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  1. The glory of the beauty of the morning⁠— Edward Thomas The Glory
  2. The glory of the day was in her face, James Weldon Johnson The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face
  3. The Gnu conspicuously wears Robert Williams Wood The Gnu; The Newt
  4. The God who once to Isr’el spoke John Newton God Speaking from Mount Zion
  5. The Gods are dead: no longer do we bring Oscar Wilde Santa Decca
  6. The gods have left us, the creeds have crumbled; Voltairine de Cleyre The Cry of the Unfit
  7. The grass and flow’rs which clothe the field, John Newton Hay-Time
  8. The green elm with the one great bough of gold Edward Thomas October
  9. The green roads that end in the forest Edward Thomas The Green Roads
  10. The grief that is but feigning, Henry van Dyke Jr. The Valley of Vain Verses
  11. The half stripped trees William Carlos Williams Approach of Winter
  12. The hand of Fate cannot be stayed, James Weldon Johnson Fragment
  13. The happiest day⁠—the happiest hour Edgar Allan Poe “The Happiest Day”
  14. The Harrier, harassed by the Hare, Robert Williams Wood The Hare; The Harrier
  15. The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, Georgia Douglas Johnson The Heart of a Woman
  16. The heavenly hills of Holland⁠— Henry van Dyke Jr. The Heavenly Hills of Holland
  17. The heavens rejoice in motion; why should I John Donne Variety
  18. The hinges are so rusty George MacDonald A Prisoner
  19. The holy Monks, conceal’d from men, John Henry Newman St. Philip in Himself
  20. The host is riding from Knocknarea W. B. Yeats The Hosting of the Sidhe
  21. The hostess, in pink satin and blond hair⁠—dressed William Carlos Williams The Delicacies
  22. The hour is big with sooth and sign, with errant men at war, Georgia Douglas Johnson We Face the Future
  23. The house had gone to bring again Robert Frost The Need of Being Versed in Country Things
  24. The howling desert miles around, Robert Louis Stevenson The Foolhardy Geographer
  25. The human cylinders Mina Loy Human Cylinders
  26. The ice and snow we lately saw, John Newton The Thaw
  27. The idea danced before us as a flag; Edgar Lee Masters Many Soldiers
  28. The infant eyes look out amazed upon the frowning earth, Georgia Douglas Johnson “One of the Least of These, My Little One”
  29. The infant lies in blessed ease George MacDonald The Children’s Heaven
  30. The infinite shining heavens Robert Louis Stevenson The Infinite Shining Heavens
  31. The Insects, to avoid surprise Robert Williams Wood The Blue Mountain Lory; The Blue Morning Glory
  32. The island dreams under the dawn W. B. Yeats The Indian to His Love
  33. The jester walked in the garden: W. B. Yeats The Cap and Bells
  34. The jeweled entrails of pomegranates bled on the marble floor. Langston Hughes The Last Feast of Belshazzar
  35. The jolly English Yellowboy Robert Louis Stevenson The Fine Pacific Islands
  36. The journals say that the embalming done Ambrose Bierce In Pickle
  37. The July day grew to a close, the fret of travel passed, Maria Lowell Avignon
  38. The Khamsin comes robed in the Lybian sands, Ameen Rihani In the Palm Groves of Memphis
  39. The kine unguided went John Newton The Milch Kine Drawing the Ark: Faith’s Surrender of All
  40. The King of Scotland, years and years ago, Ambrose Bierce The Psoriad
  41. The lady awoke before the cold gray dawn, David Park Barnitz Aubade
  42. The lady rode ’neath the strange sky’s pall David Park Barnitz Ballad
  43. The laggard winter ebbed so slow Henry van Dyke Jr. Flood-Tide of Flowers
  44. The lamps now glitter down the street; Robert Louis Stevenson Armies in the Fire
  45. The land was broken in despair, Henry van Dyke Jr. Come Back Again, Jeanne d’Arc
  46. The last light has gone out of the world, except Edward Thomas Liberty
  47. The last sunbeam Walt Whitman Dirge for Two Veterans
  48. The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent, Alfred, Lord Tennyson Gareth and Lynette
