The Iliad: Book 10 (Homer Poems)
Now the other princes of the Achaeans slept soundly the wholenight through, but Agamemnon son of Atreus was troubled, so ...
Poems about straggler (21 Poems)
Among the Hills (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
PRELUDEALONG the roadside, like the flowers of goldThat tawny Incas for their gardens wrought,Heavy with sunshine droops the golden-rod,And the ...
The Duty Of Clergymen (Rees Prichard Poems)
Let holiness upon thy front appear,That all the people plainly may observe,By the behaviour thou art wont to bear,That thou ...
Before Sunrise (Maurice Thompson Poems)
Mid foliage green and gold,And bloom-sprays manifold,I feelThe fragrance of eternal freshness stealForth from the rising day,And far away,Like the ...
The Countess (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
TO E. W.I KNOW not, Time and Space so intervene,Whether, still waiting with a trust serene,Thou bearest up thy fourscore ...
At the Fords Of Jordan (Mary Hannay Foott Poems)
A little way farther to guide thee I goWhere the footing is firm and the waters are low;Then we part, ...
Snow (Mary Carolyn Davies Poems)
Perhaps there willBe snow in heaven,And noisy children coasting down the streetThat slopes most;Boys in red sweaters and big overshoes,Each ...
A Party Of Lovers (John Keats Poems)
Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes,Nibble their toast, and cool their tea with sighs,Or else forget the purpose ...
A Child (Mary Anne Lamb Poems)
A child's a plaything for an hour; Its pretty tricks we tryFor that or for a longer space— Then tire, and lay ...
From: A Life-Drama (Alexander Smith Poems)
FORERUNNERS Walter. I HAVE a strain of a departed bard; One who was born too late into this world. A ...
The Race For Homes (Freeman Edwin Miller Poems)
Behold! As from the shades of night, An army gathers full of might, And strong with constant courage stands 'Tween ...
Occasional Address (Charlotte Smith Poems)
Written for the benefit of a distressed Player, detainedat Brighthelmstone for Debt, November 1792. WHEN in a thousand swarms, the ...
Rural & Friendly Pleasures (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
A TRUCE with life's tumultuous cares,Fled from the world's entangling snares,Let rural joys the mind unbend:Where sportive Health delighted roves,Mid ...
Venus’ Runaway (Ben Jonson Poems)
Beauties, have ye seen this toy,Called Love, a little boy,Almost naked, wanton, blind;Cruel now, and then as kind?If he be ...
Sonnet CCXXX: “When I review the long procession gone” (George Henry Boker Poems)
When I review the long procession gone Out of this being through the gates of death-- The parents, friends, the ...
Parental Recollection (Charles Lamb Poems)
A child's a plaything for an hour; Its pretty tricks we tryFor that or for a longer space; Then tire, ...
Venus’ Runaway (Ben Jonson Poems)
Beauties, have ye seen this toy, Called Love, a little boy, Almost naked, wanton, blind; Cruel now, and then as ...
Little Brown Baby (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem)
Little brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes, Come to yo' pappy an' set on his knee. What you been doin', suh ...
Caliban upon Setebos or, Natural Theology in the Island (Robert Browning Poem)
"Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself." (David, Psalms 50.21) ['Will sprawl, now that the heat ...
Musings On A Landscape Of Gaspar Poussin (Robert Southey Poems)
Poussin! most pleasantly thy pictur'd scenes Beguile the lonely hour; I sit and gaze With lingering eye, till charmed FANCY ...
In the Droving Days (Andrew Barton Paterson Poems)
"Only a pound," said the auctioneer, "Only a pound; and I'm standing here Selling this animal, gain or loss -- ...