The Sompnour’s Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
THE PROLOGUE. The Sompnour in his stirrups high he stood, Upon this Friar his hearte was so wood,* *furious That ...
Poems about load (51 Poems)
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Coleridge Poem)
Part I It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. 'By thy long grey beard and glittering ...
The house where I was born (04) (Yves Bonnefoy Poem)
Another time. It was still night. Water slid Silently on the black ground, And I knew that my only task ...
To G. M. W. And G. F. W. (Ellis Parker Butler Poem)
Whenas-(I love that "whenas" word- It shows I am a poet, too,) Q. Horace Flaccus gaily stirred The welkin with ...
If This Be All (Anne Bronte Poem)
O God! if this indeed be all That Life can show to me; If on my aching brow may fall ...
The Doubter’s Prayer (Anne Bronte Poems)
Eternal Power, of earth and air! Unseen, yet seen in all around, Remote, but dwelling everywhere, Though silent, heard in ...
A Hymn (Anne Bronte Poem)
Eternal power of earth and air, Unseen, yet seen in all around, Remote, but dwelling everywhere, Though silent, heard in ...
The Growth of Love (Robert Seymour Bridges Poem)
1 They that in play can do the thing they would, Having an instinct throned in reason's place, --And every ...
Honour’s Martyr (Emily Bronte Poems)
The moon is full this winter night; The stars are clear, though few; And every window glistens bright, With leaves ...
Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine (Hilaire Belloc Poem)
To exalt, enthrone, establish and defend, To welcome home mankind's mysterious friend Wine, true begetter of all arts that be; ...
To Time (Lord Byron Poem)
Time! on whose arbitrary wing The varying hours must flag or fly, Whose tardy winter, fleeting spring, But drag or ...
The Prisoner of Chillon (Lord Byron Poem)
I My hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have ...
452. Epigram pinned to Mrs. Riddell’s carriage (Robert Burns Poems)
IF you rattle along like your Mistress' tongue, Your speed will outrival the dart; But a fly for your load, ...
212. Song-Raving Winds Around her Blowing (Robert Burns Poem)
RAVING winds around her blowing, Yellow leaves the woodlands strowing, By a river hoarsely roaring, Isabella stray'd deploring- "Farewell, hours ...
279. Epigram on Francis Grose the Antiquary (Robert Burns Poem)
THE DEVIL got notice that Grose was a-dying So whip! at the summons, old Satan came flying; But when he ...
83. The Cotter’s Saturday Night (Robert Burns Poems)
MY lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride, I scorn each selfish ...
From “Vashti” (Lascelles Abercrombie Poem)
WHAT thing shall be held up to woman's beauty? Where are the bounds of it? Yea, what is all The ...
You Mustn’t Show Weakness (Yehuda Amichai Poems)
You mustn't show weakness and you've got to have a tan. But sometimes I feel like the thin veils of ...
258. Epistle to James Tennant of Glenconner (Robert Burns Poems)
AULD comrade dear, and brither sinner, How's a' the folk about Glenconner? How do you this blae eastlin wind, That's ...
105. Despondency: An Ode (Robert Burns Poems)
OPPRESS'D with grief, oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can bear, I set me down and sigh; O ...
To Autumn (William Blake Poems)
O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stain'd With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady ...