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  1. Professor Gayley, you’re a great man, sure! Ambrose Bierce The Troubadour
  2. Prospectors from all nations hurry James McIntyre Nickel Mines
  3. Proud music of the storm, Walt Whitman Proud Music of the Storm
  4. Proud? Georgia Douglas Johnson Maternity
  5. Proudly the youth, sudden with manhood crowned, George MacDonald A Hidden Life
  6. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control John Henry Newman Flowers Without Fruit
  7. “Put off that mask of burning gold W. B. Yeats The Mask
  8. Queen Guinevere had fled the court, and sat Alfred, Lord Tennyson Guinevere
  9. Queen Mary one day Jesus sent George MacDonald A Meditation of St. Eligius
  10. Quelle bêtise! O Muse, no longer lappt in sadness let us lie, David Park Barnitz Song of Golden Youth
  11. Quicksand years that whirl me I know not whither, Walt Whitman Quicksand Years
  12. Quiet I lay at last, and knew no more George MacDonald Somnium Mystici
  13. Quiet they lie in their shrouds of rest, Voltairine de Cleyre At the Grave in Waldheim
  14. Quiet, Lord, my froward heart, John Newton The Child
  15. Quite firmly did you stand, and unafraid Georgia Douglas Johnson To Henry Lincoln Johnson⁠—Lawyer
  16. Race of veterans⁠—race of victors! Walt Whitman Race of Veterans
  17. Rain has fallen all the day. James Joyce Rain Has Fallen All the Day
  18. Rain, midnight rain, nothing but the wild rain Edward Thomas Rain
  19. Rais’d are the dripping oars⁠— Matthew Arnold The Youth of Nature
  20. Raise high up the banner James McIntyre Raise High the Banner
  21. Ranney began with just two cows, James McIntyre Ranney, 1856, Dairy System
  22. Rannie began with just two cows, James McIntyre The Cheese Pioneer
  23. Rash mortal! stay thy feet and look around⁠— Ambrose Bierce XXIX
  24. Rather notice, mon cher, William Carlos Williams To a Solitary Disciple
  25. Ray of the Dawn of Truth, Aubrey de Vere, George MacDonald To Aubrey de Vere
  26. Read here, O friend unknown, Henry van Dyke Jr. Inscription for a Tomb in England
  27. Read me a lesson, Muse, and speak it loud John Keats Written Upon the Top of Ben Nevis
  28. Read this, world! He who writes is dead to thee, Philip James Bailey L’Envoi
  29. Reader, your soul upraise to see, Robert Louis Stevenson Reader, Your Soul Upraise to See
  30. Reading in Ovid the sorrowful story of Itys, Edgar Lee Masters Thomas Trebelyan
  31. Recorders ages hence, Walt Whitman Recorders Ages Hence
  32. Red cradle of the night, William Carlos Williams Portent
  33. Red lips are not so red Wilfred Owen Greater Love
  34. Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days! W. B. Yeats To the Rose Upon the Rood of Time
