The Scots Apostasie (John Cleveland Poems)
Is't come to this? What shall the cheeks of fame Stretch'd with the breath of learned Loudon's name, Be flogg'd again? And ...
Poems about epithets (21 Poems)
An Epistle To An Editor (Henry Austin Dobson Poems)
"A new Review!" You make me tremble(Though as to that, I can dissembleTill I hear more). But is it "new"?And ...
The Frog (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
Be kind and tender to the Frog,And do not call him names,As "Slimy skin," or "Polly-wog,"Or likewise "Ugly James,"Or "Gap-a-grin," ...
The Prophecy Of Famine (Charles Churchill Poems)
A SCOTS PASTORAL INSCRIBED TO JOHN WILKES, ESQ. Nos patriam fugimus.--VIRGIL.When Cupid first instructs his darts to flyFrom the sly ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXIV (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE BRIDE'S FAREWELL.Osmotar, the bride-instructor,Gives the wedding-guests this counsel,Speaks these measures to the bridegroom:"Ilmarinen, artist-brother,Best of all my hero-brothers,Of my ...
Judith. (Daniel Baker Poems)
I. Speak, Muse, whom wilt thou sing? What mighty Man, what King, Upon the Stage what Hero wilt thou bring, ...
The Bleating of the Sheep (C J Dennis Poems)
Lo, I listened to the bleating of the sheep -- Squatters' sheep --And I sat ...
Styx River Anthology (Carolyn Wells Poems)
A parody of Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology," wherein characters from famous poems and novels recite their own epithets.ANNABEL ...
Anticlimax (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, my gift of crude invective is astonishingly high, And I've quite a flair for fierce vituperation,But I have to ...
Ignoramus (C J Dennis Poems)
What crass, abysmal ignorance! Forlorn! Despite his looks, the man must be half-witted!They gasped for air; they gazed on him ...
Between Ghent And Bruges (Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poems)
AH yes, exactly so; but when a man Has trundled out of England into France And half through Belgium, always ...
So Far to Go (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Yes, we have far to go so far to go in this world, in this country, in the work of ...
A Confidant Without Knowing It; Or The Stratagem (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
NO master sage, nor orator I know, Who can success, like gentle Cupid show; His ways and arguments are pleasing ...
I’ll have to change my mind (Ivan Donn Carswell Poems)
I'll have to change my mind on war, I need to take a break from structured thought; there's more to ...
Fountain of your rise (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
Michelle, the thought of you confused or under siege bereaves us; you, the cheerful heart who waged a silent war ...
Bitter sweet (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
The events of September 11th 2001 remain bitter sweet; as well as 2973 innocents confirmed dead (with their 19 terrorist ...
The Three Voices (Lewis Carroll Poem)
The First Voice HE trilled a carol fresh and free, He laughed aloud for very glee: There came a breeze ...
Poeta Fit, Non Nascitur (Lewis Carroll Poem)
"How shall I be a poet? How shall I write in rhyme? You told me once the very wish Partook ...
A Letter to a Live Poet (Rupert Brooke Poem)
Sir, since the last Elizabethan died, Or, rather, that more Paradisal muse, Blind with much light, passed to the light ...
Frog, The (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
Be kind and tender to the Frog, And do not call him names, As "Slimy skin," or "Polly-wog," Or likewise ...
The Frog (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
Be kind and tender to the Frog, And do not call him names, As "Slimy skin," or "Polly-wog," Or likewise ...