The Demon Drink! (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"I do well to be angry, even unto death."—Jonah iv. 9."I do well to be angry, even unto death,"To denounce, ...
Poems about decry (21 Poems)
The Drunkard’s Song (John Hartley Poems)
Tho' the sober shake the head, And drink water, boys, instead, And the foolish all strong liquors do decry; Yet the foaming glass ...
Love I have served, for such length of time (Thibaut de Champagne Poems)
Love I have served, for such length of timeIf I forsake Him no man should blame me,Now I go, and ...
And So Did I (Isaac Joslyn Cox Poems)
Before the fire, that winter's night None seemed so sweet as she,With winning smile, and dark eyes bright, And playful repartee.The dancing ...
The Enthusiast (Anne Batten Cristall Poems)
ARLA. THE pious sire of ARLA rear'd her youth Strongly to feel the great Creator's power; In her pure bosom ...
The Spleen (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poems)
What art thou, SPLEEN, which ev'ry thing dost ape? Thou Proteus to abus'd Mankind, Who never yet thy real Cause ...
Apple-Pie And Cheese (Eugene Field Poems)
Full many a sinful notion Conceived of foreign powersHas come across the ocean To harm this land of ours;And heresies ...
Valor (General George S Patton Jnr Poems)
When all hearts are opened,And all the secrets known,When guile and lies are banished,And subterfuge is gone. When God rolls ...
Ode, For The Year 1705 (Edmund Smith Poems)
I.Janus, did ever to thy wond'ring Eyes,So bright a Scene of Triumph rise?Did ever Greece or Rome such Laurels wear,As ...
If You Don’t Believe It, Try It (George Johnston Poems)
'Tis better far to wear awayIn honest strong endeavor,Than idly rust in slow decayAnd work and labor never;By honest toil ...
The Crambo-Clink (David Rorie Poems)
Afore there was law to fleg us a',An' schedule richt frae wrang,The man o' the cave had got the craveFor ...
The Snow Man (Charles Hamilton Musgrove Poems)
Poor shape grotesque that careless hands have wrought! Frail wistful thing, left gaping at the sun ...
On a Vulgar Error (C. S. Lewis Poem)
No. It's an impudent falsehood. Men did not Invariably think the newer way Prosaic mad, inelegant, or what not. Was ...
To the Queen. (Anne Killigrew Poem)
AS those who pass the Alps do say, The Rocks which first oppose their way, And so amazing-High do show, ...
The Vanity of Human Wishes (excerpts) (Samuel Johnson Poem)
1 Let observation with extensive view, 2 Survey mankind, from China to Peru; 3 Remark each anxious toil, each eager ...
The Problem (Thomas Hardy Poem)
Shall we conceal the Case, or tell it - We who believe the evidence? Here and there the watch-towers knell ...
Friends Beyond (Thomas Hardy Poem)
WILLIAM Dewy, Tranter Reuben, Farmer Ledlow late at plough, Robert's kin, and John's, and Ned's, And the Squire, and Lady ...
Apple-Pie and Cheese (Eugene Field Poem)
Full many a sinful notion Conceived of foreign powers Has come across the ocean To harm this land of ours; ...
The Spleen (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
What art thou, SPLEEN, which ev'ry thing dost ape? Thou Proteus to abus'd Mankind, Who never yet thy real Cause ...
From The Ladies Defence (Lady Mary Chudleigh Poem)
Melissa: I've still rever'd your Order as Divine; And when I see unblemish'd Virtue ...
The Quality Of Sprawl (Les Murray Poems)
Sprawl is the quality of the man who cut down his Rolls-Royce into a farm utility truck, and sprawl is ...