To a Sister (James Hurdis Poems)
When kind Cecilia welcom'd to her breast The finch the schoolboy pilfer'd from its nest; And fed the nursling till its plumage ...
Poems about beverage (21 Poems)
The Vine (Henry James Pye Poems)
Like clustering tents upon the embattled mead, See Vitis thick her small pavilions spread. Beneath each silken veil, with studious care Five amorous ...
Lines On The Mermaid Tavern (John Keats Poems)
Souls of Poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern? Have ye tippled ...
A Draught Of Sunshine (John Keats Poems)
Hence Burgundy, Claret, and Port,Away with old Hock and madeira,Too earthly ye are for my sport;There's a beverage brighter and ...
The Impossible Ballade Of Whisky and Soda (H S Mackintosh Poems)
Sublime beverage, supreme tipple,The slick nectar (but the Haig's slicker!)Which gods drew from a divine nippleAnd thick nights became a ...
Te-Totaller’ (John Pierpont Poems)
Be days of drinking wine forgot,Let water goblets shine—And from your memory ever blotThe days of drinking wine.Those days of ...
The Kalevala – Rune XX (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE BREWING OF BEER.Now we sing the wondrous legends,Songs of wedding-feasts and dances,Sing the melodies of wedlock,Sing the songs of ...
The Kalevala – Rune XII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KYLLIKKI'S BROKEN VOW.Lemminkainen, artful husband,Reckless hero, Kaukomieli,Constantly beside his young wife.,Passed his life in sweet contentment,And the years rolled swiftly ...
The Borough. Letter XVIII: The Poor And Their (George Crabbe Poems)
DwellingsYES! we've our Borough-vices, and I knowHow far they spread, how rapidly they grow;Yet think not virtue quits the busy ...
The Candidate (George Crabbe Poems)
A POETICAL EPISTLE TO THE AUTHORS OF THE MONTHLY REVIEW.AN INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS OF THE AUTHOR TO HIS POEMS.Ye idler things, ...
[Day Dreams] (Alexander Bethune Poems)
'Again the sun is hot and high in heaven;The rustic sweats beneath the sultry ray;The idler seeks the shady walk; ...
Beer (Charles Stuart Calverley Poems)
In those old days which poets say were golden — (Perhaps they laid the gilding on ...
Josephus Riley (Barcroft Henry Boake Poems)
The rum was rich and rare,There were wagers in the air,The atmosphere was rosy, and the tongues were ...
The Groans Of The Tankard (Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld Poems)
OF strange events I sing, and portents dire;The wond'rous themes a reverent ear require;Tho' strange the tale, the faithful Muse ...
On Water-Gruel, (Cornelius Arnold Poems)
On Water-Gruel, by Desire; occasioned by a singular Adventure.Hail! Water-Gruel, ever sacred Name,Once so propitious to my genial Flame;O! be ...
The Squatter of the Olden Time (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
I'll sing to you a fine new song, made by my blessed mate,Of a fine Australian squatter who had a ...
Lines On The Mermaid Tavern (John Keats Poem)
Souls of Poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid ...
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 ...
Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
To exalt, enthrone, establish and defend, To welcome home mankind's mysterious friend Wine, true begetter of all arts that be; ...
Poems On The Slave Trade – Sonnet III (Robert Southey Poems)
Oh he is worn with toil! the big drops run Down his dark cheek; hold--hold thy merciless hand, Pale tyrant! ...
The Triumph Of Woman (Robert Southey Poems)
Glad as the weary traveller tempest-tost To reach secure at length his native coast, Who wandering long o'er distant lands ...