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  1. 1 The prophets’ sons in times of old, John Newton The Borrowed Axe
  2. 1. How sits this city, late most populous, John Donne The Lamentations of Jeremy, for the Most Part According to Tremellius
  3. A batter’d, wreck’d old man, Walt Whitman Prayer of Columbus
  4. A believer, free from care, John Newton The Trembling Gaoler
  5. A bird delicious to the taste, Phillis Wheatley A Rebus, by I. B.
  6. A birdie with a yellow bill Robert Louis Stevenson Time to Rise
  7. A broken tale of endless things, George MacDonald To E. G., Dedicating a Book
  8. A brown bird sang on a blossomy tree, George MacDonald A Song in the Night
  9. A buffalo, lord of the plain, James McIntyre Fight of a Buffalo with Wolves
  10. A bull imprisoned in a stall Ambrose Bierce A Challenge
  11. A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; Robert W. Service The Shooting of Dan McGrew
  12. A California song, Walt Whitman Song of the Redwood-Tree
  13. A carol closing sixty-nine⁠—a résumé⁠—a repetition, Walt Whitman A Carol Closing Sixty-Nine
  14. A chaplain in the army, Edgar Lee Masters Ezra Bartlett
  15. A child should always say what’s true, Robert Louis Stevenson Whole Duty of Children
  16. A child was born in sin and shame, George MacDonald A Dream of Waking
  17. A clock aeonian, steady and tall, George MacDonald The Clock of the Universe
  18. “A cold coming we had of it, T. S. Eliot Journey of the Magi
  19. A conqueror as provident as brave, Ambrose Bierce An Inscription
  20. A cook adorned with paper cap, Ambrose Bierce A Culinary Candidate
  21. A Countess (so they tell the tale) Ambrose Bierce Bereavement
  22. A cursing rogue with a merry face, W. B. Yeats The Hour Before Dawn
  23. A dark unfathomed tide Edgar Allan Poe Imitation
  24. A day on the boulevards chosen out of ten years of William Carlos Williams Berket and the Stars
  25. A dead corpse crowned with a crown of gold David Park Barnitz Corpse
  26. A dead corpse full of wormy questionings, David Park Barnitz Monotony
  27. A deeper crimson in the rose, Henry van Dyke Jr. Dorothea
  28. A dentist who play a cornet! Ring Lardner Lelan O. Green
  29. A doll in the doll-maker’s house W. B. Yeats The Dolls
  30. A duel in France, and the victor pursued Ambrose Bierce An Infraction of the Rules
  31. A fair slim boy not made for this world’s pain, Oscar Wilde Wasted Days
  32. A famous journalist, who long Ambrose Bierce An Alibi
  33. A fir-tree standeth lonely Henry van Dyke Jr. Two Songs of Heine
  34. A flawless cup: how delicate and fine Henry van Dyke Jr. The Empty Quatrain
  35. A fortnight before Christmas Gypsies were everywhere: Edward Thomas The Gypsy
  36. A garden contemplation suits, John Newton The Garden
  37. A gent and lady take a trip James McIntyre Conquered by a Child
  38. A glance from heav’n with sweet effect, John Newton Lightning in the Night
  39. A glimpse through an interstice caught, Walt Whitman A Glimpse
  40. A glory on the chamber wall! George MacDonald Songs of the Days and Nights
  41. A good kind man who knew no malice, James McIntyre The Gates Ajar
  42. A governor it was proclaimed this time, Robert Frost The Generations of Men
  43. A great year and place, Walt Whitman France
  44. A hawk while soaring on the wing, James McIntyre Fighting for Home
  45. A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne Elizabeth Barrett Browning XXV
  46. A hen observed unto her mate, James McIntyre The Patriotic Canadian Hen
  47. A Highland clan were in despair James McIntyre Lady Ann
  48. A horrid goat we have to ride, James McIntyre Opening Ode
  49. A hungry tramp did long for dish, James McIntyre Tramp and Fish
  50. A is defrauded of his land by B, Ambrose Bierce An Enemy to Law and Order
  51. A lad brought up in Highland vale James McIntyre Elf Shot
  52. A land o’er flowing with milk and honey James McIntyre Lines on Canada
  53. A lantern light from deeper in the barn Robert Frost The Fear
  54. A leaf for hand in hand; Walt Whitman A Leaf for Hand in Hand
  55. A lesser proof than old Voltaire’s, yet greater, Walt Whitman Orange Buds by Mail from Florida
  56. A lily-girl, not made for this world’s pain, Oscar Wilde Madonna Mia
  57. A line in long array where they wind betwixt green islands, Walt Whitman Cavalry Crossing a Ford
  58. A lion, though by nature wild, John Newton The Tamed Lion
  59. A little bird sat on the edge of her nest; George MacDonald The Early Bird
  60. A little hour of sunshine, Georgia Douglas Johnson Souvenir
  61. A little southern colored child comes to a northern school and is afraid to play with the white children. Langston Hughes The Little Frightened Child
