A Ballad of Footmen (Amy Lowell Poem)
Now what in the name of the sun and the stars Is the meaning of this most unholy of wars? ...
Poems about bayonets (28 Poems)
The Fruit Shop (Amy Lowell Poem)
Cross-ribboned shoes; a muslin gown, High-waisted, girdled with bright blue; A straw poke bonnet which hid the frown She pluckered ...
Lead Soldiers (Amy Lowell Poem)
The nursery fire burns brightly, crackling in cheerful little explosions and trails of sparks up the back of the chimney. ...
The Ballad of the King’s Jest (Rudyard Kipling Poems)
When spring-time flushes the desert grass, Our kafilas wind through the Khyber Pass. Lean are the camels but fat the ...
Gioconda And Si-Ya-U (Nazim Hikmet Poem)
to the memory of my friend SI-YA-U, whose head was cut off in Shanghai A CLAIM Renowned Leonardo's world-famous "La ...
Spires of the fireweed.. (Ian Emberson Poem)
Spires of the fireweed on the fretted sky - Tints of magenta on tranquility, Do you feel nurture for the ...
Marksman Sam (Marriott Edgar Poem)
When Sam Small joined the regiment, 'E were no' but a raw recruit, And they marched 'im away one wint'ry ...
Postcards (Margaret Atwood Poem)
I'm thinking about you. What else can I say? The palm trees on the reverse are a delusion; so is ...
The Orange Bears (Kenneth Patchen Poems)
The Orange bears with soft friendly eyes Who played with me when I was ten, Christ, before I'd left home ...
Australia Today 1916 (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
They came from the lower levels Deep down in the Brilliant mine; From the wastes where the whirlwind revels, Whirling ...
The Last Laugh (Wilfred Owen Poems)
'O Jesus Christ! I'm hit,' he said; and died. Whether he vainly cursed, or prayed indeed, The Bullets chirped - ...
The Hero of Kalapore (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
The 27th Regiment has mutinied at Kalapore; That was the substance of a telegram, which caused great uproar, At Sattara, ...
The Last Berkshire Eleven (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas at the disastrous battle of Maiwand, in Afghanistan, Where the Berkshires were massacred to the last man; On the ...
The Rebel Surprise Near Tamai (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas on the 22nd of March, in the year 1885, That the Arabs rushed like a mountain torrent in full ...
The Storming of the Dargai Heights (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas on the 20th of November, and in the year of 1897, That the cheers of the Gordon Highlanders ascended ...
General Roberts in Afghanistan (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1878, and. the winter had set in, Lord Roberts and the British Army their march ...
Lord Robert’s Triumphal Entry into Pretoria (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1900, and on the 5th of June, Lord Roberts entered Pretoria in the afternoon; His ...
The Ashantee War (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1874, and on New Year's Day, The British Army landed at Elmina without dismay, And ...
The Battle of Abu Klea (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Ye sons of Mars, come join with me, And sing in praise of Sir Herbert Stewart's little army, That made ...
The Battle of Alexandria (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
It was on the 21st of March in the year of 1801, The British were at their posts every man; ...
The Battle of Atbara (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Ye Sons of Great Britain, pray list to me, And I'll tell ye of a great victory. Where the British ...
The Battle of Corunna (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1808, and in the autumn of the year, Napoleon resolved to crush Spain and Portugal ...
The Battle of Culloden (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1746, and in April the 14th day, That Prince Charles Stuart and his army marched ...
The Battle of Gujrat (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1849, and on the 20th of February, Lord Gough met and attacked Shere Sing right ...
The Battle of Waterloo (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year 1815, and on the 18th day of June, That British cannon, against the French army, loudly ...
The Capture of Havana (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year 1762 that France and Spain Resolved, allied together, to crush Britain; But the British Army sailed ...
The Downfall of Delhi (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1857 and on the 14th of September That the Sepoy rebels at Delhi were forced ...
Godwin James (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
Harry Wilmans! You who fell in a swamp Near Manila, following the flag, You were not wounded by the greatness ...