Old Spookses’ Pass (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
I. WE'D camped that night on Yaller Bull Flat,— Thar was Possum Billy, an' Tom, an' me. Right smart at throwin' a lariat Was ...
Poems about truckle (16 Poems)
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D. (Jonathan Swift Poems)
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drewFrom Nature, I believe 'em true:They argue no corrupted mindIn him; the fault is in mankind.This ...
Hudibras – The Lady’s Answer to The Knight (Samuel Butler Poems)
That you're a beast, and turn'd to grass,Is no strange news, nor ever was;At least to me, who once you ...
The Hand of Glory, : The Nurse’s Story (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
Malefica quaedam auguriatrix in Anglia fuit, quam demones horribiliter extraxerunt, et imponentes super equum terribilem, per aera rapuerunt; Clamoresque terribiles ...
The Cradle (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road,Was seen a humble innkeeper's abode;Small sums were charged; few guests the ...
English, Scots, And Irishmen (John Mayne Poems)
ENGLISH, SCOTS, and IRISHMEN,All that are in VALOUR'S ken!Shield your KING: and flock agen Where his sacred Banners fly!Now's the day, ...
The Tidy Little Body (John O Brien Poems)
Faith, and little Miss McCroddie was the tidy little body, Just as trim and prim and handy as you'd ever wish ...
Serenade (Kenneth Slessor Poems)
THOU moon, like a white Christus hangingAt the sky's cross-roads, I'll court thee not,Though travellers bend up, and seek thy ...
Cackle (C J Dennis Poems)
Oh, my brothers do not wrangle. When the sweets of office dangle At a most inviting angle ...
Battle Song (Bert Leston Taylor Poems)
We stand at Armageddon, and we battle for the Lord, And all we ask to stead us ...
Sonnet CLIX: “Oh! what a hollow and a bootless thing” (George Henry Boker Poems)
Oh! what a hollow and a bootless thing Is human life, to sum it all in all, From restless cradle ...
The Ghost (Henry Lawson Poem)
Down the street as I was drifting with the city's human tide, Came a ghost, and for a moment walked ...
The Candle Indoors (Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem)
Some candle clear burns somewhere I come by. I muse at how its being puts blissful back With yellowy moisture ...
The Cradle (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
NEAR Rome, of yore, close to the Florence road, Was seen a humble innkeeper's abode; Small sums were charged; few ...
Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift (Jonathan Swift Poems)
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe 'em true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault ...
Contentment (Robert William Service Poems)
Bed and bread are all I need In my happy day; Love of Nature is my creed, Unto her I ...