Josephine (John O Brien Poems)
The presbytery has gone to pot since this house-keeper came;She's up-to-date and stylish; but the place is not the sameSince ...
Poems about stews (21 Poems)
Colonial Nomenclature. (John Dunmore Lang Poems)
'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,That every stone i' the land had got a name.Of New South Wales ...
In Praise Of French Cuisine (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
"Now Muse, you must versify your very best, To sing how they ransack the East and the West, To tell how they ...
The Health-Food Diner (Maya Angelou Poems)
No sprouted wheat and soya shootsAnd Brussels in a cake,Carrot straw and spinach raw,(Today, I need a steak).Not thick brown ...
Raderus (John Donne Poems)
Why this man gelded Martial I muse,Except himself alone his tricks would use,As Katherine, for the court's sake, put down ...
The Mirror (Cornelius Arnold Poems)
TO David Garrick, Esq;——— Ridiculum acriFortius ac melius magnas plerumque secat res. HoracePreface:The Author begs Leave to premise, that in ...
The Dunciad: Book IV (Alexander Pope Poems)
Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!Of darkness visible so much be ...
The Dunciad: Book II. (Alexander Pope Poems)
High on a gorgeous seat, that far out-shoneHenley's gilt tub, or Flecknoe's Irish throne,Or that where on her Curlls the ...
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto IV (Edward Benlowes Poems)
The Inammoration.ARGUMENT. O, DEUS, aut nullo caleat mihi Pectus ab Igne! Aut solo caleat Pectus ab Igne Tui! Languet ut ...
What One Says To The Poet On The Subject Of Flowers (Arthur Rimbaud Poems)
I Thus, ever, towards the azure nightWhere there quivers a topaz sea,Will function in your evening lightThe Lilies, those clysters ...
The Wobble (C J Dennis Poems)
Now the Wobble went out on the roaring tide,With a dry dog trotting along by its side;Went over the sea ...
Robinson Crusoe’s Story (Charles Edward Carryl Poems)
THE night was thick and hazy When the 'Piccadilly Daisy' Carried down the crew and captain in the ...
Bacchus [Excerpt] (Bernard O Dowd Poems)
I am the gift of tongues that flameInspired resolve above:I wither the weeds of paltry aimThat choke the growth of ...
Homage To Sextus Propertius – IV (Ezra Pound Poems)
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITHLYGDAMUSTell me the truths which you hear of our constant young lady,Lygdamus,And may the bought yoke of ...
Tomlinson (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
Now Tomlinson gave up the ghost in his house in Berkeley Square, And a Spirit came to his bedside and ...
The Forerunners (George Herbert Poem)
The harbingers are come. See, see their mark; White is their colour, and behold my head. But must they have ...
Morning Coffee (Alec Derwent Hope Poem)
Reading the menu at the morning service: - Iced Venusberg perhaps, or buttered bum - Orders the usual sex-ersatz, and, ...
Absalom And Achitophel (John Dryden Poem)
In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, ...
Elegy II: The Anagram (John Donne Poem)
Marry, and love thy Flavia, for she Hath all things whereby others beautious be, For, though her eyes be small, ...
The Friar’s Tale (Geoffrey Chaucer Poems)
THE PROLOGUE. This worthy limitour, this noble Frere, He made always a manner louring cheer* *countenance Upon the Sompnour; but ...
When Stretch’d on One’s Bed (Jane Austen Poems)
When stretch'd on one's bed With a fierce-throbbing head, Which preculdes alike thought or repose, How little one cares For ...