Fashion Poems (605 Poems)
Roll On Time, Roll On (Julia A Moore Poems)
Air — “Roll on, Silver Moon.” Roll on time, roll on, as it always has done, Since the time this world first begun;It can never change my love that I gave a dear man, Faithful friend, I gave my heart and hand. … Continue reading
The Two Waitings (John White Chadwick Poems)
I. Dear hearts, you were waiting a year ago For the glory to be revealed;You were wondering deeply, with bated breath, What treasure the days concealed. O, would it be this, or would it be that? Would it be girl or boy?Would it … Continue reading
The Garment Of Good Ladies (Robert Henryson Poems)
Would my good Lady love me best, And work after my will,I should ane garment goodliest Gar mak’ her body till. Of high honour should be her hood Upon her head to wear,Garnish’d with governance so good No deeming should her deir. Her sark … Continue reading
Tune, Il Segreto Per Esser Felice (James Clerk Maxwell Poems)
I. There are some folks that say,They have found out a way,To be healthy and wealthy and wise–“Let your thoughts be but few,Do as other folk do,And never be caught by surprise.Let your motto be-Follow the fashion,But let other people … Continue reading
Let Each Man Remember (Josephine Jacobsen Poems)
There is a terrible hour in the early morningWhen men awake and look on the day that bringsThe hateful adventure, approaching with no less certaintyThan the light that grows, the untroubled bird that sings. It does not matter what we … Continue reading
The Man About Town (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Evil-eyed loiterer, pilgrim of fashion, Sunless and hard is thy frost-bitten heart;Scoffing at nature’s affection and passion, Till thou hast made the sad angels depart:Sinner and fool! to be searing and sealing All the sweet fountains of spirit and truth–Quick to be free … Continue reading
A Dialogue (Algernon Charles Swinburne Poems)
IDEATH, if thou wilt, fain would I plead with thee:Canst thou not spare, of all our hopes have built,One shelter where our spirits fain would be,Death, if thou wit? No dome with suns and dews impearled and gilt,Imperial: but some … Continue reading
And the Bairns Will Come (Henry Lawson Poems)
So you’ve seen at last what we have seen so long through scalding tears:You have found what we-the People-we have known for twenty years:And Australia’s hymn is swelling till the furthest fence-wires hum-Save your country, Legislators-and the bairns will come.You … Continue reading
A Dialog (Algernon Charles Swinburne Poems)
I. Death, if thou wilt, fain would I plead with thee:Canst thou not spare, of all our hopes have built,One shelter where our spirits fain would be,Death, if thou wilt? No dome with suns and dews impearled and gilt,Imperial: but … Continue reading
Farewell to Love (John Donne Poems)
Whilst yet to prove,I thought there was some deity in loveSo did I reverence, and gaveWorship, as atheists at their dying hourCall, what they cannot name, an unknown power,As ignorantly did I crave:Thus whenThings not yet known are coveted by … Continue reading