A Marriage (Eli Siegel Poems)
1. North Carolina, Washington and Baltimore. 2. An auto going south, and words in a room, And outside, pink of ...
Poems about imposing (21 Poems)
Marlburyes Fate (Benjamin Tompson Poems)
When London's fatal bills were blown abroadAnd few but Specters travel'd on the road,Not towns but men in the black ...
Dear Old London (Eugene Field Poems)
When I was broke in London in the fall of '89, I chanced to spy in Oxford Street this tantalizing ...
August (Boris Pasternak Poems)
This was its promise, held to faithfully:The early morning sun came in this wayUntil the angle of its saffron beamBetween ...
Why! (C J Dennis Poems)
Sisters!I've thought o'er this until my brain has blisters.Are you, indeed, such valiant resistersOf all the charm, the grace, the ...
The Swan Of Dijon (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I was in Dijon when the war's wild blastWas at its loudest; when there was no soundFrom dawn to dawn, ...
Exit God (Gamaliel Bradford Poems)
Of old our father's God was real,Something they almost saw,Which kept them to a stern idealAnd scourged them into awe.They ...
Haschisch (Arthur Symons Poems)
Behind the door, beyond the light,Who is it waits there in the night?When he has entered he will stand,Imposing with ...
Four Quartets 2: East Coker (T. S. Eliot Poem)
I In my beginning is my end. In succession Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed, restored, ...
Nature can do no more (Emily Dickinson Poem)
Nature can do no more She has fulfilled her Dyes Whatever Flower fail to come Of other Summer days Her ...
In rags mysterious as these (Emily Dickinson Poem)
In rags mysterious as these The shining Courtiers go -- Veiling the purple, and the plumes -- Veiling the ermine ...
Waiting For The Barbarians (Constantine P. Cavafy Poem)
What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today. Why isn't anything happening in ...
The Battle of Alexandria (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
It was on the 21st of March in the year of 1801, The British were at their posts every man; ...
The Battle of Atbara (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Ye Sons of Great Britain, pray list to me, And I'll tell ye of a great victory. Where the British ...
The Battle of Shina, in Africa, Fought in 1800 (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
King Shuac, the Giant of Mizra, war did declare Against Ulva, King of Shina, telling him to prepare And be ...
The Death of Prince Leopold (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Alas! noble Prince Leopold, he is dead! Who often has his lustre shed: Especially by singing for the benefit of ...
The Great Franchise Demonstration (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1884, and on Saturday the 20th of September, Which the inhabitants of Dundee will long ...
The Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1897, and on the 22nd of June, Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in London caused a ...
A Humble Heroine (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas at the Seige of Matagarda, during the Peninsular War, That a Mrs Reston for courage outshone any man there ...
Beautiful Nairn (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
All ye tourists who wish to be away From the crowded city for a brief holiday; The town of Nairn ...
Death and Burial of Lord Tennyson (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Alas! England now mourns for her poet that's gone- The late and the good Lord Tennyson. I hope his soul ...