Everyday Characters III – The Belle Of The Ball Room (Winthrop Mackworth Praed Poems)
Years, years ago, ere yet my dreamsHad been of being wise and witty;Ere I had done wth writing themes,Or yawn'd ...
Poems about mortgages (15 Poems)
Quaker Hill (Harold Hart Crane Poems)
Perspective never withers from their eyes;They keep that docile edict of the SpringThat blends March with August Antarctic skies:These are ...
The Wish. (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
When real Blessings are to Men deny'd,With airy Hopes they gratify their Pride;To every Wretch this Privilege extends,However void of ...
Strephon to Celia (Mary Leapor Poems)
Madam I hope you'll think it's trueI deeply am in love with you,When I assure you t'other day,As I was musing ...
The Patriot (John Reade Poems)
God help the man who mortgages his lifeFor patriot dues! Henceforward he is safeNo more. His noblest virtues only chafeThe ...
Rursery Rhymes (Abner Cosens Poems)
Ten Little Slackers Ten little slackers standing in a line, One went to U. S., then there were ...
Causerie (Allen Tate Poems)
. . . party on the stage of the Earl Carroll Theatre onFeb. 23. At this party Joyce Hawley, a ...
Old Town Types No. 6 – Flash Phil (C J Dennis Poems)
Still I've the picture of him -- Flash Phil Galloway; In a shining dog-cart driving down the road;Spanking ponies dashing ...
He Whistled (Frank Lebby Stanton Poems)
WHEN craps wuz burnt to flinders, An' not a rain in sight, He opened all the windersAn' whistled in the ...
Judge Selah Lively (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
Suppose you stood just five feet two,And had worked your way as a grocery clerk,Studying law by candle lightUntil you ...
The Vanity of Human Wishes (excerpts) (Samuel Johnson Poem)
1 Let observation with extensive view, 2 Survey mankind, from China to Peru; 3 Remark each anxious toil, each eager ...
A Letter from Artemesia in the Town to Chloe in the Country (John Wilmot Poems)
Chloe, In verse by your command I write. Shortly you'll bid me ride astride, and fight: These talents better with ...
FACES IN A CROWD (Barry Tebb Poems)
The women are all wearing imitation silk scarves, Blackpool or Biarritz, sipping Woman, masticating The morning's post, new babies and ...
Searcy Foote (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
I wanted to go away to college But rich Aunt Persis wouldn't help me. So I made gardens and raked ...
Judge Selah Lively (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
Suppose you stood just five feet two, And had worked your way as a grocery clerk, Studying law by candle ...