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  1. Out in the cold mid the dreary night, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Out in the Cold
  2. Out in the dark over the snow Edward Thomas Out in the Dark
  3. Out in the sun the goldfinch flits Edward Thomas The Hollow Wood
  4. Out of a cell into this darkened space⁠— Edgar Lee Masters Frank Drummer
  5. Out of a fired ship, which by no way John Donne A Burnt Ship
  6. Out of me unworthy and unknown Edgar Lee Masters Anne Rutledge
  7. Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, Walt Whitman Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
  8. Out of the dust of dreams, Langston Hughes Fairies
  9. Out of the grave, O God, I call to thee, David Park Barnitz De Profundis
  10. Out of the infinite sea of eternity James Weldon Johnson Life
  11. Out of the lights and roar of cities, Edgar Lee Masters Harmon Whitney
  12. Out of the mid-wood’s twilight Oscar Wilde In the Forest
  13. Out of the murk of heaviest clouds, Walt Whitman Spain, 1873⁠–⁠74
  14. Out of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me, Walt Whitman Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd
  15. Out of the sun, out of the blast, Robert Louis Stevenson Our Lady of the Snows
  16. Out of the wood of thoughts that grows by night Edward Thomas Cock-Crow
  17. Out of us all Edward Thomas Words
  18. Out walking in the frozen swamp one grey day Robert Frost The Wood-Pile
  19. Out-worn heart, in a time out-worn, W. B. Yeats Into the Twilight
  20. Outcast from her home in Syria Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Dedication Poem
  21. Outside the gates of night, above the moon, Ameen Rihani Thy Smile
  22. Over and over they used to ask me, Edgar Lee Masters Aner Clute
  23. Over and through the burial chant, Walt Whitman Interpolation Sounds
  24. Over known fields with an old friend in dream Edward Thomas A Dream
  25. Over the borders, a sin without pardon, Robert Louis Stevenson Keepsake Mill
  26. Over the carnage rose prophetic a voice, Walt Whitman Over the Carnage Rose Prophetic a Voice
  27. Over the land freckled with snow half-thawed Edward Thomas Thaw
  28. Over the land is April, Robert Louis Stevenson Over the Land Is April
  29. Over the man the street car ran, Ambrose Bierce The Tables Turned
  30. Over the Western sea hither from Niphon come, Walt Whitman A Broadway Pageant
  31. Over the White Way’s flood of light, Ameen Rihani The Towers and the Night
  32. Paint me a cavernous waste shore T. S. Eliot Sweeney Erect
  33. Pale brows, still hands and dim hair, W. B. Yeats The Lover Mourns for the Loss of Love
  34. Pale, ghostly Vision from the coffined years, Voltairine de Cleyre The Wandering Jew
  35. Paler have grown the shades of night, John Henry Newman Lauds⁠—Sunday
  36. Pardon great enemy, W. B. Yeats Her Friends Bring Her a Christmas Tree
  37. Pardon, oh, pardon, that my soul should make Elizabeth Barrett Browning XXXVII
  38. Pardon, old fathers, if you still remain W. B. Yeats Introductory Rhymes
  39. Pass down the aisle of buried years to-night, Georgia Douglas Johnson To Atlanta University⁠—Its Founders and Teachers
  40. Passer-by, Edgar Lee Masters Mary McNeely
  41. Passer-by, sin beyond any sin Edgar Lee Masters Jeremy Carlisle
  42. Passing ever, early, late, Georgia Douglas Johnson Footsteps
  43. Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you, Walt Whitman To a Stranger
