The King’s Missive (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
UNDER the great hill sloping bareTo cove and meadow and Common lot,In his council chamber and oaken chair,Sat the worshipful ...
Poems about wearer (21 Poems)
To my dead friend Ben Johnson (Henry King Poems)
I see that wreath which doth the wearer arm'Gainst the quick strokes of thunder, is no charmTo keep off deaths ...
A New Suit (Hattie Howard Poems)
The artist and the loom unseen, In textures soft as _crepe de chine_ Spring weaves her royal robe of green, With grasses fringed ...
Dedicatory Address To Her Royal Highness The Princess Of Wales (Mary Hopkins Pilkington Poems)
WHEN virtue and dignity jointly combine,Like the sun's radiant beams, more effulgent they shine;For when virtue is hid by Obscurity's ...
Death Alone (Pablo Neruda Poems)
There are lone cemeteries,tombs full of soundless bones,the heart threading a tunnel,a dark, dark tunnel :like a wreck we die ...
The Old Sword On The Wall (Joseph C Lincoln Poems)
Where the warm spring sunlight, streaming Through the window, sets its gleaming,With a softened silver sparkle in the dim and dusky ...
The Value Of Gold (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
There may be standard weight for precious metal,But deeper meaning it must ever hold;Thank God, there are some things no ...
To Sophia (Miss Stacey) (Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems)
I.Thou art fair, and few are fairerOf the Nymphs of earth or ocean;They are robes that fit the wearer--Those soft ...
On the Infancy of Our Saviour (Francis Quarles Poems)
Hail blessed Virgin, full of heavenly Grace,Blest above all that sprang from human race;Whose Heav'n-saluted Womb brought forth in One,A ...
Love Or Fame: Part III: Fame (Fannie Isabelle Sherrick Poems)
Oh what is fame! a flower that dies at eve, A golden mist that subtle fancies weave, An unknown star ...
The Dunciad: Book III. (Alexander Pope Poems)
But in her Temple's last recess inclos'd, On Dulness' lap th' Anointed head repos'd. Him close she curtains round with ...
Violetta (Edwin Arnold Poems)
Oh! was there ever tale of human loveWhich was not also tale of human tears?Died not sweet Desdemona? sorrowed notFair, ...
The Poem of Imru-Ul-Quais (Anonymous Asian Poems)
Stop, oh my friends, let us pause to weep over the remembrance of my beloved.Here was her abode on the ...
To Cynthia On A Kisse (Francis Kynaston Poems)
Beeing thy servant Cynthia, 'tis my duty To make thy name as glorious ...
After Death In Arabia (Edwin Arnold Poems)
He who died at Azan sendsThis to comfort all his friends:Faithful friends! It lies, I know,Pale and white and cold ...
On The Infancy Of Our Savior (Francis Quarles Poems)
Hail! blessed Virgin, full of heavenly grace,Blest above all that sprang from human race,Whose heaven-saluted womb brought forth in oneA ...
Faces In The Street (Henry Lawson Poem)
They lie, the men who tell us for reasons of their own That want is here a stranger, and that ...
TO PHILLIS, TO LOVE AND LIVE WITH HIM (Robert Herrick Poem)
Live, live with me, and thou shalt see The pleasures I'll prepare for thee: What sweets the country can afford ...
97. To John Kennedy, Dumfries House (Robert Burns Poems)
NOW, Kennedy, if foot or horse E'er bring you in by Mauchlin corse, (Lord, man, there's lasses there wad force ...
The Pearl Diver (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
Kanzo Makame, the diver, sturdy and small Japanee, Seeker of pearls and of pearl-shell down in the depths of the ...
Possessions Are Nine Points Of Conversation (Ogden Nash Poems)
Some people, and it doesn't matter whether they are paupers or millionaires, Think that anything they have is the best ...