Discipline Poems (130 Poems)
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
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
Bridegroom Dick (Herman Melville Poems)
1876 Sunning ourselves in October on a dayBalmy as spring, though the year was in decay,I lading my pipe, she stirring her tea,My old woman she says to me,“Feel ye, old man, how the season mellows?”And why should I not, … Continue reading
Under The Old Elm (James Russell Lowell Poems)
Poem Read At Cambridge On The Hundredth Anniversary Of Washington’s Taking Command Of The American ArmyI Words pass as wind, but where great deeds were doneA power abides transfused from sire to son:The boy feels deeper meanings thrill his ear,That … Continue reading
Prevailing Winds (Lee Anderson2 Poems)
IThe bland many-eyed wallsof skyscrapers and the modestin-between brownstone housesshall not bruise the thrust of his rapier spiritrather the artist with the intensity of youththe prophet’s second sight the seer’s visionshall cause these buildings to shrink and dilatelean askew into … Continue reading
The Pilgrim’s Fathers (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
ONE righteous word for Law-the common will;One living truth of Faith-God regnant still;One primal test of Freedom-all combined;One sacred Revolution-change of mind;One trust unfailing for the night and need-The tyrant-flower shall cast the freedom-seed. So held they firm, the Fathers … Continue reading
The Haglets (Herman Melville Poems)
By chapel bare, with walls sea-beatThe lichened urns in wilds are lostAbout a carved memorial stoneThat shows, decayed and coral-mossed,A form recumbent, swords at feet,Trophies at head, and kelp for a winding-sheet. I invoke thy ghost, neglected fane,Washed by the waters’ … Continue reading
The Spectacles (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone,So oft their freaks have in my page been shown.The subject may at length fatigue the mind;My Muse the veil howe’er is still inclined,Conspicuously to hold to publick view,And, ‘mong the sisters, scene … Continue reading
An Epistle To Dr. Moore (Helen Maria Williams Poems)
Whether dispensing hope, and easeTo the pale victim of disease,Or in the social crowd you sit,And charm the group with sense and wit,Moore’s partial ear will not disdainAttention to my artless strain. An Epistle To Dr. Moore, Author Of A … Continue reading
The Quaker Alumni (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
From the well-springs of Hudson, the sea-cliffs of Maine,Grave men, sober matrons, you gather again;And, with hearts warmer grown as your heads grow more cool,Play over the old game of going to school. All your strifes and vexations, your whims … Continue reading