Poems about croup (18 Poems)
Orlando Furioso Canto 4 (Ludovico Ariosto Poems)
ARGUMENTThe old Atlantes suffers fatal wreck,Foiled by the ring, and young Rogero freed,Who soars in air till he appears a speck,Mounted upon the wizard’s winged steed.Obediant to the royal Charles’s beck,He who had followed Love’s imperious lead,Rinaldo, disembarks on British … Continue reading
Orlando Furioso Canto 6 (Ludovico Ariosto Poems)
ARGUMENTAriodantes has, a worthy meed,With his loved bride, the fief of Albany.Meantime Rogero, on the flying steed,Arrives in false Alcina’s empery:There from a myrtle-tree her every deed,A human myrtle hears, and treachery,And thence would go; but they who first withdrewHim … Continue reading
Brighten’s Sister-In-Law [or The Carrier's Story] (Henry Lawson Poems)
AT A POINT where the old road crosses The river, and turns to the right,I’d camped with the team; and the hosses Was all fixed up for the night.I’d been to the town to carry A load to the Cudgegong;And I’d taken the … Continue reading
A Letter (Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Poems)
After W. M. P.Dear Kitty,At length the term’s ending;I ‘m in for my Schools in a week;And the time that at present I’m spendingOn you should be spent upon Greek:But I’m fairly well read in my Plato,I’m thoroughly red in … Continue reading
Rubens’ Hell (Kenneth Slessor Poems)
VENUS with rosy-cloven rumpAnd rings of straw-bright flying hairLooks in the glass that slaves are plyingNot for her own face floating there,But for the sly and curious gazeOf Rubens, through the keyhole prying.Warm flesh of gods, by light embayed,And drifting … Continue reading
Fool-Youngens (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Me an’ Bert an’ Minnie-Belle Knows a joke, an’ we won’t tell! No, we don’t–’cause we don’t know _Why_ we got to laughin’ so; But we got to laughin’ so, ”We ist kep’ a-laughin’. Wind wuz blowin’ in the tree– An’ wuz only ist us three Playin’ … Continue reading
As Like The Woman As You Can (William Ernest Henley Poems)
‘As like the Woman as you can’ -(Thus the New Adam was beguiled) -‘So shall you touch the Perfect Man’ -(God in the Garden heard and smiled).‘Your father perished with his day:‘A clot of passions fierce and blind,‘He fought, he … Continue reading
The Kalevala – Rune III (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
WAINAMOINEN AND YOUKAHAINEN. Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel,Passed his years in full contentment,On the meadows of Wainola,On the plains of Kalevala,Singing ever wondrous legends,Songs of ancient wit and wisdom,Chanting one day, then a second,Singing in the dusk of evening,Singing till the dawn … Continue reading
The Rhyme of Joyous Garde (Adam Lindsay Gordon Poems)
Through the lattice rushes the south wind, dense With fumes of the flowery frankincense From hawthorn blossoming thickly; And gold is shower’d on grass unshorn, And poppy-fire on shuddering corn, With May-dew flooded and flush’d with morn, And scented with … Continue reading
From The Wreck (Adam Lindsay Gordon Poems)
Turn out, boys! — “What’s up with our super. to-night? The man’s mad — Two hours to daybreak I’d swear —Stark mad — why, there isn’t a glimmer of light.” “Take Bolingbroke, Alec, give Jack the young mare;Look sharp. A … Continue reading