History of the Twentieth Century (A Roadshow) (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
The Sun's in its orbit, yet I feel morbid.Act 1PrologueLadies and gentlemen and the day!All ye made of sweet human clay!Let ...
Arrogance Poems (122 Poems)
Trivia ; or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London : Book III (John Gay Poems)
Of Walking the Streets by Night.O Trivia, goddess, leave these low abodes,And traverse o'er the wide ethereal roads,Celestial queen, put ...
The Heroic Enthusiasts: Part 2: Fifth Dialogue (Giordano Bruno Poems)
_Interlocutors_:LAODOMIA. GIULIA.LAO. Some other time, oh my sister, thou wilt hear what happened tothose nine blind men, who were at ...
One Day And Another: A Lyrical Eclogue – Part IV (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)
LATE AUTUMN _They who die young are blest.-- Should we not envy such? They are Earth's happiest, God-loved and favored much!-- They who die young ...
A Congratulatory Epistle From His Holiness The Pope To The Reverend Dr. Snape (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
To Thee, my Snape, in these Reforming Times,Grateful, we send our Blessing and our Rimes.Odd it may seem for Us, ...
The Sydney International Exhibition (Henry Kendall Poems)
Now, while Orion, flaming south, doth setA shining foot on hills of wind and wet-Far haughty hills beyond the fountains ...
The Graveyard By The Sea (Paul Valery Poems)
This quiet roof, where dove-sails saunter by,Between the pines, the tombs, throbs visibly.Impartial noon patterns the sea in flame --That ...
The Pilgrim’s Fathers (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
ONE righteous word for Law-the common will;One living truth of Faith-God regnant still;One primal test of Freedom-all combined;One sacred Revolution-change ...
Beechenbrook – II (Margaret Junkin Preston Poems)
The feathery foliage has broadened its leaves, And June, with its beautiful mornings and eves, Its magical atmosphere, breezes and blooms, Its woods ...
Proem to American Song (Paul Engle Poems)
BLOW, LONG TRADE WINDS of American speech,Over this land where we can rise, unfurlOur new and untried sails, and drive ...
The Viceroy. A Ballad. (Matthew Prior Poems)
Tune — "Lady Isabella's Tragedy." or "The Stepmother's cruelty."Of Nero, tyrant, petty king,Who heretofore did reignIn famed Hibernia, I will ...
Festus – VIII (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Comes on a quarrel stormy and stern, if brief,'Tween the two foe friends, this demanding whatCannot be;--who immunity shall secure'Gainst ...
TO TRAMPS, The Unemployed, The Disinherited, and Miserable (Lucy Parsons Poems)
A word to the 35,000 now trampingthe streets of this great city,with hands in pockets, gazing listlessly about youat the ...
A Meeting Of The Birds (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
OF a thousand queer meetings, both great, sir, and smallThe bird-party I sing of seemed oddest of all!How they come ...
We Are Accused Of Terrorism (Nizar Qabbani Poems)
We are accused of terrorismIf we dare to write about the remains of a homelandThat is scattered in pieces and ...
I Am An Atheist Who Says His Prayers (Karl Shapiro Poems)
I am an atheist who says his prayers.I am an anarchist, and a full professor at that. I take the ...
Sent To Mr. Haley, On Reading His Epistles On Epic Poetry (Henry James Pye Poems)
What blooming garlands shall the Muses twine, What verdant laurels weave, what flowers combine, To crown their favorite Son whose generous heart Has ...
An Epistle To An Editor (Henry Austin Dobson Poems)
"A new Review!" You make me tremble(Though as to that, I can dissembleTill I hear more). But is it "new"?And ...
A Sequel To The Fable Of The Oak And The Dunghill (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
At length this Oak, all canker'd round,And rotten to the Heart,Became the Nuisance of the Ground,And play'd the Tyrant's Part.His ...
Woman’s Help (Hattie Howard Poems)
Sometimes I long to write an ode And magnify his name, The man of honor, on the road To opulence and fame, On whom ...
To The River (Matilda Betham Poems)
WHICH SEPARATES ITSELF FROM THE DEE, AT BEDKELLERT. Let others hail the tranquil stream, Whose glassy waters smoothly flow, And, in the undulating ...
Response To A Logician (Jetsun Milarepa Poems)
I bow at the feet of my teacher Marpa.And sing this song in response to you.Listen, pay heed to what ...
January, 1795. (Mary Darby Robinson Poems)
PAVEMENT slipp'ry, people sneezing, Lords in ermine, beggars freezing ; Titled gluttons dainties carving, Genius in a garret starving. Lofty mansions, warm and spacious ...
The Band of Gideon (Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr Poems)
The band of Gideon roam the sky,The howling wind is their war-cry,The thunder roll is their trump's peal,And the lightning ...
Lines To An Old Dress (Mary Eliza Perine Tucker Lambert Poems)
Alas! the time has come, old dress,When you and I must part;To say adieu, my valued friend,Is tearing heart from ...
O, Little David, Play on Your Harp (Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr Poems)
O, Little David, play on your harp,That ivory harp with the golden stringsAnd sing as you did in Jewry Land,Of ...
A mountain and a squirrel (Muhammad Iqbal Poems)
A mountain was saying this to a squirrel"Commit suicide if you have self-respectYou are insignificant, still so arrogant, how strange!You ...
The Tulip (Caveat regina) (Maurice Thompson Poems)
Seeing, above dark spikes of green,Your great bold flowers of gold and red,I think of some young heathen queenWith blazing ...
A Great Procession of Priests and Laymen (Constantine P. Cavafy Poems)
A procession of priests and laymen-each walk of life represented-moves through streets, squares, and gatesof the famous city, Antioch.At the ...
Untitled (James Rhoades Poems)
Not for passion or for power, Clean of hands, and calm of soul,England at this awful hour Bids her battle-thunders roll,That crown'd ...