To Charles Cowden Clarke (John Keats Poems)
Oft have you seen a swan superbly frowning,And with proud breast his own white shadow crowning;He slants his neck beneath ...
Poems about epigram (21 Poems)
The Poet’s Garret (Mary Elizabeth Robinson Poems)
COME, sportive Fancy ! Come with me, and traceThe POET'S Attic home ! The lofty seatOf th' Heaven-tutor'd Nine ! ...
How the Melbourne Cup was Won (Henry Kendall Poems)
In the beams of a beautiful day, Made soft by a breeze from the sea,The horses were started away, The fleet-footed thirty ...
A Way To Make A Living (James Wright Poems)
From an epigram by PlatoWhen I was a boy, a relativeAsked for me a jobAt the Weeks Cemetery.Think of all ...
A Sore Point (Jessie Pope Poems)
It was clear that poor Richard was out of the running,His mortification he could not disguise.She flirted with Edward, the ...
Adieu! (Justin H. McCarthy Poems)
I CANNOT praise you, sweet; my verseLimps lamely on from bad to worse.Farewell, most fair farewell, most cruel !Shall I, ...
Jardin Des Tuileries (John Roderigo Dos Passos Poems)
(To A. K. McC.)This is a gardenwhere through the russet mist of clustered treesand strewn November leaves,they crunch with vainglorious ...
To Novella (Mary Barber Poems)
An EpigramYou cry, She's bred in the Old Way;Then into Laughter fall:Were she as just to you, she'd say,You are ...
To The Right Hon. Mr. Dodington (Edward Young Poems)
Long, Dodington, in debt, I long have sought To ease the burden of my graceful thought: And now a ...
The Finding Of The Book (Archbishop William Alexander Poems)
The enchanted island rose before me, drawnMore beautiful than words of mine may reach;It lay magnificent in a magic dawn,And ...
Satyre Preludium (Edward Guilpin Poems)
Fie on these Lydian tunes which blunt our sprightsAnd turne our gallants to Hermaphrodites:Giue me a Doricke touch, whose Semphony,And ...
The Duel (Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Poems)
FROM "EUGENE ONIEGIN " 28Yes, foes!-How many days, bethink you, Since hatred stepped the two between, And since in hours ...
Contrarieties (Cesario Verde Poems)
Today I'm cruel, frenetic, demanding;I can not even tolerate the most bizarre books.Incredible! I've already smoked three packets of cigarettes ...
Faith’s Resurgance (Archbishop William Alexander Poems)
IIn the Indian dawnMany a long, voluminous fold,Vicious blue and viscous gold,Twenty living feet of hell,Glides a snake into the ...
The World-Saver (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
If the grim Fates, to stave ennui, Play whips for fun, or snares for game, The liar full of ease ...
Growing Pains (C J Dennis Poems)
Behold the undergraduate -- A most amusing fellowIn all his jesting up-to-date --His sense of humor is so great, His ...
Their Strength (Cyprian Kamil Norwid Poems)
EpigramCommanders valiant, armies fully trained,Police : male, female, uniformed and plain,United against whom?A few ideas that aren't new!(Cyprian Kamil Norwid)
Dtatue And The Bust, The (Robert Browning Poem)
There's a palace in Florence, the world knows well, And a statue watches it from the square, And this story ...
The Statue and the Bust (Robert Browning Poem)
There's a palace in Florence, the world knows well, And a statue watches it from the square, And this story ...
The Ballad Of Blasphemous Bill (Robert William Service Poems)
I took a contract to bury the body of blasphemous Bill MacKie, Whenever, wherever or whatsoever the manner of death ...
Oscar Wilde (Dorothy Parker Poems)
If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all ...