Birdofredum Sawin, Esq., To Mr. Hosea Biglow (1) (James Russell Lowell Poems)
It's some consid'ble of a spell sence I hain't writ no letters,An' ther' 's gret changes hez took place in ...
Poems about chalked (21 Poems)
Casey’s Revenge (Henry Grantland Rice Poems)
There were saddened hearts in Mudville for a week or even more;There were muttered oaths and curses- every fan in ...
Our Banker (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
OLD TIME, in whose bank we deposit our notes,Is a miser who always wants guineas for groats;He keeps all his ...
When We First Played “Show” (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Wasn't it a good time, Long Time Ago-- When we all were little tads And first played "Show"!-- When every newer day Wore as bright ...
Game Called (Henry Grantland Rice Poems)
1910 versionGame Called.Across the field of playthe dusk has come, the hour is late.The fight is done and lost or ...
Father William (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
A NEW VERSION BY LEE O. HARRIS AND JAMESWHITCOMB RILEY"You are old, Father William, and though one would think All the ...
Son-Days (Henry Vaughan Poems)
. 1Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss, Heaven once a week;The next world's gladness prepossest in this; A day ...
A Camp In The Prussian Forest (Randall Jarrell Poems)
I walk beside the prisoners to the road.Load on puffed load,Their corpses, stacked like sodden wood,Lie barred or galled with ...
At Twilight (Harriet Monroe Poems)
You are a painter-listen-I'll paint you a picture too!Of the long white lights that glistenThrough Michigan Avenue;With the red lights ...
The Princess (part 4) (Alfred Lord Tennyson Poems)
"'There sinks the nebulous star we call the Sun,If that hypothesis of theirs be sound'Said Ida; 'let us down and ...
The Straight Griffin (C J Dennis Poems)
'Eroes? Orright. You 'ave it 'ow yeh like. Throw up yer little 'at an' come the glad;But not too much ...
The Ballad Of Mr. Cooke (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
(LEGEND OF THE CLIFF HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO)Where the sturdy ocean breezeDrives the spray of roaring seas,That the Cliff House balconies ...
Banjo Dog Variations (Donald Justice Poems)
Tramps on the road: floating clouds. OLD CHINESE POEM1 Agriculture and Industry Embraced in public on a wall- Heroes ...
The Old Survey (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
Our money's all spent, to the deuce it went! The landlord, he looks glum;On the tap-room wall, in ...
An E’nbrugh Dream (Douglas J Fraser Poems)
I had an unco dream the ither nicht:I dreamt the Castle and the Castle RockHad disappeared - clean vanished frae ...
Malmaison (Amy Lowell Poem)
I How the slates of the roof sparkle in the sun, over there, over there, beyond the high wall! How ...
V (Tony Harrison Poem)
'My father still reads the dictionary every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words.' Arthur ...
From A German War Primer (Bertolt Brecht Poem)
AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED It is considered low to talk about food. The fact is: they have Already eaten. The ...
Bishop Blougram’s Apology (Robert Browning Poems)
NO more wine? then we'll push back chairs and talk. A final glass for me, though: cool, i' faith! We ...
Son-Days (Henry Vaughan Poems)
1 Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss, Heaven once a week; The next world's gladness prepossest in ...
The Princess (part 4) (Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems)
'There sinks the nebulous star we call the Sun, If that hypothesis of theirs be sound' Said Ida; 'let us ...