Games Poems (175 Poems)
Rhodon And Iris. Act I (Ralph Knevet Poems)
SCEN. 1.Poneria, Agnostus.Ag. Is the worlds eye not yet asleepe? Po. Hath Jove not yet put on his starry night-cap? No; nor Juno her spangl’d smocke? Ag. What, hath Hesperus forgot to light heavens tapers up? Or be the Charret wheeles of Night o’re loaden with the … Continue reading
Hudibras: Part 3 – Canto III (Samuel Butler Poems)
THE ARGUMENT The Knight and squire’s prodigious FlightTo quit th’ inchanted Bow’r by Night.He plods to turn his amorous SuitT’ a Plea in Law, and prosecuteRepairs to Counsel, to advise‘Bout managing the Enterprise;But first resolves to try by Letter,And one … Continue reading
The Iliad: Book 22 (Homer Poems)
Thus the Trojans in the city, scared like fawns, wiped the sweatfrom off them and drank to quench their thirst, leaning against thegoodly battlements, while the Achaeans with their shields laid upontheir shoulders drew close up to the walls. But … Continue reading
May-Day (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poems)
Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring,With sudden passion languishing,Maketh all things softly smile,Painteth pictures mile on mile,Holds a cup with cowslip-wreaths,Whence a smokeless incense breathes.Girls are peeling the sweet willow,Poplar white, and Gilead-tree,And troops of boysShouting with whoop and … Continue reading
Of The Nature Of Things: Book II – Part 03 – Atomic Forms And Their Combinations (Lucretius Poems)
Now come, and next hereafter apprehendWhat sorts, how vastly different in form,How varied in multitudinous shapes they are-These old beginnings of the universe;Not in the sense that only few are furnishedWith one like form, but rather not at allIn general … Continue reading
Notes On Vision (James Douglas Morrison Poems)
Look where we worship. We all live in the city. The city forms- often physically, but inevitablypsychically- a circle. A Game. A ring of deathwith sex at its center. Drive towards outskirtsof city suburbs. At the edge of discover zones … Continue reading
The Muses Threnodie: First Muse (Henry Adamson Poems)
Of Mr George Ruthven the tears and mournings,Amidst the giddie course of fortune’s turnings,Upon his dear friend’s death, Mr John Gall,Where his rare ornaments bear a part, and wretched Gabions all. FIRST MUSE Now must I mourn for Gall, since … Continue reading
The Death Of The Boar (John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Poems)
OSSIAN. This vale of Peace, this glen close by,Where deer and elk would often cry,Of old saw the fleet-footed Fianti boundIn the strath of the west as they followed the hound. List if you wish to hear a layOf gentle … Continue reading
Malcolm’s Katie: A Love Story – Part IV. (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
From his far wigwam sprang the strong North WindAnd rush’d with war-cry down the steep ravines,And wrestl’d with the giants of the woods;And with his ice-club beat the swelling crests.Of the deep watercourses into death,And with his chill foot froze … Continue reading
The New Creatures (James Douglas Morrison Poems)
Snakeskin jacketIndian eyesBrilliant hair He moves in disturbedNile insectAir~~~ You parade thru the soft summerWe watch your eager rifle decayYour wildernessYour teeming emptinessPale forest on verge of lightdecline. More of your miraclesMore of your magic arms~~~ Bitter grazing in sick … Continue reading