Eclogue VI (Virgil Poems)
TO VARUSFirst my Thalia stooped in sportive moodTo Syracusan strains, nor blushed withinThe woods to house her. When I sought ...
Poems about ill-starred (20 Poems)
Lachin Y Gair (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
Away, ye gay landscapes, ye garden of roses!In you let the minions of luxury rove;Restore me to the rocks, where ...
The Fate of Maximilian of Mexico And His Empress (Janet Hamilton Poems)
"Take physic, Pomp!" Look on that noble brow—Of what avail thy garish splendours now—The crown of Empire, worn for three ...
Poetry: An Acrostic (John Critchley Prince Poems)
Pure and unstained, I live in Cowper's lore;On heavenward pinions I with Milton soar;Ever and anon I change with playful ...
Love Or Fame: Part II: The Storm (Fannie Isabelle Sherrick Poems)
One eve she stood upon a lonely lea And watched the deep'ning shadows grim That threw their forms athwart the ...
To Angelo Mai, (Count Giacomo Leopardi Poems)
ON HIS DISCOVERY OF THE LOST BOOKS OF CICERO,"DE REPUBLICA." Italian bold, why wilt thou never cease The fathers from ...
Tablet (Ahmad Shamlu Poems)
As the dark cloud passed, I in the crimson shadow of the moon viewed the square and the streets an ...
Ode On The Present Times, 27th January 1795 (Amelia Opie Poems)
Lo! Winter drives his horrors round; Wide o'er the rugged soil they fly; In their cold ...
Arabesque (Emma Lazarus Poems)
On a background of pale goldI would trace with quaint design,Penciled fine,Brilliant-colored, Moorish scenes,Mosques and crescents, pages, queens,Line on line,That ...
An Officer Deplores The Misery Of The Time (Confucius Poems)
In the fourth month summer shines; In the sixth the heat declines. Nature thus grants men relief; Tyranny gives only ...
A Tornado (George Hannibal Temple Poems)
'Twas early eve, the gentle rain Sprinkled the fields from heaven's domain;And distant winds, provoked, began to play,When clouds, confused, ...
Hard Work (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
One day, in ages dark and dim,A toiler, weary, worn and faint,Who found his task too much for him,Gave voice ...
The Persian Version (Robert Graves Poem)
Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon. As for the Greek theatrical tradition Which represents ...
Lachin Y Gair (Lord Byron Poem)
Away, ye gay landscapes, ye garden of roses! In you let the minions of luxury rove; Restore me to the ...
Ill-Starred (Charles Baudelaire Poem)
To bear a weight that cannot be borne, Sisyphus, even you aren't that strong, Although your heart cannot be torn ...
Tales Of Arabia (Robert Louis Stevenson Poems)
YES, friend, I own these tales of Arabia Smile not, as smiled their flawless originals, Age-old but yet untamed, for ...
Electra On Azalea Path (Sylvia Plath Poems)
The day you died I went into the dirt, Into the lightless hibernaculum Where bees, striped black and gold, sleep ...
Beautiful Village of Penicuik (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
The village of Penicuik, with its neighbouring spinning mills, Is most lovely to see, and the Pentland Hills; And though ...
Grace Darling (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
As the night was beginning to close in one rough September day In the year of 1838, a steamer passed ...
Loch Leven (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Beautiful Loch Leven, near by Kinross For a good day's fishing the angler is seldom at a loss, For the ...