Feronde (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
IN Eastern climes, by means considered new;The Mount's old-man, with terrors would pursue;His large domains howe'er were not the cause,Nor ...
Poems about predecessor (18 Poems)
An Ode : On Exodus iii. 14 (Matthew Prior Poems)
On Exodus iii. 14. "I am that I am."Man! foolish man!Scarce know'st thou how thyself began,Scarce hadst thou thought enough ...
On the Memory of Mr. Edward King, Drown’d in the Irish Seas (John Cleveland Poems)
I like not tears in tune, nor do I prize His artificial grief that scans his eyes; Mine weep down pious beads, ...
To Sir John Mennis, (John Denham Poems)
BEING INVITED FROM CALAIS TO BOULOGNE, TO EAT A PIG.All on a weeping Monday, With a fat vulgarian sloven, Little admiral John To ...
An Ode To Mr. Howard (Matthew Prior Poems)
Dear Howard, from the soft assaults of lovePoets and painters never are secure;Can I untouch'd the fair one's passions move,Or ...
The New Bath Guide: Part II, Letter XI (Christopher Anstey Poems)
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North. A Description of the Ball, with an Episode on Beau ...
On The Death Of The Honourable Mr. James Thynne (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poems)
Farewell, lov'd Youth! since 'twas the Will of Heaven So soon to take, what had so late been giv'n; And ...
Macintosh’s Lyrical Monologue. (Frank Sidgwick Poems)
Made at the ' Cock.' Alfred, headwaiter at the ' Cock ' * Where nowadays I dine, Go fetch me ...
Bare Fig-Trees (D H Lawrence Poems)
FIG-TREES, weird fig-treesMade of thick smooth silver,Made of sweet, untarnished silver in the sea-southern air--I say untarnished, but I mean ...
For: Kenneth Slessor (Douglas Alexander Stewart Poems)
Hang it all, Slessor, as Pound once said to Browning,Why have you sailed so untimely out on the waterTo vanish ...
L’Ordre De Bon Temps (Arthur Weir Poems)
When Champlain with his faithful band Came o'er the stormy waveTo dwell within this lonely land, Their hearts were blithe ...
Autumn (Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld Poems)
A FRAGMENTFarewell the softer hours, Spring's opening blushAnd Summer's deeper glow, the shepherd's pipeTuned to the murmurs of a weeping ...
Parabola (Alec Derwent Hope Poem)
Year after year the princess lies asleep Until the hundred years foretold are done, Easily drawing her enchanted breath. Caught ...
Feronde (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
IN Eastern climes, by means considered new; The Mount's old-man, with terrors would pursue; His large domains howe'er were not ...
On the Death of the Honourable Mr. James Thynne (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
Farewell, lov'd Youth! since 'twas the Will of Heaven So soon to take, what had so late been giv'n; And ...
Behind the Arras (Bliss Carman Poem)
I like the old house tolerably well, Where I must dwell Like a familiar gnome; And yet I never shall ...
Bishop Blougram’s Apology (Robert Browning Poems)
NO more wine? then we'll push back chairs and talk. A final glass for me, though: cool, i' faith! We ...
Room Ghost (Robert William Service Poems)
Though elegance I ill afford, My living-room is green and gold; The former tenant was a lord Who died of ...