Festus – XLV (Philip James Bailey Poems)
'Twas held of old by some heresiarch sage,Whose nobler name time bruits not overmuch,That evil and good, twin powers, as ...
Poems about astound (17 Poems)
The Apollyonists – Canto 1 (Phineas Fletcher Poems)
IOf men, nay beasts; worse, monsters; worst of all,Incarnate fiends, English Italianate;Of priests, O no! mass-priests, priests-cannibal,Who make their Maker, ...
The Old Man’s Story (Mary Botham Howitt Poems)
There was an old and quiet man,And by the fire sate he,"And now," he said, "to you I'll tellA dismal ...
Epistle To The Rev. J— B—, Whilst Journeying For The Recovery Of His Health (Patrick Branwell Bronte Poems)
When warm'd with zeal, my rustic Muse Feels fluttering fain to tell her news, And paint her simple, lowly views With all her ...
Britian’s Cause (Philip James Bailey Poems)
The eternal all--sire from his throne, our isleRegarding; these Imperial shores, the whileEarth's orb rolls round, shewn, eminent in his ...
Marriage (Gregory Corso Poems)
Should I get married? Should I be Good?Astound the girl next door with my velvet suit and faustaus hood?Don't take ...
Lord John Of The East (Joanna Baillie Poems)
THE fires blazed bright till deep midnight,And the guests sat in the hall,And the Lord of the feast, Lord John ...
Canzonet (Henry Kirke White Poems)
Maiden! wrap thy mantle round thee,Cold the rain beats on thy breast:Why should Horror's voice astound thee?Death can bid the ...
A Poem On The Inhumanity Of The Slave-Trade (Ann Yearsley Poems)
BRISTOL, thine heart hath throbb'd to glory.-Slaves,E'en Christian slaves, have shook their chains, and gaz'dWith wonder and amazement on thee. ...
The Sage Enamoured And The Honest Lady (George Meredith Poems)
IOne fairest of the ripe unwedded leftHer shadow on the Sage's path; he found,By common signs, that she had done ...
The Burden of Nineveh (Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poems)
In our Museum galleriesTo-day I lingered o'er the prizeDead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes,-Her Art for ever in fresh wiseFrom ...
The Prodigal Son (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
BENEATH a father's roof two brethren dwelt,And each domestic comfort truly felt;What farther pleasure could their souls require?The happy sons ...
Sir Lancelot Du Lake (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
When Arthur first in court began,And was approved king,By force of armes great victorys wonne,And conquest home did bring;Then into ...
Julia (E W Bowling Poems)
When the Cambridge flower-show ended, And the flowers and guests were gone, And the evening shades descended, Roamed ...
My Hands Clasped… (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
My hands clasped under a veil, dim and hazy."Why are you so pale and upset?"That's because I today made him ...
Fever 103° (Sylvia Plath Poems)
Pure? What does it mean? The tongues of hell Are dull, dull as the triple Tongues of dull, fat Cerebus ...
Comus (John Milton Poems)
A Masque Presented At Ludlow Castle, 1634, Before The Earl Of Bridgewater, Then President Of Wales. The Persons The ATTENDANT ...