The Little Dog (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold.Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold.To this the god of love ...
Poems about blackguard (21 Poems)
The Bards Who Lived at Manly (Henry Lawson Poems)
The camp of high-class spielers, Who sneered in summer dress,And doo-dah dilettante, And scornful "venuses"-House agents, and storekeepers, All eager they to "bleed"-The bards ...
A Bachelor-Bookworm’s Complaint Of The Late Presidential Election (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
A MAN of peace, I never dared to marry,Lover of tranquil hours, I dwelt apart;Outside the realm where noisy schemes ...
The Wake Of Tim O’Hara (William Cosmo Monkhouse Poems)
TO the Wake of O'HaraCame company;All St. Patrick's AlleyWas there to see,With the friends and kinsmenOf the family.On the long ...
The Enchanted Shirt (John Hay Poems)
The King was sick. His cheek was red,And his eye was clear and bright;He ate and drank with kingly zest,And ...
Do You Think That I Do Not Know? (Henry Lawson Poems)
They say that I never have written of love,As a writer of songs should do;They say that I never could ...
The Haschish (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
Of all that Orient lands can vauntOf marvels with our own competing,The strangest is the Haschish plant,And what will follow ...
I’m an Older Man Than You (Henry Lawson Poems)
WHEN you've managed with the tailor for a rig-out of a sortAnd you find the coat or trousers are an ...
Four Poems on the Countess of Dorchester (Earl of Dorset Charles Sackville Poems)
I. Sylvia, methinks you are unfit Sylvia, methinks you are unfit For your great Lord's embrace; For tho' we all ...
She (Billy Bennett Poems)
I'd known her from her "Baby days" And watched her grow apace, Her lovely eyes and glossy hair, And figure-full ...
IX: The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux and the Flowers (A E Housman Poems)
The chestnut casts his flambeaux, and the flowers Stream from the hawthorn on the wind away, The doors clap to, ...
Loving But Leaving (A Sob Song for Conscientious Crooners) (C J Dennis Poems)
When I led you to the altar Vows were made, you'll call to mindDarling wife. Now a defaulter Must I ...
Dorinda’s Sparkling Wit and Eyes (Earl of Dorset Charles Sackville Poems)
Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes, United, cast too fierce a light, Which blazes high but quickly dies, Warms not the ...
The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux (A. E. Housman Poem)
The chestnut casts his flambeaux, and the flowers Stream from the hawthorn on the wind away, The doors clap to, ...
The Dog (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold. Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold. To this the god ...
Badger (John Clare Poem)
When midnight comes a host of dogs and men Go out and track the badger to his den, And put ...
79. Adam Armour’s Prayer (Robert Burns Poems)
GUDE pity me, because I'm little! For though I am an elf o' mettle, An' can, like ony wabster's shuttle, ...
88. The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer (Robert Burns Poems)
YE Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, Wha represent our brughs an' shires, An' doucely manage our affairs In parliament, ...
87. The Twa Dogs (Robert Burns Poems)
'TWAS 1 in that place o' Scotland's isle, That bears the name o' auld King Coil, Upon a bonie day ...
JAMES SIMMONS R.I.P. (Barry Tebb Poems)
You were the one I wanted most to know So like yet unlike, like fire and snow, The casual voice, ...
Song of Perfect Propriety (Dorothy Parker Poems)
Oh, I should like to ride the seas, A roaring buccaneer; A cutlass banging at my knees, A dirk behind ...