Body Poems (2410 Poems)
The Iliad: Book 1 (Homer Poems)
Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that broughtcountless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it sendhurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogsand vultures, for so … Continue reading
The Heroic Enthusiasts: Part 2: Fourth Dialogue (Giordano Bruno Poems)
_Interlocutors_: SEVERINO. MINUTOLO. SEV. You will see the origin of the nine blind men, who state ninereasons and special causes of their blindness, and yet they all agree inone general reason and one common enthusiasm. MIN. Begin with the first! … Continue reading
Orlando Furioso Canto 7 (Ludovico Ariosto Poems)
ARGUMENTRogero, as directed by the pair,The giantess Eriphila o’erthrows.That done, he to Alcina’s labyrinth, whereMore than one knight is tied and prisoned, goes.To him Melissa sage the secret snare,And remedy for that grave evil shows.Whence he, by her advised, with … Continue reading
Paradise Lost : Book VIII. (John Milton Poems)
The Angel ended, and in Adam’s earSo charming left his voice, that he a whileThought him still speaking, still stood fixed to hear;Then, as new waked, thus gratefully replied.What thanks sufficient, or what recompenceEqual, have I to render thee, divineHistorian, … Continue reading
Hudibras: Part 3 – Canto III (Samuel Butler Poems)
THE ARGUMENT The Knight and squire’s prodigious FlightTo quit th’ inchanted Bow’r by Night.He plods to turn his amorous SuitT’ a Plea in Law, and prosecuteRepairs to Counsel, to advise‘Bout managing the Enterprise;But first resolves to try by Letter,And one … Continue reading
The Iliad: Book 10 (Homer Poems)
Now the other princes of the Achaeans slept soundly the wholenight through, but Agamemnon son of Atreus was troubled, so that hecould get no rest. As when fair Juno’s lord flashes his lightning intoken of great rain or hail or … Continue reading
Cymon And Iphigenia. From Boccace (John Henry Dryden Poems)
Old as I am, for lady’s love unfit,The power of beauty I remember yet,Which once inflamed my soul, and still inspires my wit.If love be folly, the severe divine;Has felt that folly, though he censures mine;Pollutes the pleasures of a … Continue reading
The Iliad: Book 22 (Homer Poems)
Thus the Trojans in the city, scared like fawns, wiped the sweatfrom off them and drank to quench their thirst, leaning against thegoodly battlements, while the Achaeans with their shields laid upontheir shoulders drew close up to the walls. But … Continue reading
The Third Booke Of Qvodlibets (Robert Hayman Poems)
Iustice Epigram. Kings doe correct those that Rebellious are,And their good Subjects worthily preferre:Iust Epigrams reproue those that offend,And those that vertuous are, she doth commend. 2. To my delicate Readers. When I doe read others neate, dainty lines,I almost … Continue reading
The Art Of Preserving Health. Book III (John Armstrong Poems)
EXERCISE. Thro’ various toils th’ adventurous Muse has past;But half the toil, and more than half, remains.Rude is her Theme, and hardly fit for Song;Plain, and of little ornament; and IBut little practis’d in th’ Aonian arts.Yet not in vain … Continue reading