David (Charles Lamb Poems)
It is not always to the strongVictorious battle shall belong.This found Goliath huge and tall:Mightiest giant of them all,Who in ...
Charles Lamb Poems on Man (24 Poems)
The Boy And The Skylark (Charles Lamb Poems)
A FABLE."A wicked action fear to do,When you are by yourself; for though You think you can conceal it,A little ...
The Ape (Charles Lamb Poems)
To the Editor Mr. Editor,—The riddling lines which I send you, were written upon a young lady ...
The Text (Charles Lamb Poems)
One Sunday eve a grave old man, Who had not been at church, did say,"Eliza, tell me, if you can, ...
The Two Bees (Charles Lamb Poems)
But a few words could William say, And those few could not speak plain,Yet thought he was a man one ...
Living Without God In The World (Charles Lamb Poems)
Mystery of God! thou brave & beauteous world!Made fair with light, & shade, & stars, & flowers;Made fearful and august ...
The Beasts In The Tower (Charles Lamb Poems)
Within the precincts of this yard,Each in his narrow confines barred,Dwells every beast that can be foundOn Afric or on ...
The End Of May (Charles Lamb Poems)
Our governess is not in school, So we may talk a bit;Sit down upon this little stool, Come, little Mary, ...
Moderation In Diet (Charles Lamb Poems)
The drunkard's sin, excess in wine, Which reason drowns, and health destroys,As yet no failing is of thine, Dear Jim; ...
The Orange (Charles Lamb Poems)
The month was June, the day was hot,And Philip had an orange got,The fruit was fragrant, tempting, bright,Refreshing to the ...
The Sparrow And The Hen (Charles Lamb Poems)
A sparrow, when sparrows like parrots could speak, Addressed an old hen who could talk like a jay:Said he, "It's ...
The Duty Of A Brother (Charles Lamb Poems)
Why on your sister do you look, Octavius, with an eye of scorn,As scarce her presence you could brook?— Under ...
A Dramatic Fragment (Charles Lamb Poems)
"Fie upon't!All men are false, I think. The date of loveIs out, expired, its stories all grown stale,O'erpast, forgotten, like ...
Written On The Day Of My Aunt’s Funeral (Charles Lamb Poems)
Thou too art dead, ———! very kindHast thou been to me in my childish days,Thou best good creature. I have ...
Written Soon After The Preceding Poem (Charles Lamb Poems)
Thou should'st have longer liv'd, and to the graveHave peacefully gone down in full old age!Thy children would have tended ...
The Great Grandfather (Charles Lamb Poems)
My father's grandfather lives still, His age is fourscore years and ten;He looks a monument of time, The agedest of ...
Cleanliness (Charles Lamb Poems)
Come, my little Robert, near—Fie! what filthy hands are here—Who that e'er could understandThe rare structure of a hand,With its ...
The Rook And The Sparrows (Charles Lamb Poems)
A little boy with crumbs of breadMany a hungry sparrow fed.It was a child of little sense,Who this kind bounty ...
Lines Addressed From London, To Sara And S.T.C. At Bristol, In The Summer Of 1796 (Charles Lamb Poems)
Was it so hard a thing? I did but askA fleeting holiday, a little week.What if the jaded steer who ...
The Old Familiar Faces (Charles Lamb Poems)
I have had playmates, I have had companions,In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days—All, all are gone, the ...
To Charles Lloyd (Charles Lamb Poems)
A stranger, and alone, I past those scenesWe past so late together; and my heartFelt something like desertion, when I ...
To The Poet Cowper, On His Recovery From An Indispositio (Charles Lamb Poems)
WRITTEN SOME TIME BACK.Cowper, I thank my God that thou art healed.Thine was the sorest malady of all,And I am ...
The Unbeloved (Charles Lamb Poems)
Not a woman, child, or man inAll this isle, that loves thee, C—-ng.Fools, whom gentle manners sway,May incline to C—-gh,Princes, ...
On Being Asked To Write In Miss Westwood’s Album (Charles Lamb Poems)
My feeble Muse, that fain her best wouldWrite, at command of Frances Westwood,But feels her wits not in their best ...