Love Poems (19819 Poems)
The Eagle And The Flower (Charles Hamilton Musgrove Poems)
The eyrie clung to the shattered cliff That the glacier’s torrent thundered under; And the unfledged eaglet’s lifted eye Looked out on the world of peak and sky In silent wonder. … Continue reading
The Awakening (Dora Sigerson Shorter Poems)
I had no culture for my love, Hungrily my heart cried “Knowledge, be my master, Turn, brain, O faster. Grind the seeds of wisdom fine, Till no mind be wise as mine, At my wit in smiting Men will smile … Continue reading
Diana (Francis Maitland Poems)
O Moon, that sailest in the heavens above, Inscrutable, pale, beautiful, alone. Art weary of thy solitary throne? Dost long sometimes for sympathy or love? Imperious mistress of the realms of sleep. Colder and purer than new-fallen snow, What would’st … Continue reading
The Hospital (Anonymous Americas Poems)
“The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed oflanguishing: Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.”~ Psalm 41:3 ~ Narrow beds by one another-White and low!Through them softly, as in church-aisles,Nurses go- For the hot lips ice-drops bring,Cold … Continue reading
July The Fourth (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
As when a little babe is born the parents cannot guessThe story of the future years, their grief or happiness,So came America to earth, the child of higher things,A nation that should light the way for all men’s visionings;A land … Continue reading
The Flight (George Edward Woodberry Poems)
“O WILD heart, track the land’s perfume, Beach-roses and moor-heather! All fragrances of herb and bloom Fail, out at sea, together. O follow where aloft find room Lark-song and eagle-feather! All ecstasies of … Continue reading
Morning (Alaric Alexander Watts Poems)
Morn, Waked by the circling Hours, with rosy hand Unbars the gates of light. ~ MILTON. Oh, burst the bonds of slumber, Beloved, awake, arise! Night’s shades are furled From the breathing world, And ’tis morn in the Eastern skies: … Continue reading
On The Death Of An Infant (Anne C Lynch Poems)
Why should we weep for thee,Since thou hast gone unsullied back to heaven,No stain upon thy spirit’s purity, No sin to be forgiven? Love watched thee from thy birth,Fond hearts around thee tireless … Continue reading
Enquiry After Peace (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poems)
PEACE! where art thou to be found? Where, in all the spacious Round, May thy Footsteps be pursu’d? Where may thy calm Seats be view’d? On some Mountain dost thou lie, Serenely near the ambient Sky, Smiling at the Clouds … Continue reading
The Garland (Edwin Waugh Poems)
‘Twas when the dawn of mornin’ began to stir i’th sky,I donned mysel’ to wander Afore the dew wur dry;To wander in the gay greenwood, reet early I did rove,—I could not sleep upon my bed for thinkin’ of my … Continue reading