Poems about fratricide (12 Poems)
On The Palentine (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
I tread the vast deserted stageWhereon the Caesars lived and died;The relics of Rome’s golden ageLie strewn about me far and wide,Mementoes of an empire’s pride,The homes of men once deified. What are they now? Stupendous pilesOf mouldering corridors and … Continue reading
The History Of Joseph: A Poem In Ten Books. Book IX. (Elizabeth Singer Rowe Poems)
The jocund years with smiling plenty crown’d,In shining circles now advanc’d their round:Unbounded crops reward the reaper’s toil,And rustick pleasures chear the banks of Nile.The Hebrew, late advanc’d by royal grace,With dignity and splendour fills his place;Still watchful for the … Continue reading
Herva (Anna Seward Poems)
AT THE TOMB OF ARGANTYR. ARUNIC DIALOGUE. HERVA. ARGANTYR, wake!–to thee I call,Hear from thy dark sepulchral hall!‘Mid the Forest’s inmost gloom,Thy Daughter, circling thrice thy tomb,With mystic rites of thrilling powerDisturbs thee at this midnight hour!I, thy Sauferlama’s child,Of … Continue reading
Earth And Man (George Meredith Poems)
I On her great venture, Man,Earth gazes while her fingers dint the breastWhich is his well of strength, his home of rest,And fair to scan. II More aid than that embrace,That nourishment, she cannot give: his heartInvolves his fate; and … Continue reading
Hymn To The Patriarchs (Count Giacomo Leopardi Poems)
OR OF THE BEGINNINGS OF THE HUMAN RACE. Illustrious fathers of the human race, Of you, the song of your afflicted sons Will chant the praise; of you, more dear, by far, Unto the Great Disposer of the stars, … Continue reading
A Case for Kings (C J Dennis Poems)
I’ve never had much truck with kings (Said old George Jones). For all my daysMy lot’s been cast ‘mid common thngs, My path has run by humble ways.Tho’ I have live my life in what Men call “The shadow of … Continue reading
The Faith of Old George Jones (C J Dennis Poems)
War raged around this troubled world, When I was but a lad,And into battle men were hurled, As some ambition madMoved kings on their unstable thrones To bring the world unease.Mad days, I’ll grant (said old George Jones), But not … Continue reading
Fears In Solitude (Samuel Coleridge Poem)
A green and silent spot, amid the hills, A small and silent dell ! O’er stiller place No singing sky-lark ever poised himself. The hills are heathy, save that swelling slope, Which hath a gay and gorgeous covering on, All … Continue reading
Contemplations (Anne Bradstreet Poem)
1 Sometime now past in the Autumnal Tide, 2 When Ph{oe}bus wanted but one hour to bed, 3 The trees all richly clad, yet void of pride, 4 Were gilded o’re by his rich golden head. 5 Their leaves and … Continue reading
Delhi – A Re-visitation (John Matthew Poems)
It’s akin to visiting my foster mother, today, That I am returning to you, mother city, after twenty years, I look at your broad, bereft blood-stained streets, mater, Through which emperors, prime ministers cavalcaded, In victory and defeat, through gates … Continue reading