XXXVII. (Khoshal Khan Khattak Poems)
I am well acquainted with Aurangzeb's justice, and equity-His orthodoxy in matters of faith-his self-denial and fasts;His own brothers, time ...
Poems about self-denial (21 Poems)
Jeffries Wyman Died September 4, 1874. (James Russell Lowell Poems)
The wisest man could ask no more of FateThan to be simple, modest, manly, true,Safe from the Many, honoured by ...
Prayer For Divine Blessing (John Pierpont Poems)
O, Thou from whom all gifts proceed,A blessing now dispense;And give us, Lord, with power to plead,The cause of temperance.With ...
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto II (Edward Benlowes Poems)
The HumiliationThe Summary of the Poem.Theophila, or Divine Love, ascends to her Belov'd by three Degrees. By Humilitie, by Zeal, ...
The History Of Job, A Sacred Poem. The Second Book. (Daniel Baker Poems)
Again th' Almighty mounts his lofty Throne, And on his Right Hand sate th' Eternal Son. The Royal Writs were ...
The Light of Asia: Book the Second (Edwin Arnold Poems)
Now, when our Lord was come to eighteen years,The King commanded that there should be builtThree stately houses, one of ...
The Child Of The Islands – Spring (Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton Poems)
I.WHAT shalt THOU know of Spring? A verdant crown Of young boughs waving o'er thy blooming head: White tufted Guelder-roses, ...
The Ancient Banner (Anonymous Americas Poems)
In boundless mercy, the Redeemer left,The bosom of his Father, and assumedA servant's form, though he had reigned a king,In ...
The Ghost In The Martini (Anthony Hecht Poems)
Over the rim of the glass Containing a good martini with a twist I eye her bosom and consider a ...
The Gods Of Greece (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)
Ye in the age gone by,Who ruled the world—a world how lovely then!—And guided still the steps of happy men ...
Ode – 1852 (Epes Sargent Poems)
Not in this green retreatHowever beautiful, while Summer launchesHer odors and soft airs through swaying branches;—Though wild flowers court our ...
Exempt (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
They have said you needn't go to the front to face the foe;They have left you with your women and ...
Our Heritage (Alexander Bathgate Poems)
A Perfect peaceful stillness reigns,Not e'en a passing playful breezeThe sword-shaped flax blades gently stirs:The vale and slopes of rising ...
Thoughts on the Commandments (George Augustus Baker Poems)
"LOVE your neighbor as yourself,- So the parson preaches: That 's one half the Decalogue,- So the prayer-book ...
A Heart (Eberhard Arnold Poems)
Give me a heart, dear heavenly Father,a heart that's free of all self-will,a heart obedient to thy counsel,that gladly thy ...
Sweeney (Henry Lawson Poem)
It was somewhere in September, and the sun was going down, When I came, in search of `copy', to a ...
doughnut denial (Rg Gregory Poem)
(an ascetic poem for karen's birthday) fancy having a birthday on a thursday when you do the buying of the ...
Fasting (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Fasting, self-denial giving up distractions things of this world getting in the way Time freed from things to do's and ...
A Holy Lent (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The words entering into worship prayers from the pulpit that we would observe a holy Lent with disciplines of old ...
Manhattan Streets I Saunter’d, Pondering. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 MANHATTAN'S streets I saunter'd, pondering, On time, space, reality-on such as these, and abreast with them, prudence. 2 After ...
The Gods Of Greece (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)
Ye in the age gone by, Who ruled the world--a world how lovely then!-- And guided still the steps of ...