Sonnet XLV. “When I behold thee, only living one” (Henry Alford Poems)
When I behold thee, only living one In whom God's image pure and clear I see, Far beyond all in humble sanctity, Close ...
Poems about deceiving (21 Poems)
Sleep (John Fletcher Poems)
COME, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving Lock me in delight awhile; Let some pleasing dreams beguile All my fancies; that from thence I ...
Cards of Fortune (Eliza Acton Poems)
MANY a graven gem, besetWith gold, is worn as an amuletIn the far-off climes of the East,—a charmTo preserve the ...
The Child Of The Islands – Conclusion (Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton Poems)
I.MY lay is ended! closed the circling year, From Spring's first dawn to Winter's darkling night; The moan of sorrow, ...
The Wanton Wife of Bath (Anonymous British Poems)
In Bath a wanton wife did dwelle,As Chaucer he doth write,Who did in pleasure spend her dayes,And many a fond ...
The Vanities Of Life (Anonymous British Poems)
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity--SOLOMON.What are life's joys and gains?What pleasures crowd its ways,That man should take such painsTo ...
A Servian Legend (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Long, long ago, ere yet our race began,When earth was empty, waiting still for man,Before the breath of life to ...
The Pilgrim of Life. (Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton Poems)
PILGRIM, who toilest up life's weary steep, To reach the summit still with pleasure crowned;Born but to sigh and ...
The Harvest Of The Sea (Charles Hanson Towne Poems)
(On the sinking of the "Titanic")The jealous Sea moaned in the April night:"Lo! there are comrades hidden in my heart,Unfortunates ...
Oh! heed not those beams (Edward Henry Bickersteth Poems)
Our visions are deceiving lights that lead us on to our destruction; our idols are always broken in pieces before ...
Jazz Chick (Bob Kaufman Poem)
Music from her breast, vibrating Soundseared into burnished velvet. Silent hips deceiving fools. Rivulets of trickling ecstacy From the alabaster ...
penelope (Rg Gregory Poem)
name meaning thread weaver or duck (these may be guesses from obscurity) ten-year faithful wife whilst her husband was gallivanting ...
THE ERL-KING. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
WHO rides there so late through the night dark and drear? The father it is, with his infant so dear; ...
Sleep (John Fletcher Poem)
COME, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving Lock me in delight awhile; Let some pleasing dreams beguile All my fancies; ...
Mr. Mistoffelees (T. S. Eliot Poem)
You ought to know Mr. Mistoffelees! The Original Conjuring Cat-- (There can be no doubt about that). Please listen to ...
The Flight Of The Duchess (Robert Browning Poem)
I. You're my friend: I was the man the Duke spoke to; I helped the Duchess to cast off his ...
Fading (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
All in the beautiful Autumn weather One thought lingers with me and stays; Death and winter are coming together, Though ...
Café Comedy (Robert William Service Poems)
She I'm waiting for the man I hope to wed. I've never seen him - that's the funny part. I ...
The Animals (Edwin Muir Poems)
They do not live in the world, Are not in time and space. From birth to death hurled No word ...
An Apology for the Bottle Volcanic (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
Sometimes I dip my pen and find the bottle full of fire, The salamanders flying forth I cannot but admire. ...
What I Want (Poem)
I AM POWERFUL! Whatever I set my mind on having, I will have. Whatever I decide to be, I will ...