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The Ballad Of The Hanged Men

© Francois Villon

Of our pain let nobody laugh,
but pray God
would us all absolve.

The Ballad Of The Proverbs

© Francois Villon

Prince, so long as a fool persists, he grows wiser;
so, round the world he goes, but return he will,
so humbled and beaten back into servility.
So loud you cry Christmas, it is here.

The Death Of Grant

© Ambrose Bierce

Father! whose hard and cruel law
Is part of thy compassion's plan,
Thy works presumptuously we scan
For what the prophets say they saw.

Would You Believe It?

© Ellis Parker Butler

One year ago I wished that I
A banker great might be
With a hundred million dollars
And financial majesty;

The Haunted House

© Madison Julius Cawein

I

The shadows sit and stand about its door

A God's Labour

© Sri Aurobindo

I have gathered my dreams in a silver air
Between the gold and the blue
And wrapped them softly and left them there,
My jewelled dreams of you.

Why Washington Retreated

© Ellis Parker Butler

1775Said Congress to George Washington:
To set this country free,
Youll have to whip the Britishers
And chase them oer the sea.

Why I Went To The Foot

© Ellis Parker Butler

Was ever a maiden so worried?
Ill admit I am partial to Jim,
For Jimmie has promised to wed me
When Im old enough to wed him.

Sonnet XXIII: Love's Baubles

© Dante Gabriel Rossetti

I stood where Love in brimming armfuls bore

Slight wanton flowers and foolish toys of fruit:

When Ida Puts Her Armor On

© Ellis Parker Butler

The Cowboy had a sterling heart,
The Maiden was from Boston,
The Rancher saw his wealth depart
The Steers were what he lost on.

Sonnet 89: "Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault,..."

© William Shakespeare

Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault,

And I will comment upon that offence:

Valentine To The Girl In Black

© Ellis Parker Butler

In hand I take this pen of mine
To write you, sweet, a valentine;
Id take your dainty hand instead,
Butyoure a drawingI am wed
And that is why, you understand,
I only take my pen in hand.

The Promise

NOT charity we ask,
Nor yet thy gift refuse;
Please thy light fancy with the easy task
Only to look and choose.

EYES always open eyes
onions we were all found under
eyes never in a hurry wait for me
blink at the smash preserve the negative hold on a minute
(we are taking actuality as a section through sentiment at that point)

L'Avenir

I saw the human millions as the sand

Unruffled on the starlit wilderness.

Der Genuss

So bringst du mich um meine Liebe,

Unseliger Genuss? Betruebter Tag fuer mich!

To Marguerite

So great my debt to thee, I know my life
Is all too short to pay the least I owe,
And though I live it all in that sweet strife,
Still shall I be insolvent when I go.