A Letter (Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Poems)
After W. M. P.Dear Kitty,At length the term's ending;I 'm in for my Schools in a week;And the time that ...
Poems about curate (20 Poems)
Teddo Wells Deceased (John O Brien Poems)
Times I think I'm not the man- Must be some mistake.Me among the also ran? Cute and wideawake!Old and beat and crotchety- Sixty-five, ...
The Wish. (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
When real Blessings are to Men deny'd,With airy Hopes they gratify their Pride;To every Wretch this Privilege extends,However void of ...
The Jester’s Sermon (George Walter Thornbury Poems)
THE Jester shook his hood and bells, and leaped upon a chair,The pages laughed, the women screamed, and tossed their ...
Fire! (Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Poems)
By Sir W. S.I.St. Giles's street is fair and wide,St. Giles's street is long;But long or wide, may naught abideTherein ...
Apostate Will (Thomas Chatterton Poems)
In days of old, when Wesley's powerGathered new strength by every hour;Apostate Will, just sunk in trade,Resolved his bargain should ...
Antichrist, or the Reunion of Christendom: An Ode (Gilbert Keith Chesterton Poems)
Are they clinging to their crosses,F. E. Smith,Where the Breton boat-fleet tosses,Are they, Smith?Do they, fasting, trembling, bleeding,Wait the news ...
To The Rev. A. A. In The Country From His Friend In London (Horace Smith Poems)
Thou little village curate, Come quick, and do not wait;We'll sit and talk together, So sweetly _tete-a-tete_.Oh do not fear the railway Because ...
The Duellist – Book III (Charles Churchill Poems)
Ah me! what mighty perils waitThe man who meddles with a state,Whether to strengthen, or oppose!False are his friends, and ...
Inebriety (George Crabbe Poems)
The mighty spirit, and its power, which stainsThe bloodless cheek, and vivifies the brains,I sing. Say, ye, its fiery vot'ries ...
The Borough. Letter III: The Vicar–The Curate (George Crabbe Poems)
THE VICAR.WHERE ends our chancel in a vaulted space,Sleep the departed Vicars of the place;Of most, all mention, memory, thought ...
The Banker and the Cobbler (Alphonse Marie Lois de Lamartine Poems)
There was a cobbler once, who sang all day;'Twas wonderful to see the man, and thenTo hear him quavering away,Happier ...
Neighbour Peter’s Mare (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name), But little preached, except when vintage came; And then no preparation he required ...
The New Freethinker (G. K. Chesterton Poem)
John Grubby who was short and stout And troubled with religious doubt, Refused about the age of three To sit ...
Antichrist, or the Reunion of Christendom: An Ode (G. K. Chesterton Poem)
Are they clinging to their crosses, F. E. Smith, Where the Breton boat-fleet tosses, Are they, Smith? Do they, fasting, ...
The Sompnour’s Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
THE PROLOGUE. The Sompnour in his stirrups high he stood, Upon this Friar his hearte was so wood,* *furious That ...
The General Prologue (Geoffrey Chaucer Poem)
WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot*, *sweet The drought of March hath pierced to the root, And bathed every ...
Northern Farmer: New Style (Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems)
Dosn't thou 'ear my 'erse's legs, as they canters awaäy? Proputty, proputty, proputty--that's what I 'ears 'em saäy. Proputty, proputty, ...
Willie (Robert William Service Poems)
'Why did the lady in the lift Slap that poor parson's face?' Said Mother, thinking as she sniffed, Of clerical ...
My Future (Robert William Service Poems)
"Let's make him a sailor," said Father, "And he will adventure the sea." "A soldier," said Mother, "is rather What ...