Success Poems (5537 Poems)
Emancipation (James Madison Bell Poems)
Harp of my soul, though thou hast hung Suspended from the willow boughTill much distorted, warped and sprung, And discord reigns within thee now,Yet glad I take thee thence again, Responsive to the joyous call,Which comes from isles far o’er the main, And from … Continue reading
The Magnificent (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
SOME wit, handsome form and gen’rous mind;A triple engine prove in love we find;By these the strongest fortresses are gainedE’en rocks ‘gainst such can never be sustained.If you’ve some talents, with a pleasing face,Your purse-strings open free, and you’ve the … Continue reading
The Monks Of Catalonia (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
TO you, my friends, allow me to detail,The feats of monks in Catalonia’s vale,Where oft the holy fathers pow’rs displayed,And showed such charity to wife and maid,That o’er their minds sweet fascination reigned,And made them think, they Paradise had gained. … Continue reading
Manhattan: An Ode (Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke Poems)
Here at thy broad sea gate,On the ultimate ocean wave,Where millions in hope have entered in,Joyous, elateA home and a hearth to win;For the promise you held and the bounty you gave,Thou, and none other,I call to thee, spirit; I … Continue reading
King Stephen (John Keats Poems)
A FRAGMENT OF A TRAGEDYACT I.SCENE I. Field of Battle.Alarum. Enter King STEPHEN, Knights, and Soldiers.Stephen. If shame can on a soldier’s vein-swoll’n frontSpread deeper crimson than the battle’s toil,Blush in your casing helmets! for see, see!Yonder my chivalry, my … Continue reading
A Confidant Without Knowing It; Or The Stratagem (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
NO master sage, nor orator I know,Who can success, like gentle Cupid show;His ways and arguments are pleasing smiles,Engaging looks, soft tears, and winning wiles.Wars in his empire will at times arise,And, in the field, his standard meet the eyes;Now … Continue reading
The Grand Question Debated: Whether Hamilton’s Bawn Should Be Turned Into A Barrack Or Malt-House (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Thus spoke to my lady the knight full of care,“Let me have your advice in a weighty affair.This Hamilton’s bawn, while it sticks in my handI lose by the house what I get by the land;But how to dispose of … Continue reading
Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
I In a nation of one hundred fine, mob-hearted, lynching, relenting, repenting millions,There are plenty of sweeping, swinging, stinging, gorgeous things to shout about,And knock your old blue devils out. I brag and chant of Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan,Candidate for … Continue reading
Ione (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I.AH, yes, ‘t is sweet still to remember,Though ‘t were less painful to forget;For while my heart glows like an ember,Mine eyes with sorrow’s drops are wet,And, oh, my heart is aching yet.It is a law of mortal painThat old … Continue reading
Immortal Eve – I (Manmohan Ghose Poems)
1I the first man, the majestyOf creatures, Time’s tall birth,Spring at God’s finger-touch erect,Glorying upon earth. Above me the blue solemn heavens,Around, the sun, the shade,Green, whispering, glorious wilderness,I knew for me were made; For me all broad Euphrates flowedAs … Continue reading