There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,
aloof and disdainful.
And all the wiles
that I employ to win
its service to my side
are useless as wounded pride,
and much more painful.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Song II: Have No Thought for Tomorrow by William Morris
- Monday by Vishü Rita Krocha
- Eclogue:–Racketèn Joe by William Barnes
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 45. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- In the spring twilight by Sappho
- Владимир Маяковский – Во весь голос
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- Валерий Брюсов – Ленин
- The Passing Of The Primroses poem – Alfred Austin
- The Song of the Dead by Rudyard Kipling
- God’s Grandeur by Ted Hughes
- A Witch by William Barnes
- Robert Burns: Epistle To John Goldie, In Kilmarnock: Author Of The Gospel Recovered.
- Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- What the Coal-Heaver Said by Vachel Lindsay
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