The Elves (Denise Levertov Poem)
Elves are no smaller than men, and walk as men do, in this world, but with more grace than most, ...
Poems about elves (31 Poems)
The Eve Of St. Agnes (John Keats Poem)
St. Agnes' Eve--Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limp'd trembling through ...
May and the Poets (James Henry Leigh Hunt Poem)
There is May in books forever; May will part from Spenser never; May's in Milton, May's in Prior, May's in ...
The Starlight Night (Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem)
Look at the stars! look, look up at the skies! O look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air! ...
The Night Piece, to Julia (Robert Herrick Poem)
Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like ...
THE FAIRY TEMPLE; OR, OBERON’S CHAPEL (Robert Herrick Poems)
THE FAIRY TEMPLE; OR, OBERON'S CHAPEL DEDICATED TO MR JOHN MERRIFIELD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW RARE TEMPLES THOU HAST SEEN, I ...
Oberon’s Feast (Robert Herrick Poems)
Hapcot! To thee the Fairy State I with discretion, dedicate. Because thou prizest things that are Curious, and un-familiar. Take ...
Night Piece, to Julia (Robert Herrick Poem)
Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee, And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like ...
THE BEGGAR TO MAB, THE FAIRY QUEEN (Robert Herrick Poem)
Please your Grace, from out your store Give an alms to one that's poor, That your mickle may have more. ...
Babylon (Robert Graves Poem)
The child alone a poet is: Spring and Fairyland are his. Truth and Reason show but dim, And all's poetry ...
Cornish Lullaby (Eugene Field Poem)
Out on the mountain over the town, All night long, all night long, The trolls go up and the trolls ...
The Convent Gardener Of Lamporechio (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
WHEN Cupid with his dart, would hearts assail, The rampart most secure is not the VEIL; A husband better will ...
Joconde (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
IN Lombardy's fair land, in days of yore, Once dwelt a prince, of youthful charms, a store; Each FAIR, with ...
The Eagle, The Sow, And The Cat (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
THE Queen of Birds, t'encrease the Regal Stock, Had hatch'd her young Ones in a stately Oak, Whose Middle-part was ...
A Line-Storm Song (Robert Frost Poem)
The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift. The road is forlorn all day, Where a myriad snowy quartz stones lift, ...
Mending Wall (Robert Frost Poem)
Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it And spills the upper boulder in ...
Besides the Autumn poets sing (Emily Dickinson Poem)
Besides the Autumn poets sing A few prosaic days A little this side of the snow And that side of ...
Worthy Places (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
There were some worthy places where we could escape, avoid the heavy weight of living in a densely peopled space; ...
Every Time I laugh Aloud (An Ode to Short People) (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
Every time I laugh aloud, who springs to mind but Johnnie Howard? Cathartic laughter eases stress which Johnnie causes in ...
An Excelente Balade of Charitie: As Wroten bie the Gode Pri (Thomas Chatterton Poem)
In Virgynë the sweltrie sun gan sheene, And hotte upon the mees did caste his raie; The apple rodded from ...
Gertrude of Wyoming (Thomas Campbell Poem)
PART I On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming! Although the wild-flower on thy ruin'd wall, And roofless homes, a sad remembrance ...
The Miller’s Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
THE PROLOGUE. When that the Knight had thus his tale told In all the rout was neither young nor old, ...
Phantasmagoria CANTO III ( Scarmoges ) (Lewis Carroll Poem)
"AND did you really walk," said I, "On such a wretched night? I always fancied Ghosts could fly - If ...
To Romance (Lord Byron Poem)
Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious Queen of childish joys, Who lead'st along, in airy dance, Thy votive train of ...
The Frost-King – Song II (Louisa May Alcott Poem)
Brighter shone the golden shadows; On the cool wind softly came The low, sweet tones of happy flowers, Singing little ...
Fairy Song (Louisa May Alcott Poem)
The moonlight fades from flower and rose And the stars dim one by one; The tale is told, the song ...
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 ...
The Wandering Bard (Thomas Moore Poems)
What life like that of the bard can be -- The wandering bard, who roams as free As the mountain ...
From ‘Arcades’ (John Milton Poems)
O'RE the smooth enameld green Where no print of step hath been, Follow me as I sing, And touch the ...
Comus (John Milton Poems)
A Masque Presented At Ludlow Castle, 1634, Before The Earl Of Bridgewater, Then President Of Wales. The Persons The ATTENDANT ...