  62. A lover of the moorland bare Robert Louis Stevenson To K. de M.
  63. a lyric elixir of death Mina Loy Poe
  64. A maiden cried, “Alas! James McIntyre A Crooked Looking Glass
  65. A man born blind received his sight Ambrose Bierce The Man Born Blind
  66. A man on Nova Scotian Bay James McIntyre Broken Raft Adventure
  67. A man rafting down the river, James McIntyre Adventure on a Raft
  68. A march in the ranks hard-prest, and the road unknown, Walt Whitman A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown
  69. A mask, a perpetual natural disguiser of herself, Walt Whitman Visor’d
  70. A merry Christmas? Prudent, as I live!⁠— Ambrose Bierce The Yearly Lie
  71. A middle-northern March, now as always⁠— William Carlos Williams A Celebration
  72. A miner in California mine, James McIntyre Baby Darling
  73. A misunderstanding? Why, that’s a great scandal! Ambrose Bierce Ultra Crepidam
  74. A moan in the gloam in the air-peaks heard⁠— Voltairine de Cleyre The Feast of Vultures
  75. A mocking question! Britain’s answer came Henry van Dyke Jr. A Scrap of Paper
  76. A mother driving out with child, James McIntyre Child and Horse
  77. A naked house, a naked moor, Robert Louis Stevenson The House Beautiful
  78. A newer garden of creation, no primal solitude, Walt Whitman The Prairie States
  79. A newspaper Death-poet sat at his desk, Ambrose Bierce An Obituarian
  80. A noiseless patient spider, Walt Whitman A Noiseless Patient Spider
  81. A pale green sky is gleaming; George MacDonald Picture Songs
  82. A Person of Consequence rose from the dead, Ambrose Bierce A Partial Eclipse
  83. A picture hung in a public hall, James McIntyre Things Should Be Judged by Merit
  84. A picture-frame for you to fill, Robert Louis Stevenson To Minnie
  85. A pioneer, she blazed a trail of light Georgia Douglas Johnson To Mary Church Turrell⁠—Lecturer
  86. A pistol shot rings round and round the world: Robert W. Service “Fighting Mac”
  87. A pity beyond all telling W. B. Yeats The Pity of Love
  88. A place uplifted towards the midnight sky C. S. Lewis The Star Bath
  89. A pleasant tale we now will sing James McIntyre The King and Peasant
  90. A pleasing sight to-day we see, James McIntyre Lines on Methodist Union
  91. A plow, they say, to plow the snow. Robert Frost Plowmen
  92. A poor man stood beside his door, James McIntyre Bird Sent by Providence
  93. A poor man’s horse it ran away, James McIntyre Help in Need
  94. A promise to California, Walt Whitman A Promise to California
  95. A quiet heart, submissive, meek, George MacDonald Blessed Are the Meek, for They Shall Inherit the Earth
  96. A rat who’d gorged a box of bane Ambrose Bierce Haec Fabula Docet
  97. A region desolate and wild, Matthew Arnold The Hayswater Boat
  98. A reporter he was, and he wrote, wrote he: Ambrose Bierce “Died of a Rose”
  99. A ring of gold and a milk-white dove Oscar Wilde Chanson
  100. A roar of welkome through the welkin Robert Williams Wood The Elk; The Whelk

Alphabetical, keeping any leading “A” or “The”.