Julian and Maddalo : A Conversation (Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems)
I rode one evening with Count MaddaloUpon the bank of land which breaks the flowOf Adria towards Venice: a bare ...
Poems about abandons (18 Poems)
The Brus Book XIII (John Barbour Poems)
Quhen thir twa fyrst bataillis werAssemblyt as I said you er,The Stewart Walter that than wasAnd the gud ...
Festus – II (Philip James Bailey Poems)
From heaven, soul--like, to earth. It is sundown. MarkThe heart's state, empty and collapsed, the world'sVain pleasures leave us in, ...
The Heroic Enthusiasts: Part 1: Third Dialogue (Giordano Bruno Poems)
TANSILLO.There are several varieties of enthusiasts, which may all be reduced totwo kinds. While some only display blindness, stupidity, and ...
An Ode in Blessed Memory (Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov Poems)
1A sudden bliss has seized my mind,And to a mountain peak it carries meUp where the wind's forgotten how to ...
Elegy I (Rainer Maria Rilke Poems)
Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels'hierarchies? and even if one of them suddenlypressed me against ...
Broken Song (Rabindranath Tagore Poems)
Kasinath the new young singer fills the hall with sound:The seven notes dance in his throat like seven tame birds.His ...
Matilda (John Anster Poems)
Scene.--A Terrace overlooking the Garden of a Convent--Matilda and Bertha in conversation.Matilda.Oh! think not that I mourn the lonely doomThat ...
Verse (Nizar Qabbani Poems)
1FriendsThe old word is dead.The old books are dead.Our speech with holes like worn-out shoes is dead.Dead is the mind ...
Of Him Who Feeds Me (Hakim Sanai Poems)
When they capture the hawk in the wilds, they secure it neck and feet; they quickly cover up both its ...
I Sing To My Country (Giorgi Leonidze Poems)
The earnest throbbings of my heartO'erflood this page, then upward fly,Where my dear country's fame unfoldsLike golden banners in the ...
Napoleon’s Farewell (From The French) (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
I.Farewell to the Land where the gloom of my GloryArose and o'ershadow'd the earth with her name--She abandons me now--but ...
Awakening (Jean Cocteau Poems)
Grave mouths of lionsSinuous smiling of young crocodilesAlong the river's water conveying millionsIsles of spiceHow lovely he is, the sonOf ...
A More Ancient Mariner (Bliss William Carman Poems)
The swarthy bee is a buccaneer, A burly velveted rover, Who loves the booming wind in his ear As he ...
Mateship (C J Dennis Poems)
But when the war-worn, knowing all Of glory, horror and hate,Abandons all for the heart's sure call And the need ...
God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children (Yehuda Amichai Poem)
God has pity on kindergarten children, He pities school children -- less. But adults he pities not at all. He ...
Julian and Maddalo (excerpt) (Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems)
I rode one evening with Count Maddalo Upon the bank of land which breaks the flow Of Adria towards Venice: ...
Duino Elegies: The First Elegy (Rainer Maria Rilke Poems)
Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels' hierarchies? and even if one of them suddenly pressed ...