Tale I (George Crabbe Poems)
THE DUMB ORATORS; OR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY.That all men would be cowards if they dare,Some men we know have ...
Poems about nings (21 Poems)
The Mirror (Cornelius Arnold Poems)
TO David Garrick, Esq;——— Ridiculum acriFortius ac melius magnas plerumque secat res. HoracePreface:The Author begs Leave to premise, that in ...
Florelio (Elijah Fenton Poems)
Ask not the Cause why all the tuneful Swains, Who us'd to fill the Vales with tender Strains, In deep ...
The Fair Captive (Albery Allson Whitman Poems)
The idle winds at dawn that strayedThro' wavy depths of joyous shade,The early chirp of breeze-swung boughs,The carol of the ...
Tale XII (George Crabbe Poems)
'SQUIRE THOMAS; OR THE PRECIPITATE CHOICE.'Squire Thomas flatter'd long a wealthy Aunt,Who left him all that she could give or ...
The Sailor’s Adieu (Christian Milne Poems)
A TALE. THE ship unmoor'd, the anchor weigh'd,Full tide the vessel laves;While busy hands the canvas spread,To wing her on ...
The Silent Member (C J Dennis Poems)
He lived in Mundaloo, and Bill McClosky was his name,But folks that knew him well had little knowledge of that ...
Sir Middel (George Borrow Poems)
So tightly was Swanelil lacing her vest,That forth spouted milk, from each lily-white breast;That saw the Queen-mother, and thus she ...
The Mediator (Caroline Fry Poems)
I WILL arise and go unto my Father,Alas! and when I throw me at his feet,What can I say?,The Prodigal ...
Le Trist Adieu (Eliza Acton Poems)
Oft have we parted Love! beforeWith prospects darkly shadow'd o'er,But never have we sunder'd yet,With such wild hopelessness as now,Since ...
God Shall Be All In All (Alfred Gibbs Campbell Poems)
Do they not greatly err, who hold That He who made the human soul Will not its destinies controlFor final ...
The Apparition (John Donne Poem)
When by thy scorn, O murd'ress, I am dead, And that thou think'st thee free From all solicitation from me, ...
The Task: Book IV, The Winter Evening (excerpts) (William Cowper Poem)
Hark! 'tis the twanging horn! O'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in ...
A poem, on the rising glory of America (Hugh Henry Brackenridge Poem)
LEANDER. No more of Memphis and her mighty kings, Or Alexandria, where the Ptolomies. Taught golden commerce to unfurl her ...
Psalm 71 part 3 (Isaac Watts Poems)
v.17-21 C. M. The aged Christian's prayer and song. God of my childhood and my youth, The guide of all ...
Hymn 38 part 1 (Isaac Watts Poems)
The atonement of Christ. Rom. 3:25. How is our nature spoiled by sin! Yet nature ne'er hath found The way ...
Hymn 79 (Isaac Watts Poems)
A morning hymn. Psa. 19:5,8; 73:24,25. God of the morning! at whose voice The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, ...
Hymn 9 (Isaac Watts Poems)
The promises of the covenant of grace. Isa. 55:1,2; Zech. 13:1; Mic. 7:19; Ezek. 36:25, etc. In vain we lavish ...
Psalm 119 part 13 (Isaac Watts Poems)
Holy fear, and tenderness of conscience. ver. 10 With my whole heart I've sought thy face: O let me never ...
Ode on Adversity (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
WHERE o'er my head, the deaf'ning Tempest blew, And Night's cold lamp cast forth a feeble ray; Where o'er the ...
Ode to the Muse (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
O, let me seize thy pen sublime That paints, in melting dulcet rhyme, The glowing pow'r, the magic art, Th' ...