Christianity Poems (7139 Poems)
Metempsycosis (John Donne Poems)
THEPROGRESSEOF THE SOULE. First Song. I. sing of the progresse of a deathlesse soule,Whom Fate, which God made, but doth not controule,Plac’d in most shapes; all times before the lawYoak’d us, and when, and since, in this I sing.And the … Continue reading
The Vision Of Piers Plowman – Part 10 (William Langland Poems)
Thanne hadde Wit a wif, was hote Dame Studie,That lene was of lere and of liche bothe.She was wonderly wroth that Wit me thus taughte,And al staiynge Dame Studie sterneliche seide.‘Wel artow wis,’ quod she to Wit, ‘any wisdomes to … Continue reading
Festus – XXXIII (Philip James Bailey Poems)
As in our sky sometimes a vaporous massLow down, shows thunder threatening; while by windsOf happier, if adverse wing fanned, high up,Unutterably extolled, a cloud–stream clear,Tinged as with ghostliest silver, spreads, opposed,Its shadowy waveletage, bespeaking peaceProspective, genial change; so here; … Continue reading
Vision Of Columbus – Book 8 (Joel Barlow Poems)
And now the Angel, from the trembling sight,Veil’d the wide world-when sudden shades of nightMove o’er the ethereal vault; the starry trainPaint their dim forms beneath the placid main;While earth and heaven, around the hero’s eye,Seem arch’d immense, like one … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
PreludeI sing the Pilgrim of a softer climeAnd milder speech than those brave men’s who broughtTo the ice and iron of our winter timeA will as firm, a creed as stern, and wroughtWith one mailed hand, and with the other … Continue reading
The School Of The Heart. Lesson The Sixth (Henry Alford Poems)
Erewhile of Death and human suffering Spoke we, and lingered, as in some dark wood The pilgrim lingers ere he dare approach The golden shrine, where on his sight shall break Light of pure grace from Heaven;–the end of toil Is near; and through the … Continue reading
The Famous Historie: Cap. XVII (Patrick Gordon Poems)
The Argument.Both Armeis Ioyne in long and doubtful fightAnd threttie thousand in the ditches dieKing Edwards deids encurage eurie knightAnd Scotts for to preuent their victorieIs forcd to Ioyne with them in Singill fightWhen th’Argentine greate Bruce hath kill’d they … Continue reading
The Shepherds Calendar – July (John Clare Poems)
Daughter of pastoral smells and sightsAnd sultry days and dewy nightsJuly resumes her yearly placeWi her milking maiden faceRuddy and tand yet sweet to viewWhen everywhere’s a vale of dewAnd raps it round her looks that smilesA lovly rest to … Continue reading
The Little Dog (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold.Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold.To this the god of love has oft recourse,When arrows fail to reach the secret source,And I’ll maintain he’s right, for, ‘mong mankind,Nice presents ev’ry where … Continue reading
The Hind And The Panther, A Poem In Three Parts : Part I. (John Henry Dryden Poems)
A milk-white Hind, immortal and unchanged,Fed on the lawns, and in the forest ranged;Without unspotted, innocent within,She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.Yet had she oft been chased with horns and hounds,And Scythian shafts; and many winged woundsAimed … Continue reading