Sons Poems (4823 Poems)
Cathloda – Duan III (James Macpherson Poems)
Ossian, after some general reflections, describes the situation of Fingal, and the position of the army of Lochlin. – The conversation of Starno and Swaran. – The episode of Corman-trunar and Foina-bragal. – Starno, from his own example, recommends to … Continue reading
An Exhortation To Give God Thanks For Our Redemption Through Christ (Rees Prichard Poems)
O Let’s applaud with one accord,And bless, from day to day, the Lord,Who gave for us his only Son,When we before were quite undone! Fall on your knees, both morn and night,Let adoration, pow’r, and might,Be unto Him ascrib’d alone,Who … Continue reading
The Day Of Judgment (Goronwy Owen Poems)
Almighty God thy heavenly aid bestow,O’er my rapt soul bid inspiration flow;Let voice seraphic, mighty Lord, be mine,Whilst I unfold this awful bold design.No less a theme my lab’ring breast inspires,Than earth’s last throes and overwhelming fires,Than man arising from … Continue reading
The Present Crisis (James Russell Lowell Poems)
When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth’s aching breastRuns a thrill of joy prophetic, trembling on from east to west,And the slave, where’er he cowers, feels the soul within him climbTo the awful verge of manhood, … Continue reading
The Lover’s Secret (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
WHAT ailed young Lucius? Art had vainly triedTo guess his ill, and found herself defied.The Augur plied his legendary skill;Useless; the fair young Roman languished still.His chariot took him every cloudless dayAlong the Pincian Hill or Appian Way;They rubbed his … Continue reading
On A Bulbous Root (Which Blossomed, After Having Lain For Ages In The Hand Of An Egyptian Mummy) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
What, wide awake, sweet stranger, wide awake?And laughing coyly at an English sun,And blessing him with smiles for having thaw’dThine icy chain, for having woke thee gentlyFrom thy long slumber of three thousand years?Methinks I see the eye of wonder … Continue reading
The Speeding Of The King’s Spite (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
A king–estranged from his loving Queen By a foolish royal whim–Tired and sick of the dull routine Of matters surrounding him–Issued a mandate in this wise.– ”THE DOWER OF MY DAUGHTER’S HANDI WILL GIVE TO HIM WHO HOLDS THIS PRIZE, THE STRANGEST THING IN … Continue reading
Floretty’s Musical Contribution (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
All seemed delighted, though the elders more,Of course, than were the children.–Thus, beforeMuch interchange of mirthful compliment,The story-teller said _his_ stories “went”(Like a bad candle) _best_ when they went _out_,–And that some sprightly music, dashed about,Would _wholly_ quench his “glimmer,” … Continue reading
Chikamauga (Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis Poems)
The sharp, clear crack of rifles, and the deep Loud thunder of artillery; the flashOf bayonets, and the arrowy sweep Of keen-edged sabres; the most fearful clashOf meeting squadrons, and the prideOf hostile banners! How they fought who died By the River of … Continue reading
Anhelli – Chapter 7 (Juliusz Slowacki Poems)
And the Shaman said : “Lo, now we shall show no more miracles,nor the power of God that is in us, but we shall weep,for we have come unto people who see not the sun. “Neither is it fitting to … Continue reading