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Marie Lloyd: Oh, mister porter,...

Marie Lloyd: Oh, mister porter,...

Oh, mister porter, what shall I do?
I wanted to go to Birmingham, but they've carried me on to...

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Joanna Baillie: How do men...

Joanna Baillie: How do men...

How do men act, when they together stand,
on the last perch of this swiftly-sinking wreck?
Do they not bravely...

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Rita Dove: What's invisible<br>sings, and...

Rita Dove: What's invisible
sings, and...

What's invisible
sings, and we bear witness.


Source: The Hill Has Something to...

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Rita Dove: Sometimes<br>a word is...

Rita Dove: Sometimes
a word is...

Sometimes
a word is found so right it trembles
at the slightest explanation.


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Rita Dove: We tend to...

Rita Dove: We tend to...

We tend to be so bombarded with information. . . This is antithetical to the kind of openness and perception you have...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: One ship drives...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: One ship drives...

One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that flow.
'Tis the set of sails and not...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Tis easy enough...

Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: It has ever...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: It has ever...

It has ever been since time began,
And ever will be, till time lose breath,
That love is a mood -- no more -- to...

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Eleanor Robson Belmont: A woman in...

Eleanor Robson Belmont: A woman in...

A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in...

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Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . ....

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Rita Dove: I prefer to...

Rita Dove: I prefer to...

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives...

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Muriel Rukeyser: However confused the...

Muriel Rukeyser: However confused the...

However confused the scene of our life appears,
however torn we may be who now do face that scene,
it can be...

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Letitia Landon: Were it not...

Letitia Landon: Were it not...

Were it not better to forget
Than to remember and regret?


Source: From an...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: We have been...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: We have been...

We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade.


Source: We have been...

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Caroline Sheridan Norton: They serve God...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: They serve God...

They serve God well, who serve his creatures.

Source: The Lady of LaGaraye,...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: No question is...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: No question is...

No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.


Source: Settle the...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: All love that...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: All love that...

All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.


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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: So many gods,...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: So many gods,...

So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: With care, and...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: With care, and...

With care, and skill, and cunning art,
She parried Time's malicious dart,
And kept the years at bay,
Till...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I believe that...

Whoopi Goldberg: I believe that...

I believe that parts of people like John Garfield and Moms Mabley, the parts of them that I needed to be able to do...

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