The Gods Of Greece (John Kenyon Poems)
Ye Gods of Greece! Bright Fictions! when Ye ruled, of old, a happier race, And mildly bound rejoicing men In bonds of Beauty ...
Youth Poems (7963 Poems)
Pats Of Butter (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Fairies can hide anywhere,Up and down, and in and out,'Neath the cushion of a chair,In a teapot's empty spout;They can ...
Grannie’s Tale: A Ballad o’Memorie (Janet Hamilton Poems)
The days o' langsyne, O! the days o' langsyne,Sweet thochts o' the bygane, I never sall tyne;Tho' darklin' I sit ...
America Politica Historia, In Spontaneity (Gregory Corso Poems)
O this political air so heavy with the bellsand motors of a slow night, and no place to restbut rain ...
The Quaker Widow (James Bayard Taylor Poems)
THEE finds me in the garden, Hannah,-come in! 'T is kind of theeTo wait until the Friends were gone, who ...
Ode To Hope (James Beattie Poems)
I. 1.O Thou, who glad'st the pensive soul,More than Aurora's smile the swain forlorn,Left all night long to mournWhere desolation frowns, ...
The Camp Of Souls (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
My white canoe, like the silvery air O'er the River of Death that darkly rolls When the moons of the world are ...
Elegy XIII: His Parting From Her (John Donne Poems)
SINCE she must go, and I must mourn, come night,Environ me with darkness, whilst I write ;Shadow that hell unto ...
Edward Of Walham Green; Or, The Reward Of Duty And Valour (Mary Hopkins Pilkington Poems)
YOUNG Edward was a noble youth,A finer ne'er was seen;He was his aged gran-dam's pride,And lov'd by all the green.Yet ...
Eclogue VI (Virgil Poems)
TO VARUSFirst my Thalia stooped in sportive moodTo Syracusan strains, nor blushed withinThe woods to house her. When I sought ...
The Clyster (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
IF truth give pleasure, surely we should try;To found our tales on what we can rely;Th' experiment repeatedly I've made,And ...
When The War Is Over (Margaret Junkin Preston Poems)
A CHRISTMAS LAY.I. Ah! the happy Christmas times! Times we all remember;-- Times that flung a ruddy glow O'er the gray December;-- Will they never ...
Hope’s Invitation (Laura Sophia Temple Poems)
The shades of the Night are now fading away,And Morn in her balmy effulgence is seen ;The lark pours his ...
The Undying (John Freeman Poems)
In thin clear light unshadowed shapes go bySmall on green fields beneath the hueless sky.They do not stay for question, ...
The Feast Of The Virgins – The Game Of Ball (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Clear was the sky as a silver shield;The bright sun blazed on the frozen field.On ice-bound river and white-robed prairieThe ...
Ondas Muertas (Dead Waves) (Manuel Gutierrez Najera Poems)
In the deep darkness underneath the groundThat never has been reached by mortal sight,There silent currents of black water glideIn ...
Address to the Devil (Robert Burns Poems)
1 O thou! whatever title suit thee,--2 Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie!3 Wha in yon cavern, grim an' sootie,4 ...
De Leap Yeah Party (Maggie Pogue Johnson Poems)
Was you at de hall las' night,To de Leap Yeah Party?I reckon dat I was,But didn't I eat hearty?I wouldn't ...
Abundance (John Anthony Ciardi Poems)
IOnce I had 1000 roses.Literally 1000 roses.I was working for a floristback in the shambling 'Thirtieswhen iced skids of 250 ...
A Strange Stooary (John Hartley Poems)
Aw know some fowk will call it crime, To put sich stooaries into ryhme,But yet, contentedly aw chime Mi simple ditty:An if ...
A Friend Of Mine (James Barron Hope Poems)
We sat beneath tall waving trees that flung Their heavy shadows o'er the dewy grass. Over the waters, breaking at our feet, Quivered ...
Attention please! Attention please! (Roald Dahl Poems)
'Attention please! Attention please!Don't dare to talk! Don't dare to sneeze!Don't doze or daydream! Stay awake!Your health, your very life's ...
The Pillar of the Church (John O Brien Poems)
Faith, 'tis good to see him comin' when the bell for Mass is flingin'Gladsome golden notes appealin' on the Sabbath-softened ...
A poem On Contentment (Janet Little Poems)
INSCRIBED TO JANET NICOL, A POOR OLD WAN-DERING WOMAN, WHO LIVES BY THE WALLAT LOUDOUN AND USED SOMETIMES TOBE VISITED ...
The Sick Abbess (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
EXAMPLE often proves of sov'reign use;At other times it cherishes abuse;'Tis not my purpose, howsoe'er, to tellWhich of the two ...
Once More I Put My Bonnet On (Joseph Howe Poems)
Once more I put my bonnet on, And tie the ribbons blue, My showy poplin dress I don, That's just as good as ...
A Musing On A Victory (Sydney Thompson Dobell Poems)
Down by the Sutlej shore,Where sound the trumpet and the wild tum-tum,At winter's eve did comeA gaunt old northern lion, ...
King Canute (William Makepeace Thackeray Poems)
KING CANUTE was weary hearted; he had reigned for years a score,Battling, struggling, pushing, fighting, killing much and robbing more;And ...
The Prodigal Son (James Weldon Johnson Poems)
Young man-Young man-Your arm's too short to box with God.But Jesus spake in a parable, and he said:A certain man ...
A New Year’s Address, 1870. (Nora Pembroke Poems)
With noiseless footstep, like the white-robed snow, The old year with closed record steals away;Record of gladness, suffering, joy, and woe, Of ...