The Believer’s Espousals : Chapter I. (Ralph Erskine Poems)
Preface.Hark, dying mortal, if the Sonnet proveA song of living and immortal love,'Tis then thy grand concern the theme to ...
Poems about disobedient (19 Poems)
Advice To Ev’ry Master Of A Family, To Govern His House In A Religious Manner (Rees Prichard Poems)
If truly pious thou wou'dst fain appear,And strictly Christian, whilst thou livest here,To a small church convert thy own abode,And ...
Oh! Mr. Malthus! (Stephen Leacock Poems)
'Mother, Mother, here comes Malthus,Mother, hold me tight!Look! It's Mr. Malthus, Mother!Hide me out of sight.'This was the cry of ...
Retaliation: (Oliver Goldsmith Poems)
Of old, when Scarron his companions invited, Each guest brought his dish, and the feast was united; If our landlord supplies us ...
An Octopus (Marianne Moore Poems)
of ice. Deceptively reserved and flat,it lies "in grandeur and in mass"beneath a sea of shifting snow-dunes;dots of cyclamen-red and ...
The Six Burghers Of Calais (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
The burghers six of Calais,True were they and brave;To save their fellow-townsmenTheir lives they freely gave.Will ye hear their story?Come ...
How The Helpmate Of Blue-Beard Made Free With A Door (Guy Wetmore Carryl Poems)
A maiden from the Bosphorus,With eyes as bright as phosphorus,Once wed the wealthy bailiffOf the caliphOf Kelat.Though diligent and zealous, ...
Israel In Egypt. Book Thirteenth. (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
Seven days accomplished,--unto Pharaoh's court The sons of Amram went; by Voice Divine Commanded; and, in presence of the king, ...
King Leir and His Three Daughters (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
A lamentable Song of the Death of King Leir and his Three Daughters. To the tune of When flying Fame.King ...
England’s Alarm. or The Pious Christian’s Speedy Call To Repentance (Anonymous British Poems)
You sober-minded christians now draw near,Labour to learn these pious lessons here;For by the same you will be taught to ...
Last Poet (Evgeny Abramovich Baratynsky Poems)
The age proceeds along its iron path,All hearts a brim with greed; and every hourOur common dreams grow ever more ...
Just A Boy (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Get to understand the lad--He's not eager to be bad;If the right he always knew,He would be as old as ...
To Outsiders Revealed (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Agents of his glory, God has used others, outsiders in the telling of the story of the people the chosen ...
Absalom And Achitophel (John Dryden Poem)
In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, ...
Peace after a Storm (William Cowper Poem)
When darkness long has veil'd my mind, And smiling day once more appears, Then, my Redeemer, then I find The ...
The Double Image (Anne Sexton Poems)
1. I am thirty this November. You are still small, in your fourth year. We stand watching the yellow leaves ...
Gentleness Stirred (Nimah Nawwab Poems)
Striding through the gates of learning, Wrapped warmly in her black abaya, Modestly cloaked head to toe, Not a hair ...
Cuba (Paul Muldoon Poems)
My eldest sister arrived home that morning In her white muslin evening dress. 'Who the hell do you think you ...
Paradise Lost: Book 06 (John Milton Poems)
All night the dreadless Angel, unpursued, Through Heaven's wide champain held his way; till Morn, Waked by the circling Hours, ...