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• Photography Extraordinary

  Scorch'd by her fierce, relentless eye,
  Nothingness is my destiny!

  by Lewis Carroll 21 lines
• The Creation I

  The God separated a spirit from Himself and fashioned it into Beauty. He showered upon her all the blessings of gracefulness and kindness. He gave her the cup o

  by Khalil Gibran 5 lines, 1 comment
• Common Dust

  And who shall separate the dust
  What later we shall be:

  by Georgia Douglas Johnson 21 lines, 1 comment
• A Cow and a Goat

  There was a verdant pasture somewhere
  Whose land was the very picture of beauty

  by Muhammed Iqbal 58 lines, 6 comments
• Epitaph To Rome

  If midst Rome you wish to see Rome, pilgrim,
  Tho in Rome naught of Rome might you see,

  by Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski 14 lines, 1 comment
• Botany Bay

  Farewell to old England for ever,
  Farewell to my rum culls as well,

  by Anonymous Oceania 29 lines
• Blasphemy--American Style

  Look, God,
  We've got a nigger here

  by Esther Popel 41 lines
• What Fifty Said..

  When I was young my teachers were the old.
  I gave up fire for form till I was cold.

  by Robert Frost 8 lines
• A Sweltering Day In Australia

  The Bombola faints in the hot Bowral tree,
  Where fierce Mullengudgery's smothering fires

  by Mark Twain 59 lines, 2 comments
• At The Beating Of A Drum

  Fear ye not the stormy future, for the Battle Hymn is strong,
  And the armies of Australia shall not march without a song;

  by Henry Lawson 12 lines
• Have you ever made a just man?

  "Have you ever made a just man?"
  "Oh, I have made three," answered God,

  by Stephen Maria Crane 6 lines, 1 comment
• Self-Knowledge XVII

  And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge."
  And he answered, saying:

  by Khalil Gibran 18 lines
• Brothers

  See! There he stands; not brave, but with an air
  Of sullen stupor. Mark him well! Is he

  by James Weldon Johnson 71 lines
• Nocturno (Nocturne)

  Spanish
  Fuera, la noche en veste de tragedia solloza

  by Delmira Agustini 78 lines
• Narva and Mored

  Recite the loves of Narva and Mored
  The priest of Chalma's triple idol said.

  by Thomas Chatterton 105 lines, 1 comment
• Love And Madness

  Hark ! from the battlements of yonder tower
  The solemn bell has tolled the midnight hour !

  by Thomas Campbell 72 lines
• Sonnet 104 - A spot of poontang on a five-foot piece

  A spot of poontang on a five-foot piece,
  Diminutive, but room enough . . like clay

  by John Berryman 14 lines, 1 comment
• Lost Time

  On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time.
  But it is never lost, my lord.

  by Rabindranath Tagore 9 lines, 3 comments
• Lone Gentleman

  The gay young men and the love-sick girls,
  and the abandoned widows suffering in sleepless delirium,

  by Pablo Neruda 41 lines
• The Leaden-Eyed

  Let not young souls be smothered out before
  They do quaint deeds and fully flaunt their pride.

  by Vachel Lindsay 8 lines, 1 comment
• The Mountains of Mourne

  Oh Mary this London's a wonderful sight
  With people here workin' by day and by night

  by William Percy French 24 lines
• Freedom XIV

  And an orator said, \

  by Khalil Gibran 22 lines, 2 comments
• Reason And Passion XV

  And the priestess spoke again and said: "Speak to us of Reason and Passion."
  And he answered saying:

  by Khalil Gibran 16 lines
• The Criminal V

  A young man of strong body, weakened by hunger, sat on the walker's portion of the street stretching his hand toward all who passed, begging and repeating his h

  by Khalil Gibran 8 lines, 2 comments
• Peace Restored

  You virgins, that did late despair
  To keep your wealth from cruel men,

  by James Shirley 19 lines
• Crossing the Frontier

  Crossing the frontier they were stopped in time,
  Told, quite politely, they would have to wait:

  by A D Hope 47 lines
• Good And Evil XXII

  And one of the elders of the city said, \

  by Khalil Gibran 29 lines
• Be A Friend

  Be a friend. You don't need money;
  Just a disposition sunny;

  by Edgar Albert Guest 24 lines
• Behind The Gates Of The Wealthy

  zhu men jiu rou chou
  lu you dong si gu

  by Du Fu 8 lines, 11 comments
• Oh, Fortune!

  Oh, Fortune! how thy restlesse wavering state
  Hath fraught with cares my troubled witt!

  by Queen Elizabeth I 12 lines

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