Rachel (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
'Twas sunset in Jerusalem; the lightStill lingered on the city's walls, and crownedMount Olivet with splendor, while below,Among the trees ...
Poems about obloquy (21 Poems)
Lines Written in August (Thomas Babbington Macaulay Poems)
The day of tumult, strife, defeat, was o'er;Worn out with toil, and noise, and scorn, and spleen,I slumbered, and in ...
Sketch of Lord Byron’s Life (Julia A Moore Poems)
"Lord Byron" was an Englishman A poet I believe,His first works in old England Was poorly received.Perhaps it was "Lord Byron's" fault And ...
To Edgar Allan Poe On the Fiftieth Anniversary of His Death. (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
Dead fifty years? No so,Nay, fifty years agoDeath, obloquy and spite,To curse his ashes came.But lo, the living lightBeneath the ...
Queen Bess (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
Or praise or obloquy is hers,As history has viewed herTo some a 1-der she appears,To others but a 2-dor. (John ...
Dante At Verona (Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poems)
Behold, even I, even I am Beatrice.(Div. Com. Purg. xxx.)OF Florence and of BeatriceServant and singer from of old,O'er Dante's ...
Poetical Reflections On A Late Poem Entitled Absalom And Achitophel (Anonymous British Poems)
When late Protectorship was Canon-Proof,And _Cap-a-pe_ had seiz'd on _Whitehall_-Roof,And next, on _Israelites_ durst look so big,That _Tory-like_, it lov'd ...
The Highlanders: Part II (Anne MacVicar Grant Poems)
COME , then, explore with me each winding glen,Far from the noisy haunts of busy men;Let us with stedfast eye ...
Shelley (Albert Pike Poems)
Only a few short years ago, there satA youth on one of old Rome's seven hills,Beneath a ruined temple, and ...
Patience (Caroline Fry Poems)
Patience, when heathen darkness veil'd the world,Was that high spirit of unbending pride,That dar'd to err, but was asham'd to ...
A Message To America (Alan Seeger Poems)
You have the grit and the guts, I know; You are ready to answer blow for blow You are virile, ...
The Age of Reason (C J Dennis Poems)
Whene'er I read some savage tale Of punishment devisedBy tyrants in an olden day, When serfs were victimised,I reverently tell ...
The Sun Wields Mercy (Charles Bukowski Poems)
and the sun wields mercybut like a jet torch carried to high,and the jets whip across its sightand rockets leap ...
In Imitation of Spenser : The Alley (Alexander Pope Poems)
I.In ev'ry Town, where Thamis rolls his Tyde,A narrow pass there is, with Houses low;Where ever and anon, the Stream ...
When a Lover is a Beggar (Emily Dickinson Poem)
When a Lover is a Beggar Abject is his Knee -- When a Lover is an Owner Different is he ...
Hymn To Death (William Cullen Bryant Poem)
Oh! could I hope the wise and pure in heart Might hear my song without a frown, nor deem My ...
The Sun Weilds Mercy (Charles Bukowski Poems)
and the sun weilds mercy but like a jet torch carried to high, and the jets whip across its sight ...
A Message to America (Alan Seeger Poems)
You have the grit and the guts, I know; You are ready to answer blow for blow You are virile, ...
A Song To David (Christopher Smart Poems)
I O THOU, that sit'st upon a throne, With harp of high majestic tone, To praise the King of kings; ...
Paradise Lost: Book 05 (John Milton Poems)
Now Morn, her rosy steps in the eastern clime Advancing, sowed the earth with orient pearl, When Adam waked, so ...
Paradise Regained: The Third Book (John Milton Poems)
So spake the Son of God; and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say, What to reply, ...