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2 | (1) |
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2 Infant Joy William Blake |
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3 | (1) |
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3 Poem for a New Year Matt Goodfellow |
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4 | (1) |
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4 Lines Written by a Bear of Very Little Brain A. A. Milne |
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5 | (1) |
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5 From Twelfth Night William Shakespeare |
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6 | (1) |
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6 The Three Kings Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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7 | (3) |
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7 Dawn Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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9 The Pulley George Herbert |
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12 | (1) |
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10 Letter to N. Y. Elizabeth Bishop |
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13 | (2) |
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11 Dust of Snow Robert Frost |
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15 | (1) |
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12 Occasional Poem Jacqueline Woodson |
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16 | (2) |
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13 The Midnight Skaters Roger McGough |
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18 | (2) |
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14 To Science Edgar Allan Poe |
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20 | (1) |
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15 From I Have a Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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21 | (2) |
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16 The Burial of Sir John Moore Charles Wolfe |
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23 | (2) |
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17 From Elegy on Captain Cook Anna Seward |
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25 | (1) |
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18 January William Carlos Williams |
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26 | (1) |
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19 I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose Emily Dickinson |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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21 A Colossal Glossary Paul Muldoon |
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29 | (4) |
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22 Human Family Maya Angelou |
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33 | (2) |
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23 The Distance Eleanor Farjeon |
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35 | (1) |
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24 Friendship Cole Porter |
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36 | (2) |
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25 To a Mouse Robert Burns |
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38 | (2) |
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26 Ballad of the Totems Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) |
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40 | (3) |
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27 First They Came for the Jews Martin Niemoller |
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43 | (1) |
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28 Yonder See the Morning Blink A. E. Housman |
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44 | (1) |
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29 From Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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2 From February John Clare |
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51 | (2) |
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3 A Giant Firefly Kobayashi Issa |
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53 | (1) |
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4 All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter J. R. R. Tolkien |
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54 | (1) |
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5 Spellbound Emily Bronte |
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55 | (1) |
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6 A Riddle Jonathan Swift |
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56 | (1) |
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7 A Winter Bluejay Sara Teasdale |
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57 | (1) |
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8 An Unusual Cat-Poem Wendy Cope |
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58 | (1) |
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9 It Was Long Ago Eleanor Farjeon |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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11 The Missile Michael Leunig |
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62 | (1) |
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12 Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson |
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63 | (2) |
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13 Shrove Tuesday Celia Warren |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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15 All You Need Is Love John Lennon and Paul McCartney |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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18 From The Great Lover Rupert Brooke |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (2) |
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20 A Summing Up Charles Mackay |
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74 | (1) |
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21 I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail Anon |
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75 | (1) |
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22 The Little Mute Boy Federico Garcia Lorca |
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76 | (1) |
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23 There Is No Frigate Like a Book Emily Dickinson |
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77 | (1) |
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24 She Was Poor, But She Was Honest Billy Bennett |
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78 | (2) |
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25 First Sight Philip Larkin |
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80 | (1) |
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26 The Poetry Grand National Roger Stevens |
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81 | (2) |
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27 Love's Philosophy Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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83 | (1) |
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28 In Tenebris Ford Madox Ford |
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84 | (1) |
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29 My Heart Leaps Up William Wordsworth |
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85 | (2) |
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1 From Under Milk Wood Dylan Thomas |
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87 | (1) |
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2 The Bright Field R. S. Thomas |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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5 The River in March Ted Hughes |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (1) |
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7 To My Sister William Wordsworth |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (2) |
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9 The Battle of the Sexes Liz Brownlee |
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98 | (1) |
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10 Remember Christina Rossetti |
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99 | (1) |
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11 Mothering Sunday George Hare Leonard |
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100 | (2) |
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12 Human Affection Stevie Smith |
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102 | (1) |
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13 Here Comes the Sun George Harrison |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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15 To Daffodils Robert Herrick |
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105 | (1) |
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16 Go and Catch a Falling Star John Donne |
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106 | (2) |
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17 Ich Am of Irlaunde Anon |
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108 | (1) |
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18 Meeting at Night Robert Browning |
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109 | (1) |
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19 Historical Associations Robert Louis Stevenson |
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110 | (2) |
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20 A Morning Song Eleanor Farjeon |
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112 | (1) |
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21 Spring Christina Rossetti |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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23 Sonnet 98 William Shakespeare |
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116 | (1) |