  35. Refrain, dull orator, from speaking out, Ambrose Bierce To W. H. L. B.
  36. Refreshed by the bread and wine, John Newton Communion with the Saints in Glory
  37. Regardless of the cries of priests and sages Ameen Rihani Unadorned
  38. Rejoice, believer, in the Lord, John Newton Perseverance
  39. Rejoice, rejoice, we all do stand, James McIntyre Patriotic Ode
  40. “Rejoice,” said the Sun; “I will make thee gay George MacDonald Rejoice
  41. Remember the Fourth of July, Ring Lardner A. J. Thatcher
  42. Remember us, we pray thee, Lord, John Newton Psalm 106:4⁠–⁠5
  43. Remember, when the timid light Henry van Dyke Jr. “Rappelle-Toi”
  44. Remember, ye whom the skies delight, David Park Barnitz Remember
  45. Republicans think Jonas Bimm Ambrose Bierce Philosopher Bimm
  46. Republicans, since he’s been boss, Ring Lardner Ex-Gov. Chas. S. Deneen
  47. Requiem, requiem, requiem, Voltairine de Cleyre Marsh-Bloom
  48. Resign the rhapsody, the dream, Robert Louis Stevenson To the Muse
  49. “Resolved that we will post,” the tradesmen say, Ambrose Bierce A Blacklist
  50. Rest thee aged pilgrim, now thy toils are o’er; Mary Weston Fordham Death of a Grandparent
  51. Return to bless my waiting eyes, John Newton Return, O Lord, How Long?
  52. Return, dear Lord, to those who look Henry van Dyke Jr. Jesus Return
  53. Reverend Wiley advised me not to divorce him Edgar Lee Masters Mrs. Charles Bliss
  54. Rhodes’ slave! Selling shoes and gingham, Edgar Lee Masters Eugene Carman
  55. Rich, honored by my fellow citizens, Edgar Lee Masters Washington McNeely
  56. Rid of the world’s injustice, and his pain, Oscar Wilde The Grave of Keats
  57. Right well I wote, most mighty Soveraine, Edmund Spenser The Legend of Sir Guyon, or of Temperance
  58. Ring, aye, ring the freedom bell, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper The Freedom Bell
  59. Rise O days from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer sweep, Walt Whitman Rise O Days from Your Fathomless Deeps
  60. Rise up, rise up, Edward Thomas The Trumpet
  61. Rise up! rise up! Oh Israel, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Deliverance
  62. River, why in ceaseless flow Mary Weston Fordham Maiden and River
  63. Rivers and winds among the twisted hills, Robert Louis Stevenson Rivers and Winds Among the Twisted Hills
  64. Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that is Good steadily hastening towards immortality, Walt Whitman Roaming in Thought
  65. Roland is dead, Cuchulain’s crest is low, C. S. Lewis Victory
  66. Romance, who loves to nod and sing, Edgar Allan Poe Romance
  67. Rome! what a scroll of History thine has been; Oscar Wilde Urbs Sacra Æterna
  68. Romeo, grand sérieux, to importune T. S. Eliot Nocturne
  69. Roots and leaves themselves alone are these, Walt Whitman Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone
  70. Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! W. B. Yeats The Rose of Battle
  71. Roses after rain, Georgia Douglas Johnson Recompense
  72. Running along a bank, a parapet Edward Thomas The Path
  73. Running for Senator with clumsy pace, Ambrose Bierce George C. Perkins
  74. Russians suffer sad distress James McIntyre Bear and Whale
  75. Sad memories it doth awake, James McIntyre Big Bear the Indian Chief
  76. Sad-hearted, be at peace: the snowdrop lies George MacDonald Oh Thou of Little Faith
  77. Sad, sad, sad⁠— Ameen Rihani A Spring Dirge
  78. Safely through another week John Newton Saturday Evening
  79. Said Rockefeller, senior, to his boy: Ambrose Bierce Compliance
  80. Said the boy as he read, “I too will be bold, George MacDonald Said and Did
  81. Said the folded Leaves upon the Heath Ameen Rihani The Fruits of Death
  82. Saint Brandan sails the northern main; Matthew Arnold Saint Brandan
  83. Saint Peter at the gate of Heaven displayed Ambrose Bierce The Saint and the Monk
  84. Saint Peter sat at the jasper gate, Ambrose Bierce Unarmed
  85. Saint Peter, sitting at the Gate of Gold, Ambrose Bierce A Playwright
  86. Saint Peter, standing at the Gate, beheld Ambrose Bierce One of the Redeemed
  87. Saints are God’s flowers, fragrant souls Henry van Dyke Jr. Santa Christina
  88. Salute the last and everlasting day, John Donne Ascension
  89. Salvation to all that will is nigh; John Donne Annunciation
  90. Salvation! what a glorious plan! John Newton Salvation
  91. Samuel is forever talking of his elm⁠— Edgar Lee Masters Dow Kritt
  92. San Quentin was brilliant. Within the halls Ambrose Bierce The Convicts’ Ball
  93. Sang Solomon to Sheba, W. B. Yeats Solomon to Sheba
  94. Santa Agueda, thou that wast accursed Voltairine de Cleyre Santa Agueda
  95. Saponacea, wert thou not so fair Ambrose Bierce To My Laundress
  96. Sauntering the pavement or riding the country by-road, lo, such faces! Walt Whitman Faces
  97. Saved by blood, I live to tell John Newton Hear What He Has Done for My Soul!
  98. Saviour, shine, and cheer my soul; John Newton The Change.
  99. Saviour, visit thy plantation, John Newton Prayer for a Revival
  100. Say not of me that weakly I declined Robert Louis Stevenson Say Not of Me That Weakly I Declined

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