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Don't Be Cruel to the Motherless Darlings
Henry Clay Work		 hand; I must leave all behind. Oh! don't be cruel to the motherless darlings; Don't be unkind! SinRate it:

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Ah! cruel Amarillis
John Wilbye		Ah! cruel Amarillis, since thou tak’st delight To hear the accents of a doleful ditty, To triumph still without remorse or pity; I loathe this life...Rate it:

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Cruel, behold my heavy ending
John Wilbye		Cruel, behold my heavy ending, See what you wrought by your disdaining. Causeless I die, love still attending Your hopeless pity of my complaining....Rate it:

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Comme le marinier, que le cruel orage
Joachim du Bellay		Comme le marinier, que le cruel orage A longtemps agité dessus la haute mer, Ayant finalement à force de ramer Garanti son vaisseau du danger du na...Rate it:

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Delia VI: Fair is my love, and cruel as she's fair
Samuel Daniel		VI Fair is my love, and cruel as she's fair: Her brow shades frowns although her eyes are sunny, Her smiles are lightning though her prid...Rate it:

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In Memoriam 3: O Sorrow, Cruel Fellowship
Alfred Lord Tennyson		O Sorrow, cruel fellowship, O Priestess in the vaults of Death, O sweet and bitter in a breath, What whispers from thy lying lip? "The stars," sh...Rate it:

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In Memoriam A. H. H. Obiit MDCCCXXXIII: 3. O Sorrow, cruel
Alfred Lord Tennyson		O Sorrow, cruel fellowship, O Priestess in the vaults of Death, O sweet and bitter in a breath, What whispers from thy lying li...Rate it:

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So Cruel Prison
Henry Howard		So cruel prison how could betide, alas, As proud Windsor? Where I in lust and joy With a king's son my childish years did pass In greater feast tha...Rate it:

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Sonnet 140: Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press
William Shakespeare		Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain, Lest sorrow lend me words and words express The manner of my...Rate it:

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Sonnet 149: Canst thou, O cruel, say I love thee not
William Shakespeare		Canst thou, O cruel, say I love thee not, When I against my self with thee partake? Do I not think on thee when I forgot Am of my self, all tyrant,...Rate it:

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Sonnet XXIII: Time, Cruel Time
Samuel Daniel		Time, cruel Time, come and subdue that brow Which conquers all but thee, and thee, too, stays As if she were exempt from scythe or bow, From lov...Rate it:

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The Cruel Falcon
Robinson Jeffers		 shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone Rate it:

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THE CRUEL MAID
Robert Herrick		--AND, cruel maid, because I see You scornful of my love, and me, I'll trouble you no more, but go My way, where you shall never know What is becom...Rate it:

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The Cruel Moon
Robert Graves		The cruel Moon hangs out of reach Up above the shadowy beech. Her face is stupid, but her eye Is small and sharp and very sly. Nurse says the M...Rate it:

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A Cruel Mistress.
Thomas Carew		We read of kings and gods that kindly took A pitcher fill'd with water from the brook ; But I have daily tender'd without thanks Rivers of tears...Rate it:

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To Cruel Ocean
Victor Marie Hugo		Where are the hapless shipmen?--disappeared, Gone down, where witness none, save Night, hath been, Ye deep, deep waves, of kneeling mothers feared,...Rate it:

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A Child's Nightmare
Robert Graves		 as he lapped my blood, In a voice cruel and flat, Saying for ever, "Cat! ... Cat! ... Cat!..." ThaRate it:

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Ciel Brouillé (Cloudy Sky)
Charles Baudelaire		 gris ou vert?) Alternativement tendre, rêveur, cruel, Réfléchit l'indolence et la pâleur du ciel. Rate it:

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The Road to Roma Jail
Vance Palmer		It's a long road, a cruel road, the road to Roma Jail, birds in all the branches mocking as you pass, the spiteful little soldier-bird, the stupid ...Rate it:

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The Turtle And Sparrow. An Elegiac Tale
Matthew Prior		 eyes, where Love was used to play; Ah! cruel Fate, alas how soon That beauty and those joys are floRate it:

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A Classroom Assignment
Anonymous Americas		 12 Years October 21st, 1828 Slavery, oh, thou cruel stain, Thou does fill my heart with pain; SeRate it:

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Coomera
Henry Lawson		 ferry), Started down to save the body from the cruel heartless sea, And in spite of wind and water,Rate it:

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Faint and Weary Toiled a Pilgrim
Helen Hunt Jackson		 went winging Higher still, and soared away; 'Cruel songster!' cried the pilgrim, 'Cruel songster noRate it:

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In Memoryt Of Saretta Deakin
Edith Nesbit		 back night's wings, And drags us out to common cruel things That sting, and barb their stings with Rate it:

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In This Weather, In This Windy Storm
Friedrich Rückert		 are now idle. In this weather, in this cruel storm, I would never have let the children out; Rate it:

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