Poems about kindnesses (19 Poems)
The Pleasaunce Of Maid Marian (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
Argument: “Mary, Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?Silver bells and cockle shellsAnd fair maids all in a row.” Isolt the White, the daughter of a king,Hoel of Brittany, the same who wedSir Tristram of the Woods, who lov’d her … Continue reading
Grand’ther Baldwin’s Thanksgiving (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
Underneath protected branches, from the highway just aloof;Stands the house of Grand’ther Baldwin, with its gently sloping roof. Square of shape and solid-timbered, it was standing, I have heard,In the days of Whig and Tory, under royal George the Third. … Continue reading
The Cottager’s Hymn (Patrick Branwell Bronte Poems)
I. My food is but spare, And humble my cot, Yet Jesus dwells there And blesses my lot: Though thinly I’m clad, And tempests oft roll, He’s raiment, and bread, And drink to my soul. II. His presence is wealth, His grace is a treasure, His promise is health And … Continue reading
Scene In Gethsemane (Nathaniel Parker Willis Poems)
The moon was shining yet. The Orient’s brow, Set with the morning star, was not yet dim; And the deep silence which subdues the breath Like a strong feeling, hung upon the world As sleep upon the pulses of a child. ’Twas the last watch … Continue reading
My Love (James Russell Lowell Poems)
Not as all other women areIs she that to my soul is dear;Her glorious fancies come from far,Beneath the silver evening-star,And yet her heart is ever near. Great feelings has she of her own,Which lesser souls may never know;God giveth … Continue reading
The Deserted (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Thou Who wert kindest of the kind –Since out of sight is out of mind –There’s none to do Thee kindnessesIn Thy last anguish and distress.Thou art left all alone, alone.Where are Thy faithful lovers flown? Where is the multitude … Continue reading
Giving And Taking (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
Who gives and hides the giving hand,Nor counts on favor, fame, or praise,Shall find his smallest gift outweighsThe burden of the sea and land. Who gives to whom hath naught been given,His gift in need, though small indeedAs is the … Continue reading
The Church-Porch. Perirrhanterium (George Herbert Poems)
Thou, whose sweet youth and early hopes inhanceThy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure,Hearken unto a Vesper, who may chanceRyme thee to good, and make a bait of pleasure: A verse may finde him who a … Continue reading
The Minstrel (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
An Incident in One Act.PERSONS. THE KING, THE QUEEN, EARL ATHULF, THE MINSTREL.Heralds, Pages, Men-at-Arms, Sentries. TIME: THE PAST.SCENE:Night in a hall of Castle Ydoyne. The roof is supported at the back byrows of pillars of rough stone, between whose … Continue reading
To My Son (Anonymous Americas Poems)
MY son, at last the fateful day has come For us to part. The hours have nearly run.May God return you safe to land and home; Yet, what God wills, so may His will be done. Draw tight … Continue reading