Sotweed redivivus (Benjamin Colman Poems)
{TO THE Generous SUBSCRIBERS, &c}. The Author finding all Attempts prove vain,Those glittering Smiles from Fortune to obtain:That purblind Goddess ...
Poems about pox (21 Poems)
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 ...
To Cynthia, On A Mistresse For His Rivals (Francis Kynaston Poems)
Can I not have a Mistresse of my owne, But that as soone ...
The Dragon of Wantley (Anonymous British Poems)
Old stories tell how HerculesA dragon slew at Lerna,With seven heads, and fourteen eyes,To see and well discern-a:But he had ...
Leah Sublime (Aleister Crowley Poems)
Leah Sublime,Goddess above me!Snake of the slimeAlostrael, love me!Our master, the devilProspers the revel.Tread with your footMy heart til it ...
Four Poems on the Countess of Dorchester (Earl of Dorset Charles Sackville Poems)
I. Sylvia, methinks you are unfit Sylvia, methinks you are unfit For your great Lord's embrace; For tho' we all ...
The Royalist (Alexander Brome Poems)
Come, pass about the bowl to me, A health to our distress?d king! Though we're in hold, let cups go ...
Tell Me, Dorinda, Why So Gay (Earl of Dorset Charles Sackville Poems)
Tell me, Dorinda, why so gay, Why such embroid'ry, fringe, and lace? Can any dresses find a way To stop ...
Prelude to Space (C. S. Lewis Poem)
An Epithaliamium So Man, grown vigorous now, Holds himself ripe to breed, Daily devises how To ejaculate his seed And ...
Sons of Abraham (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Ishmael, oh Ishmael set down the rock Isaac, oh Isaac drop your sword. For as you do, so do your ...
Snow White’s Acne (Denise Duhamel Poems)
At first she was sure it was just a bit of dried strawberry juice, or a fleck of her mother's ...
On Turning Ten (Billy Collins Poem)
The whole idea of it makes me feel like I'm coming down with something, something worse than any stomach ache ...
The Four Ages of Man (Anne Bradstreet Poem)
1.1 Lo now! four other acts upon the stage, 1.2 Childhood, and Youth, the Manly, and Old-age. 1.3 The first: ...
The Disabled Debauchee (John Wilmot Poems)
As some brave admiral, in former war, Deprived of force, but pressed with courage still, Two rival fleets appearing from ...
M’Fingal – Canto III (John Trumbull Poems)
Now warm with ministerial ire, Fierce sallied forth our loyal 'Squire, And on his striding steps attends His desperate clan ...
To Stella, Who Collected and Transcribed His Poems (Jonathan Swift Poems)
As, when a lofty pile is raised, We never hear the workmen praised, Who bring the lime, or place the ...
Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift (Jonathan Swift Poems)
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe 'em true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault ...
Away, Melancholy (Stevie Smith Poems)
Away, melancholy, Away with it, let it go. Are not the trees green, The earth as green? Does not the ...
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope Poems)
Part 1 WHAT dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs, What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things, I sing -- This ...
The Rape of the Lock: Canto 4 (Alexander Pope Poems)
But anxious cares the pensive nymph oppress'd, And secret passions labour'd in her breast. Not youthful kings in battle seiz'd ...
True Love (Judith Viorst Poem)
It is true love because I put on eyeliner and a concerto and make pungent observations about the great issues ...