Damon And Philander (Janet Little Poems)
DAMON.THE sun with keenness darts his sultry ray;To some cool shade Philander haste away,Nigh yon smooth riv'let, where the southern ...
Poems about disrespect (20 Poems)
The Duty Of Children To Their Parents (Rees Prichard Poems)
ALL honour, reverence, and due regard,My son! unto thy parents ever give:'Tis God's command! — and thou, for thy reward,Shalt, ...
Josephine (John O Brien Poems)
The presbytery has gone to pot since this house-keeper came;She's up-to-date and stylish; but the place is not the sameSince ...
Prelude (George Wither Poems)
(From _The Shepherd's Hunting_)Seest thou not, in clearest days,Oft thick fogs cloud Heaven's rays?And that vapours which do breatheFrom the ...
A New Temperance Poem, in Memory of My Departed Parents, Who Were Sober Living & God Fearing People (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
My parents were sober living, and often did prayFor their family to abstain from intoxicating drink alway;Because they knew it ...
A Legal Mouse (Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer Poems)
A lawyer had a legal mouse,A naughty one they say,That took possession of his houseAnd papers ev'ry day,His books and ...
November , 1789. (Janet Little Poems)
WHILE Morcham does your much lov'd presence share,And Lydia's health claims your maternal care,O Madam, deign with candour to peruseA ...
Experience In Poverty (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
A.HOW bitterly you speak!B.I have good warrant.A.Well, for my part, I hold your creed is false.Uncharitable, monstrous! I have seenThe ...
The Muse (George Wither Poems)
She doth tell me where to borrowComfort in the midst of sorrow:Makes the desolatest placeTo her presence be a grace;And ...
The Nut (Jessie Pope Poems)
He used to get, when in civilian state,His tea and shaving water, sharp, at eight.Then ten delicious minutes would be ...
The Borough. Letter VIII: Trades (George Crabbe Poems)
OF manufactures, trade, inventions rare,Steam-towers and looms, you'd know our Borough's share -'Tis small: we boast not these rich subjects ...
A Message To America (Alan Seeger Poems)
You have the grit and the guts, I know; You are ready to answer blow for blow You are virile, ...
Mister Dwiggins (Edwin Ford Piper Poems)
"Bill Dwiggins had been Billy thirty years,A boyish name which piqued his clever wife,As if her man were ticketed light-weightOut ...
Bad king John (Eleanor Farjeon Poems)
John, John, bad King John Shamed the throne that he sat on; Not a scruple, not a straw, Cared this ...
The Crabs (Brian Vrepont Poems)
The crabs are lunching;An hour I've watched, and still they eat,Pincering microcosms from the scaly rocks,Time to split-second mouth shutteringsLink ...
How destitute is he (Emily Dickinson Poem)
How destitute is he Whose Gold is firm Who finds it every time The small stale Sum -- When Love ...
A Message to America (Alan Seeger Poems)
You have the grit and the guts, I know; You are ready to answer blow for blow You are virile, ...
Death And Life (Robert William Service Poems)
'Twas in the grave-yard's gruesome gloom That May and I were mated; We sneaked inside and on a tomb Our ...
The Married Lover (Coventry Patmore Poems)
Why, having won her, do I woo? Because her spirit's vestal grace Provokes me always to pursue, But, spirit-like, eludes ...
A New Year’s Resolution to Leave Dundee (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Welcome! thrice welcome! to the year 1893, For it is the year I intend to leave Dundee, Owing to the ...