The Plague Colemn (Jaroslav Seifert Poems)
To the four corners of the earth they turn:the four demobilized knights of the heavenly host.And the four corners of ...
Poems about candlestick (17 Poems)
Recollections Of “Lalla Rookh” (John Townsend Trowbridge Poems)
WHEN we were farm boys, years ago,I dare not tell how many,When, strange to say, the fairest dayWas often dark ...
How Spring Comes To Shasta Jim (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
I never seen no "red gods"; I dunno wot's a "lure";But if it's sumpin' takin', then Spring has got it ...
Yet If His Majesty Our Sovereign Lord (Thomas Ford Poems)
Yet if his majesty our sovereign lordShould of his own accordFriendly himself invite,And say 'I'll be your guest to-morrow night.'How ...
Corbie to Sailly-le-Sec (John Allan Wyeth Poems)
High staggering walls, and plank-spiked piles of brickand plaster ~~ jagged gables wrenched apart,and tall dolls' houses cleanly split in ...
A Description of the King (Zbigniew Herbert Poems)
The king's beard on which sauces and ovationsfell until it became heavy as an axeappears suddenly in a dream to ...
Silent Poem (Robert Francis Poems)
backroad leafmold stonewall chipmunkunderbrush grapevine woodchuck shadblowwoodsmoke cowbarn honeysuckle woodpilesawhorse bucksaw outhouse wellsweepbackdoor flagstone bulkhead buttermilkcandlestick ragrug firedog brownbreadhilltop outcrop ...
The Dance To Death. Act V (Emma Lazarus Poems)
ACT V.SCENE I. A Room in Susskind's House. LIEBHAID, CLAIRE, REUBEN.LIEBHAID.The air hangs sultry as in mid-July.Look forth, Claire; moves ...
The Dance To Death. Act I (Emma Lazarus Poems)
A Historical Tragedy in Five Acts.This play is dedicated, in profound veneration and respect, to thememory of George Eliot, the ...
Contentment; Or Hints To Servants On The Present Scarcity (Christopher Anstey Poems)
Dearly beloved Countrymen and Friends, Accept the verse an half--starv'd Poet sends: Who scant of paper in these needy times, ...
Winter-Store (Archibald Lampman Poems)
Subtly conscious, all awake,Let us clear our eyes, and breakThrough the cloudy chrysalis,See the wonder as it is.Down a narrow ...
The New Bath Guide: Part I, LetterVIII (Christopher Anstey Poems)
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North. Mr. B---n---r---d goes to the Rooms. His Opinion of Gaming. ...
Bare Fig-Trees (D H Lawrence Poems)
FIG-TREES, weird fig-treesMade of thick smooth silver,Made of sweet, untarnished silver in the sea-southern air--I say untarnished, but I mean ...
Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (Amy Lowell Poem)
A drifting, April, twilight sky, A wind which blew the puddles dry, And slapped the river into waves That ran ...
Wedding Wind (Philip Larkin Poem)
The wind blew all my wedding-day, And my wedding-night was the night of the high wind; And a stable door ...
Silent Poem (Robert Francis Poem)
backroad leafmold stonewall chipmunk underbrush grapevine woodchuck shadblow woodsmoke cowbarn honeysuckle woodpile sawhorse bucksaw outhouse wellsweep backdoor flagstone bulkhead buttermilk ...
The Tower (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I What shall I do with this absurdity - O heart, O troubled heart - this caricature, Decrepit age that ...