Sons Poems (4823 Poems)
Answer to Burn’s Address To The De’il (Nora Pembroke Poems)
O thou wild rantin’ wicked wit;Are thy works, thy fame livin’ yet?Will thae daft people never quit An ne’er ha’e doneDisturbin’ me in my black pit Wi’ Burn’s fun. Though mony years ha’e fled awaySin’ thou wert buried in the clay,Thy rhymes, … Continue reading
Farmer Whipple–Bachelor (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
It’s a mystery to see me–a man o’ fifty-four,Who’s lived a cross old bachelor fer thirty year’ and more–A-lookin’ glad and smilin’! And they’s none o’ you can sayThat you can guess the reason why I feel so good to-day! I … Continue reading
The Shunamite (Nathaniel Parker Willis Poems)
It was a sultry day of summer time. The sun pour’d down upon the ripen’d grain With quivering heat, and the suspended leaves Hung motionless. The cattle on the hills Stood still, and the divided flock were all Laying their nostrils to the cooling roots, And … Continue reading
From Faust – Second Part – Scene The Last (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
SCENE THE LAST. ANGELS.[Hovering in the higher regions of air, and hearing the immortalpart of Faust.] THE spirit-region’s noble limb Hath ‘scaled the Archfiend’s power;For we have strength to rescue him Who labours ev’ry hour.And if he feels within his … Continue reading
Loch Buy (John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Poems)
PART I. Dark, with shrouds of mist surrounded. Rise the mountains from the shore,Where the galleys of the Islesmen Stand updrawn, their voyage o’er. Horns this morn are hoarsely sounding From Loch Buy’s ancient wall,While for chase the guests and vassals Gather in the … Continue reading
Conor And Mona (Michael Scanlan Poems)
A legend of Ancient Eire a song of Conor and Mona,Who lived near the Halls of Fiarna, and loved in the days of oldLong ere a Saxon shallop fretted our tranquil riversMona, the fairest of maidens,Conor, the young and bold. … Continue reading
Advice To A Sinner, To Come To Christ (Rees Prichard Poems)
COME, thou vile wretch, thou veteran in sin,With faith and tears, come to the Son of God!‘Tis He, the Son of God, that calls thee in,If thou art weary of thy cumbrous load. ‘Tis Christ himself, that calls thee from … Continue reading
Merlin: A Poem (Jane Brereton Poems)
1Illustrious Queen! The loyal Zeal excuse,The fond Ambition, of a British Muse,Who wou’d, in Merlin’s Praise, attempt to soar;And in his Cave, Your Patronage implore:Protection seek, beneath Your Royal Name;And borrow Strength to rise, from Merlin’s Fame. When Sol to … Continue reading
The Metal Checks (Louise Driscoll Poems)
[The scene is a bare room, with two shaded windows at the back, and a fireplace between them with a fire burning low. The room contains a few plain chairs, and a rough wooden table on which are piled many … Continue reading
Hermann And Dorothea – VIII. Melpomene (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
HERMANN AND DOROTHEA. So tow’rd the sun, now fast sinking to rest, the two walk’d together,Whilst he veil’d himself deep in clouds which thunder portended.Out-of his veil now here, now there, with fiery glancesBeaming over the plain with rays foreboding … Continue reading