To Dr. Sherlock, On His Practical Discourse Concerning Death (Matthew Prior Poems)
Forgive the muse who, in unhallow'd strains,The saint one moment from his God detains;For sure whate'er you do, where'er you ...
Poems about uninjured (21 Poems)
To An Oak At Newstead (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
Young Oak! when I planted thee deep in the ground, I hoped that thy days would be longer than mine;That thy ...
To The Grasshopper (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
HAPPY art thou, darling insect,Who, upon the trees' tall branches,By a modest draught inspired,Singing, like a monarch livest!Thou possessest as ...
There Is a Safe and Secret Place (Henry Francis Lyte Poems)
There is a safe and secret place,Beneath the wings divine,Reserved for all the heirs of grace;O be that refuge mine!The ...
The Ghost – Book I (Charles Churchill Poems)
With eager search to dart the soul,Curiously vain, from pole to pole,And from the planets' wandering spheresTo extort the number ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXVI (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
ORIGIN OF THE SERPENT.Ahti, living on the island,Near the Kauko-point and harbor,Plowed his fields for rye and barley,Furrowed his extensive ...
The Parish Register – Part II: Marriages (George Crabbe Poems)
DISPOSED to wed, e'en while you hasten, stay;There's great advantage in a small delay:Thus Ovid sang, and much the wise ...
The Kalevala – Rune XLIII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE SAMPO LOST IN THE SEA.Louhi, hostess of Pohyola,Called her many tribes together,Gave the archers bows and arrows,Gave her brave ...
A Poem On The Last Day – Book I (Edward Young Poems)
While others sing the fortune of the great, Empire and arms, and all the pomp of state; With Britain's hero ...
Corsica (Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld Poems)
——— A manly race Of unsubmitting spirit, wise and brave; Who still through bleeding ages struggled hard To hold a ...
Louisa: A Poetical Novel. Third Epsitle. (Anna Seward Poems)
THIRD EPISTLE. LOUISATOEMMA,WRITTEN THE DAY AFTER SHE HAD RECEIVED FROM HEREUGENIO'S EXCULPATING LETTER. APRIL 21st, ...
Nelson’s Appeal For Maisonneuve (Arthur Weir Poems)
Silent I have stood and borne it, hoping still from year to yearThat the pleading voice of justice you would ...
The Climber’s Dream (E W Bowling Poems)
I made an ascent of the Eiger Last year, which has ne'er been surpassed; 'Twas dangerous, long, and laborious, ...
Genius (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)
Do I believe, sayest thou, "what the masters of wisdom would teach me,And what their followers' band boldly and readily ...
Apostrophe (Charlotte Smith Poems)
TO AN OLD TREE. WHERE thy broad branches brave the bitter North,Like rugged, indigent, unheeded, worth,Lo! Vegetation's guardian hands embossEach ...
TO THE GRASSHOPPER. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poem)
AFTER ANACREON. [The strong resemblance of this fine poem to Cowley's Ode bearing the same name, and beginning "Happy insect! ...
From ‘Religious Musings’ (Samuel Coleridge Poems)
I THERE is one Mind, one omnipresent Mind, Omnific. His most holy name is Love. Truth of subliming import! with ...
Little Exercise (Elizabeth Bishop Poem)
Think of the storm roaming the sky uneasily like a dog looking for a place to sleep in, listen to ...
Genius (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)
"Do I believe," sayest thou, "what the masters of wisdom would teach me, And what their followers' band boldly and ...
The Disastrous Fire at Scarborough (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
'Twas in the year of 1898, and on the 8th of June, A mother and six children met with a ...
Comus (John Milton Poems)
A Masque Presented At Ludlow Castle, 1634, Before The Earl Of Bridgewater, Then President Of Wales. The Persons The ATTENDANT ...