Her Prayer (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)
She kneels with haggard eyes and hair Unto the Christ upon the Cross: Her gown is torn; her feet are bare. What is ...
Forgiveness Poems (1956 Poems)
A Psalm Of The Unseen Altar (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
Man the maker of cities is also a builder of altars:Among his habitations he setteth tables for his god.He bringeth ...
If Such Her Purpose Last, I’ll Send (Hugh von Werbenwag Poems)
If such her purpose last, I'll send A message to my lady, To warn her that my suit I'll ply Unto the king ...
Hymns Of The Brahmo Somaj (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
I.The mercy, O Eternal One!By man unmeasured yet,In joy or grief, in shade or sun,I never will forget.I give the ...
Bartimaeus (Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass Poems)
"What means this throng?" a blind man said, Whilst begging by the highway side; Begging and blind, and lacking bread, His ears discern ...
The First Bath Of Ablution (Morris Rosenfeld Poems)
The wind is keen, the frost is dread, Toward the icy water,By aunt and mother forth is led The fisher's lovely daughter."Dive ...
The Friend Of Humanity And The Rhymer (Henry Austin Dobson Poems)
F. OF H. I want a verse. It gives you little pains;--You just sit down, and draw upon your brains.Come, ...
Kippur (Rebekah Hyneman Poems)
Oh, thou Eternal and Omnipotent! How shall thy erring children come to Thee.And ask for peace? Although the head be bent, Even ...
Repentant (John Hartley Poems)
Oh lend me thy hand in the darkness, Lead me once more to the light,Bear with my folly and weakness, Point me ...
On The Fifth Day Of A Hunger Strike (Nazim Hikmet Poems)
My brothers,Forgive me if I'm unable to sayhonestly and straightforwardlyall that I would like to say to youI'm drunk, my ...
Charge To The Knight Of Malta (Harriet Annie Wilkins Poems)
_Air--Stephenos_Lo, a knight in armour standing, Ready for the foe;Thee we greet, belov'd Companion, Thee we know.Keep thine oath, oh new made ...
The Watcher (Mary Webb Poems)
Where the black woods grow sparse and die,A giant broods against the sky.The storm his chlamys, and his headBent to ...
Sinai And Calvary (John Hay Poems)
There are two mountains hallowed By majesty sublime,Which rear their crests unconquered Above the floods of Time.Uncounted generations Have gazed on them with ...
Sugar Weather (Peter McArthur Poems)
WHEN snow-balls on the horses' hoofs And the wind from the south blows warm,When the cattle stand where the sunbeams beat And ...
Ode For Decoration Day (Henry Peterson Poems)
O gallant brothers of the generous South,Foes for a day and brothers for all time!I charge you by the memories ...
To Two Bereaved (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Now in your days of worst distress, The empty days that stretch before,When all your sweet's turned bitterness;-- The Hand of the ...
On The Slaughter (Hayyim Nahman Bialik Poems)
Heaven, beg mercy for me! (Hayyim Nahman Bialik)
My Sins Have Taken Such a Hold on Me (John Samuel Bewley Monsell Poems)
My sins have taken such a hold on me,I am not able to look up to Thee;Lord, I repent; accept ...
Harvest (John Newton Poems)
See! the corn again in ear!How the fields and valleys smile!Harvest now is drawing nearTo repay the farmer's toil:Gracious Lord, ...
To the University of Cambridge (Phillis Wheatley Poems)
While an intrinsic ardor prompts to write,The muses promise to assist my pen;'Twas not long since I left my native ...
Menace (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Oh, when the land is white as milk With bloom that lets no leaf between,When trees are clad in grass-green silk And ...
On The Dedication Of Dorothy Hall (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
TUSKEGEE, ALA., APRIL 22, 1901. Not to the midnight of the gloomy past, Do we revert to-day; we look upon The golden present ...
The Heart’s Morning (Patience Worth Poems)
Be still, my heart! Make not a noiseThat shall claim me.I would not listen unto thy sorrowing.I would not know ...
What Of The Day (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
A SOUND of tumult troubles all the air,Like the low thunders of a sultry skyFar-rolling ere the downright lightnings glare;The ...
Recitative (Harold Hart Crane Poems)
Regard the capture here, 0 Janus-faced,As double as the hands that twist this glass.Such eves at search or rest you ...
The Altogether Lovely. (Mather Byles Poems)
I.Oft has thy Name employ'd my Muse,Thou Lord of all above:Oft has my Song to thee arose,My Song, inspir'd by ...
Elegiac Lines, On The Death Of Christopher Pemberton, Esq. (Mary Hopkins Pilkington Poems)
ENCLOS'D within a spot of earth,A form superior lies,Endow'd with talents great and rare,Humane, sincere, and wise!Oh, Pemberton! thy matchless ...
On The Execution Of Mary Queen Of Scots (Lucretia Maria Davidson Poems)
(Written in her fifteenth year.)Touch not the heart, for Sorrow's voiceWill mingle in the chorus wild;When Scotland weeps, canst thou ...
Two Sonnets. To Haydon, With A Sonnet Written On Seeing The Elgin Marbles (John Keats Poems)
I.Haydon! forgive me that I cannot speakDefinitively of these mighty things;Forgive me, that I have not eagle's wings,That what I ...
Peter Released From Prison (John Newton Poems)
Fervent persevering prayersAre faith's assured resource,Brazen gates, and iron bars,In vain withstand their force:Peter when in prison cast,Though by soldiers ...