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24 The Frog and the Nightingale Vikram Seth |
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117 | (5) |
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122 | (1) |
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26 I Remember, I Remember Thomas Hood |
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123 | (2) |
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27 Ballad of the Bread Man Charles Causley |
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125 | (3) |
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28 I Watched a Blackbird Thomas Hardy |
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128 | (1) |
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29 Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now A. E. Housman |
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129 | (1) |
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30 The Cherry-Tree Carol Anon |
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130 | (2) |
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31 Easter Day Oscar Wilde |
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132 | (2) |
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1 April Fool Louis MacNeice |
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134 | (1) |
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2 The Walrus and the Carpenter Lewis Carroll |
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135 | (4) |
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3 The Jumblies Edward Lear |
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139 | (4) |
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4 Who Killed Cock Robin? Anon |
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143 | (2) |
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5 First Word (After Helen Keller) Rachel Rooney |
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145 | (1) |
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6 The People of the Eastern Ice Rudyard Kipling |
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146 | (1) |
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7 From the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer |
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147 | (1) |
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8 Home-Thoughts from Abroad Robert Browning |
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148 | (2) |
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9 The Ballad of Semmerwater William Watson |
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150 | (2) |
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10 Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep Mary Elizabeth Frye |
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152 | (1) |
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11 In Time of `The Breaking of Nations' Thomas Hardy |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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13 The Song of Wandering Aengus W. B. Yeats |
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155 | (2) |
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14 The Woods and Banks W. H. Davies |
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157 | (1) |
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15 Ode to the Loss of the Titanic Geoffrey Hill |
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158 | (1) |
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16 Will Ye No Come Back Again? Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne |
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159 | (2) |
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17 From The Waste Land T. S. Eliot |
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161 | (2) |
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18 Waste Land Limericks Wendy Cope |
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163 | (2) |
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19 Concord Hymn Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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165 | (1) |
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20 I Had a Dove John Keats |
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166 | (1) |
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21 From The Old Vicarage, Grantchester Rupert Brooke |
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167 | (1) |
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22 The Woodspurge Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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168 | (1) |
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23 From Richard II William Shakespeare |
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169 | (1) |
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24 Incident of the French Camp Robert Browning |
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170 | (2) |
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25 Robinson Crusoe's Wise Sayings Ian McMillan |
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172 | (1) |
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26 Into my Heart an Air that Kills A. E. Housman |
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173 | (1) |
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27 O by the by E. E. Cummings |
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174 | (1) |
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28 Desiderata Max Ehrmann |
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175 | (2) |
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29 Dancing with Life Shauna Darling Robertson |
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177 | (1) |
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30 Facing It Yusef Komunyakaa |
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178 | (3) |
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1 Verses said to be written on the Union Jonathan Swift |
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181 | (1) |
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2 The Merry Month of May Thomas Dekker |
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182 | (1) |
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3 Tartary Walter de la Mare |
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183 | (2) |
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4 Back in the Playground Blues Adrian Mitchell |
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185 | (2) |
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5 The Song of the Banana Man Evan Jones |
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187 | (3) |
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6 Buckingham Palace A. A. Milne |
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190 | (2) |
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7 The Pobble Who Has No Toes Edward Lear |
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192 | (3) |
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8 Impromptu on Charles II John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester |
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195 | (1) |
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9 What the teacher said when asked: What er we avin for geography, Miss? John Agard |
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196 | (2) |
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10 For my Niece Kate Tempest |
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198 | (1) |
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11 From Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe |
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199 | (1) |
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12 On a Lane in Spring John Clare |
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200 | (1) |
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13 The Lanyard Billy Collins |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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15 From The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock T. S. Eliot |
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204 | (1) |
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16 Instructions Neil Gaiman |
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205 | (3) |
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17 A Handsome Young Fellow Called Frears Michael Palin |
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208 | (1) |
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18 Matilda: Who Told Lies, and was Burned to Death Hilaire Belloc |
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209 | (2) |
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19 Oranges and Lemons Anon |
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211 | (1) |
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20 The Mouse's Tale Lewis Carroll |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (2) |
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22 Today Is Very Boring Jack Prelutsky |
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215 | (1) |
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23 A Tragic Story William Makepeace Thackeray |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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25 From The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde |
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218 | (2) |
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26 Full Moon Vita Sackville-West |
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220 | (1) |
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27 God's Grandeur Gerard Manley Hopkins |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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29 From Everest Climbed Ian Serraillier |
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223 | (3) |
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30 Life Doesn't Frighten Me Maya Angelou |
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226 | (2) |
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31 The Man He Killed Thomas Hardy |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (3) |
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2 Bee! I'm Expecting You! Emily Dickinson |
