Tale III (George Crabbe Poems)
THE GENTLEMAN FARMER.Gwyn was a farmer, whom the farmers all,Who dwelt around, "the Gentleman" would call;Whether in pure humility or ...
Poems about obliging (21 Poems)
The Painter Of Florence (Ernest Jones Poems)
THERE'S a mansion old 'mid the hills of the west,So old, that men know not by whom it was built;But ...
Tale XV (George Crabbe Poems)
ADVICE; OR THE 'SQUIRE AND THE PRIEST.A wealthy Lord of far-extended landHad all that pleased him placed at his command;Widow'd ...
To The Right Hon. Mr. Dodington (Edward Young Poems)
Long, Dodington, in debt, I long have sought To ease the burden of my graceful thought: And now a ...
The Art Of Coquetry (Charlotte Lennox Poems)
Ye lovely maids! whose yet unpractis'd heartsNe'er felt the force of Love's resistless darts;Who justly set a value on your ...
The True Effigies Of A Certain Squire: Inscribed To Clemena (Elizabeth Thomas Poems)
Some generous painter now assist my pen,And help to draw the most despised of men:Or else, oh Muse! do thou ...
An Elegy On the Death of Thomas Bordley, Esq; (Benjamin Colman Poems)
In Magna Obijt Britania Undecimo die Octobris: Awake, my Soul, from abject Thoughts retire,Invoke the sacred Nine to tune thy ...
An Epistle From A Gentleman To Madam Deshouliers (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poems)
URANIA, whom the Town admires, Whose Wit and Beauty share our Praise; This fair URANIA who inspires A ...
XIV. Temperance (Ellis Walker Poems)
In ev'ry thing that happens search you mindAnd try what force, what faculties you findFor the encounter of the object ...
The Good-Natured Girls (Ann Taylor Poems)
TWO good little children, named Mary and Ann, Both happily live, as good girls always can; And though they are ...
Phyrne (Alexander Pope Poems)
Phryne had talents for mankind,Open she was, and unconfin'd,Like some free port of trade:Merchants unloaded here their freight,And Agents from ...
Sophia’s Fool’s-Cap (Ann Taylor Poems)
SOPHIA was a little child, Obliging, good, and very mild,Yet lest of dress she should be vain, Mamma still dress'd ...
Sophia’s Fools-Cap (Adelaide O Keeffe Poems)
SOPHIA was a little child, Obliging, good, and very mild,Yet lest of dress she should be vain, Mamma still dress'd ...
TO My Lord Colrane, In Answer to his Complemental Verses sent me under the Name of CLEANOR (Anne Killigrew Poem)
LOng my dull Muse in heavy slumbers lay, Indulging Sloth, and to soft Ease gave way, Her Fill of Rest ...
An EPISTLE From A Gentleman To Madam Deshouliers (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
URANIA, whom the Town admires, Whose Wit and Beauty share our Praise; This fair URANIA who inspires A thousand Joys ...
A Rat surrendered here (Emily Dickinson Poem)
A Rat surrendered here A brief career of Cheer And Fraud and Fear. Of Ignominy's due Let all addicted to ...
The Bight (Elizabeth Bishop Poem)
At low tide like this how sheer the water is. White, crumbling ribs of marl protrude and ...
248. Pegasus at Wanlockhead (Robert Burns Poems)
WITH Pegasus upon a day, Apollo, weary flying, Through frosty hills the journey lay, On foot the way was plying. ...
M’Fingal – Canto II (John Trumbull Poems)
The Sun, who never stops to dine, Two hours had pass'd the mid-way line, And driving at his usual rate, ...
The Good-Natured Girls (Jane Taylor Poems)
Two good little children, named Mary and Ann, Both happily live, as good girls always can; And though they are ...
Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot (Alexander Pope Poems)
Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The dog-star ...