Trouble (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Trouble is an exerciserSent us by a Wisdom wiserThan the mind of man possesses.Doubts and dangers and distressesCome not purposely ...
Poems about vexing (21 Poems)
Our Cow (C J Dennis Poems)
Down by the slipralls stands our cow Chewing, chewing, chewing,She does not care what folks out there In the great, ...
Wings (Danske Dandridge Poems)
Shall we know in the Hereafter All the reasons ...
On the Countess of Burlington Cutting Paper (Alexander Pope Poems)
Pallas grew vapourish once, and odd,She would not do the least right thing,Either for goddess, or for god,Nor work, nor ...
Summer Night (Edward Rowland Sill Poems)
FROM the warm garden in the summer night All faintest odors came: the tuberose white Glimmered in its dark bed, ...
Sonnet CCLXXIX: “Again I touch thee, vexing instrument” (George Henry Boker Poems)
Again I touch thee, vexing instrument, My hard and rarely-mastered Tuscan lute! Though faulty poets of thy worth are mute, ...
Sonnet IX: “And does she love me now as yesterday?” (George Henry Boker Poems)
IXAnd does she love me now as yesterday? Is love divine indeed, and scorns to wear The mortal mantle which ...
Sonnet XII: “Why sing forever in this mournful way” (George Henry Boker Poems)
XIIWhy sing forever in this mournful way, Vexing the future for my hidden lot? Are today's joys unvalued and forgot, ...
Beneath the Pines (Danske Dandridge Poems)
If there be solace for the unquiet mindIn fragrant beds beneath the healing Pines,Curtained by waving canopy of Vines,Where one ...
The Butchers At Prayer (Donald Marquis Poems)
EACH nation as it draws the sword And flings its standard to the air Petitions piously the Lord -- Vexing ...
Endymion: Book II (John Keats Poem)
O Sovereign power of love! O grief! O balm! All records, saving thine, come cool, and calm, And shadowy, through ...
Acrostic (Lewis Carroll Poem)
Little maidens, when you look On this little story-book, Reading with attentive eye Its enticing history, Never think that hours ...
The Four Ages of Man (Anne Bradstreet Poem)
1.1 Lo now! four other acts upon the stage, 1.2 Childhood, and Youth, the Manly, and Old-age. 1.3 The first: ...
To Ladies Of A Certain Age (John Trumbull Poems)
Ye ancient Maids, who ne'er must prove The early joys of youth and love, Whose names grim Fate (to whom ...
Pioneers! O Pioneers! (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 COME, my tan-faced children, Follow well in order, get your weapons ready; Have you your pistols? have you your ...
Those Annual Bills (Mark Twain Poems)
These annual bills! these annual bills! How many a song their discord trills Of "truck" consumed, enjoyed, forgot, Since I ...
Inspiration (Henry David Thoreau Poems)
Whate'er we leave to God, God does, And blesses us; The work we choose should be our own, God leaves ...
The Toys (Coventry Patmore Poems)
My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the ...
To my son (John Matthew Poems)
You will realize this wisdom, When you are my age, and experience, Gained from being in vexing situations, Yet, being ...
The Gallery (Andrew Marvell Poems)
Clora come view my Soul, and tell Whether I have contriv'd it well. Now all its several lodgings lye Compos'd ...
The Moon is a Painter (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
He coveted her portrait. He toiled as she grew gay. She loved to see him labor In that devoted way. ...