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I.There are three kisses that I call to mind,And I will sing their secrets as I go.The first, a kiss too courteous to...

I had no where to go,I had no money to spend:"O come with me," the Beaver said,"I live at the world's end.""Does the...

Two knights rode forth at early dawnA-seeking maids to wed,Said one, "My lady must be fair,With gold hair on her...

A book has been made for the King,A book of beauty and art;To the good king's eyesA smile shall riseHiding the ache...

Chorus.What sweeter music can we bring,Than a Carol, for to singThe Birth of this our heavenly King?Awake the Voice!...

NO master sage, nor orator I know,Who can success, like gentle Cupid show;His ways and arguments are pleasing...

Give me your patience, sister, while I frameExact in capitals your golden name;Or sue the fair Apollo and he...

A curse upon each king who leads his state,No matter what his plea, to this foul game,And may it end his wicked...

(Spoken by Mrs. Chapman.)Nay, Mr. Simpson!--'Tis not kind--polite--To shut me out, sir?--I'm in such a fright!--I can...

Child of loud-throated War! the mountain StreamRoars in thy hearing; but thy hour of restIs come, and thou art silent...

Along the graceless grass of townThey rake the rows of red and brown,Dead leaves, unlike the rows of hay,Delicate,...

Ferdinand II entered Malebolge May 22nd, 1859.Go down to hell. This end is good to see;The breath is lightened and...

To be intoned, all but the two italicized lines, which are to be spoken in a snappy, matter-of-fact way.Ding-dong,...

(July, 1864.)Arms reversed and banners craped -Muffled drums;Snowy horses sable-draped -McPherson comes.But, tell us,...

I weep for Adonais - he is dead!O, weep for Adonais! though our tearsThaw not the frost which binds so dear a...

Us-folks is purty pore - but MaShe's waitin' - two years more - tel PaHe serve his term out. Our Pa he -He's in the...

Tune - "Rory Dall's Port."I.Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;Ae fareweel, and then for ever!Deep in heart-wrung tears...

"Purpureos spargam flores."The wreath that star-crowned Shelley gaveIs lying on thy Roman grave,Yet on its turf young...

I.Who follows Jesus shall not walkIn darksome road with danger rife;But in his heart the Truth will talk,And on his...

SIR GUY, being in the court of a Pagan castle.This castle where I dwell, it standsA long way off from Christian...