The Dove (Matthew Prior Poems)
In Virgil's Sacred Verse we find,That Passion can depress or raiseThe Heav'nly, as the Human Mind:Who dare deny what Virgil ...
Poems about purloin (21 Poems)
Concerning Perseverance In A State Of Grace (Rees Prichard Poems)
No one e'er his Maker's matchless might withstood,He's ever stedfast, and supremely good,He will fulfil, whate'er he did propose,And none, ...
Harvest-Home (Mary Elizabeth Robinson Poems)
WHO has not seen the chearful Harvest HomeEnliv'ning the scorch'd field, and greeting gayThe slow decline of Autumn ? All ...
On Mr. John Fletcher’s Works (John Denham Poems)
So shall we joy, when all whom beasts and wormsHave turn'd to their own substances and forms:Whom earth to earth, ...
Vignettes (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
"AND Smith has made money?""O, no; that's a myth:Smith never made moneyBut money made Smith!"_______________A sculptor is Deming-a great man, ...
The Church-Porch. Perirrhanterium (George Herbert Poems)
Thou, whose sweet youth and early hopes inhanceThy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure,Hearken unto a Vesper, ...
The Borough. Letter XII: Players (George Crabbe Poems)
These are monarchs none respect,Heroes, yet an humbled crew,Nobles, whom the crowd correct,Wealthy men, whom duns pursue;Beauties shrinking from the ...
Tale XX (George Crabbe Poems)
THE BROTHERS.Than old George Fletcher, on the British coastDwelt not a seaman who had more to boast:Kind, simple and sincere--he ...
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 Borough. Letter I (George Crabbe Poems)
DESCRIBE the Borough--though our idle tribeMay love description, can we so describe,That you shall fairly streets and buildings trace,And all ...
Culture and Cops (C J Dennis Poems)
Five nights agone I lay at rest On my suburban couch.My trousers on the bedpost hung, Red gold within their ...
The Vanities Of Life (Anonymous British Poems)
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity--SOLOMON.What are life's joys and gains?What pleasures crowd its ways,That man should take such painsTo ...
Ruin’d Innocence (Charlotte Dacre Poems)
"SEE'ST thou yon lily in its blooming pride, Its snowy bosom op'ning to the view, Surcharg'd with gems of bright ...
Rural Rambles – The Village (Ebenezer Elliott Poems)
Sweet village! where my early days were pass'd,Though parted long, we meet, we meet at last!Like friends, imbrown'd by many ...
The Jews (George Herbert Poems)
Poore nation, whose sweet sap and juiceOur eyens have purloin'd, and left you ...
Sonnet LVIII: In Former Times (Michael Drayton Poem)
In former times such as had store of coin, In wars at home, or when for conquests bound, For fear ...
Mac Flecknoe (John Dryden Poem)
All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey: This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, ...
The Glove (Robert Browning Poem)
(PETER RONSARD _loquitur_.) ``Heigho!'' yawned one day King Francis, ``Distance all value enhances! ``When a man's busy, why, leisure ``Strikes ...
Goblin Market (Christina Rossetti Poems)
MORNING and evening Maids heard the goblins cry: "Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy: Apples and quinces, ...
The Clean Plater (Ogden Nash Poems)
Some singers sing of ladies' eyes, And some of ladies lips, Refined ones praise their ladylike ways, And course ones ...
Peter (Marianne Moore Poems)
Strong and slippery, built for the midnight grass-party confronted by four cats, he sleeps his time away-- the detached first ...