Inspirational Poems (597 Poems)
Our Volunteers (Kate Seymour Maclean Poems)
Where shall we write your names, ye brave! Where build for you a monument,Who lie in many a sylvan grave, Stretched half across the continent!Young, bright and brave, the very flower And choice of all we had to give, With you what glory ceased … Continue reading
On The Fate Of Newspapers. (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
WHAT changes time’s swift motion brings!What sad reverse of human things!What once was valu’d, highly priz’d,Is in a few short hours despis’d,I’ll but solicit your attention,While I a single instance mention,The “Advertiser” you must know,Fresh from the Mint not long … Continue reading
Self Denial (Hannah S Battersby Poems)
Teacher sublime, great, grand and free!My spirit loves and honours thee,Who taught that all religion ran,In love to God, and love to man. Grand, comprehensive standard this,To lead mankind to peace and bliss,Inspiring them, when well unfurled,To link in brotherhood … Continue reading
Lines on The Death of John Quincy Adams (James Monroe Whitfield Poems)
The great, the good, the just, the true, Has yielded up his latest breath;The noblest man our country knew, Bows to the ghastly monster, DeathThe son of one whose deathless name Stands first on history’s brightest page;The highest on the list of fame As … Continue reading
The Disappointment (Isabella Lickbarrow Poems)
A BARD, unlike the bards of yore,Who drew from Aganippe’s well,Inspiring draughts of poesy,As their harmonious numbers tell;Unlike the Roman bard who lov’dThe produce of Falernian vines,Which made (for elegance and wit)His songs unrivall’d as his vines:A hapless bard of … Continue reading
June, 1864 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Why darkly veiled, like mourning bride,Com’st thou, sweet June?—Why dost thou hideThy glowing charms and lustrous eyesBeneath a cloudy, cold disguise, Fair Nature’s bosom chilling?Thy sister, May, gave promise fairOf golden sunshine, balmy air:She, rich in thousand floral charms,Drooped, languished, in … Continue reading
To a Lady on Her Coming to North-Americ (Phillis Wheatley Poems)
Indulgent muse! my grov’ling mind inspire,And fill my bosom with celestial fire.See from Jamaica’s fervid shore she moves,Like the fair mother of the blooming loves,When from above the Goddess with her handFans the soft breeze, and lights upon the land;Thus … Continue reading
To the Philippine Youth (Jose Rizal Poems)
Hold high the brow serene,O youth, where now you stand;Let the bright sheenOf your grace be seen,Fair hope of my fatherland! Come now, thou genius grand,And bring down inspiration;With thy mighty hand,Swifter than the wind’s violation,Raise the eager mind to … Continue reading
Meditations on Smoking Tobacco; or, Smoking Spiritualize (Ralph Erskine Poems)
Part 1. This Indian weed now wither’d quite,Though green at noon, cut down at nightShows thy decay;All flesh is hay.Thus think, and smoke tobacco. The pipe so lily-like and weak,Does thus thy mortal state bespeak.Thou art ev’n such,Gone with a … Continue reading
On The Anticipated Return of J. B. Gough To Britain (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Ere ancient Thebes began on high to raiseHer crest of towers; ere rose the wondrous mazeOf column’d temples, palaces, and halls,Of pillar’d porticoes, and pondrous walls,Far o’er the waste old Amphion’s magic lyreRung forth wild music to his touch of … Continue reading