Happiness Poems (5743 Poems)
The Brahmin’s Lament (Henry Hart Milman Poems)
The hostility of the kindred races of Pandu and Kuru forms one of the great circles of Indian fable. It fills great part of the immense poem, the Mahabharata. At this period the five sons of Pandu and their mother Kunti have been … Continue reading
Who Follow The Flag (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
PHI BETA KAPPA ODEHARVARD UNIVERSITYJune 30, 1910 IAll day long in the city’s canyon-street, With its populous cliffs alive on either side, I saw a river of marching men like a tideFlowing after the flag: and the rhythmic beat Of the drums, and … Continue reading
The Believer’s Lodging and Inn While On Earth: or, A Paraphrase on the Eighty-fourt (Ralph Erskine Poems)
Ver. 1. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,Sole Monarch of the universal host,Whom the attendant armies still revere,Which in bright robes surround the higher sphere;Whose sov’reign empire sways the hellish bandOf … Continue reading
Endymion: A Mystical Comment On Titian’s ‘Sacred And Profane Love’ (James Russell Lowell Poems)
IMy day began not till the twilight fell,And, lo, in ether from heaven’s sweetest well,The New Moon swam divinely isolateIn maiden silence, she that makes my fateHaply not knowing it, or only soAs I the secrets of my sheep may … Continue reading
The Triumph Of Melancholy (James Beattie Poems)
1 Memory, be still! why throng upon the thoughtThese scenes deep-stain’d with Sorrow’s sable dye?Hast thou in store no joy-illumined draught,To cheer bewilder’d Fancy’s tearful eye? 2 Yes-from afar a landscape seems to rise,Deck’d gorgeous by the lavish hand of … Continue reading
A Session With Uncle Sidney (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I ONE OF HIS ANIMAL STORIES Now, Tudens, you sit on _this_ knee–and ‘scuse It having no side-saddle on;–and, Jeems, You sit on _this_–and don’t you wobble so And chug my old shins with your coppertoes;– And, all the rest of you, range round … Continue reading
Address To A Wild Deer In The Forest Of Dalness, Argyllshire (John Wilson Poems)
Magnificent Creature! so stately and bright!In the pride of thy spirit pursuing thy flight;For what hath the child of the desert to dread,Wafting up his own mountains that far-beaming head;Or borne like a whirlwind down on the vale?-Hail! King of … Continue reading
The Irish Cabin (Patrick Branwell Bronte Poems)
Should poverty, modest and clean, E’er please, when presented to view, Should cabin on brown heath, or green, Disclose aught engaging to you, Should Erin’s wild harp soothe the ear When touched by such fingers as mine, Then kindly attentive draw near, And candidly ponder each line. … Continue reading
The Happy Cottagers (Patrick Branwell Bronte Poems)
One sunny morn of May, When dressed in flowery green The dewy landscape, charmed With Nature’s fairest scene, In thoughtful mood I slowly strayed O’er hill and dale, Through bush and glade. Throughout the cloudless sky Of light unsullied blue, The larks their matins raised, Whilst on my dizzy view, Like … Continue reading
Clover-Blossom (Louisa May Alcott Poems)
In a quiet, pleasant meadow, Beneath a summer sky, Where green old trees their branches waved, And winds went singing by; Where a little brook went rippling So musically low, And passing clouds cast shadows On the waving grass below; Where low, sweet notes of brooding birds Stole out … Continue reading