Rhetoric Poems (47 Poems)
Trivia ; or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London : Book III (John Gay Poems)
Of Walking the Streets by Night. O Trivia, goddess, leave these low abodes,And traverse o’er the wide ethereal roads,Celestial queen, put on thy robes of light,Now Cynthia nam’d, fair regent of the night.At sight of thee the villain sheaths his … 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
Queen Mab: Part V. (Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems)
‘Thus do the generations of the earth Go to the grave and issue from the womb, Surviving still the imperishable change That renovates the world; even as the leaves Which the keen frost-wind of the waning year Has scattered on the forest-soil and heaped For many … Continue reading
The Slave Trade, A Poem (Hannah More Poems)
If heaven has into being deign’d to callThy light, O Liberty! to shine on all;Bright intellectual Sun! why does thy rayTo earth distribute only partial day?Since no resisting cause from spirit flowsThy penetrating essence to opose;No obstacles by Nature’s hand … Continue reading
Army Of Northern Virginia (Stephen Vincent Benet Poems)
Army of Northern Virginia, army of legend,Who were your captains that you could trust them so surely?Who were your battle-flags?Call the shapes from the mist,Call the dead men out of the mist and watch them ride.Tall the first rider, tall … Continue reading
Hudibras, Part I (excerpts) (Samuel Butler Poems)
THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIRST CANTOSir Hudibras his passing worth,The manner how he sallied forth;His arms and equipage are shown;His horse’s virtues, and his own.Th’ adventure of the bear and fiddleIs sung, but breaks off in the middle.When civil fury … Continue reading
Jerusalem Delivered – Book 02 – part 05 (Torquato Tasso Poems)
XLVI‘Sir King,’ quoth she, ‘my name Clorinda hight,My fame perchance has pierced your ears ere now,I come to try my wonted power and might,And will defend this land, this town, and you,All hard assays esteem I eath and light,Great acts … Continue reading
Returning of Issue (Henry Reed Poems)
Tomorrow will be your last day here. Someone is speaking:A familiar voice, speaking again at all of us.And beyond the windows- it is inside now, and autumn-On a wind growing daily harsher, small things to the earthAre turning and whirling, … Continue reading
On Old Cape Ann (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)
I. ANNISQUAM Old days, old ways, old homes beside the sea; Old gardens with old-fashioned flowers aflame, Poppy, petunia, and many a name Of many a flower of fragrant pedigree. Old hills that glow with blue- and barberry, And rocks and pines that stand on … Continue reading
The Dean’s Reasons For Not Building At Drapier’s-Hill (Jonathan Swift Poems)
I will not build on yonder mount;And, should you call me to account,Consulting with myself, I findIt was no levity of mind.Whate’er I promised or intended,No fault of mine, the scheme is ended;Nor can you tax me as unsteady,I have … Continue reading