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233 | (1) |
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3 From Childe Harold's Pilgrimage George Gordon, Lord Byron |
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234 | (2) |
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4 Coming Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (2) |
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6 Song of the Dying Gunner AA1 Charles Causley |
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239 | (1) |
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7 The Throstle Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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240 | (1) |
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8 A London Plane-Tree Amy Levy |
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241 | (1) |
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9 I Lost a World -- the Other Day! Emily Dickinson |
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242 | (1) |
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10 My Shadow Robert Louis Stevenson |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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12 On Turning Ten Billy Collins |
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245 | (2) |
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13 The Pleasures of Friendship Stevie Smith |
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247 | (1) |
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14 The Battle of Naseby Thomas Babington Macaulay |
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248 | (4) |
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15 From Prayer Before Birth Louis MacNeice |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (1) |
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17 The Way Things Are Roger McGough |
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255 | (2) |
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18 From The Field of Waterloo Sir Walter Scott |
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257 | (2) |
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19 Father's Hands Paul Cookson |
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259 | (2) |
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20 Refugees Brian Bilston |
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261 | (1) |
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21 From A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare |
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262 | (1) |
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22 Recessional Rudyard Kipling |
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263 | (2) |
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23 The Land of the Bumbley Boo Spike Milligan |
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265 | (1) |
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24 The Fiddler of Dooney W. B. Yeats |
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266 | (1) |
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25 My Mother Saw a Dancing Bear Charles Causley |
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267 | (1) |
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26 The Naming Of Cats T. S. Eliot |
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268 | (2) |
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27 The Land of Blue Laura Mucha |
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270 | (1) |
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28 A Bird Came Down the Walk Emily Dickinson |
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271 | (2) |
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29 Originally Carol Ann Duffy |
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273 | (1) |
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30 Ulysses Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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274 | (4) |
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1 Remembered More for His Beard Now Philip Ardagh |
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278 | (2) |
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2 Amelia Earhart Mandy Coe |
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280 | (1) |
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3 Solitude Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
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281 | (1) |
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4 For You O Democracy Walt Whitman |
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282 | (1) |
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5 The Tables Turned William Wordsworth |
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283 | (2) |
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6 Rain in Summer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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285 | (6) |
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7 Checking Out Me History John Agard |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (2) |
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9 Travel Edna St Vincent Millay |
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295 | (1) |
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10 The Magic of the Mind Clive Webster |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (2) |
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12 Jerusalem (from Milton) William Blake |
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300 | (1) |
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13 The Argument of His Book Robert Herrick |
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301 | (1) |
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14 La Belle Dame Sans Merci John Keats |
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302 | (3) |
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15 Seven Times One: Exultation Jean Ingelow |
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305 | (2) |
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16 Particle Poems: 3 Edwin Morgan |
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307 | (1) |
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17 The School Boy William Blake |
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308 | (2) |
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18 To You Langston Hughes |
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310 | (1) |
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19 Harlem Hopscotch Maya Angelou |
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311 | (1) |
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20 Morning Song Sara Teasdale |
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312 | (1) |
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21 Little White Lily George MacDonald |
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313 | (2) |
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22 The Law of the Jungle Rudyard Kipling |
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315 | (3) |
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23 The Mermaid Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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318 | (2) |
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24 The Merman Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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320 | (2) |
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25 Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe |
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322 | (2) |
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26 Watching My Dog Sleep Kate Tempest |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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28 `Next to of course god america I' E. E. Cummings |
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326 | (1) |
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29 The Dug-Out Siegfried Sassoon |
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327 | (1) |
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30 Heat H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) |
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328 | (1) |
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31 A Flea and a Fly Ogden Nash |
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329 | (2) |
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1 Casabianca Felicia Hemans |
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331 | (2) |
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2 Casabianca (A Parody) Spike Milligan |
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333 | (1) |
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3 On the Grasshopper and Cricket John Keats |
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334 | (1) |
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4 Minnie and Winnie Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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335 | (1) |
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5 Meg Merrilies John Keats |
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336 | (2) |
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338 | (2) |
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7 The Meadow Mouse Theodore Roethke |
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340 | (2) |
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8 From A Song About Myself John Keats |
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342 | (1) |
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9 The Fairy School under the Loch John Rice |
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343 | (1) |
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10 I'd Love to Be a Fairy's Child Robert Graves |
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344 | (1) |
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11 Verses written to the Queen of England Mary, Queen of Scots |
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345 | (1) |
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12 Manly Sports Marion Bernstein |
