A Discourse (Ralph Birchensha Poems)
Wonder to men, worlds glorie, mightie Lord,Earths monarch, Prince of thrones & powers all,Peerlesse for praise, famous in factes and ...
Poems about effected (20 Poems)
Rhodon And Iris. Act III (Ralph Knevet Poems)
SCEN. 1.Clematis Solo Well, if I were but once rid of her service, If I ever serv'd love-sicke mistris againe, I would feed all ...
King Billy’s Skull. (James Brunton Stephens Poems)
THE scene is the Southern Hemisphere;The time - oh, any time of the yearWill do as well as another; say ...
The Sinner and The Spider (John Bunyan Poems)
Sinner.What black, what ugly crawling thing art thou?Spider.I am a spider-------Sinner.A spider, ay, also a filthy creature.Spider.Not filthy as thyself ...
Cicely Fox Smith (Old Poetry Poems)
Cicely Fox Smith1st February 1882Happy 125th Birthdayhttp://oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/Miss_Cicely_Fox_SmithThis month sees the 125th anniversary of the birth of a remarkable lady who ...
The Unfortunate Rambler (Janet Little Poems)
LATE on an evening I chanced to roam,The night it was dark, and the streets they were dirty;It was to ...
LXIII. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Be content with thine own lot, and do not always envy the fortune of others!Shouldst thou secure both these things, ...
XLVII. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
Separation turneth sweet existence bitter unto man-It layeth the very vitals upon fierce, devouring flames!Whatever strength and energy the heart ...
To The Kind Reader (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
No one talks more than a Poet;Fain he'd have the people know it.Praise or blame he ever loves;None in prose ...
Amours De Voyage, Canto I (Arthur Hugh Clough Poems)
Over the great windy waters, and over the clear-crested summits, Unto the sun and the sky, and unto the perfecter ...
The Kalevala – Rune VIII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
MAIDEN OF THE RAINBOW.Pohyola's fair and winsome daughter,Glory of the land and water,Sat upon the bow of heaven,On its highest ...
The Alphabet of the Land Act (Emily Mary Barton Poems)
A WAS the Act, Antecursor of strife,B was the Bill that had brought it to life,C was the Court, overcrowded ...
The Marriage Of Edward Herbert Esquire, And Mrs. Elizabeth Herbert (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poems)
CUPID one day ask'd his Mother, When she meant that he shou'd Wed? You're too Young, my Boy, she ...
TO THE KIND READER. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
No one talks more than a Poet; Fain he'd have the people know it. Praise or blame he ever loves; ...
The Princess Betrothed To The King Of Garba (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
WHAT various ways in which a thing is told Some truth abuse, while others fiction hold; In stories we invention ...
The Marriage of Edward Herbert Esquire, and Mrs. Elizabeth Herbert (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
CUPID one day ask'd his Mother, When she meant that he shou'd Wed? You're too Young, my Boy, she said: ...
Cleon (Robert Browning Poem)
"As certain also of your own poets have said"-- (Acts 17.28) Cleon the poet (from the sprinkled isles, Lily on ...
111. Address to Beelzebub (Robert Burns Poems)
LONG life, my Lord, an' health be yours, Unskaithed by hunger'd Highland boors; Lord grant me nae duddie, desperate beggar, ...
Paradise Lost: Book 09 (John Milton Poems)
No more of talk where God or Angel guest With Man, as with his friend, familiar us'd, To sit indulgent, ...
Paradise Lost: Book 01 (John Milton Poems)
Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and ...