The Famous Historie: Cap. XVI (Patrick Gordon Poems)
The Argument.The English armie furth before their KingTo mater comes and all their foraigne aidDouglas returnd recounteth eurie thingDitchis t'intrap ...
Poems about dunces (21 Poems)
Concerning The New Jerusalem (Rees Prichard Poems)
Ye Britons of the South come forth,With all your brethren of the North,And hearken to a pastor's strains,Who'd lead you ...
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 ...
Aims At Happiness (Jane Taylor Poems)
HOW oft has sounded whip and wheel,How oft is buckled spur to heel,How many a steed in short relayStands harnessed ...
Of Benevolence: An Epistle To Eumenes (John Armstrong Poems)
Kind to my frailties still, Eumenes, hear;Once more I try the patience of your ear.Not oft I sing: the happier ...
The Antiquarian (Hattie Howard Poems)
Millions have been and passed from view Benignity who never knew; No aspiration theirs, nor aim; Existence soulless as the clay From whence they ...
Lines To A Parrot (Joanna Baillie Poems)
IN these our days of sentimentWhen youthful poets all lamentSome dear lost joy, some cruel maid;Old friendship changed and faith ...
Given To A Lady Who Asked Me To Write A Poem (Janet Little Poems)
IN royal Anna's golden days,Hard was the task to gain the bays:Hard was it then the hill to climb;Some broke ...
From Delia To Alonzo Who Had Sent Her A Slighting Epistle (Janet Little Poems)
SIR, I your letter did peruse;So elegant the style you use,Abash'd, confounded I did museStruck with amaze;Great wit and learning ...
The Sick Lion and the Ass (Jonathan Swift Poems)
A lion sunk by time's decay,Too feeble grown to hunt his prey,Observed his fatal hour draw nigh:He drooped and laid ...
To A Lady Who Sent The Author Some Paper With A Reading Of Sillar’s Poems (Janet Little Poems)
DEAR madam, with joy I read over your letter;Your kindness still tends to confirm me your debtor;But can't think of ...
Tale I (George Crabbe Poems)
THE DUMB ORATORS; OR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY.That all men would be cowards if they dare,Some men we know have ...
The Dunciad: Book IV (Alexander Pope Poems)
Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!Of darkness visible so much be ...
The Dunciad: Book II. (Alexander Pope Poems)
High on a gorgeous seat, that far out-shoneHenley's gilt tub, or Flecknoe's Irish throne,Or that where on her Curlls the ...
A Family Epsitle To A Friend (Anne MacVicar Grant Poems)
DEAR BEATRICE , with pleasure I read your kind letter;On the subject, methinks, there could scarce be a better:How vivid ...
The Borough. Letter VII: Professions–Physic (George Crabbe Poems)
NEXT, to a graver tribe we turn our view,And yield the praise to worth and science due,But this with serious ...
The Dunciad: Book III. (Alexander Pope Poems)
But in her Temple's last recess inclos'd, On Dulness' lap th' Anointed head repos'd. Him close she curtains round with ...
The Gladstone Alphabet (E W Bowling Poems)
A's Aristides, or Gladstone the Good; B is Lord B., whom I'd crush if I could. C are Conservatives, full ...
What Is Fancy? (Charles Lamb Poems)
SISTER.I am to write three lines, and youThree others that will rhyme.There—now I've done my task.BROTHER.Three stupid lines as e'er ...
Rome: Building a New Street in the Ancient Quarter (Thomas Hardy Poem)
These numbered cliffs and gnarls of masonry Outskeleton Time's central city, Rome; Whereof each arch, entablature, and dome Lies bare ...
Sekhmet, the Lion-headed Goddess of War (Margaret Atwood Poem)
He was the sort of man who wouldn't hurt a fly. Many flies are now alive while he is not. ...