To his unconstant Friend (Henry King Poems)
But say thou very woman, why to meThis fit of weakness and inconstancie?What forfeit have I made of word or ...
Poems about cite (21 Poems)
Statuary (Nick Flynn Poems)
Bees may be trusted, always,to discover the best, nay, the onlyhuman, solution. Let me citean instance; an event, that,though occurring ...
That now is hay some-tyme was grase (John Lydgate Poems)
Who clymbeth hyest gothe ofte base,Ensample in medowes thow mayst seThat nowe is heye some tyme was grase.Lenvoye.Go forth anon, ...
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto XII (Edward Benlowes Poems)
THE SWEETNESSE OF RETIREMENT,OR The Happinesse of a Private Life.The Segregation.THE ARGUMENT. True Blisse! Thou know'st but Few, to Few ...
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto X (Edward Benlowes Poems)
THE VANITIE OF THE VVORLD. The Abnegation.ARGUMENT. What's potent Opulencie? What's remiss Voluptuousness? World, what's All This, To That the ...
A Ballad Of Fair Ladies In Revolt (George Meredith Poems)
ISee the sweet women, friend, that lean beneathThe ever-falling fountain of green leavesRound the white bending stem, and like a ...
Anelida and Arcite (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
Thou ferse god of armes, Mars the rede,That in the frosty contre called Trace,Within thy grisly temple ful of dredeHonoured ...
Villon (Basil Bunting Poems)
I He whom we anatomized 'whose words we gathered as pleasant flowers and thought on his wit and how neatly ...
An Invective Written By Mr. George Chapman Against Mr. Ben Jonson (George Chapman Poems)
Great, learned, witty Ben, be pleased to light The world with that three-forked fire; nor fright All us, thy ...
Mary Smith (Eugene Field Poems)
Away down East where I was reared amongst my Yankee kith,There used to live a pretty girl whose name was ...
‘By Reason Of Thy Law’ (Francis Thompson Poems)
Here I make oath--Although the heart that knows its bitternessHear loath,And credit less--That he who kens to meet Pain's kisses ...
Mary smith (Eugene Field Poem)
Away down East where I was reared amongst my Yankee kith, There used to live a pretty girl whose name ...
Statuary (Nick Flynn Poem)
Bees may be trusted, always, to discover the best, nay, the only human, solution. Let me cite an instance; an ...
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot Poem)
The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot "Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et ...
What mystery pervades a well! (Emily Dickinson Poem)
What mystery pervades a well! That water lives so far -- A neighbor from another world Residing in a jar ...
“Remember me” implored the Thief! (Emily Dickinson Poem)
"Remember me" implored the Thief! Oh Hospitality! My Guest "Today in Paradise" I give thee guaranty. That Courtesy will fair ...
Fit the Fourth ( Hunting of the Snark ) (Lewis Carroll Poem)
The Hunting The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow. "If only you'd spoken before! It's excessively awkward to mention ...
The Hunting Of The Snark (Lewis Carroll Poem)
Dedication Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea. Girt with ...
The Vision of Judgment (Lord Byron Poem)
BY QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS SUGGESTED BY THE COMPOSITION SO ENTITLED BY THE AUTHOR OF 'WAT TYLER' 'A Daniel come to judgment! ...
The Man From Cook’s (Robert William Service Poems)
"You're bloody right - I was a Red," The Man from Cook's morosely said. And if our chaps had won ...
Impromptu, to Lady Winchelsea (Alexander Pope Poems)
In vain you boast Poetic Names of yore, And cite those Sapho's we admire no more: Fate doom'd the Fall ...