Academic Poems (20 Poems)
Poem For The Two Hundred And Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Founding Of Harvard College (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
TWICE had the mellowing sun of autumn crownedThe hundredth circle of his yearly round,When, as we meet to-day, our fathers met:That joyous gathering who can e’er forget,When Harvard’s nurslings, scattered far and wide,Through mart and village, lake’s and ocean’s side,Came, … Continue reading
The Wanderer: A Vision: Canto II (Richard Savage Poems)
While thus a mind humane, and wise, he shows,All-eloquent of truth his language flows.Youth, tho’ depress’d, thro’ all his form appears;Thro’ all his sentiments the depth of years.Thus he-Yet farther Industry behold,Which conscious waits new wonders to unfold.Enter my chapel … Continue reading
The School-Boy (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
THESE hallowed precincts, long to memory dear,Smile with fresh welcome as our feet draw near;With softer gales the opening leaves are fanned,With fairer hues the kindling flowers expand,The rose-bush reddens with the blush of June,The groves are vocal with their … Continue reading
The Travellers In Haste; (Helen Maria Williams Poems)
ADDRESSED TOTHOMAS CLARKSON, ESQ.IN 1814,WHEN MANY ENGLISH ARRIVED AT PARIS, BUTREMAINED A VERY SHORT TIME. LOV’D ENGLAND ! now the narrow seaIn vain would sep’rate France and thee:May fav’ring zephyrs swell the sailThat wafts the crowd my wishes hail!Strangers to … Continue reading
The Printer’s Error (Aaron Fogel Poems)
Fellow compositorsand pressworkers! I, Chief PrinterFrank Steinman,having worked fifty-seven years at my trade,and served five yearsas presidentof the HollistonPrinter’s Council,being of sound mindthough near death,leave this testimonialconcerning the natureof printers’ errors. First: I hold that all booksand all printedmatter haveerrors, … Continue reading
Sonnet XXV. To Baptist Noel (John Moultrie Poems)
Noel, our paths, in academic days,Lay far apart, though by one Mother bred,And with her noblest sons together fedOn food which healthiest intellects doth raise:But thou, even then, didst walk in Wisdom’s waysWith steadfast purpose; while my heart and head,To … Continue reading
The Dunciad: Book IV (Alexander Pope Poems)
Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!Of darkness visible so much be lent,As half to show, half veil, the deep intent.Ye pow’rs! whose mysteries restor’d I sing,To whom time bears me on … Continue reading
Cadet Grey – Canto II (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
I Where West Point crouches, and with lifted shield Turns the whole river eastward through the pass;Whose jutting crags, half silver, stand revealed Like bossy bucklers of Leonidas;Where buttressed low against the storms that wield Their summer lightnings where her … Continue reading
The Glory of the Invention (Atom Yarjanian Poems)
Mesrob, standing against the Armenian centuries, You, rock of diamond, You, undiscoverable lighthouse of consciousness, Which sows flashes From the naked brains of children to the genius… You, whose hammer’s blow, Like the hours, ceaselessly every minute, Forges the statues … Continue reading
To My Son, Age 15, At Cambridge (Anne Hunter Poems)
NOW twice the spring, with flowrets gay,Hath ‘broider’d o’er her mantle green,And twice the merry month of MayWith hawthorn deck’d the vernal scene,Since I in tuneful numbers hail’d the mornWhen thou, my heart’s dear boy, in happy hour wast born.Nor … Continue reading