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346 | (1) |
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13 Shakespeare at School Wendy Cope |
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347 | (1) |
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14 From Macbeth William Shakespeare |
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348 | (1) |
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15 From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
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349 | (1) |
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16 Musee des Beaux Arts W. H. Auden |
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350 | (2) |
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17 My Last Duchess Robert Browning |
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352 | (2) |
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18 Don't Let That Horse Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
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354 | (1) |
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19 And Death Shall Have No Dominion Dylan Thomas |
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355 | (1) |
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20 How Many Seconds in a Minute? Christina Rossetti |
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356 | (1) |
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21 Say Not the Struggle Nought Availeth Arthur Hugh Clough |
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357 | (1) |
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22 Who Would True Valour See John Bunyan |
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358 | (1) |
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23 The Rainy Day Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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359 | (1) |
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24 So, We'll Go No More a-Roving George Gordon, Lord Byron |
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360 | (1) |
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25 The Splendour Falls on Castle Walls (from The Princess) Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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361 | (1) |
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26 Fear No More the Heat of the Sun William Shakespeare |
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362 | (1) |
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363 | (1) |
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28 From The Task William Cowper |
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364 | (1) |
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29 No More Auction Block Anon |
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365 | (1) |
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30 Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan |
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366 | (1) |
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31 Fly Away, Fly Away Over the Sea Christina Rossetti |
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367 | (2) |
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1 Bomber's Moon Mike Harding |
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369 | (3) |
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2 But I Can't W. H. Auden |
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372 | (1) |
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3 This is the House That Jack Built Anon |
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373 | (1) |
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4 Hornbeacon High Sarah Crossan |
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374 | (1) |
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5 Please Mrs Butler Allan Ahlberg |
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375 | (1) |
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6 Reading the Classics Brian Patten |
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376 | (1) |
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7 The Lesson Edward Lucie-Smith |
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377 | (1) |
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8 An Attempt at Unrhymed Verse Wendy Cope |
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378 | (1) |
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9 Take a Poem James Carter |
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379 | (2) |
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10 Pleasant Sounds John Clare |
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381 | (1) |
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11 The Right Word Imtiaz Dharker |
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382 | (2) |
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12 The Red Wheelbarrow William Carlos Williams |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (2) |
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14 From Annus Mirabilis John Dryden |
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387 | (2) |
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15 The Mummy Edwin Morgan |
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389 | (3) |
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16 Old Ironsides Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. |
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392 | (1) |
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17 Harriet Tubman Eloise Greenfield |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (1) |
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19 Prologue Patience Agbabi |
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395 | (3) |
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20 Ars Poetica Archibald MacLeish |
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398 | (2) |
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21 Shut Not Your Doors to Me, Proud Libraries Walt Whitman |
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400 | (1) |
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22 An Old Woman of the Roads Padraic Colum |
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401 | (2) |
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403 | (1) |
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24 Autumn Fires Robert Louis Stevenson |
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404 | (1) |
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25 Something Told the Wild Geese Rachel Field |
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405 | (1) |
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26 Wild Geese Mary Oliver |
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406 | (1) |
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27 The Railway Children Seamus Heaney |
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407 | (1) |
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408 | (1) |
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29 Autumn Rain D. H. Lawrence |
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409 | (2) |
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30 Thirty Days Hath September Anon |
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411 | (2) |
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1 The Road Not Taken Robert Frost |
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413 | (1) |
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2 Moonlit Apples John Drinkwater |
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414 | (1) |
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3 Crab-Apples Imtiaz Dharker |
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415 | (1) |
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4 Santa Filomena Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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416 | (2) |
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418 | (1) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (2) |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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424 | (1) |
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11 Drummer Hodge Thomas Hardy |
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425 | (1) |
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12 Lament of an Arawak Child Pamela Mordecai |
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426 | (1) |
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13 The Wild Swans at Coole W. B. Yeats |
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427 | (2) |
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14 William the Conqueror, 1066 Anon |
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15 At Senlac Hill, 15 October 1066 David Harmer |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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17 The Secret Song Margaret Wise Brown |
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432 | (1) |
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18 From Who Do You Think You Are? Carl Sandburg |
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433 | (1) |
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434 | (2) |
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20 Diary of a Church Mouse John Betjeman |
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436 | (2) |
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21 The Night at Trafalgar Thomas Hardy |
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438 | (2) |
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22 The Village Blacksmith Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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440 | (2) |
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23 A Country Boy Goes to School George Mackay Brown |
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442 | (3) |
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445 | (1) |
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25 From Henry V William Shakespeare |
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446 | (2) |
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26 Love After Love Derek Walcott |
