The Bridge of Sighs (Thomas Hood Poem)
One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; ...
Poems about despairing (31 Poems)
St. Winefred’s Well (Gerard Manley Hopkins Poems)
ACT I. SC. I Enter Teryth from riding, Winefred following. T. WHAT is it, Gwen, my girl? why do you ...
Called by God (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Do you hear the whisper of eternity the infinite seeks us all we are all, a personal yearning called by ...
A Holy Saturday (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Waiting, in prayer, for the final fulfillment the raising from the dead, the Messiah in the grave The tomb sealed ...
Hunted (Paul Eluard Poem)
A few grains of dust more or less On ancient shoulders Locks of weakness on weary foreheads This theatre of ...
Time to play (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
It is a pristine page, clean on the blue screen where I compose, I don't expect it to stay that ...
Growing Apart (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
We knew their names or thought we did, we knew their faces from an album of places we'd played in ...
The Heart Healed and Changed by Mercy (William Cowper Poem)
Sin enslaved me many years, And led me bound and blind; Till at length a thousand fears Came swarming o'er ...
Vanity of the World (William Cowper Poem)
God gives his mercies to be spent; Your hoard will do your soul no good. Gold is a blessing only ...
Jehovah-Rophi. I Am the Lord That Healeth Thee (William Cowper Poem)
(Exodus, xv.26) Heal us, Emmanuel! here we are, Waiting to feel Thy touch: Deep-wounded souls to Thee repair And, Saviour, ...
The Improvisatore (Samuel Coleridge Poem)
Scene--A spacious drawing-room, with music-room adjoining. Katharine. What are the words ? Eliza. Ask our friend, the Improvisatore ; here ...
Heritage (Countee Cullen Poem)
What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men, or regal ...
To Those Born After (Bertolt Brecht Poem)
To the cities I came in a time of disorder That was ruled by hunger. I sheltered with the people ...
To Posterity (Bertolt Brecht Poem)
Indeed I live in the dark ages! A guileless word is an absurdity. A smooth forehead betokens A hard heart. ...
Mazeppa (Lord Byron Poem)
'Twas after dread Pultowa's day, When fortune left the royal Swede - Around a slaughtered army lay, No more to ...
Lara (Lord Byron Poem)
LARA. CANTO THE FIRST. I. The Serfs are glad through Lara's wide domain, And slavery half forgets her ...
Darkness (Lord Byron Poem)
I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander ...
Dream Song 4: Filling her compact & delicious body (John Berryman Poem)
Filling her compact & delicious body with chicken páprika, she glanced at me twice. Fainting with interest, I hungered back ...
415. Song-The last time I cam o’er the Moor (Robert Burns Poems)
THE LAST time I came o'er the moor, And left Maria's dwelling, What throes, what tortures passing cure, Were in ...
340. Song-Thou Fair Eliza (Robert Burns Poem)
TURN again, thou fair Eliza! Ae kind blink before we part; Rue on thy despairing lover, Can'st thou break his ...
257. Ode on the Departed Regency Bill (Robert Burns Poem)
DAUGHTER of Chaos' doting years, Nurse of ten thousand hopes and fears, Whether thy airy, insubstantial shade (The rights of ...
554. Song-A Health to ane I loe dear (Robert Burns Poem)
Chorus-Here's a health to ane I loe dear, Here's a health to ane I loe dear; Thou art sweet as ...
The House Of Dust: Part 04: 06: Cinema (Conrad Aiken Poem)
As evening falls, The walls grow luminous and warm, the walls Tremble and glow with the lives within them moving, ...
The House Of Dust: Part 02: 11: Snow falls. The sky is grey, and sullenly glares (Conrad Aiken Poem)
Snow falls. The sky is grey, and sullenly glares With purple lights in the canyoned street. The fiery sign on ...
The Eviction (William Allingham Poem)
In early morning twilight, raw and chill, Damp vapours brooding on the barren hill, Through miles of mire in steady ...
417. Song-Blythe hae I been on yon hill (Robert Burns Poems)
BLYTHE hae I been on yon hill, As the lambs before me; Careless ilka thought and free, As the breeze ...
201. Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787 (Robert Burns Poems)
AFAR 1 the illustrious Exile roams, Whom kingdoms on this day should hail; An inmate in the casual shed, On ...
103. To Ruin (Robert Burns Poems)
ALL hail! inexorable lord! At whose destruction-breathing word, The mightiest empires fall! Thy cruel, woe-delighted train, The ministers of grief ...
105. Despondency: An Ode (Robert Burns Poems)
OPPRESS'D with grief, oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can bear, I set me down and sigh; O ...
529. Song-How cruel are the parents (Robert Burns Poems)
HOW cruel are the parents Who riches only prize, And to the wealthy booby Poor Woman sacrifice! Meanwhile, the hapless ...