Genius (Mark Twain Poems)
Genius, like gold and precious stones,is chiefly prized because of its rarity.Geniuses are people who dash off weird, wild,incomprehensible poems ...
Poems about rarity (20 Poems)
“Fresh New Rose” (Guido Cavalcanti Poems)
Fresh new roseDelighting Spring,By field and stream,Singing gaily,I declare your rarity - to the flowers.Let your rare gifts beFreshly sungBy ...
Admonition (John Peale Bishop Poems)
LOCK your bedroom doors with terror.Comb your hair between two lights.In the gold Venetian chamberBut for them let all be ...
A Ballad of Freedom (C J Dennis Poems)
Now Mr. Jeremiah BaneHe owned a warehouse in The Lane,An edifice of goodly size,Where, with keen private enterprise, He sold ...
An Elegy On A Patriot (David Humphreys Poems)
I.IN yonder dark and narrow lodging,There rests a patriot's body,Which, after many a slip and dodging,Death took in safe custody.II.What ...
Stoves and sunshine (Eugene Field Poems)
Prate, ye who will, of so-called charms you find across the sea—The land of stoves and sunshine is good enough ...
Growing Old (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Is it parting with the roundnessOf the smoothly moulded cheek?Is it losing from the dimplesHalf the flashing joy they speak?Is ...
The Wife (Daniel Baker Poems)
Let me but have a Wife what e'er she be So she be Woman, 'tis enough for me: I ask ...
Letter to My Lover After Seven Years (Erica Jong Poem)
You gave me the child that seamed my belly & stitched up my life. You gave me: one book of ...
The Bridge of Sighs (Thomas Hood Poem)
One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death! Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; ...
Stoves and sunshine (Eugene Field Poem)
Prate, ye who will, of so-called charms you find across the sea-- The land of stoves and sunshine is good ...
St. Julian’s Prayer (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
TO charms and philters, secret spells and prayers, How many round attribute all their cares! In these howe'er I never ...
Ah, that Murphy girl (Ivan Donn Carswell Poem)
Let's talk about the weather then, would that help you take your ease? Gossip is so rare from you the ...
Salvage (Amy Clampitt Poem)
Daily the cortege of crumpled defunct cars goes by by the lasagna- layered flatbed truckload: hardtop reverting to tar smudge, ...
My Last Duchess (Robert Browning Poem)
That's my last duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, ...
M’Fingal – Canto IV (John Trumbull Poems)
Now Night came down, and rose full soon That patroness of rogues, the Moon; Beneath whose kind protecting ray, Wolves, ...
Genius (Mark Twain Poems)
Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity. Geniuses are people who dash of weird, ...
Jubilate Agno: Fragment B, Part 1 (Christopher Smart Poems)
Let Elizur rejoice with the Partridge, who is a prisoner of state and is proud of his keepers. Let Shedeur ...
The Lottery (Robert William Service Poems)
"Young fellow, listen to a friend: Beware of wedlock - 'tis a gamble, It's MAN who holds the losing end ...
The Phoenix and the Turtle (William Shakespeare Poems)
Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste ...