His Father (John O Brien Poems)
We meet him first in frills immersed,By everyone caressed and nursed, A bonny baby-rather!But, though they please his every whim,Fill up ...
Poems about half-mast (21 Poems)
At half-mast (Emily Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) Poems)
You didn't know Billy, did you? Well, Bill was one of the boys,The greatest fellow you ever seen to racket ...
When The Duke of Clarence Died (Henry Lawson Poems)
LET US sing in tear-choked numbers how the Duke of Clarence went,Just to make a royal sorrow rather more pre-eminent.Ladies ...
In Memory of General Grant (Henry Abbey Poems)
WHITE wings of commerce sailing far, Hot steam that drives the weltering wheel,Tamed lightning speeding on the wire, Iron postman on the ...
Poem (James Madison Bell Poems)
Wherefore half-mast and waving sadly And seeming ill-disposed to move,Are those bright emblems which so gladly Were wont to wave our homes ...
The Curieux (John Mayne Poems)
What mean the colours half-mast high, In yonder ship upon the main?Ah me! a seaman made reply, Some hero of renown is ...
The “Little Una” (Gerard Addington D Arcy Irvine Poems)
The wind was blowing lightlyAlong the gleaming sea,The sun was shining brightlyOn children in their glee,On vessels in the harbour,And ...
Hawkers (Henry Lawson Poems)
Dust, dust, dust and a dog -Oh! The sheep-dog won't be last.When the long, long, shadow of the old bay ...
The Ice-Floes (Edwin John Pratt Poems)
Dawn from the Foretop! Dawn from the Barrel! A scurry of feet with a roar overhead;The master-watch wildly pointing to ...
Forby Sutherland (George Gordon McCrae Poems)
A LANE of elms in June;-the air Of eve is cool and calm and sweet. See! straying here a ...
City Contrasts (Anonymous Americas Poems)
A barefooted child on the crossing,Sweeping the mud away,A lady in silks and diamonds,Proud of the vain display;A beggar blind ...
A Sough O’ War (Charles Murray Poems)
The corn was turnin', hairs t was near,But lang afore the scythes could startA sough o'war gaed through the landAn' ...
A Ballad of Footmen (Amy Lowell Poem)
Now what in the name of the sun and the stars Is the meaning of this most unholy of wars? ...
The Galley-Slave (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
Oh gallant was our galley from her caren steering-wheel To her figurehead of silver and her beak of hammered steel; ...
A BROTHER IN NEED (Henrik Ibsen Poem)
NOW, rallying once if ne'er again, With flag at half-mast flown, A people in dire need and strain Mans Tyra's ...
Presentable (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
I saw you before You were "presentable" White chest hair, almost clear Open mouth, broken tooth Eyes at half-mast Like ...
What Forgotten Realm? (Alain Bosquet Poem)
Let me introduce to you my poetry: it's an island flying from book to book searching for the page where ...
The Hon. Sec. (John Betjeman Poem)
The flag that hung half-mast today Seemed animate with being As if it knew for who it flew And will ...
A Day Like Any Other (Lisel Mueller Poems)
Such insignificance: a glance at your record on the doctor's desk or a letter not meant for you. How could ...
The Wanderer (John Masefield Poems)
ALL day they loitered by the resting ships, Telling their beauties over, taking stock; At night the verdict left my ...
GRANDAD AND A PRAMLOAD OF CLOCKS (John Lindley Poems)
Wheeling them in, the yard gate at half-mast with its ticking hinge, the tin bucket with a hairnet of webs, ...