Melancholy (Paul Verlaine Poems)
I am the Empire in the last of its decline,That sees the tall, fair-haired Barbarians pass,—the whileComposing indolent acrostics, in ...
Poems about neglecting (21 Poems)
Elevated Aims (John Bowring Poems)
O garland not the worthless weedsWhich shade the sweet flowers in the meads, Neglecting the most bright and fairLike undiscerning zealots ...
Of Verbal Criticism (David Mallet Poems)
Among the numerous fools, by Fate design'd Oft to disturb, and oft divert, mankind, The reading coxcomb is of special ...
Sappho to Phaon (Ovid Heroid XV) (Alexander Pope Poems)
Say, lovely youth, that dost my heart command,Can Phaon's eyes forget his Sappho's hand?Must then her name the wretched writer ...
The Peter-Bird (Eugene Field Poems)
Out of the woods by the creek cometh a calling for Peter,And from the orchard a voice echoes and echoes ...
Jones M.P. (C J Dennis Poems)
It was thus in the beginning: With a sporting chance of winning, Jones contested an election years ago.He was young, ...
The Lord of the Valley (George J Whyte Melville Poems)
Hunters are fretting, and hacks in a lather, Sportsmen arriving from left and from right; Bridle-roads bringing them, see how ...
Give Me A Single Day (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
GIVE me a single day, I ask no more From dawn to dusk, ah, that is time enoughTo reach the ...
There’s a Good Time Coming (C J Dennis Poems)
There's a good time coming in the golden by-and-by: And I wish, oh, how I wish that it would come!There's ...
La Passion Vaincue (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poems)
On the Banks of the Severn a desperate Maid (Whom some Shepherd, neglecting his Vows, had betray'd,) Stood resolving to ...
The Two Men (Thomas Hardy Poem)
THERE were two youths of equal age, Wit, station, strength, and parentage; They studied at the self-same schools, And shaped ...
Obstacles to Grace (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Alienation is our separation from God and Man Loving ourselves more than God Ignoring God's call for our lives Envy, ...
The peter-bird (Eugene Field Poem)
Out of the woods by the creek cometh a calling for Peter, And from the orchard a voice echoes and ...
La Passion Vaincue (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
On the Banks of the Severn a desperate Maid (Whom some Shepherd, neglecting his Vows, had betray'd,) Stood resolving to ...
Place for a Third (Robert Frost Poem)
Nothing to say to all those marriages! She had made three herself to three of his. The score was even ...
My Wars are laid away in Books — (Emily Dickinson Poem)
My Wars are laid away in Books -- I have one Battle more -- A Foe whom I have never ...
The Three Voices (Lewis Carroll Poem)
The First Voice HE trilled a carol fresh and free, He laughed aloud for very glee: There came a breeze ...
56. Epistle to Davie, A Brother Poet (Robert Burns Poem)
WHILE winds frae aff Ben-Lomond blaw, An' bar the doors wi' driving snaw, An' hing us owre the ingle, I ...
Success Comes To Cow Creek (Edward Taylor Poems)
I sit on the tracks, a hundred feet from earth, fifty from the water. Gerald is inching toward me as ...
Success Comes To Cow Creek (James Tate Poems)
I sit on the tracks, a hundred feet from earth, fifty from the water. Gerald is inching toward me as ...
Meditation By The Stove (Linda Pastan Poems)
I have banked the fires of my body into a small but steady blaze here in the kitchen where the ...