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| Search results for: p | Found 8786 Poems |
| 2781. | For A Poet by Countee Cullen | | I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold;
Where long will cling the lips of the moth,
I have wrapped my drea... |
| 2782. | Simon the Cyrenian Speaks by Countee Cullen | | He never spoke a word to me,
And yet He called my name;
He never gave a sign to me,
And yet I knew and came.
At first I said, "I will not bear
H... |
| 2783. | Does It Pay? by Ella Wheeler Wilcox | | If one poor burdened toiler o’er life’s road,
Who meets us by the way,
Goes on less conscious of his galling load,
Then life, indeed, does p... |
| 2784. | Friendship After Love by Ella Wheeler Wilcox | | After the fierce midsummer all ablaze
Has burned itself to ashes, and expires
In the intensity of its own fires,
There come the mellow, mild, St. ... |
| 2785. | Poverty And Wealth by Ella Wheeler Wilcox | | The stork flew over a town one day,
And back of each wing an infant lay;
One to a rich man’s home he brought,
And one he left at a labourer’... |
| 2786. | Platonic by Ella Wheeler Wilcox | | I knew it the first of the summer,
I knew it the same at the end,
That you and your love were plighted,
But couldn’t you be my friend?
Could... |
| 2787. | Preaching Vs Practice by Ella Wheeler Wilcox | | It is easy to sit in the sunshine
And talk to the man in the shade;
It is easy to float in a well-trimmed boat,
And point out the places to wade.... |
| 2788. | Go Plant a Tree by Ella Wheeler Wilcox | | God, what a joy it is to plant a tree,
And from the sallow earth to watch it rise,
Lifting its emerald branches to the skies
In silent adoration... |
| 2789. | An Inspiration by Ella Wheeler Wilcox | | However the battle is ended,
Though proudly the victor comes
With fluttering flags and prancing nags
And echoing roll of drums.
Still truth procla... |
| 2790. | My Ships by Ella Wheeler Wilcox | | If all the ships I have at sea
Should come a-sailing home to me,
From sunny lands, and lands of cold,
Ah well! the harbor could not hold
So ma... |
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