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448 | (1) |
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27 Paper Boats Rabindranath Tagore |
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449 | (1) |
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28 Western Wind, When Wilt Thou Blow? Anon |
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450 | (1) |
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29 Who Has Seen the Wind? Christina Rossetti |
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451 | (1) |
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30 In the Dark, Dark Wood Anon |
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452 | (1) |
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31 From Hallowe'en John Kendrick Bangs |
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453 | (2) |
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1 From The Devil's Thoughts Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
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455 | (1) |
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456 | (3) |
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3 The First Men on Mercury Edwin Morgan |
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459 | (2) |
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4 The Last Laugh Wilfred Owen |
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461 | (1) |
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5 Please to Remember Walter de la Mare |
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462 | (1) |
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6 November Night Adelaide Crapsey |
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463 | (1) |
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464 | (1) |
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8 The Leader Roger McGough |
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465 | (1) |
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9 Here Dead We Lie A. E. Housman |
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466 | (1) |
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10 The African Lion A. E. Housman |
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467 | (1) |
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11 In Flanders Fields John McCrae |
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468 | (1) |
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12 Dreamers Siegfried Sassoon |
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469 | (1) |
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13 An Irish Airman Foresees his Death W. B. Yeats |
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470 | (1) |
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14 My First Day at School Michaela Morgan |
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471 | (2) |
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15 Sympathy Paul Laurence Dunbar |
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473 | (1) |
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16 From Epitaphs of the War Rudyard Kipling |
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474 | (1) |
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17 Written with a Diamond on her Window at Woodstock Elizabeth I |
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475 | (1) |
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18 Tell as a Marksman -- were forgotten Emily Dickinson |
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476 | (1) |
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19 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln |
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477 | (1) |
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20 From The Prophet Kahlil Gibran |
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478 | (1) |
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21 In Memoriam E. A. Mackintosh |
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479 | (2) |
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481 | (2) |
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23 Signs of the Times Paul Laurence Dunbar |
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483 | (2) |
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24 Prayer for Earth Myra Cohn Livingston |
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485 | (1) |
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25 Benediction James Berry |
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486 | (1) |
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26 Immigrant Fleur Adcock |
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487 | (1) |
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27 Nuns Fret Not at their Convent's Narrow Room William Wordsworth |
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488 | (1) |
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28 Sonnet 116 William Shakespeare |
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489 | (1) |
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29 Sports Report Gareth Owen |
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490 | (4) |
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30 Sing me a Song of a Lad that is Gone Robert Louis Stevenson |
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494 | (2) |
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1 Rosa Parks -- 1st December 1955 Joseph Coelho |
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496 | (1) |
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2 Napoleon Miroslav Holub |
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497 | (1) |
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3 The Raven Edgar Allan Poe |
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498 | (6) |
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4 The Witch Mary Elizabeth Coleridge |
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504 | (1) |
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5 Mary Celeste Judith Nicholls |
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505 | (2) |
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6 On Raglan Road Patrick Kavanagh |
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507 | (1) |
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7 The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner Randall Jarrell |
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508 | (1) |
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8 Embarkation, 1942 John Jarmain |
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509 | (2) |
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9 Some Questions You Might Ask Mary Oliver |
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511 | (1) |
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10 Refugee Blues W. H. Auden |
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512 | (2) |
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11 Don't Quit John Greenleaf Whittier |
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514 | (1) |
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12 The Bells Edgar Allan Poe |
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515 | (4) |
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519 | (1) |
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14 Antarctica Derek Mahon |
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520 | (1) |
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15 Little Tree E. E. Cummings |
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521 | (2) |
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16 Forecasts Jean Kenward |
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523 | (1) |
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17 Christmas is Coming Anon |
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524 | (1) |
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18 The Computer's First Christmas Card Edwin Morgan |
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525 | (2) |
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19 O Little Town of Bethlehem Phillips Brooks |
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527 | (2) |
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20 Winter-Time Robert Louis Stevenson |
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529 | (1) |
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530 | (1) |
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22 The Year's Midnight Gillian Clarke |
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531 | (1) |
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23 Just Doing My Job Clare Bevan |
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532 | (2) |
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24 Saturday Night at the Bethlehem Arms Gareth Owen |
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534 | (2) |
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25 I Saw a Stable Mary Elizabeth Coleridge |
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536 | (1) |
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26 Reindeer Report U. A. Fanthorpe |
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537 | (1) |
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27 Dear True Love U. A. Fanthorpe |
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538 | (1) |
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28 From Paradise Lost John Milton |
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539 | (1) |
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29 The Year Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
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540 | (1) |
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30 From The Tempest William Shakespeare |
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541 | (1) |
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31 Ring Out, Wild Bells (from In Memoriam) Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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542 | (2) |
| Index of First Lines |
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544 | (8) |
| Index of Poets and Translators |
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552 | (2) |
| Acknowledgements |
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