Dedication (Charles Churchill Poems)
To Churchill's Sermons. The manuscript of this unfinished poem was found among the few papers Churchill left behind ...
Poems about common-sense (21 Poems)
A Few Remarks on Goats, Asses and the Dead Hand (C J Dennis Poems)
I don't mind kings and dukes and things; I don't mind wigs or maces;I don't mind crowns or robes or ...
The Stror ‘At Coot (C J Dennis Poems)
Ar, wimmin! Wot a blinded fool I've been! I arsts meself, wot else could I ixpeck?I done me block complete ...
The Journey (Charles Churchill Poems)
Some of my friends (for friends I must suppose All, who, not daring to appear my foes, Feign great ...
The Great God Guff (C J Dennis Poems)
There was once a Simple People - (you, of course, will understandThis is just a little fable of a non-existent ...
The Game (C J Dennis Poems)
Ho! the sky's as blue as blazes an' the sun is shinin' bright, An' the dicky birds is singin' over'ead,An' ...
Two-An’-Six (Claude McKay Poems)
Merry voices chatterin',Nimble feet dem patterin',Big an' little, faces gay,Happy day dis market day.Sateday, de marnin' break,Soon, soon market-people wake;An' ...
Satire On A Conceited Playwright (Earl of Dorset Charles Sackville Poems)
Thou damn'd antipodes to common-sense, Thou foil to Flecknoe, pr'ythee tell from whence Does all this mighty stock of ...
One Dull Man (C J Dennis Poems)
Why did you play your spade in there? (said she).I can't think why you don't take care (said she).You fuss ...
Evensong (Bernard O Dowd Poems)
There was a time we had the powerTo build with Silent ThoughtThe perfect heaven-reaching tower,As ancient seers have taught.And periods ...
Black Bonnet (Henry Lawson Poem)
A day of seeming innocence, A glorious sun and sky, And, just above my picket fence, Black Bonnet passing by. ...
Ode On Indolence (John Keats Poem)
One morn before me were three figures seen, I With bowed necks, and joined hands, side-faced; And one behind the ...
280. The Kirk of Scotland’s Alarm: A Ballad (Robert Burns Poems)
ORTHODOX! orthodox, who believe in John Knox, Let me sound an alarm to your conscience: A heretic blast has been ...
133. The Brigs of Ayr (Robert Burns Poems)
THE SIMPLE Bard, rough at the rustic plough, Learning his tuneful trade from ev'ry bough; The chanting linnet, or the ...
68. The Holy Fair (Robert Burns Poems)
UPON 1 a simmer Sunday morn When Nature's face is fair, I walked forth to view the corn, An' snuff ...
89. The Ordination (Robert Burns Poems)
KILMARNOCK wabsters, fidge an' claw, An' pour your creeshie nations; An' ye wha leather rax an' draw, Of a' denominations; ...
To The Queen (Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems)
O loyal to the royal in thyself, And loyal to thy land, as this to thee-- Bear witness, that rememberable ...
Infirmities (Robert William Service Poems)
Because my teeth are feebly few I cannot bolt my grub like you, But have to chew and chew and ...
The God Of Common-Sense (Robert William Service Poems)
My Daddy used to wallop me for every small offense: "Its takes a hair-brush back," said he, "to teach kids ...
Moon-Lover (Robert William Service Poems)
I The Moon is like a ping-pong ball; I lean against the orchard wall, And see it soar into the ...
You’re (Sylvia Plath Poems)
Clownlike, happiest on your hands, Feet to the stars, and moon-skulled, Gilled like a fish. A common-sense Thumbs-down on the ...