Aerophorion (Henry James Pye Poems)
When bold Ambition tempts the ingenuous mind To leave the beaten paths of life behind, Sublime on Glory's pinions to arise, Urg'd by ...
Poems about cynics (19 Poems)
Poetic Lines, Addressed To Four Children (Mary Hopkins Pilkington Poems)
FOUR beggars at once! each imploring a poet,If the muses inspire, on their persons to show it;But the Helicon's distant--and ...
Bourke (Henry Lawson Poems)
I've followed all my tracks and ways,from old bark school to Leicester Square,I've been right back to boyhood's days, and ...
Life From 1835 to 1851 (William Gay Poems)
And, now, a vacancy occurs,For very nearly sixteen years,In which I'd not the least desire,To strike the harp or tune ...
The Tantanoola Tiger (Max Harris Poems)
There in the bracken was the ominous spoor mark,Huge, splayed, deadly, and quiet as breath,And all around lay bloodied and ...
Legend of Rosemary (Reginald Arkell Poems)
There was once a lady, divinely tall,who lived high up in a castle wall,and longed to be lord in her ...
A Politician (Donald Marquis Poems)
LEADER no more, be judged of us! Hailed Chief, and loved, of yore -- Youth, and the faith of youth, ...
Quaff The Glass, The Wine Is Red (Freeman Edwin Miller Poems)
Quaff the glass, the wine is red, And the rose of youth is glowing, While the toils of life ...
Sacrifices (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
BEHIND full many a gift there lies A splendid tale of sacrifice. On Christmas morn a mother's handAbout a young ...
Fain Would I Be A Man (Charles Guerin Poems)
Fain would I be a man; now in no wiseMy poems answer man's distress and cries.Some men will wile their ...
The Wisdom of Folly (Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler Poems)
The cynics say that every roseIs guarded by a thorn that growsTo spoil our posies:But I no pleasure therefore lack;I ...
Sleep Of A University (F Scott Fitzgerald Poems)
WATCHING through the long, dim hours Like statued Mithras, stand ironic towers; Their haughty lines severe by light Are softened ...
Modern Declaration (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I, having loved ever since I was a child a few things, never having waveredIn these affections; never through shyness ...
A Word to the Wise (Caroline Duer Poems)
"If wisdom's height is only disenchantment, As say the cynics of a certain school, And sages grow more sad ...
The Christ of the ‘Never’ (Henry Lawson Poems)
With eyes that are narrowed to pierce To the awful horizons of land, Through the blaze of hot days, and ...
owl power (Rg Gregory Poem)
they say in the local sanctuary owls are the stupidest creatures all this wisdom business is the mythological media at ...
Dreams Are Best (Robert William Service Poems)
I just think that dreams are best, Just to sit and fancy things; Give your gold no acid test, Try ...
Deborah’s Parrot, a Village Tale (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
'Twas in a little western town An ancient Maiden dwelt: Her name was MISS, or MISTRESS, Brown, Or DEBORAH, or ...
Modern Declaration (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
I, having loved ever since I was a child a few things, never having wavered In these affections; never through ...