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  1. Encouraged by thy word John Newton The Beggar
  2. England has given us the names James McIntyre English Names on Canadian Thames
  3. English Woodstock had a palace James McIntyre Lines on Woodstock
  4. Enoch Arden was an able Ambrose Bierce The New Enoch Arden
  5. Ensnared too long my heart has been John Newton Waiting at Wisdom’s Gates
  6. Ere Gabriel’s note to silence died Ambrose Bierce Charles and Peter
  7. Ere God had built the mountains, William Cowper Wisdom
  8. Ere thou sleepest gently lay Henry van Dyke Jr. Three Prayers for Sleep and Waking
  9. Ere yet I left home’s youthful shrine, John Henry Newman Wanderings
  10. Ere yet the morn its lovely blushes spread, Phillis Wheatley On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell. 1769
  11. Erected to “Boss” Shepherd by the dear Ambrose Bierce An Inscription
  12. Eternal God⁠—for whom who ever dare John Donne Upon the Translation of the Psalms by Sir Philip Sidney, and the Countess of Pembroke, His Sister
  13. Eternities before the first-born day, James Weldon Johnson Mother Night
  14. Even as lame things thirst their perfection, so John Donne To Mr. Edward Guilpin
  15. Even as the sun with purple-colour’d face William Shakespeare Venus and Adonis
  16. Even as upon a low and cloud-domed day, Fernando Pessoa XXIII
  17. Even in a palace, life may be led well! Matthew Arnold Worldly Place
  18. Even in the bluest noonday of July, Robert Louis Stevenson To Mrs. Will. H. Low
  19. Even in the time when as yet William Carlos Williams The Wanderer
  20. Even through the City of the Dead she passed, Ameen Rihani The Cataclysm
  21. Ever let the Fancy roam, John Keats Fancy
  22. Ever the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man; Walt Whitman Life
  23. Every night my prayers I say, Robert Louis Stevenson System
  24. Everybody Langston Hughes The Cat and the Saxophone
  25. Everyone laughed at Col. Prichard Edgar Lee Masters Professor Newcomer
  26. Facing west from California’s shores, Walt Whitman Facing West from California’s Shores
  27. Faeries must be in the woods C. S. Lewis Song
  28. Fain would I rival thee Mary Weston Fordham To the Eagle
  29. Faint not, and fret not, for threaten’d woe, John Henry Newman The Watchman
  30. Fair Cousin, thy page John Henry Newman Opusculum
  31. Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel! John Keats Isabella, or the Pot of Basil
  32. Fair Isle at Sea⁠—thy lovely name Robert Louis Stevenson Fair Isle at Sea
  33. Fair isle, that from the fairest of all flowers, Edgar Allan Poe To Zante
  34. Fair morn, I bring my greeting George MacDonald My Eyes Make Pictures
  35. Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow Edgar Allan Poe To the River ⸻
  36. Fair Roslin Chapel, how divine Henry van Dyke Jr. Roslin and Hawthornden
  37. Fair soul, which wast, not only as all souls be, John Donne Obsequies of the Lord Harrington, Brother to the Countess of Bedford
  38. Fair was the morning, fair our tempers, and Edward Thomas “Home”
  39. Fair, great, and good, since seeing you we see John Donne To the Countess of Salisbury, August 1614
  40. False to his art and to the high command Ambrose Bierce An Anarchist
  41. Fame, like a wayward girl, will still be coy John Keats Another on Fame
  42. Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave John Keats Hyperion: A Vision
