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• Sailor-Man by Edwin James Brady
  Here's a nice barroom monologue by a deep-water sailor commenting on the romantic notions landlubbers have of the sailor's life.

  'ARF a pint for me, old party -- thank'ee, mister -- 'ere's yer 'ealth --
  'Opes y'll live to be a nundred; 'opes yer luck'll bring y
  suggested by Charley Noble
• The Parable Of The Old Man And The Young by Wilfred Owen
  So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
  And took the fire with him, and a knife.
  suggested by Eusebius
• Les Ballons by Oscar Wilde
  Against these turbid turquoise skies
  The light and luminous balloons
  suggested by Eusebius
• XXI: Bredon Hill by A E Housman
  In summertime on Bredon
  The bells they sound so clear;
  suggested by Eusebius
• Amaryllis by Edwin Arlington Robinson
  Once, when I wandered in the woods alone,
  An old man tottered up to me and said,
  suggested by Eusebius
• Atavism by Elinor Wylie
  I was always afraid of Somes's Pond:
  Not the little pond, by which the willow stands,
  suggested by Eusebius
• The Crocodile by Roald Dahl
  "No animal is half as vileAs Crocky–Wock, the crocodile.
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• Oft Do I Dream by Paul Verlaine
  Oft do I dream this strange and penetrating dream:
  An unknown woman, whom I love, who loves me well,
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• A Tragic Story by William Makepeace Thackeray
  There lived a sage in days of yore,
  And he a handsome pigtail wore;
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• Tolerance by Thomas Hardy
  'It is a foolish thing,' said I,
  'To bear with such, and pass it by;
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• At the Theatre: To the Lady Behind Me by A P Herbert
  If only we could be so eloquent in a similar situation.

  Dear Madam, you have seen this play;I never saw it till today.
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• The Glass Of Beer by James Stephens
  The lanky hank of a she in the inn over thereNearly killed me for asking the loan of a glass of beer:
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• The Living Book by Charlotte Fiske Bates
  THIS bears the seal of immortality,
    For every soul that reads it feels the search
  suggested by rufina caraid
• Doha 3 by Tulsidas
  "Bina tej ke purush ki avshi avagya hoy|
  Aagi bujhe jyo raakh ki aap chuvay sab koy||"
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• Perhaps (To R.A.L.) by Vera Brittain
  Perhaps some day the sun will shine again,And I shall see that still the skies are blue,
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• Great, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful World by William Brighty Rands
  Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World,
  With the wonderful water round you curled,
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• Tableau by Countee Cullen
  Locked arm in arm they cross the way
  The black boy and the white,
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes
• Is My Lover On The Sea by Bryan Waller Procter
  Is my lover on the sea 
  Sailing east or sailing west, 
  suggested by I-Like-Rhymes

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