Greatness Poems (247 Poems)
Paradise Lost : Book VIII. (John Milton Poems)
The Angel ended, and in Adam’s earSo charming left his voice, that he a whileThought him still speaking, still stood fixed to hear;Then, as new waked, thus gratefully replied.What thanks sufficient, or what recompenceEqual, have I to render thee, divineHistorian, … Continue reading
Paradise Regain’d : Book II. (John Milton Poems)
Meanwhile the new-baptized, who yet remainedAt Jordan with the Baptist, and had seenHim whom they heard so late expressly calledJesus Messiah, Son of God, declared,And on that high authority had believed,And with him talked, and with him lodged—I meanAndrew and … Continue reading
Vision Of Columbus – Book 4 (Joel Barlow Poems)
In one dark age, beneath a single hand,Thus rose an empire in the savage land.Her golden seats, with following years, increase,Her growing nations spread the walks of peace,Her sacred rites display the purest plan,That e’er adorn’d the unguided mind of … Continue reading
Otho The Great – Act I (John Keats Poems)
A TRAGEDYIN FIVE ACTSDRAMATIS PERSONSOTHO THE GREAT, Emperor of Germany.LUDOLPH, his Son.CONRAD, Duke of Franconia.ALBERT, a Knight, favoured by Otho.SIGIFRED, an Officer, friend of Ludolph.THEODORE, an OfficerGONFRED, an OfficerETHELBERT. an Abbot.GERSA, Prince of Hungary.An Hungarian Captain.Physician.Page.Nobles, Knights, Attendants, and Soldiers.ERMINIA, Niece of … Continue reading
Moses In The Bulrushes. A Sacred Drama (Hannah More Poems)
“Let me assert eternal Providence,And justify the ways of God to Man.” ~ Paradise Lost. Persons Of The Drama. Hebrew Woman.Jochebed, Mother of Moses.Miriam, his Sister. Egyptians.The Princess, King Pharaoh’s DaughterMelita; and other Attendants. SCENE– On the Banks of the … Continue reading
The Foster-Child (Mary Elizabeth Robinson Poems)
IN IMITATION OF SPENCER. CANTO I.‘MID Cambria’s hills a lowly cottage stood,Circled with mossy tufts of sombre green;A vagrant brook flow’d wildly thro’ the wood,Flashing in lucid lapse the shades between;And, cloth’d in mist, a distant hut was seen:A village … Continue reading
The Campaign, A Poem, To His Grace The Duke Of Marlborough (Joseph Addison Poems)
While crowds of princes your deserts proclaim,Proud in their number to enrol your name;While emperors to you commit their cause,And Anna’s praises crown the vast applause;Accept, great leader, what the Muse recites,That in ambitious verse attempts your fights.Fir’d and transported … Continue reading
Vision Of Columbus – Book 6 (Joel Barlow Poems)
Naval action of De Grasse and Graves. Capture of Cornwallis..Thus view’d the sage. When, lo, in eastern skies,From glooms unfolding, Gallia’s coasts arise.Bright o’er the scenes of state, a golden throne,Instarr’d with gems and hung with purple, shone.Great Louis there, … Continue reading
The Iliad: Book 19 (Homer Poems)
Now when Dawn in robe of saffron was hasting from the streams ofOceanus, to bring light to mortals and immortals, Thetis reached theships with the armour that the god had given her. She found her sonfallen about the body of … Continue reading
A Postscript unto the Reader (Michael Wigglesworth Poems)
And now good Reader, I return againTo talk with thee, who hast been at the painTo read throughout, and heed what went before;And unto thee I’le speak a little more.Give ear, I pray thee, unto what I say,That God may … Continue reading