Spirit Of The Everlasting Boy (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
ODE FOR THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOLJune 11, 1910IThe British bard who looked on Eton's walls,Endeared by distance in ...
Poems about optimist (17 Poems)
Life (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)
I PESSIMIST There is never a thing we dream or do But was dreamed and done in the ages gone; Everything's old; there is ...
Experience In Poverty (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
A.HOW bitterly you speak!B.I have good warrant.A.Well, for my part, I hold your creed is false.Uncharitable, monstrous! I have seenThe ...
Three (Louisa Sarah Bevington Poems)
WHAT of our time?(Oracle.)A fog and a blur,A hum and a whirr,And large mellow lights that are slowly dawning;Lo! elements ...
To Oliver Wendell Holmes (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
This, the last of Mr. Whittier's poems, was written but a few weeks before his death.Among the thousands who with ...
Leigh Hunt (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
DESPITE misfortune, poverty, the dearthOf simplest justice to his heart and brain,This gracious optimist lived not in vain;Rather, he made ...
Two Passivists (Piet Hein Poems)
Eradicate the optimistwho takes the easy viewthat human values will persistno matter what we do.Annihilate the pessimistwhose ineffectual cryis that ...
Certain Maxims Of Archy (Donald Marquis Poems)
live so that youcan stick out your tongueat the insurancedoctorif you will drink hair restorer followevery dram with somegood standarddepilatoryas ...
The Eastern Shrike-Tit (C J Dennis Poems)
I am brightly alert and exceedingly pert, And my livery's easily seen;With a bright golden breast and a black-and-white crest, ...
Redivivus (C J Dennis Poems)
To-day I took old rhymes that I had written. And read them through, each one unto the end:When with a ...
We Need A Few More Optimists (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
We need a few more optimists,The kind that double up their fistsAnd set their jaws, determined-like,A blow at infamy to ...
The Poet To Be Yet. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
NOT he who sings smooth songs that soothe -Sweet opiates that lull asleepThe sorrow that would only weep;There are some ...
The Golden Whistler (C J Dennis Poems)
Golden bird whose golden voice, When the summer days wax long --Cheery optimist from choiceBids the feathered world rejoice With ...
The Loveable Characters (Henry Lawson Poem)
I long for the streets but the Lord knoweth best, For there I am never a saint; There are lovable ...
Psalm Three (Mahmoud Darwish Poem)
On the day when my words were earth... I was a friend to stalks of wheat. On the day when ...
The Passing Of The Year (Robert William Service Poems)
My glass is filled, my pipe is lit, My den is all a cosy glow; And snug before the fire ...
The Goose Fish (Howard Nemerov Poems)
On the long shore, lit by the moon To show them properly alone, Two lovers suddenly embraced So that their ...