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 ...
Poems about oblige (21 Poems)
Tie the Knot Tightly (Henry Clay Work Poems)
"Launching our from the ship—ha, ha! courtship—Oh the misty matrimonial sea,Let the cable hang lightly,but tie the knot tightly."So the ...
The Guile of Dad M’Ginnis (William Thomas Goodge Poems)
When M,Ginnis struck the mining camp at Jamberoora CreekHis behaviour was appreciated highly;For, although he was a quiet man, in ...
To The Rt. Hon. Charlotte Lady Conway, On Her Resolving To Leave Bath. (Mary Barber Poems)
O Charlotte, truly pious, early wise!The Pleasures sought by others, you despise:Nor Bath, nor Bath's Allurements thee detain;Unmov'd, you quit ...
To Mrs. — (Mary Barber Poems)
Celia, when you oblige again.Subdue that haughty Eye:Rather than Insolence fustain,Who would not wish to die?A grateful Heart will own ...
The Sotweed Factor (3) (Ebenezer Cook Poems)
Condemn'd by Fate to way-ward Curse, Of Friends unkind, and empty Purse: Plagues worse than fill'd ...
Tale VIII (George Crabbe Poems)
THE MOTHER.There was a worthy, but a simple Pair,Who nursed a Daughter, fairest of the fair:Sons they had lost, and ...
Hibiscus And Salvia Flowers (D H Lawrence Poems)
_Hark! Hark!The dogs do bark!It's the socialists come to town,None in rags and none in tags,Swaggering up and down_.Sunday morning,And ...
On An Old Muff (Frederick Locker-Lampson Poems)
TIME has a magic wand! What is this meets my hand, Moth-eaten, moldy, and Covered with fluff? Faded, and stiff, ...
Christmas Out Of Town (Anonymous British Poems)
For many a winter in Billiter LaneMy wife, Mrs. Brown, was ne'er heard to complain:At Christmas the family met there ...
Clepsydra (Charles Cotton Poems)
WHY, let is run! who bids it stay? Let us the while be merry; Time there in water creeps away, ...
The Dry Canteen (A B Banjo Paterson Poems)
There were three soldiers who went to war,(Chorus) Well why not?They'd arms and legs and plenty of jaw(Chorus) All they'd ...
Fortune Mistaken. (Ephelia Poems)
Though Fortune have so far from me removed, All that I wish, or all I ever loved, And Robbed our ...
The Shanty On The Rise (Henry Lawson Poem)
When the caravans of wool-teams climbed the ranges from the West, On a spur among the mountains stood `The Bullock-drivers' ...
Joconde (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
IN Lombardy's fair land, in days of yore, Once dwelt a prince, of youthful charms, a store; Each FAIR, with ...
The Burghers of Calais (Marriott Edgar Poem)
It were after the Battle of Crecy- The foe all lay dead on the ground- And King Edward went out ...
309. Verses on Captain Grose (Robert Burns Poems)
KEN ye aught o' Captain Grose?-Igo, and ago, If he's amang his friends or foes?-Iram, coram, dago. Is he to ...
Imitations of Horace: The First Epistle of the Second Book (Alexander Pope Poems)
Ne Rubeam, Pingui donatus Munere (Horace, Epistles II.i.267) While you, great patron of mankind, sustain The balanc'd world, and open ...
An Epitaph (Matthew Prior Poems)
Interr'd beneath this marble stone, Lie saunt'ring Jack and idle Joan. While rolling threescore years and one Did round this ...
Beautiful Nairn (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
All ye tourists who wish to be away From the crowded city for a brief holiday; The town of Nairn ...
Paradise Lost: Book 09 (John Milton Poems)
No more of talk where God or Angel guest With Man, as with his friend, familiar us'd, To sit indulgent, ...