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'Gone with the Wind' Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy...


Personal Choice 55
Myfanwy Kind o’er the kinderbank leans my Myfanwy, White o’er the playpen the sheen of her dress, Fresh from the bathroom and soft in the...


Personal Choice 54
Moby-Dick opening Lines Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing...


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Alfred, Lord Tennyson Ulysses It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged...


Personal Choice 52
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonnet XLIII How do I love thee? Let me count the ways How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee...


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W B Yeats The Song of Wandering Aengus I went out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head, And cut and peeled a hazel wand, And...


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Gus - The Theatre Cat Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door. His name, as I ought to have told you before, Is really Asparagus. That's such...


Personal Choice 49
Great Expectations 'Please, sir,' replied Oliver, 'I want some more.' Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching and has taught...


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for HP, friend and colleague who first showed me this delightful poem some years ago High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of...


Personal Choice 47
Goodbye So we must say Goodbye, my darling, And go, as lovers go, for ever; Tonight remains, to pack and fix on labels And make an end of...