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Queen Mab: Part VIII. (Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems)

THE FAIRY 'The present and the past thou hast beheld. It was a desolate sight. Now, Spirit, learn, The secrets of the future--Time! Unfold ...

Another On The Same Occasion (Rees Prichard Poems)

Mourn Cambria, thoughtless Cambria mourn,Like Nineveh, repentent turn,Put sackcloth on — proclaim a fast —Cry out for Grace, and mend ...

Needs And Powers (Jared Barhite Poems)

I know of no profession 'Mong profane or divine, Excelling in its mission The power embraced in mine. It reaches earth and heaven Through heart ...

Ode To Naples (Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems)

EPODE 1a.I stood within the City disinterred;And heard the autumnal leaves like light footfallsOf spirits passing through the streets; and ...

A Woeful New Ballad Of The Protestant Conspiracy To Take The Pope’s Life (William Makepeace Thackeray Poems)

Come all ye Christian people, unto my tale give ear,'Tis about a base consperracy, as quickly shall appear;'Twill make your ...

The Unattainable (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)

Mark thou! a shadow crowned with fire of hell.Man holds her in his heart as night doth holdThe moonlight memories ...

The Beggar’s Opera (excerpts) (John Gay Poems)

Air I.An old woman clothed in gray, &c.1- Through all the employments of life- Each neighbour abuses his brother;- Whore and rogue they ...

Next Door (Henry Lawson Poems)

Whenever I'm moving my furniture in Or shifting my furniture out-Which is nearly as often and risky as Sin In these days ...

The Creole Girl; Or, The Physician’s Story (Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton Poems)

I.SHE came to England from the island clime Which lies beyond the far Atlantic wave; She died in early youth--before ...

The Triumph Of Pleasure (Charlotte Dacre Poems)

"BEAUTY reclin'd beneath the shade; Blooming Health before her play'd; Her golden tresses kissed the wind. Meek Content, with placid ...

The Rejoicing Of The Land (Francis Turner Palgrave Poems)

1295So the land had rest! and the cloud of that heart-sore struggle and painRose from her ancient hills, and peace ...

The Messiah : A Sacred Eclogue (Alexander Pope Poems)

Ye nymphs of Solyma! begin the song,To heavenly themes sublimer strains belong.The mossy fountains, and the sylvan shades,The dreams of ...

The Usurpation (Abraham Cowley Poems)

Thou 'adst to my soul no title or pretence; I was mine own, and free, Till ...

Salvador Dali (David Gascoyne Poems)

The face of the precipice is black with lovers;The sun above them is a bag of nails; the spring'sFirst rivers ...

In the Wilderness (Robert Graves Poem)

Christ of His gentleness Thirsting and hungering, Walked in the wilderness; Soft words of grace He spoke Unto lost desert-folk ...

Gertrude of Wyoming (Thomas Campbell Poem)

PART I On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming! Although the wild-flower on thy ruin'd wall, And roofless homes, a sad remembrance ...

The Wizard Way (Mary Elizabeth Coleridge Poem)

Velvet soft the night-star glowed Over the untrodden road, Through the giant glades of yew ...

The Wizard Way (Aleister Crowley Poem)