Five Visions Of Captain Cook (Kenneth Slessor Poems)
ICOOK was a captain of the AdmiraltyWhen sea-captains had the evil eye,Or should have, what with beating krakens offAnd casting ...
Poems about watch-dog (21 Poems)
Evangeline: Part The First. II. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
NOW had the season returned, when the nights grow colder and longer,And the retreating sun the sign of the Scorpion ...
Sonnets of the Empire (Archibald Thomas Strong Poems)
Gloriana's EnglandFORTH sped thy gallant sailors, blithe and free,Fearing nor foeman's hate, nor iron clime,Nor Lima's flame, nor Plata's fever-slime,So ...
The Drunkard’s Wife (Mary Eliza Perine Tucker Lambert Poems)
How slowly glide the hours by, the minutes hours seem;Ah! can such misery be real, or is it but a ...
The Warrigal (Henry Kendall Poems)
The warrigal's lair is pent in bare, Black rocks at the gorge's mouth;It is set in ways where Summer strays With the ...
The Yellow Fly (Juliana Horatia Ewing Poems)
A TALE WITH A STING IN IT.Ah!There you are!I was certain I heard a strange voice from afar.Mamma calls me ...
On The Road (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I 's boun' to see my gal to-night-- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! De moon ain't out, de stars ain't bright-- Oh, ...
Blue (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
STANDIN' at de winder,Feelin' kind o' glum,Listenin' to de raindropsPlay de kettle drum,Lookin' crost de meddersSwimmin' lak a sea;Lawd 'a' ...
Song Written For A Welch Melody (Joanna Baillie Poems)
I'VE no sheep on the mountain, nor boat on the lake,Nor coin in my coffer to keep me awake,Nor corn ...
Sonnet V. On The Evening. (John Codrington Bampfylde Poems)
Slow sinks the glimmering beam from western sky,The woods and hills obscur'd by Evening greyVanish from mortal sight, and fade ...
The Kalevala – Rune XVIII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE RIVAL SUITORSWainamoinen, old and truthful,Long considered, long debated,How to woo and win the daughterOf the hostess of Pohyola,How to ...
Sir Eustace Grey (George Crabbe Poems)
Scene: --A MADHOUSE.Persons: --VISITOR, PHYSICIAN, AND PATIENT."Veris miscens falsa." SENECA. ------------------- ...
The Kalevala – Rune XII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KYLLIKKI'S BROKEN VOW.Lemminkainen, artful husband,Reckless hero, Kaukomieli,Constantly beside his young wife.,Passed his life in sweet contentment,And the years rolled swiftly ...
Dante At Verona (Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poems)
Behold, even I, even I am Beatrice.(Div. Com. Purg. xxx.)OF Florence and of BeatriceServant and singer from of old,O'er Dante's ...
Madge Linsey, Or The Three Souls (Dora Sigerson Shorter Poems)
Madge Linsey at the well raised the deep waters, Brimmed her brass bucket full, went from her place. Loose hung ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXXVI (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KULLERWOINEN'S VICTORY AND DEATH.Kullerwionen, wicked wizard,In his purple-colored stockings,Now prepares himself for battle;Grinds a long time on his broadsword,Sharpens well ...
The Sinless Child Part 5 (Elizabeth Oakes Smith Poems)
The loud winds rattled at the door-The shutters creaked and shook,While Eva, by the cottage hearth,Sat with abstracted look.With every ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXXIII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KULLERVO AND THE CHEAT-CAKE.Thereupon the lad, Kullervo,Laid his luncheon in his basket,Drove the herd to mountain-pastures,O'er the hills and through ...
Ode To Fear (Allen Tate Poems)
Variation on a Theme by CollinsLet the day glare: O memory, your treadBeats to the pulse of suffocating night-Night peering ...
Sonnets of the Empire: Hawk (Archibald Thomas Strong Poems)
Great sea dog, fighter in the great old way! What though thy ships were tinder, and the pest Rotted thy ...
The Maid of Neidpath (Sir Walter Scott Poems)
O lovers' eyes are sharp to see, And lovers' ears in hearing; And love, in life's extremity, Can lend an ...