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  • Righteous Anger
    THE lanky hank of a she in the inn over there 
    Nearly killed me for asking the loan of a glass of beer: 
    15 lines, 1 comment
  • The Turn of the Road
    I was playing with my hoop along the road
    Just where the bushes are, when, suddenly,
    12 lines, 1 comment
  • A Visit from Abroad
          A speck went blowing up against the sky
              As little as a leaf: then it drew ne
    13 lines, 2 comments
  • Westland Row
          Every Sunday there's a throng
          Of pretty girls, who trot along
    19 lines, 1 comment
  • The Fifteen Acres
    I cling and swing
    On a branch, or sing
    54 lines, 1 comment
  • The Daisies
    IN THE scented bud of the morning—O, 
      When the windy grass went rippling far, 
    14 lines, 6 comments
  • The Coolun
    Come with me, under my coat,
    And we will drink our fill
    19 lines, 1 comment
  • Check
          The night was creeping on the ground;
          She crept and did not make a sound
    15 lines, 2 comments
  • The Glass of Beer
    The lanky hank of a she in the inn over there
    Nearly killed me for asking the loan of a glass of beer:
    13 lines, 1 comment
  • In The Cool Of The Evening
    I thought I heard Him calling. Did you hear
    A sound, a little sound? My curious ear
    17 lines, 2 comments
  • The Ancient Elf
    I am the maker,
    The builder, the breaker,
    16 lines, 4 comments
  • "I heard a bird at dawn"
    I heard a bird at dawn
        Singing sweetly on a tree,
    19 lines, 2 comments
  • In The Poppy Field
    Mad Patsy said, he said to me,
    That every morning he could see
    24 lines, 2 comments
  • The Goat Paths
    The crooked paths go every way
      Upon the hill — they wind about
    49 lines, 2 comments
  • The Lonely God
    So Eden was deserted, and at eve
    Into the quiet place God came to grieve.
    240 lines, 2 comments
  • Hate
    My enemy came nigh,
    And I
    19 lines, 9 comments
  • The Wind
    The wind stood up and gave a shout.
    He whistled on his fingers and
    6 lines, 65,533 comments
  • The Snare
    I hear a sudden cry of pain!
    There is a rabbit in a snare:
    16 lines, 5 comments
  • The Glass Of Beer
    The lanky hank of a she in the inn over there
    Nearly killed me for asking the loan of a glass of beer:
    12 lines, 65,535 comments
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