France–December 1870 (George Meredith Poems)
IWe look for her that sunlike stoodUpon the forehead of our day,An orb of nations, radiating foodFor body and for ...
Poems about lopped (21 Poems)
An Epistle (Emma Lazarus Poems)
I.Master and Sage, greetings and health to thee,From thy most meek disciple! Deign once moreEndure me at thy feet, enlighten ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXVII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE UNWELCOME GUEST.I have brought young Kaukomieli,Brought the Islander and hero,Also known as Lemminkainen,Through the jaws of death and ruin,Through ...
The Torture Of Cuauhtemoc (Alan Seeger Poems)
Their strength had fed on this when Death's white arms Came sleeved in vapors and miasmal dew, Curling across the ...
Upon A Branch Of Flowering Acacia (Frances Anne Kemble Poems)
The blossoms hang again upon the tree, As when with their sweet breath they greeted me Against my ...
The After Woman (Francis Thompson Poems)
Daughter of the ancient Eve,We know the gifts ye gave--and give.Who knows the gifts which YOU shall give,Daughter of the ...
The Old Canoe (Albert Pike Poems)
Where the rocks are gray and the shore is steep, And the waters below look dark and deep, Where the ...
Sold Foreign (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
In Lady Dock, in Lady Dock, the ships from far and wideLay down their loads of fragrant deals the dusky ...
An Inventory of the Furniture in Dr. Priestley’s Study (Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld Poems)
A map of every country known,With not a foot to call his own.A list of folks that kicked a dustOn ...
The Invective of Achilles–V. 225 (George Meredith Poems)
Bibber besotted, with scowl of a cur, having heart of a deer, thou!Never to join to thy warriors armed for ...
Glencoe (Douglas Alexander Stewart Poems)
Sigh, wind in the pine;River, weep as you flow;Terrible things were doneLong, long ago.In daylight golden and mildAfter the night ...
Picasso (E. E. Cummings Poems)
Picassoyou give us Thingswhichbulge:grunting lungs pumped full of sharp thick mindyou make us shrillpresents alwaysshut in the sumptuous screech ofsimplicity(out ...
Lovesong (Ted Hughes Poem)
He loved her and she loved him His kisses sucked out her whole past and future or tried to He ...
The Battle Of Agincourt (Michael Drayton Poem)
Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance, Nor now to prove our chance Longer will tarry; ...
A Hermit Thrush (Amy Clampitt Poem)
Nothing's certain. Crossing, on this longest day, the low-tide-uncovered isthmus, scrambling up the scree-slope of what at high tide will ...
Mementos (Charlotte Bronte Poem)
ARRANGING long-locked drawers and shelves Of cabinets, shut up for years, What a strange task we've set ourselves ! How ...
From A German War Primer (Bertolt Brecht Poem)
AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED It is considered low to talk about food. The fact is: they have Already eaten. The ...
For A Row Of Laurel Shrubs (David Wagoner Poems)
They don't want to be your hedge, Your barrier, your living wall, the no-go Go-between between your property And the ...
The Torture of Cuauhtemoc (Alan Seeger Poems)
Their strength had fed on this when Death's white arms Came sleeved in vapors and miasmal dew, Curling across the ...
Cuttings (Theodore Roethke Poems)
This urge, wrestle, resurrection of dry sticks, Cut stems struggling to put down feet, What saint strained so much, Rose ...
Meditation under Stars (George Meredith Poems)
What links are ours with orbs that are So resolutely far: The solitary asks, and they Give radiance as from ...