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When he should laugh the wise man knows full well: Edward Thomas When He Should Laugh
When he’s through with the arduous toil Ring Lardner C. L. Maguire
When Heaven sends sorrow, John Henry Newman Warnings
When her soul flies to the predestined dancing-place W. B. Yeats Her Courage
When his hour for death had come, Walt Whitman Osceola
When I am alone I am happy. William Carlos Williams Waiting
When I am dead unto myself, and let, George MacDonald De Profundis
When I am dead, and doctors know not why, John Donne The Damp
When I am dead, withhold, I pray, your blooming legacy; Georgia Douglas Johnson When I Am Dead
When I am grown to man’s estate Robert Louis Stevenson Looking Forward
When I am sad, I say, John Henry Newman Declension
When I began the gift I bear John G. Neihardt To Alice, Three Years Old
When I beheld the splendour of the night, Henry van Dyke Jr. A Babe Among the Stars
When I consider everything that grows William Shakespeare XV
When I contemplate how my state is low, David Park Barnitz Sonnet
When I died, the circulating library Edgar Lee Masters Seth Compton
When I do count the clock that tells the time, William Shakespeare XII
When I do think my meanest line shall be Fernando Pessoa III
When I first came to Spoon River Edgar Lee Masters Richard Bone
When I have fears that I may cease to be John Keats Sonnet
When I have seen by Time’s fell hand defaced William Shakespeare LXIV
When I have sense of what to sense appears, Fernando Pessoa XXXII
When I heard at the close of the day how my name had been receiv’d with plaudits in the capitol, still it was not a happy night for me that follow’d, Walt Whitman When I Heard at the Close of the Day
When I heard the learn’d astronomer, Walt Whitman When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
When I look back upon my former race, John Henry Newman Semita Justorum
When I look back upon my life nigh spent, George MacDonald A Prayer
When I mixed with the shoppers and fought in vain Ring Lardner Decision Reversed
When I peruse the conquer’d fame of heroes and the victories of mighty generals, I do not envy the generals, Walt Whitman When I Peruse the Conquer’d Fame
When I play on my fiddle in Dooney, W. B. Yeats The Fiddler of Dooney
When I read the book, the biography famous, Walt Whitman When I Read the Book
When I rise above the earth, Georgia Douglas Johnson When I Rise Up
When I see his wonderful choo-choo trains, Ring Lardner His Wonderful Choo-Choos
When I shall be divorced, some ten years hence, Matthew Arnold Youth’s Agitations
When I should be asleep to mine own voice Fernando Pessoa XIII
When I sink down in gloom or fear, John Henry Newman Consolation
When I was down beside the sea, Robert Louis Stevenson At the Sea-Side
When I was home de Langston Hughes Po’ Boy Blues
When I was sick and lay a-bed, Robert Louis Stevenson The Land of Counterpane
When I was young Georgia Douglas Johnson Romance
When I was young and full of faith Ambrose Bierce The Hesitating Veteran
When I was younger William Carlos Williams Pastoral
When I went to the city, Mary McNeely, Edgar Lee Masters Daniel M’Cumber
When I would search the truths that in me burn, John Henry Newman The Age to Come
When in the bosom of the eldest night George MacDonald Death
When in the chronicle of wasted time William Shakespeare CVI
When in the widening circle of rebirth Fernando Pessoa XX
When Indian tribes in the Northwest James McIntyre United by Steel Rails
When Isr’el, by divine command, John Newton Supplies in the Wilderness
When Isr’el’s tribes were parch’d with thirst, John Newton That Rock Was Christ
When Israel heard the fiery law John Newton The Golden Calf
When Israel was from Egypt freed, John Newton He Led Them by a Right Way
When it comes to investing your kale, Ring Lardner Arthur J. Mitchell
When Jesus claims the sinner’s heart, John Newton Satan Returning
When Joseph his brethren beheld John Newton Joseph Made Known to His Brethren
When Joshua, by God’s command, John Newton Gibeon
When last I died, and, dear, I die John Donne The Legacy
When Liberverm resigned the chair Ambrose Bierce A Career in Letters
When life is young, without a care, Georgia Douglas Johnson The Willow
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d, Walt Whitman When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
When lion and lamb have together lain down Ambrose Bierce Peace
When lone and solitaire within your chamber, Georgia Douglas Johnson Mirrored
When loud by landside streamlets gush, Robert Louis Stevenson Spring Carol
When love’s triumphant day is done, Georgia Douglas Johnson Finality
When Man and Woman had been made, Ambrose Bierce The Woman and the Devil
When Marriot, distressed by an “attack,” Ambrose Bierce A Coward
When May bedecks the naked trees Henry van Dyke Jr. The Maryland Yellow-Throat
When men at candidacy don’t connive, Ambrose Bierce Exoneration
When mirth is full and free, John Henry Newman Reverses
When morning shows her first faint flush, James Weldon Johnson Morning, Noon and Night
When Moses waved his mystic rod, John Newton The Rod of Moses
When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see, William Shakespeare XLIII
When Mr. Apollinax visited the United States T. S. Eliot Mr. Apollinax
When my arms wrap you round I press W. B. Yeats He Remembers Forgotten Beauty
When my grave is broke up again John Donne The Relic
When my love swears that she is made of truth William Shakespeare CXXXVIII
When my moustache curled, Edgar Lee Masters Lucius Atherton
When my parched lips upon thy princely brow, Ameen Rihani In Memory of E. M. El-K.
When my pray’rs are a burden and task. John Newton Rejoice the Soul of Thy Servant
When my Saviour, my Shepherd, is near, John Newton Why Should I Complain?
When my young lady has grown great and staid, Robert Louis Stevenson To Rosabelle
When Newton saw an apple fall, he found Lord Byron Canto X
When on my ear your loss was knelled, Maria Lowell The Alpine Sheep
When on the cross my Lord I see, John Newton Christ Crucified
When one has lived Georgia Douglas Johnson Curtain
When Othman’s sword, as Paleologue’s, is broken Ameen Rihani Constantinople
When our two souls stand up erect and strong, Elizabeth Barrett Browning XXII
When Paul was parted from his friends John Newton Paul’s Farewell Charge
When Peter boasted, soon he fell, John Newton Peter Sinning and Repenting
When Peter, through the tedious night, John Newton Casting the Gospel Net
When Ranney left his native state James McIntyre Canadian Cheese Trade
When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw me Edgar Lee Masters Dora Williams
When round the earth the Father’s hands George MacDonald Rest
When royal Truth, released from mortal throes, John Henry Newman The Course of Truth
When Senator Foraker came to die Ambrose Bierce A Single Termer
When she entered, it didn’t occur Ring Lardner H. H. Blum
When Sherman marched through Georgia, James McIntyre Soldier and Gander
When sinners utter boasting words, John Newton They Shall Be Mine, Saith the Lord
When slumber seals our weary eyes, John Newton On Dreaming
When Stävoren town was in its prime Henry van Dyke Jr. The Proud Lady
When Susanna Jones wears red Langston Hughes When Sue Wears Red

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