  49. The lazy, laughing South Langston Hughes The South
  50. The light was faintly streaming Frances Ellen Watkins Harper The Dying Christian
  51. The lightning and thunder George MacDonald A Baby-Sermon
  52. The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out Robert Louis Stevenson Escape at Bedtime
  53. The lily cranks, the lily cranks, Ambrose Bierce The Aesthetes
  54. The lily’s withered chalice falls Oscar Wilde Le Jardin
  55. The lion that on Samson roar’d, John Newton Samson’s Lion
  56. The little Butter‑cup can sing, Robert Williams Wood The Butter‑ball; The Butter‑cup
  57. The little house is sugar, Langston Hughes Winter Sweetness
  58. The little Love-god lying once asleep William Shakespeare CLIV
  59. The little sparrows William Carlos Williams Pastoral
  60. The little white clouds are racing over the sky, Oscar Wilde Magdalen Walks
  61. The living come with grassy tread Robert Frost In a Disused Graveyard
  62. The lizard rested on the rock while I sat among the ruins, Henry van Dyke Jr. The Glory of Ruins
  63. The loathed worms are crawling over me David Park Barnitz The Grave
  64. The long small room that showed willows in the west Edward Thomas The Long Small Room
  65. The long, grim years with iron tread Georgia Douglas Johnson The Watcher
  66. The look of Death is both severe and mild, Robert Louis Stevenson The Look of Death Is Both Severe and Mild
  67. The Lord is my teacher, Henry van Dyke Jr. The Good Teacher
  68. The Lord proclaims his grace abroad! William Cowper The Covenant
  69. The Lord receives his highest praise William Cowper A Living and a Dead Faith
  70. The Lord will happiness divine William Cowper The Contrite Heart
  71. The Lord, our salvation and light, John Newton Ebenezer
  72. The low beating of the tom-toms, Langston Hughes Danse Africaine
  73. The manna, favour’d Israel’s meat, John Newton Manna Hoarded
  74. The marked aversion which we feel, Robert Williams Wood The Eel; The Eelephant
  75. The Master stood upon the mount, and taught. Matthew Arnold Progress
  76. The May sun⁠—whom William Carlos Williams The Tulip Bed
  77. The melancholy gift Aurora gained Henry van Dyke Jr. Keats
  78. The message first to Smyrna sent, John Newton Smyrna
  79. The middle branch of Thames doth flow James McIntyre Lines on Thamesford
  80. The moments passed as at a play, W. B. Yeats A Memory of Youth
  81. The monk was praying in his cell, George MacDonald After an Old Legend
  82. The moon has a face like the clock in the hall; Robert Louis Stevenson The Moon
  83. The moon has but a borrow’d light, John Newton Moonlight
  84. The moon hath said her sad good-bye, Ameen Rihani A Serenade
  85. The moon in silver glory shone, John Newton On the Eclipse of the Moon. July 30, 1776
  86. The moon in the field of the keel-plowed main Ambrose Bierce Azrael
  87. The moon is naked. Langston Hughes March Moon
  88. The moon is sinking⁠—the tempestuous weather Robert Louis Stevenson The Moon Is Sinking⁠—The Tempestuous Weather
  89. The moon shone full that night, David Park Barnitz Autumn Burial
  90. The moon still sends its mellow light Langston Hughes To a Dead Friend
  91. The moonbeams over Arno’s vale in silver flood were pouring, Henry van Dyke Jr. The Veery
  92. The moonflower opens to the moth, T. S. Eliot Song
  93. The morning drum-call on my eager ear Robert Louis Stevenson The Morning Drum-Call on My Eager Ear
  94. The mother soothes her mantled child Georgia Douglas Johnson The Mother
  95. The mountain held the town as in a shadow Robert Frost The Mountain
  96. The mountain-stream may humbly boast George MacDonald In Memoriam Lady Caroline Charteris
  97. The mountains that inclose the vale Henry van Dyke Jr. Doors of Daring
  98. The murderer’s little daughter William Carlos Williams Sympathetic Portrait of a Child
  99. The murmurs of a distant strife Frances Ellen Watkins Harper A Mother’s Heroism
  100. The new moon hangs like an ivory bugle Edward Thomas The Penny Whistle

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