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Deacon Jones' Grievance Paul Laurence Dunbar	I'VE been watchin' of 'em parson, An' I'm sorry fur to say 'At my mind is not contented With the loose an' keerless way 'At the young folks treat the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Deacon Taylor Edgar Lee Masters	I belonged to the church, And to the party of prohibition; And the villagers thought I died of eating watermelon. In truth I had cirrhosis of the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
How Deacon Fry Bought A Duchess Isabella Valancy Crawford	It sorter skeer'd the neighbours round, For of all the 'tarnal set thet clutches Their dollars firm, he wus the boss; An' yet he went and byed a...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
In Memoriam. - Deacon Normand Smith, Lydia Howard Sigourney	Died at Hartford, May 22d, 1860, aged 87. One saintly man the less, to teach us how Wisely to live,--one blest example more To teach us how...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Nauhaught, The Deacon John Greenleaf Whittier	NAUHAUGHT, the Indian deacon, who of old Dwelt, poor but blameless, where his narrowing Cape Stretches its shrunk arm out to all the winds And the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Conscientious Deacon Vachel Lindsay	Black cats, grey cats, green cats miau— Chasing the deacon who stole the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Deacon Thomas Edward Hoag	"Please, be my godson," was his sincere request; Asking and pleading on the Lord's day of rest. Yet his desire was not for God's will, But to drink...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Deacon And His Daughter Isabella Valancy Crawford	He saved his soul and saved his pork, With old time preservation; He did not hold with creosote, Or new plans of salvation; He said that 'Works would...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Ghost of Deacon Brown James Weldon Johnson	Lived Deacon Brown, And he was a miser old; He would trust no bank, So he dug, and sank In the ground a box of gold, Down deep in the ground a box of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A tribute to my deacon Aldo kraas	My beloved Deacon Do you know who brought you To this...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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