Herman Melville Poems on Kings & Queens Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

1876Sunning ourselves in October on a dayBalmy as spring, though the year was in decay,I lading my pipe, she stirring ...

We rovers bold, To the land of Gold,Over the bowling billows are gliding: Eager to toil, For the golden spoil,And every hardship biding. See! ...

Kept up by relays of generations youngNever dies at halyards the blithe chorus sung;While in sands, sounds, and seas where ...

(October, 1864)Shoe the steed with silver That bore him to the fray,When he heard the guns at dawning— Miles away;When he heard ...

No sleep. The sultriness pervades the airAnd blinds the brain—a dense oppression, suchAs tawny tigers feel in matted shades,Vexing their ...

Ha, ha, gods and kings; fill high, one and all;Drink, drink! shout and drink! mad respond to the call!Fill fast, and ...

Sailors there are of the gentlest breed, Yet strong, like every goodly thing;The discipline of arms refines, And the wave gives tempering. The ...

One that I cherished, Yea, loved as a son - Up early, up late with, My promising one: No use ...

Herman Melville Poems on Kings & Queens (8 Poems)