32) 100. Before Action by William Noel Hodgson ("Edward Melbourne"). Clarke, George Herbert, ed. 1917. A Treasury of War Poetry
...And all the wonders poets sing, 10 The laughter of unclouded years, And every sad and lovely thing: By the romantic ages stored With high endeavour that was his,...

33) 93. The Trenches by Frederic Manning. Clarke, George Herbert, ed. 1917. A Treasury of War Poetry
...sleep, With faces impassive as masks, 15 Bright, feverish eyes, and drawn lips, Sad, pitiless, terrible faces, Each an incarnate curse. Here in a bay, a helmeted...

34) Negro Poets by Charles Bertram Johnson. James Weldon Johnson, ed. 1922. The Book of American Negro Poetry
...rage our own, 10 Our hearts his lyric throne; Hard won by cosmic art. I hear the sad refrain, Of slavery s sorrow-strain; The broken half-lispt speech 15 Of freedom...

35) Two-an'-Six by Claude McKay. James Weldon Johnson, ed. 1922. The Book of American Negro Poetry
...higgler fe Ram de pan an pile i up, 65 Yet sell i fe so-so tup. Cousin Sun is lookin sad, As de market is so bad; Pon him han him res him chin, Quietly sit do n thinkin...

36) 626. Tears, Idle Tears. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 1909-14. English Poetry III: From Tennyson to Whitman. The Harvard Classics
...as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the...

37) 194. Aladdin and the Jinn by Vachel Lindsay. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology
...in the fall. Bring me a song like hashish 5 That will comfort the stale and the sad, For I would be mending my spirit, Forgetting these days that are bad: Forgetting...

38) 396. Sunday Evening in the Common by John Hall Wheelock. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology
...The blossoms of the myriad stars are thick; Over the huddled rows of stone and brick A few sad wisps of empty smoke are curled Like ghosts, languid and sick. 5 One...

39) 166. Valediction, Forbidding Mourning. John Donne. 1909-14. English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics
...AS virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go; While some of their sad friends do say, Now his breath goes, and some say, No; So let us melt,...

40) 225. Beyond the Veil. Henry Vaughan. 1909-14. English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics
...And I alone sit lingering here; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. It glows and glitters in my cloudy breast, 5 Like stars upon...