The Veteran (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
UNDERNEATH the autumn sky,Haltingly, the lines go by.Ah, would steps were blithe and gay,As when first they marched away,Smile on ...
Poems about quip (21 Poems)
A Walk To Pamphy Linns (Alexander Anderson Poems)
We took a walk to Pamphy linns— Three other friends and I,Glad-hearted as when day begins With summer in the ...
Alexis (Alexander Anderson Poems)
He saw through his own soul.—TennysonAlexis grew up, and through all his youthRan dreams and splendours, as a summer bowLighting ...
Cackle (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, my brothers do not wrangle. When the sweets of office dangle At a most inviting angle ...
Pipes And Beer (Edgar Fawcett Poems)
Before I was famous I used to sitIn a dull old under-ground room I knew,And sip cheap beer, and be ...
To My Friend (Alexander Anderson Poems)
The years have sped since first we met, Here, in the city's toil and roar;Brief space in looking back, and ...
Playtime (C J Dennis Poems)
Brothers!(I address myself to that chosen few -- which includes you,My dear reader -- whoAre men of understanding, bright intellect ...
The Jesters (Donald Marquis Poems)
A TOAST to the Fools! Pierrot, Pantaloon, Harlequin, Clown, Merry-Andrew, Buffoon -- Touchstone and Triboulet -- all of the tribe. ...
Quantum Sufficit (C J Dennis Poems)
I only said this German planHad points, remarked the small, meek man. "I merely said an extra wife Might add ...
Growing Pains (C J Dennis Poems)
Behold the undergraduate -- A most amusing fellowIn all his jesting up-to-date --His sense of humor is so great, His ...
The Bore (C J Dennis Poems)
Ah, prithee friend, if thou has ought Of love and kind regard for meTell not you bore the stories droll ...
To A Thesaurus (Franklin Pierce Adams Poems)
O precious codex, volume, tome, Book, writing, compilation, workAttend the while I pen a pome, A jest, a jape, a ...
Frank the Jester (C J Dennis Poems)
There's joy in legislative halls When Frank's in opposition;But gloom upon the Chamber falls When Frank holds high position.His merry ...
Till Eulenspiegel (Charles Hanson Towne Poems)
Eulenspiegel, merry lad,What a laughing life you had!Prank and jest were yours by rightOr at noontime or at night,And the ...
The Happy Slow Thinker (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Full many a time a thought has comeThat had a bitter meaning in it.And in the conversation's humI lost it ...
Seals (Gamaliel Bradford Poems)
I deliver a lectureAnd pour out my soul,Its full architecture,All rounded and whole.But with those I love bestI stammer and ...
The Last Tournament (Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems)
Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood Had made mock-knight of Arthur's Table Round, At Camelot, high above the ...
Idylls of the King: The Last Tournament (excerpt) (Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems)
Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood Had made mock-knight of Arthur's Table Round, At Camelot, high above the ...
Shakespeare And Cervantes (Robert William Service Poems)
Obit 23rd April 1616 Is it not strange that on this common date, Two titans of their age, aye of ...
Bringing in the Wine (Li Po Poems)
See how the Yellow River's water move out of heaven. Entering the ocean,never to return. See how lovely locks in ...
MacDougal Street (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
AS I went walking up and down to take the evening air, (Sweet to meet upon the street, why must ...