us
But the time has arrived
Its time to be your own light
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Vuyani Chauke
When Love Is Crazy.
It is so amazing,
makes feel depress and so lazy,
thinking comes when rejected,
not a crop to be harvest,
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Micheal Ajani
It is so amazing,
makes feel depress and so lazy,
thinking comes when rejected,
not a crop to be harvest,
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Micheal Ajani
Ode To Rae Wilson, Esq. To The Editor Of The Athenëum
MY DEAR SIR - The following Ode was written anticipating the tone of
some strictures on my writings by the gentleman to whom it is
addressed. I have not seen his book; but I know by hearsay that some
of my verses are characterized as "profaneness and ribaldry" - citing,
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Thomas Hood
MY DEAR SIR - The following Ode was written anticipating the tone of
some strictures on my writings by the gentleman to whom it is
addressed. I have not seen his book; but I know by hearsay that some
of my verses are characterized as "profaneness and ribaldry" - citing,
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Thomas Hood
Taste
I can't understand why you pass up the toys
That Santa considered just right for small boys;
I can't understand why you turn up your nose
At dogs, hobby-horses, and treasures like those,
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Ringgold Wilmer Lardner
I can't understand why you pass up the toys
That Santa considered just right for small boys;
I can't understand why you turn up your nose
At dogs, hobby-horses, and treasures like those,
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Ringgold Wilmer Lardner
Boffin Says
To some it seems a subject,
some take it as a hobby.
Ignited thoughts in physics,
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Shourya Kumar
To some it seems a subject,
some take it as a hobby.
Ignited thoughts in physics,
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Shourya Kumar
Good Old Days
Hatred sues our dignity
Brothers of one mother
Sowers of great goodies
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Keraita Stephen
Hatred sues our dignity
Brothers of one mother
Sowers of great goodies
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Keraita Stephen
Watching You
It makes me smile
Your love for life
Your fearless soul
You run and play
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Gideon Motanya
It makes me smile
Your love for life
Your fearless soul
You run and play
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Gideon Motanya
If Love Be A Book
If love was a book
I am reading the dictionary
He gives me in summary
But fills my heart's gallery
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Biryeri Mariam
If love was a book
I am reading the dictionary
He gives me in summary
But fills my heart's gallery
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Biryeri Mariam
Change
Is it because of people?
Or it's just your mind;
That guides and plans for you.
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Niyitanga Pacifique
Is it because of people?
Or it's just your mind;
That guides and plans for you.
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Niyitanga Pacifique
Readership
I’m more interested in readership than comments.
The readers don’t have to like my compositions.
I don’t have to answer questions about my poetry,
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Marlon Pitter
I’m more interested in readership than comments.
The readers don’t have to like my compositions.
I don’t have to answer questions about my poetry,
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Marlon Pitter
The Satyr And My Muse
An aged satyr sought
Around my Muse to pass,
Attempting to pay court,
And eyed her fondly through his glass.
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Friedrich Schiller
An aged satyr sought
Around my Muse to pass,
Attempting to pay court,
And eyed her fondly through his glass.
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Friedrich Schiller
Fum And Hum, The Two Birds Of Royalty
One day the Chinese Bird of Royalty, FUM,
Thus accosted our own Bird of Royalty, HUM,
In that Palace or China-shop (Brighton, which is it?)
Where FUM had just come to pay HUM a short visit.--
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Thomas Moore
One day the Chinese Bird of Royalty, FUM,
Thus accosted our own Bird of Royalty, HUM,
In that Palace or China-shop (Brighton, which is it?)
Where FUM had just come to pay HUM a short visit.--
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Thomas Moore
The Virtues Of Sid Hamet[1] The Magician's Rod. 1710[2]
The rod was but a harmless wand,
While Moses held it in his hand;
But, soon as e'er he laid it down,
Twas a devouring serpent grown.
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Jonathan Swift
The rod was but a harmless wand,
While Moses held it in his hand;
But, soon as e'er he laid it down,
Twas a devouring serpent grown.
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Jonathan Swift
The Fudges In England. Letter Iv. From Patrick Magan, Esq., To The Rev. Richard ----
He comes from Erin's speechful shore
Like fervid kettle, bubbling o'er
With hot effusions--hot and weak;
Sound, Humbug, all your hollowest drums,
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Thomas Moore
He comes from Erin's speechful shore
Like fervid kettle, bubbling o'er
With hot effusions--hot and weak;
Sound, Humbug, all your hollowest drums,
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Thomas Moore
Untainted Sage
To campus I went,
With innocent eyes I looked,
The passing thighs exposed,
Innocent me wondered,
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Keraita Stephen
To campus I went,
With innocent eyes I looked,
The passing thighs exposed,
Innocent me wondered,
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Keraita Stephen
Suitor
In the library, I was reading.
You walked by and saw me.
You said hello and asked my name,
You looked at me wonderfully.
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Queennie Gulle
In the library, I was reading.
You walked by and saw me.
You said hello and asked my name,
You looked at me wonderfully.
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Queennie Gulle
No Excuse
No one is doubting
That you will be standing
Facing your God shivering
With no doubt, there is no excuse.
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Kunanero Kayode
No one is doubting
That you will be standing
Facing your God shivering
With no doubt, there is no excuse.
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Kunanero Kayode
A Good Poem
Some poets write as a hobby or for fun
Others write for money and fame
People can write whatever they want,
But a good poem is not mumbo jumbo
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Marlon Pitter
Some poets write as a hobby or for fun
Others write for money and fame
People can write whatever they want,
But a good poem is not mumbo jumbo
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Marlon Pitter