New-York in 1826. (George Pope Morris Poems)
Two years have elapsed since the verse of S. W. Met your bright eyes like a fanciful gem;With that kind of ...
Poems about amusements (21 Poems)
The Indiscreet Confessions (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
FAMED Paris ne'er within its walls had got,Such magick charms as were Aminta's lot,Youth, beauty, temper, fortune, she possessed,And all ...
Concerning The Sabbath (Rees Prichard Poems)
Rise with the cock, and clap each flutt'ring wing,In grateful hymns exultingly rejoice —Early to God, each Sunday morning, singWith ...
An Eclogue (Thomas Parnell Poems)
Now early shepheards ore ye meadow pass,And print long foot-steps in the glittering grass;The Cows unfeeding near the cottage stand,By ...
The Origin of Trades (Voltaire Poems)
When with a skilful hand Prometheus madeA statue that the human form displayed,Pandora, his own work, to wed he chose,And ...
Decaying Lambskins (Robinson Jeffers Poems)
After all, we also stand on a height. Our blood and our culturehave passed the flood-marks of any worldUp to ...
How To Make Home Happy (Lizzie E Palmer Poems)
I first promise that in this home, Jehovah's loved and feared—His law so holy, just and good, Is constantly revered.No need that ...
Tale II (George Crabbe Poems)
THE PARTING HOUR.Minutely trace man's life; year after year,Through all his days let all his deeds appear,And then though some ...
Tale VI (George Crabbe Poems)
THE FRANK COURTSHIP.Grave Jonas Kindred, Sybil Kindred's sire,Was six feet high, and look'd six inches higher;Erect, morose, determined, solemn, slow,Who ...
Tale XIII (George Crabbe Poems)
JESSE AND COLIN.A Vicar died and left his Daughter poor -It hurt her not, she was not rich before:Her humble ...
The Bakchesarian (Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Poems)
A TALE OF THE TAURIDE.Mute sat Giray, with downcast eye, As though some spell in sorrow bound him,His slavish courtiers ...
The Borough. Letter IX: Amusements (George Crabbe Poems)
OF our Amusements ask you?--We amuseOurselves and friends with seaside walks and views,Or take a morning ride, a novel, or ...
The Poor Of The Borough. Letter XXI: Abel Keene (George Crabbe Poems)
A QUIET, simple man was Abel Keene,He meant no harm, nor did he often mean;He kept a school of loud ...
The Borough. Letter VIII: Trades (George Crabbe Poems)
OF manufactures, trade, inventions rare,Steam-towers and looms, you'd know our Borough's share -'Tis small: we boast not these rich subjects ...
The Coming Of Winter (Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Poems)
_Stanzas from "Onegin"_Our Northern Winter's fickle Summer,Than Southern Winter scarce more bland--Is undeniably withdrawingOn fleeting footsteps from the land.Soon will ...
The Stockmen of Australia (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
The stockmen of Australia, what rowdy boys are they,They will curse and swear a hurricane if you come in their ...
Mercury And The Elephant (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poems)
As Merc'ry travell'd thro' a Wood, (Whose Errands are more Fleet than Good) An Elephant before him lay, That much ...
Epode (Christopher Anstey Poems)
Must I read it again, Sir?--So--here do I stand, Like the priest that holds forth with a scull in his ...
The Picture (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
SOLICITED I've been to give a tale, In which (though true, decorum must prevail), The subject from a picture shall ...
The Falcon (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
I RECOLLECT, that lately much I blamed, The sort of lover, avaricious named; And if in opposites we reason see, ...
Vanity of the World (William Cowper Poem)
God gives his mercies to be spent; Your hoard will do your soul no good. Gold is a blessing only ...