mottoes Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

A Rhyme Of Friends (Robert Graves Poems)

(In a Style Skeltonical)Listen now this timeShortly to my rhymeThat herewith startsAbout certain kind heartsIn those stricken partsThat lie behind ...

The Light on the Wreck (Henry Lawson Poems)

Out there by the rocks, at the end of the bank,In the mouth of the river, the Wanderer sank.She is ...

Song (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)

Unto the portal of the House of Song,Symbols of wrong and emblems of unrest,And mottoes of despair and envious jest,And ...

Aequanimitas (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)

Watchword sublime of Rome's imperial sage,Tersest of synonyms for self-control,Paramount precept of the Stoic's age,Noblest of mottoes for the lofty ...

The Debate (C J Dennis Poems)

He was a Glug of simple charm;He wished no living creature harm. His kindly smile like sunlight fell On all ...

H. S. Mauberley (Life And Contacts) [Part I] (Ezra Pound Poems)

Vocat aestus in umbram Nemesianus Es. IV. E. P. Ode pour l'?lection de son s?pulchre For three years, out of ...

Poetic Aspirations (Alexander Anderson Poems)

Ah me! for all my toil and search, And rhyming, till the muse grow surly,I doubt I ne'er shall hook ...

Class Valedictoria (Frank Barbour Coffin Poems)

To A. R. The struggles you have made in school, Today are crowned with honor; You stand now in a ...

Mottoes (Billy Bennett Poems)

There are mottoes on the family crests of EnglandSince the Conqueror blew his conk upon our shoresIt's grand to have ...

The Germ Chaser (C J Dennis Poems)

I knew a careful lady onceWho read a book by Dr. Bunce,A wise authority on wogsThat roam about in dust ...

Office Mottoes (Franklin Pierce Adams Poems)

Motto heartening, inspiring, Framed above my pretty *desk,Never Shelley, Keats, or Byring* Penned a phrase so picturesque!But in me no ...

Love’s Substitute (Bernard O Dowd Poems)

This love, that dares not warm before its flameOur yearning hands, or from its tempting treeYield fruit we may consume, ...

The Long Boat (Stanley Kunitz Poem)

When his boat snapped loose from its mooring, under the screaking of the gulls, he tried at first to wave ...

TO GROVES (Robert Herrick Poem)

Ye silent shades, whose each tree here Some relique of a saint doth wear; Who for some sweet-heart's sake, did ...

Ode to the Memory of Burns (Thomas Campbell Poem)

Soul of the Poet ! wheresoe'er, Reclaimed from earth, thy genius plume Her wings of immortality ; Suspend thy harp ...

Good-Bye, Little Cabin (Robert William Service Poems)

O dear little cabin, I've loved you so long, And now I must bid you good-bye! I've filled you with ...

Interior (Dorothy Parker Poems)

Her mind lives in a quiet room, A narrow room, and tall, With pretty lamps to quench the gloom And ...

E.P. Ode Pour L’election De Son Sepulchre (Ezra Pound Poems)

For three years, out of key with his time, He strove to resuscitate the dead art Of poetry; to maintain ...

Hugh Selwyn Mauberly (Part I) (Ezra Pound Poems)

"Vocat aestus in umbram" Nemesianus Es. IV. E. P. Ode pour l'élection de son sépulchre For three years, out of ...

from “Hugh Selwyn Mauberly” (Ezra Pound Poems)