A Holy Messenger (James Madison Bell Poems)
Dedicated to Rev. Thomas M. D. Ward.The voice of Macedonia's gone From California o'er the seas,And yet, to help her, there ...
Poems about unsheltered (21 Poems)
Transition (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
The home of my soul, worn and weary, And pierced by the rocks of old time,The windows grown dim and the ...
Ash Wednesday (John Keble Poems)
"Yes—deep within and deeper yet The rankling shaft of conscience hide,Quick let the swelling eye forget The tears that in the heart ...
The Bells Of San Blas (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
What say the Bells of San BlasTo the ships that southward pass From the harbor of Mazatlan?To them it is nothing ...
The Rose.-April 13. 1807. (Margaretta Wedderburn Poems)
A FAV'RITE flow'r, while on its genial bed,Salubrious air, from noxious vapours free,And screen'd from piercing cold, or drifting show'r,For ...
Patience (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
SHE hath no beauty in her face,Unless the chastened sweetness thereAnd meek long-suffering yield a graceTo make her mournful features ...
Penmaenmawr (excerpt) (Patrick Branwell Bronte Poems)
I knew a flower whose leaves were meant to bloomTill Death should snatch it to adorn the tomb,Now, blanching 'neath ...
Content (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
Were all the heavens an overladen boughOf ripened benediction lowered above me,What could I crave, soul-satisfied as nowThat thou dost ...
Jeanne Bras (Dora Sigerson Shorter Poems)
A BALLAD OF SORROW "Jeanne Bras! Jeanne Bras! arise and let me in; Jeanne Bras! Jeanne Bras! will you awake?" ...
Ode On The Istallation of the Duke of Devonshire (Charles Kingsley Poems)
Hence a while, severer Muses;Spare your slaves till drear October.Hence; for Alma Mater choosesNot to be for ever sober:But, like ...
The Ruined Home (Annie Adams Fields Poems)
AT nightfall, coming from the wood, I crossed the hilltop's gloomy brow,Where one unsheltered farmhouse stood, Neglected, dark, ...
The Spoilers (C J Dennis Poems)
Ye are the Great White People, masters and lords of the earth,Spreading your stern dominion over the world's wide girth.Here, ...
At The Grave Of Walker (Cincinnatus Hiner Miller Miller Poems)
"He lies low in the levelled sand, Unsheltered from the tropic sun, And now of all he knew not one ...
While Lounging In A Chair (Afanasy Afanasevich Fet Poems)
While lounging in a chair, I looked up at the ceiling Where, teasing my imagination,A circle hangs above the ...
August In The City (Charles Hanson Towne Poems)
The brooding hours, through the dull afternoon,Pause, while a torrid sun flames in the sky.(O heart of mine, dream of ...
Drouth (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Why do we pity those who weep? The painThat finds a ready outlet in the flowOf salt and bitter tears ...
March, 1878 (Constance Naden Poems)
THE blackbird sits and pipes his love-notes clear In yon dark tracery of budding sprays, Sharply defined against the distant ...
City Children (Charles Hanson Towne Poems)
Pale flowers are you, that scarce have known the sun!Your little faces like sad blossoms seem,Shut in some room, there ...
Landscapes (Andree Chedid Poem)
Behind faces and gestures We remain mute And spoken words heavy With what we ignore or keep silent Betray us ...
Landscapes (John Burnside Poem)
Behind faces and gestures We remain mute And spoken words heavy With what we ignore or keep silent Betray us ...
Mementos (Charlotte Bronte Poem)
ARRANGING long-locked drawers and shelves Of cabinets, shut up for years, What a strange task we've set ourselves ! How ...