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A Man Doesn't Have Time In His Life Yehuda Amichai	He will die as figs die in autumn, Shriveled and full of himself and sweet, the leaves growing dry on the ground,...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Eight Legged Freaks Joseph Arnold	because they’re big, bigger then thirty stacked...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Goblin Market Christina Rossetti	Bright-fire-like barberries, Figs to fill your mouth, Citrons from the South, Sweet to tongue and sound to eye; Come buy, come...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
Tongue Taming Richard Newton Sherrer	A grapevine does not produce figs; The Lord assures what the plant gives, The proper fruit grows on the...	Rate it (5.00 / 1 vote)
F Heidrun Paula Emma Kordholste-Nikander	Firewood from fir trees Flames from fire Figs from France Fruits from the farmland Flowers from the field Fodder for the foal Forage for...	Rate it (4.00 / 1 vote)
Moon Samvedya nemani	On Earth they looked like mere...	Rate it (4.00 / 1 vote)
Doubtful Dreams Adam Lindsay Gordon	Red clover and yellow corn ; When figs on the thistle flourish, And grapes grow thick on the thorn ; When the dead branch, blighted...	Rate it (2.00 / 1 vote)
16. Of Gluttony and Feasting Sebastian Brant	And gives them almonds, figs, and rice, The bill, alas, is writ on...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Basket of Summer Fruit Charles Harpur	Here too are figs, pears, apples (plucked in haste Our summer treat judiciously to vary) With apricots, so...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Capital Ship Charles Edward Carryl	And dined in a royal way Off pickles & figs & little roast pigs And gunners bread each day The cook was Dutch and behaved as such For the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Dream of Venice Ada Cambridge	And ripe, sweet figs, and golden apricots, New-laid...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A Nautical Ballad Charles Edward Carryl	On toasted pigs and pickles and figs And gummery bread each...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
A New Fairy Tale Begins Brian Spivey	He grows berries and corn, tomatoes and figs and some orchids, 'cause she thinks they're...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Advent Christina Georgina Rossetti	And summer smite the snow: Then figs shall bud, and dove with dove Shall coo the livelong day; Then He shall say, 'Arise, My love,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Alphonso Of Castile Ralph Waldo Emerson	Lemons run to leaves and rind, Meagre crop of figs and limes, Shorter days and harder...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
An Acrostic. Mary Ann H T Bigelow	Rich clusters of grapes from the thorn; Look for figs upon thistles, when seeking for food, Or bread from the cold flinty...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
An Epistle To Fleetwood Shephard, Esq. Burleigh, May 14, 1689 Matthew Prior	And that for any thing in nature, Figs might squeak love-odes, dogs bark...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
An Imperial Rescript Rudyard Kipling	The day of the Figs from Thistles, the day of the Twisted Sands, The day that the laugh of a maiden made light of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Arabian Nights' Entertainments - To Elizabeth Robins Pennell William Ernest Henley	they watched, This by her melons and figs, that by his rings And chains and watches, with the hideous gaze, The Painted Eyes...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Bermudas Andrew Marvell	He makes the Figs our mouths to meet; And throws the Melons at our...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Cannot Contradict Mark V. Markov	For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Cantiga de Santa Maria, No. 181 Alfonso X El Sabio	did not give two figs about...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Counting snowflakes will not help me sleep Stacey R. Forbes	She’ll take his house, his dark figs harvested by...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Currants On A Bush Christina Georgina Rossetti	And figs upon a stem, And cherries on a bending...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Delicatessen Alfred Joyce Kilmer	And fruit that knew Italian skies, And figs that ripened by the sea In Smyrna, nuts from hot Brazil, Strange pungent meats from Germany,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)