Gold Poems (5431 Poems)
The Oeconomy Of Love (John Armstrong Poems)
Thy bounties, Love, in thy soft raptures, whenTimeliest the melting pairs indulge, and howBest to improve the genial joy, how shunThe snakes that under rosy pleasure lurk,I sing; if thou, fair Cytherea, deignGracious to smile on my attempt. Tho’ thouNone … Continue reading
The Universe (Henry Baker Poems)
A POEM. Intended to restrain the Pride of Man. Thy Works, Eternal Power by whom she sings!The Muse attempts, and tunes the sounding Strings:To Heav’n and Thee her Adoration raise,And form the Song devoted to thy Praise! Around thy Throne, … Continue reading
Mystery Of Carmel (Madge Morris Wagner Poems)
The Mission floor was with weeds o’ergrown,And crumbling and shaky its walls of stone;Its roof of tiles, in tiers and tiers,Had stood the storms of a hundred years.An olden, weird, medieval styleClung to the mouldering, gloomy pile,And the rhythmic voice … Continue reading
The Famous Historie: Cap. XV (Patrick Gordon Poems)
The Argument.A messinger vnto the King doth schoSad news that doth incense his wrathfull IreFrom Roxbrughs tours braue Douglas beats the foeEduards bold answer Quenshd his brothers fireTo view the Englis camp doth Douglas goThe Scots obey their Princes Iust … Continue reading
Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 1. (William Cowper Poems)
CHORUS OF ANGELS, Singing the Glory of God. To Heaven’s bright lyre let Iris be the bow,Adapt the spheres for chords, for notes the stars;Let new-born gales discriminate the bars,Nor let old Time to measure times be slow.Hence to new … Continue reading
Old Spookses’ Pass (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
I. WE’D camped that night on Yaller Bull Flat,— Thar was Possum Billy, an’ Tom, an’ me. Right smart at throwin’ a lariat Was them two fellers, as ever I see; An’ for ridin’ a broncho, or argyin’ squar With the devil roll’d up in the … Continue reading
Metempsycosis (John Donne Poems)
THEPROGRESSEOF THE SOULE. First Song. I. sing of the progresse of a deathlesse soule,Whom Fate, which God made, but doth not controule,Plac’d in most shapes; all times before the lawYoak’d us, and when, and since, in this I sing.And the … Continue reading
The Heroic Enthusiasts: Part 1: Third Dialogue (Giordano Bruno Poems)
TANSILLO. There are several varieties of enthusiasts, which may all be reduced totwo kinds. While some only display blindness, stupidity, and irrationalimpetuosity, which tend towards savage madness, others by divineabstraction become in reality superior to ordinary men. And these againare … Continue reading
The Famous Historie: Cap. XVI (Patrick Gordon Poems)
The Argument.The English armie furth before their KingTo ma[illeg.]ter comes and all their foraigne aidDouglas returnd recounteth eurie thingDitchis t’intrap his foes greate Bruce hath madeRandolphs rare fight fair conquest first doth bringBruce Beaumout kills the English dooth vpbraid The Scots … Continue reading
The Culprit Fay (Joseph Rodman Drake Poems)
I.‘TIS the middle watch of a summer’s night -The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright;Nought is seen in the vault on highBut the moon, and the stars, and the cloudless sky,And the flood which rolls its milky hue,A … Continue reading