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The Sparrow’s Nest
BEHOLD, within the leafy shade, Those bright blue eggs together …
Read Poem »Cross
My old man’s a white old man And my old …
Read Poem »The Solitary Reaper
. Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland …
Read Poem »Children’s Rhymes
By what sends the white kids I ain’t sent: I …
Read Poem »The Simplon Pass
. –Brook and road Were fellow-travellers in this gloomy Pass, …
Read Poem »Bad Morning
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy-mercy! I’s frustrated!
Read Poem »The Shepherd, Looking Eastward, Softly Said
The Shepherd, looking eastward, softly said, “Bright is thy veil, …
Read Poem »As I Grew Older
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten …
Read Poem »The Seven Sisters
Or, The Solitude Of Binnorie SEVEN Daughter had Lord Archibald, …
Read Poem »April Rain Song
Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon …
Read Poem »The Sailor’s Mother
. ONE morning (raw it was and wet— A foggy …
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