Happiness Poems (5743 Poems)
Festus – XVI (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Charged by the spirit e’er upwards ripening, manAnd evil, his mightier minister, invadePeaceful, that sacred sphere, the queen of heaven,Whose passive utterances of light revealThe birth of things, their subjectness to soul,Spiritual and human; sin’s source, and the meansWhereby perfection … Continue reading
The Eve Of St. Agnes (John Keats Poems)
I.St. Agnes’ Eve–Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limp’d trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold: Numb were the Beadsman’s fingers, while he told His rosary, and while his frosted … Continue reading
One Day And Another: A Lyrical Eclogue – Part II (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)
EARLY SUMMER _The cricket in the rose-bush hedge Sings by the vine-entangled gate; The slim moon slants a timid edge Of pearl through one low cloud of slate; Around dark door and window-ledge Like dreams the shadows wait. And through the summer dusk she goes, On her … Continue reading
The Believer’s Espousals : Chapter II. (Ralph Erskine Poems)
The manner of a Sinner’s divorce from the Law in a work of Humiliation, and his Marriage to the Lord Jesus Christ; or, the way how a Sinner comes to be a Believer. Sect. I.Of a Law-Work, and the workings … Continue reading
Vera (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IA silent world,-yet full of vital joyUttered in rhythmic movements manifold,And sunbeams flashing on the face of thingsLike sudden smilings of divine delight,-A world of many sorrows too, revealedIn fading flowers and withering leaves and darkTear-laden clouds, and tearless, clinging … Continue reading
Shakuntala Act V (Kalidasa Poems)
ACT V SCENE -The PALACE. An old Chamberlain, sighing. Chamberlain. ALAS! What a decrepit old age have I attained! -This wand, which I first held for the discharge of my customary duties in the secret apartments of my prince, is … Continue reading
A Parson’s Letter To A Young Poet (Jean Ingelow Poems)
They said “Too late, too late, the work is done;Great Homer sang of glory and strong menAnd that fair Greek whose fault all these longyearsWins no forgetfulness nor ever can;For yet cold eyes upon her frailty bend,For yet the world … Continue reading
The Golden Legend: Prologue & 1. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
THE SPIRE OF STRASBURG CATHEDRAL. Night and storm. LUCIFER, with the Powers of theAir, trying to tear down the Cross. _Lucifer._ HASTEN! hasten!O ye spirits!From its station drag the ponderousCross of iron, that to mock usIs uplifted high in air! … Continue reading
The Heroic Enthusiasts: Part 2: Third Dialogue (Giordano Bruno Poems)
_Interlocutors_: LIBERIO. LAODONIO. LIB. Reclining in the shade of a cypress-tree, the enthusiast findinghis mind free from other thoughts, it happened that the heart and theeyes spoke together as if they were animals and substances of differentintellects and senses, and … Continue reading
The Pit (Ivan Goran Kovacic Poems)
BLOOD is my daylight, and darkness too. Blessing of night has been gouged from my cheeks Bearing with it my more lucky sight. Within those holes, for tears, fierce fire inflamed The bleeding socket as if for brain a balm - While my bright eyes … Continue reading