The Minstrel; Or, The Progress Of Genius : Book I. (James Beattie Poems)
I.Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climbThe steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!Ah! who can tell ...
Competence Poems (19 Poems)
Laurance – [Part 1] (Jean Ingelow Poems)
I.He knew she did not love him; but so longAs rivals were unknown to him, he dweltAt ease, and did ...
Love’s Triumph (Nathaniel Bloomfield Poems)
AN ELEGIAC BALLAD.[The Expostulation.--Continued.--Fears ofPoverty.--Encouragement.--Baldwin's Song.--Deceitfulness of visionsindulgence.--Tormenting distressing Passions.--Comforts of a lowFortune.--Poverty in England contrasted with other Countries.--TheQuestion.... The ...
On Connecticut River (John Gardiner Calkins Brainard Poems)
From that lone lake the sweetest of the chainThat links the mountain to the mighty main,Fresh from the rock and ...
To Mrs. Ward. By The Same. (Mary Barber Poems)
O thou, my beauteous, ever tender Friend,Thou, on whom all my worldly Joys depend,Accept these Numbers; and with Pleasure hearUnstudy'd ...
Rhodon And Iris. Prologue (Ralph Knevet Poems)
Dramatis Personae: RHODON. Shepheard ACANTHUS a friend to Rhodon. Shepheard MARTAGON. Shepheard CYNOSBATUS a friend to Martag. Shepheard ANTHOPHOTUS. Shepheard ...
The Praise And Commendation Of A Good Woman (Rees Prichard Poems)
As a wise child excells the scept'red fool,Who of conceit and selfishness is full —As a good name exceeds the ...
A Gallery To The Temple. Vanitye (Ralph Knevet Poems)
When Butterflyes, and Prizes vaine I spye, In silke wormes labours clad, That a faire tincture had From silly wormes likewise: then presently, I ...
The True Philosophy (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
I'D have you use a wise philosophy,In this, as in all matters, whereuponJudgment may freely act; truth ever liesBetween extremes; ...
Tiresias (Algernon Charles Swinburne Poems)
PART IIt is an hour before the hour of dawn. Set in mine hand my staff and leave me ...
Tale VII (George Crabbe Poems)
THE WIDOW'S TALE.To Farmer Moss, in Langar Vale, came down,His only daughter, from her school in town;A tender, timid maid! ...
A Reading Of Life–The Test Of Manhood (George Meredith Poems)
Like a flood river whirled at rocky banks,An army issues out of wilderness,With battle plucking round its ragged flanks;Obstruction in ...
After Dinner (Albert Pike Poems)
To BEVERLEY TUCKER, ESQUIRE, GREETING: Dear BEV. this greeting goes to you across the Atlantic brine, From the little room ...
Ode To Summer (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
O SUMMER! hither bend thy cheerful way,Our clime shall gladly hail thy sway;O! come in all thy flowery pride,With rural ...
Resolved To Be Loved (Abraham Cowley Poems)
'Tis true, I'have lov'd already three or four, And shall three or four hundred more; I'll ...
First EPIGRAM. (Upon being Contented with a Little) (Anne Killigrew Poem)
WE deem them moderate, but Enough implore, What barely will suffice, and ask no more: Who say, (O Jove) a ...
Moving the Shed (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
What a project to move a ten by ten heavy, dead weight heavy wooden shed from the middle of the ...
Enoch Arden (Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems)
Long lines of cliff breaking have left a chasm; And in the chasm are foam and yellow sands; Beyond, red ...
Tiresias (Algernon Charles Swinburne Poems)
PART I It is an hour before the hour of dawn. Set in mine hand my staff and leave me ...