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  1. Death is a tower Langston Hughes Tower
  2. Death was full urgent with thee, Sister dear, John Henry Newman Consolations in Bereavement
  3. Death, are you well? I trust you have no cough Ambrose Bierce A Guest
  4. Death, be not proud, though some have called thee John Donne X
  5. Death, to the dead forevermore Robert Louis Stevenson Death, to the Dead for Evermore
  6. Deeds not Words: I say so too! Henry van Dyke Jr. Facta Non Verba
  7. Deep in his meditative bower, John Henry Newman Jonah
  8. Deep in the heart of the forest the lily of Yorrow is growing; Henry van Dyke Jr. The Lily of Yorrow
  9. Deep in the shady sadness of a vale John Keats Hyperion
  10. Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise, John Donne La Corona
  11. Delay responsible? Why, then; my friend, Ambrose Bierce To a Censor
  12. Delicate cluster! flag of teeming life! Walt Whitman Delicate Cluster
  13. Dennis Spencer’s mortal coil Ambrose Bierce XXIV
  14. Der ain’t no use in sayin’ de Lawd won’t answer prah; James Weldon Johnson Answer to Prayer
  15. Dereham now hath wealthy yoemen James McIntyre Lines on Mt. Elgin
  16. Descend from Heaven, Urania, by that name John Milton Book VII
  17. Desire weaves its fantasy of dreams, Langston Hughes Spring for Lovers
  18. Despots effete upon tottering thrones Ambrose Bierce Election Day
  19. Destruction’s dangerous road John Newton Are There Few That Shall Be Saved?
  20. Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws, William Shakespeare XIX
  21. Dick laughs till his bosom is sore, Ring Lardner Richard Beamish
  22. Did I believe the angels soon would call Ambrose Bierce Francine
  23. Did I follow Truth wherever she led, Edgar Lee Masters Herman Altman
  24. Did my widow flit about Edgar Lee Masters Batterton Dobyns
  25. Did we but see, John Henry Newman Our Future
  26. Did we count great, O soul, to penetrate the themes of mighty books, Walt Whitman My Canary Bird
  27. Did you ask dulcet rhymes from me? Walt Whitman To a Certain Civilian
  28. Did you ever find out Edgar Lee Masters Charlie French
  29. Did you ever hear of Editor Whedon Edgar Lee Masters Daisy Fraser
  30. Did you ever see an alligator Edgar Lee Masters Arlo Will
  31. Didymus Dunkleton Doty Don John Ambrose Bierce Jerusalem, Old and New
  32. Dim vales⁠—and shadowy floods⁠— Edgar Allan Poe Fairyland
  33. Dim, grim, and silent as a ghost, Ambrose Bierce Two Rogues
  34. Disgrace no more we will bewail, James McIntyre Lines
  35. Do not because this day I have grown saturnine W. B. Yeats Under Saturn
  36. Do not cheer, for men are dying Frances Ellen Watkins Harper “Do Not Cheer, Men Are Dying,” Said Capt. Phillips, in the Spanish-American War
  37. Do not despise the humble weed, James McIntyre The Useful Weed
  38. Do not their souls, who ’neath the Altar wait John Henry Newman Separation of Friends
  39. Do the boys and girls still go to Siever’s Edgar Lee Masters Hare Drummer
  40. Do you blame me that I loved him? Frances Ellen Watkins Harper A Double Standard
  41. “Do you give thanks for this?⁠—or that?” No, God be thanked Henry van Dyke Jr. Gratitude
  42. Do you not hear me calling, white deer with no horns! W. B. Yeats He Mourns for the Change That Has Come Upon Him and His Beloved and Longs for the End of the World
  43. Do you remember when I stood on the steps Edgar Lee Masters George Trimble
  44. Do you remember⁠—can we e’er forget?⁠— Robert Louis Stevenson To My Old Familiars
  45. Do you remember, father⁠— Henry van Dyke Jr. The Whip-Poor-Will
  46. Do you remember, O Delphic Apollo, Edgar Lee Masters Webster Ford
  47. Do you remember, passer-by, the path Edgar Lee Masters James Garber
  48. Do you see this cup⁠—this tempting cup⁠— Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Signing the Pledge
