Song Of A Brigadier (Anonymous Americas Poems)
I wear a splendid uniform;I ride a splendid nag;I talk both loud and valiantlyOf Honor and the Flag;But let the ...
Poems about expects (21 Poems)
Faith (Caroline Fry Poems)
Faith, like a simple, unsuspecting child,Serenely resting on its mother's arm,Reposing every care upon her God,Sleeps on his bosom, and ...
An Invocation To Summer (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
AH! Summer, why so long delay'dThy wonted influence? Why afraidThy laughing face to shew?Instead of full prolific beams,Thy countenance but ...
Helva (Alice Cary Poems)
Her white hands full of mountain flowers,Down by the rough rocks and the sea,Helva, the raven-tressed, for hours,Has gazed forth ...
Under Aldebaran (A D Hope Poems)
The place, my lord, is much like Gideon's fleeceThe second time he laid it on the ground;For by the will ...
Autumn Leaves (Anna Seward Poems)
Behold that tree in autumn's dim decay, Stripped by the frequent chill and eddying wind; Where yet some yellow lonely ...
Jonathan Jo (A.A. Milne Poems)
"Jonathan JoHas a mouth like an ""O""And a wheelbarrow full of surprises;If you ask for a bat,Or for something like ...
Signal To The Pacific (A P Herbert Poems)
Good luck, Illustrious, and all the Fleet!England expects the usual from you:And while the Brown Beast dies upon his feet,You'll ...
Biscuit (Jane Kenyon Poem)
The dog has cleaned his bowl and his reward is a biscuit, which I put in his mouth like a ...
The Curse Upon Edward (Thomas Gray Poem)
WEAVE the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters ...
The Bard (Thomas Gray Poem)
Pindaric Ode "Ruin seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners wait! Tho' fanned by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock ...
Nostos (Louise Gluck Poem)
There was an apple tree in the yard -- this would have been forty years ago -- behind, only meadows. ...
Lazarus named for a reason (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The rich man was every man anonymous, unnamed yet the beggar was given a name that we remember the truth ...
Neighbour Peter’s Mare (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
A CERTAIN pious rector (John his name), But little preached, except when vintage came; And then no preparation he required ...
Supplication (Constantine P. Cavafy Poem)
The sea took a sailor to its depths.-- His mother, unsuspecting, goes and lights a tall candle before the Virgin ...
The Improvisatore (Samuel Coleridge Poem)
Scene--A spacious drawing-room, with music-room adjoining. Katharine. What are the words ? Eliza. Ask our friend, the Improvisatore ; here ...
Bishop Blougram’s Apology (Robert Browning Poems)
NO more wine? then we'll push back chairs and talk. A final glass for me, though: cool, i' faith! We ...
To A Poet Breaking Silence (Francis Thompson Poems)
Too wearily had we and song Been left to look and left to long, Yea, song and we to long ...
Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot (Alexander Pope Poems)
Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The dog-star ...
Enigma (Thomas Moore Poems)
Come riddle-me-ree, come riddle-me-ree, And tell me, what my name may be. I am nearly one hundred and thirty years ...
Last Instructions to a Painter (Andrew Marvell Poems)
After two sittings, now our Lady State To end her picture does the third time wait. But ere thou fall'st ...