An Heroic Epistle of Hudibras To His Lady (Samuel Butler Poems)
I who was once as great as Caesar,Am now reduc'd to Nebuchadnezzar;And from as fam'd a conquerorAs ever took degree ...
Poems about sots (21 Poems)
Advice To The Drunkard (Rees Prichard Poems)
IF thou'rt a drunkard, fond of ale and wine,And smokest vile mundungus without end,Cry out with speed, unto th' Pow'r ...
The Pacification. (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
Nick Dapper, and the great De---l------ne,Against whom Nick so oft has drawnHis hostile Pen, one Night last WeekMet at the ...
A Song Concerning The Devil And The Drunkard (Rees Prichard Poems)
FROM the fraudulent fiend, that still without end Most mortals trepans and beguiles,Who wou'd hook us all in, to do ev'ry ...
A Sequel To The Fable Of The Oak And The Dunghill (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
At length this Oak, all canker'd round,And rotten to the Heart,Became the Nuisance of the Ground,And play'd the Tyrant's Part.His ...
On A Candle (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Of all inhabitants on earth,To man alone I owe my birth,And yet the cow, the sheep, the bee,Are all my ...
Tom Taylor (Robert Graves Poems)
On pay-day nights, neck-full with beer,Old soldiers stumbling homeward here,Homeward (still dazzled by the sparkLove kindled in some alley dark)Young ...
Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord (Gerard Manley Hopkins Poems)
Justus quidem tu es, Domine, si disputem tecum; verumtamen justa loquar ad te: quare via impiorum prosperatur?Thou art indeed just, ...
The Borough. Letter X: Clubs And Social Meetings (George Crabbe Poems)
YOU say you envy in your calm retreatOur social Meetings;--'tis with joy we meet.In these our parties you are pleased ...
To The Right Hon. Mr. Dodington (Edward Young Poems)
Long, Dodington, in debt, I long have sought To ease the burden of my graceful thought: And now a ...
Inebriety (George Crabbe Poems)
The mighty spirit, and its power, which stainsThe bloodless cheek, and vivifies the brains,I sing. Say, ye, its fiery vot'ries ...
The Rhymes of Sym (C J Dennis Poems)
Nobody knew why it should be so;Nobody knew or wanted to know. It might have been checked had but someone ...
Villon (Basil Bunting Poems)
I He whom we anatomized 'whose words we gathered as pleasant flowers and thought on his wit and how neatly ...
Chicken Koop an’ Possum Chase (Elliott Blaine Henderson Poems)
Possum time? Dahky take up de trail. Rahbit skirtin' thoo de thicket, In de barn yawd sots de quail. Cum ...
Haunted (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
What are these nameless mysteries,These subtleties of life and death,That bring before our spirit eyesThe loved and lost; or, like ...
O Necessite Dure! (Andre Marie de Chenier Poems)
O n?cessit? dure! ? pesant esclavage! O sort! je dois donc voir, et dans mon plus bel ?ge, Flotter mes ...
The Deacon and the Owl. (Elliott Blaine Henderson Poems)
TO CALVIN W. REYNOLDS, Columbus, O. Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Cums fum de owl, De mos' com'kul Ub all de ...
Inventory Of Hades (Edwin John Pratt Poems)
1. Statesmen and apothecaries, Poets, plumbers, antiquaries, Premiers with their secretaries, Home and foreign missionaries, And ...
Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord, If I Contend (Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem)
Justus quidem tu es, Domine, si disputem tecum: verumtamen justa loquar ad te: Quare via impiorum prosperatur? &c. Thou art ...
An Essay On Criticism (Alexander Pope Poems)
'Tis hard to say, if greater Want of Skill Appear in Writing or in Judging ill, But, of the two, ...
Last Instructions to a Painter (Andrew Marvell Poems)
After two sittings, now our Lady State To end her picture does the third time wait. But ere thou fall'st ...