Story (Philip Larkin Poem)
Tired of a landscape known too well when young: The deliberate shallow hills, the boring birds Flying past rocks; tired ...
Poems about inhabitants (31 Poems)
The Tradesman and the Scholar (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
A Citizen of mighty Pelf, But much a Blockhead, in himself Disdain'd a Man of shining Parts, Master of Sciences ...
From The First Act Of The Aminta Of Tasso (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
Daphne's Answer to Sylvia, declaring she should esteem all as Enemies, who should talk to her of LOVE. THEN, to ...
Absalom And Achitophel (John Dryden Poem)
In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, ...
Elegy I: Jealousy (John Donne Poem)
Fond woman, which wouldst have thy husband die, And yet complain'st of his great jealousy; If swol'n with poison, he ...
Who occupies this House? (Emily Dickinson Poem)
Who occupies this House? A Stranger I must judge Since No one know His Circumstance -- 'Tis well the name ...
A lane of Yellow led the eye (Emily Dickinson Poem)
A lane of Yellow led the eye Unto a Purple Wood Whose soft inhabitants to be Surpasses solitude If Bird ...
Moocooboola Dam (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
For more than a billion years we've been nearly out of water; sincerely, a need repeatedly exposed in calamitous reports ...
Today (Billy Collins Poem)
If ever there were a spring day so perfect, so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze that it made you ...
A poem, on the rising glory of America (Hugh Henry Brackenridge Poem)
LEANDER. No more of Memphis and her mighty kings, Or Alexandria, where the Ptolomies. Taught golden commerce to unfurl her ...
Contemplating Hell (Bertolt Brecht Poem)
Contemplating Hell, as I once heard it, My brother Shelley found it to be a place Much like the city ...
The Book of Urizen: Chapter IX (William Blake Poems)
1. Then the Inhabitants of those Cities: Felt their Nerves change into Marrow And hardening Bones began In swift diseases ...
The Song of Los (William Blake Poems)
AFRICA I will sing you a song of Los. the Eternal Prophet: He sung it to four harps at the ...
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope Poems)
Part 1 WHAT dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs, What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things, I sing -- This ...
The Rape of the Lock: Canto 1 (Alexander Pope Poems)
Nolueram, Belinda, tuos violare capillos; Sedjuvat, hoc precibus me tribuisse tuis. (Martial, Epigrams 12.84) What dire offence from am'rous causes ...
A Life (Sylvia Plath Poems)
Touch it: it won't shrink like an eyeball, This egg-shaped bailiwick, clear as a tear. Here's yesterday, last year --- ...
The Great Franchise Demonstration (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1884, and on Saturday the 20th of September, Which the inhabitants of Dundee will long ...
The Terrific Cyclone of 1893 (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1893, and on the 17th and 18th of November, Which the people of Dundee and ...
The Wreck of the Columbine (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Kind Christians, all pay attention to me, And Miss Mouat's sufferings I'll relate to ye; While on board the Columbine, ...
Beautiful Aberfoyle (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
The mountains and glens of Aberfoyle are beautiful to sight, Likewise the rivers and lakes are sparkling and bright; And ...
Bonnie Montrose (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Beautiful town of Montrose, I will now commence my lay, And I will write in praise of thee without dismay, ...
Captain Teach alias Black Beard (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Edward Teach was a native of Bristol, and sailed from that port On board a privateer, in search of sport, ...
Glasgow (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Beautiful city of Glasgow, with your streets so neat and clean, Your stateley mansions, and beautiful Green! Likewise your beautiful ...
Jottings of New York (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Oh, mighty city of New York, you are wonderful to behold-- Your buildings are magnificent-- the truth be it told-- ...
Montrose (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Beautiful town of Montrose, I will now commence my lay, And I will write in praise of thee without dismay, ...
The Albion Battleship Calamity (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1898, ond on the 21st of June, The launching of the Battleship Albion caused a ...
The Ancient Town of Leith (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Ancient town of Leith, most wonderful to be seen, With your many handsome buildings, and lovely links so green, And ...
The Death of Lord and Lady Dalhousie (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Alas! Lord and Lady Dalhousie are dead, and buried at last, Which causes many people to feel a little downcast; ...
Paradise Lost: Book 04 (John Milton Poems)
O, for that warning voice, which he, who saw The Apocalypse, heard cry in Heaven aloud, Then when the Dragon, ...
Paradise Lost: Book 08 (John Milton Poems)
The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he a while Thought him still speaking, ...