  49. Do you see this grain of sand Frances Ellen Watkins Harper A Grain of Sand
  50. Do you see this ragged stocking, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper The Ragged Stocking
  51. Do you think that odes and sermons, Edgar Lee Masters Sexsmith the Dentist
  52. Do you unto this world belong, James McIntyre London Children
  53. Doc Meyers said I had satyriasis, Edgar Lee Masters Isa Nutter
  54. Does a jazz-band ever sob? Langston Hughes Cabaret
  55. Does it not grief and wonder move, John Newton Elijah’s Prayer
  56. Does the gospel-word proclaim John Newton Rest for Weary Souls
  57. Does the snow fall at sea? Henry van Dyke Jr. A Snow-Song
  58. Dollar Bill, that I’ve held so tight Ring Lardner Goodbye Bill
  59. Dom Pedro, Emperor of far Brazil Ambrose Bierce A False Prophecy
  60. Don’t knock at my door, little child, Georgia Douglas Johnson Black Woman
  61. Down by a shining water well Robert Louis Stevenson My Kingdom
  62. Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; W. B. Yeats Down by the Salley Gardens
  63. Down in Southern Arizona where the Gila monster thrives, Ambrose Bierce A Ballad of Pikeville
  64. Down in the state of Maine, the story goes, Ambrose Bierce Vice Versa
  65. Down on the ancient wharf, the sand, I sit, with a new-comer chatting: Walt Whitman Twenty Years
  66. Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way Wilfred Owen The Send-Off
  67. Down the Savoy valleys sounding, Matthew Arnold The Church of Brou
  68. Downhill I came, hungry, and yet not starved; Edward Thomas The Owl
  69. Dr. Allen Griffiths is an audible Theosopher⁠— Ambrose Bierce Juventus Mundi
  70. Dr. Jewell speaks of Balaam Ambrose Bierce “The Whirligig of Time”
  71. Dream singers, Langston Hughes Laughers
  72. Dressing in fashion will be called vain, James McIntyre Advice to a Little Girl
  73. Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Langston Hughes The Weary Blues
  74. Dudley, great placeman, man of mark and note, Ambrose Bierce A Whipper-in
  75. Dull were the days and sober, Ambrose Bierce Restored
  76. During the late great civil war, James McIntyre Horace Greely and Mrs. Staunton
  77. Dust of my dust, Edgar Lee Masters Elizabeth Childers
  78. E eu que sou o rei de toda esta incoerencia, Mário de Sá-Carneiro A QUEDA
  79. Each Highland forester doth brag James McIntyre Big Stag
  80. Each on his own strict line we move, Matthew Arnold Too Late
  81. Each to his taste: some men prefer to play Ambrose Bierce Laus Lucis
  82. Each trial has its weight; which, whoso bears John Henry Newman Vexations
  83. Each year he imports quite a gob Ring Lardner Harry B. Wallace
  84. Eagle of Austerlitz! where were thy wings Oscar Wilde Louis Napoleon
  85. Early in the morning Robert Louis Stevenson Early in the Morning I Hear on Your Piano
  86. Early one morning in May I set out, Edward Thomas Early One Morning
  87. Earth, if aught should check thy race, George MacDonald Faith
  88. Earth, my likeness, Walt Whitman Earth, My Likeness
  89. Earth’s wheels run oiled with blood. Forget we that. Wilfred Owen Strange Meeting
  90. Ecstatic bird songs pound William Carlos Williams Dawn
  91. Editor Owen, of San Jose, Ambrose Bierce Another Plan
  92. Eighteen hundred and ninety-one James McIntyre Big Crops of 1891
  93. Elaine the fair, Elaine the loveable, Alfred, Lord Tennyson Lancelot and Elaine
  94. Elijah’s example declares, John Newton Elijah Fed by Ravens.
  95. Elisha, struck with grief and awe, John Newton Elijah’s Mantle
  96. Elizabeth it is in vain you say Edgar Allan Poe An Acrostic
  97. Elizabeth⁠—it surely is most fit Edgar Allan Poe Elizabeth
  98. Elvira, by love’s grace William Carlos Williams Homage
  99. “ ‘Empress of China’! I nor rule nor reign: Ambrose Bierce A Voice from Peking
  100. En Amerique, professeur; T. S. Eliot Mélange Adultère de Tout

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