Inspirational Poems (597 Poems)
The Celt’s Paradise. Third Duan (John Banim Poems)
THE SAINT. Ossian, enough of this dotard theme,Lit up at the meteor–blaze of a dream,Wanton and vain as ever was fann’dBy the deadly zeal of the evil one’s hand. OSSIAN. Man of prayers, and dost thou dareTo say to Ossian he was … Continue reading
Clifton Grove (Henry Kirke White Poems)
Lo! in the west, fast fades the lingering light,And day’s last vestige takes its silent flight.No more is heard the woodman’s measured stroke,Which with the dawn from yonder dingle broke;No more, hoarse clamouring o’er the uplifted head,The crows assembling seek … Continue reading
The Muses Threnodie: Sixth Muse (Henry Adamson Poems)
As we arrived at our Lady’s Steps,Incontinent all men reversed their caps,Bidding us welcome home, and joining hand,They ask from whence we came, and from what land;Said we, some curious, catching every wind,Do run through sea and land to either … Continue reading
The Kite (Phanuel Bacon Poems)
CANTO I. Dian knew well to chace the tim’rous Hare,Or thro’ the Woods pursue the flying Deer;O’er the high Mound Her Courser rag’d secure,Eager, yet Conscious of the Charge he bore:While Health auspicious mantled in Her Face,Glow’d on Her Cheek, … Continue reading
The Parsonage Improved (Henry James Pye Poems)
Where gentle Deva’s lucid waters glide In slow meanders thro’ the winding vale, And fertile Cestria’s pastures green divide; Deep in the bosom of a sheltering dale By uplands guarded from the wintry gale, In rustic site a lowly village stands, Not laid in form exact … Continue reading
Contest Between Beauty And Wealth, (Mary Abel Clinckett Poems)
For the Sovereignty of the Island of Barbados. WHERE high Olympus lifts his head in clouds,And his majestic form in darkness shrouds;By mortal eyes unseen, the throne of JoveReflects it’s glories on the world above.Of burnished gold, with glittering gems … Continue reading
The Bas Bleu: Or, Conversation. Addressed To Mrs. Vesey (Hannah More Poems)
VESEY, of Verse the judge and friend,Awhile my idle strain attend:Not with the days of early Greece,I mean to ope my slender piece;The rare Symposium to proclaimWhich crown’d th’ Athenians’ social name;Or how Aspasia’s parties shone,The first Bas-bleu at Athens … Continue reading
Hyperion. Book II (John Keats Poems)
Just at the self-same beat of Time’s wide wingsHyperion slid into the rustled air,And Saturn gain’d with Thea that sad placeWhere Cybele and the bruised Titans mourn’d.It was a den where no insulting lightCould glimmer on their tears; where their … Continue reading
The Conflict For Civil Rights (Henry McNeal Turner Poems)
I.A Golden House on golden columns raised,In redly tinted skies bespangled blazed;With opening doors diffused a gladsome light,And glorious gleams refreshed the Freedman’s sight.This was the Almighty’s work; no fictitious sky,That held this burnished Temple flaming highLike precious jewels in … Continue reading
Coombe-Ellen (William Lisle Bowles Poems)
Call the strange spirit that abides unseenIn wilds, and wastes, and shaggy solitudes,And bid his dim hand lead thee through these scenesThat burst immense around! By mountains, glens,And solitary cataracts that dashThrough dark ravines; and trees, whose wreathed rootsO’erhang the … Continue reading