  44. Patting goodbye, doubtless they told the lad Wilfred Owen S.I.W.
  45. Pause, stranger⁠—whence you lightly tread Ambrose Bierce A Water-Pirate
  46. Peace and her huge invasion to these shores Robert Louis Stevenson To My Father
  47. Peace on a thousand hills and dales, Georgia Douglas Johnson Peace
  48. Peace without Justice is a low estate⁠— Henry van Dyke Jr. The Price of Peace
  49. Peace-loving man, of humble heart and true John Henry Newman St. Gregory Nazianzen
  50. Pellam the King, who held and lost with Lot Alfred, Lord Tennyson Balin and Balan
  51. Pennoyer, Governor of Oregon, Ambrose Bierce A Man
  52. Pensive and faltering, Walt Whitman Pensive and Faltering
  53. Pensive on her dead gazing I heard the Mother of All, Walt Whitman Pensive on Her Dead Gazing
  54. Pensive, doubting, fearful heart, John Newton To the Afflicted, Tossed with Tempests, and Not Comforted
  55. Perdi-me dentro de mim Mário de Sá-Carneiro DISPERSÃO
  56. Perhaps in some respects it’s true Ring Lardner His Sense of Humor
  57. Pervading pest! Old Adam, when he saw Ambrose Bierce To Dog
  58. Philander Knox!⁠—I know him by the sound; Ambrose Bierce An Attorney-General
  59. Philip, on thee the glowing ray John Henry Newman St. Philip in His God
  60. Philo with twelve years’ study hath been grieved John Donne An Obscure Writer
  61. Physician Nature! let my spirit blood! John Keats Ode to Fanny
  62. Physician of my sin-sick soul, John Newton A Sick Soul
  63. Pig had to do some routine work, James McIntyre Lines on a Hog
  64. Pipit sate upright in her chair T. S. Eliot A Cooking Egg
  65. Plain as the glistering planets shine Robert Louis Stevenson Plain as the Glistering Planets Shine
  66. Plant your toes in the cool swamp mud; Langston Hughes Flight
  67. Play de blues for me. Langston Hughes Misery
  68. Play it once. Langston Hughes Saturday Night
  69. Pleasant memories it awakes, James McIntyre Little Lake
  70. Pleasing spring again is here; John Newton Another
  71. “Pledge me with wine,” the maiden cried, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper The Fatal Pledge
  72. Poetry to us is given, James McIntyre Poetry
  73. Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come! Walt Whitman Poets to Come
  74. Poets with whom I learned my trade, W. B. Yeats The Grey Rock
  75. Politeness, perseverance and pluck, James McIntyre Motto
  76. Polyphiloprogenitive T. S. Eliot Mr. Eliot’s Sunday Morning Service
  77. Poor Esau repented too late John Newton Esau
  78. Poor Heart, so weary with thy bitter grief! Voltairine de Cleyre The Burial of My Past Self
  79. Poor laborers they did sad bewail, James McIntyre Agricultural Implements and Machinery
  80. Poor Matthias!⁠—Found him lying Matthew Arnold Poor Matthias
  81. Poor old Abner, old white-haired nigger! William Carlos Williams Time the Hangman
  82. Poor sinners! little do they think John Newton Belshazzar
  83. Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, William Shakespeare CXLVI
  84. Poor wand’rers, ye are sore distress’d John Henry Newman Private Judgment
  85. Poor, weak, and worthless, though I am, John Newton Is This Thy Kindness to Thy Friend?
  86. Pope-eater Pixley set in his den Ambrose Bierce The Subdued Editor
  87. Posterity with all its eyes Ambrose Bierce Arthur McEwen
  88. Pour O pour that parting soul in song, Jean Toomer Song of the Son
  89. Pour wine and dance if Manhood still have pride, W. B. Yeats The Mountain Tomb
  90. Prayer an answer will obtain, John Newton The Woman of Canaan
  91. Preachers may from Ezekiel’s case John Newton Preaching to the Dry Bones
  92. Precious Bible! what a treasure John Newton The Word More Precious Than Gold
  93. Precursor of our woes, historic spade, Ambrose Bierce A Spade
  94. Pregnant again with th’ old twins, Hope and Fear, John Donne To Mr. Thomas Woodward
  95. Prepare a thankful song John Newton Praise to the Redeemer
  96. Prepare for noise, you quiet walls! Ring Lardner Coming Home
  97. Price soon will rise though now ’tis low James McIntyre Low Price of Cheese
  98. Price soon will rise, though now ’tis low, James McIntyre Facts About Cheese
  99. Prince Breacan of Denmark was lord of the strand George MacDonald Legend of the Corrievrechan
  100. Professor dear, I think it queer Ambrose Bierce Religious Progress

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