  43. Far away, far away, Fernando Pessoa Meantime
  44. Far back, related on my mother’s side, Walt Whitman Old Salt Kossabone
  45. Far from the loud sea beaches Robert Louis Stevenson A Visit from the Sea
  46. Far from the seried ranks you sway, Georgia Douglas Johnson To Emilie Bigelow Hapgood⁠—Philanthropist
  47. Far from the world, O Lord, I flee. William Cowper Retirement
  48. Far have you come, my lady, from the town, Robert Louis Stevenson Rondels
  49. Far hence amid an isle of wondrous beauty, Walt Whitman Old Ireland
  50. Far in the melancholy hills it stands, David Park Barnitz The House of Youth
  51. Far off, most secret, and inviolate Rose, W. B. Yeats The Secret Rose
  52. Far on its rocky knoll descried Matthew Arnold Stanzas Composed at Carnac
  53. Far over seas an island is Robert Louis Stevenson Far Over Seas an Island Is
  54. Far richer than a thornless rose Henry van Dyke Jr. Thorn and Rose
  55. Farewell, and when forth Robert Louis Stevenson Farewell
  56. Farewell, fair day and fading light! Robert Louis Stevenson Farewell, Fair Day and Fading Light!
  57. Farewell, father! I am a dying, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Eva’s Farewell
  58. Farewell, O Arm of the Lord! George MacDonald Failure
  59. Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, William Shakespeare LXXXVII
  60. Farewell!⁠—but thou wilt soon forget Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis The Farewell
  61. Fast-anchor’d eternal O love! O woman I love! Walt Whitman Fast-Anchor’d Eternal O Love!
  62. Fasten your hair with a golden pin, W. B. Yeats He Gives His Beloved Certain Rhymes
  63. Faster than fairies, faster than witches, Robert Louis Stevenson From a Railway Carriage
  64. Father of angels and of men, John Newton 105
  65. Father of Heaven, and Him, by whom John Donne A Litany
  66. Father of Lights, by whom each day John Henry Newman Vespers⁠—Sunday
  67. Father of mercies infinite, John Henry Newman Matins⁠—Saturday
  68. Father, Father Abraham, James Weldon Johnson Father, Father Abraham
  69. “Father, forgive,” the Saviour said, John Newton Father, Forgive Them
  70. Father, in the dark I lay, George MacDonald Hymn for a Sick Girl
  71. Father, our bosoms, dark and drear, George MacDonald Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
  72. Father, part of His double interest John Donne XVI
  73. Father, thou canst never know Edgar Lee Masters Johnnie Sayre
  74. Father, we lift the suppliant eye, Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis A Prayer
  75. Father! whose hard and cruel law Ambrose Bierce The Death of Grant
  76. Fear not in any tongue to call Ambrose Bierce Prayer
  77. Fear not, dear friend, but freely live your days Robert Louis Stevenson Fear Not, Dear Friend, but Freely Live Your Days
  78. Fervent persevering prayers John Newton Peter Released from Prison
  79. Fierce is the conflict⁠—the battle of eyes, Georgia Douglas Johnson The Measure
  80. Fierce passions discompose the mind, William Cowper Contentment.
  81. Figure me to yourself, I pray⁠— Robert Louis Stevenson Epistle to Albert Dew-Smith
  82. Filled with a zeal to serve my fellow men, Ambrose Bierce A Dilemma
  83. Fios d'ouro puxam por mim Mário de Sá-Carneiro VONTADE DE DORMIR
  84. Fire⁠—tears⁠— Georgia Douglas Johnson Attar
  85. First O songs for a prelude, Walt Whitman First O Songs for a Prelude
  86. First time he kissed me, he but only kissed Elizabeth Barrett Browning XXXVIII
  87. First-born of the creating Voice! George MacDonald Light
  88. Five-and-twenty years have gone W. B. Yeats In Memory of Alfred Pollexfen
  89. Fix my heart and eyes on thine! John Newton True Happiness
  90. Fixed is the doom; and to the last of years Robert Louis Stevenson Fixed Is the Doom
  91. Flee, heedless stranger, from this spot accurst, Ambrose Bierce Stephen Dorsey
  92. Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face! Walt Whitman Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
  93. Flower god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful, Robert Louis Stevenson Flower God, God of the Spring
  94. Flowers are happy in summer; Langston Hughes Autumn Thought
  95. Flowers rejoice when night is done, Henry van Dyke Jr. Matins
  96. Foil’d by our fellow-men, depress’d, outworn, Matthew Arnold Immortality
  97. Folded in silent veils of sleep, Georgia Douglas Johnson To the Memory of Inez Milholland
  98. Fond woman, which wouldst have thy husband die, John Donne Jealousy
  99. Fool, William Carlos Williams Hero
  100. For all the lore of Lodge and Myers C. S. Lewis Tu Ne Quæsieris

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