Honor Poems (1825 Poems)
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
Nymphidia, The Court Of Fairy (Michael Drayton Poems)
Old Chaucer doth of Thopas tell,Mad Rabelais of Pantagruel,A latter third of Dowsabell,With such poor trifles playing;Others the like have labored atSome of this thing, and some of that,And many of they know not what,But that they must be saying. … Continue reading
Shakuntala Act VII (Final Act) (Kalidasa Poems)
ACT VIIKing Dushyant with Matali in the chariot of Indra (king of gods in heaven and also god of thunder), supposed to be above the clouds.King Dushyant: I am sensible, O Matali, that, for having executed the commission which Indra … 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
On the Prospect of Peace (Thomas Tickell Poems)
______ SacerdosFronde super mitram, & felici comptus oliva.Virg. To the Lord Privy Seal Contending kings, and fields of death, too longHave been the subject of the British song.Who hath not read of fam’d Ramillia’s plain,Bavaria’s fall, and Danube choak’d with … Continue reading
Accolon Of Gaul: Part III (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)
The eve now came; and shadows cowled the way Like somber palmers, who have kneeled to pray Beside a wayside shrine, and rosy rolled Up the capacious West a grainy gold, Luxuriant fluid, burned thro’ strong, keen skies, Which seemed as towering gates of Paradise Surged … 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 Wife Of Bath Her Tale (John Henry Dryden Poems)
In days of old, when Arthur filled the throne,Whose acts and fame to foreign lands were blown,The king of elves, and little fairy queen,Gambolled on heaths, and danced on every green;And where the jolly troop had led the round,The grass … Continue reading
Bridegroom Dick (Herman Melville Poems)
1876 Sunning ourselves in October on a dayBalmy as spring, though the year was in decay,I lading my pipe, she stirring her tea,My old woman she says to me,“Feel ye, old man, how the season mellows?”And why should I not, … Continue reading
The Iliad: Book 7 (Homer Poems)
With these words Hector passed through the gates, and his brotherAlexandrus with him, both eager for the fray. As when heaven sends abreeze to sailors who have long looked for one in vain, and havelaboured at their oars till they … Continue reading