The Virtuous Man (George Wither Poems)
Thus fears the man whom virtue, beacon-like,Hath fix'd upon the hills of eminence;At him the tempests of mad envy strike,And ...
Arrogance Poems (122 Poems)
The Crane is My Neighbour (John Shaw Neilson Poems)
The bird is my neighbour, a whimsical fellow and dim;There is in the lake a nobility falling on him.The bird ...
Guess Who? (John Streeter Manifold Poems)
From billabong or pondhe serenades the moonupon his small bassoon;the moon does not respondbut in the hope she mighthe keeps ...
The Fugitive (John Le Gay Brereton Poems)
His shatter'd Empire thunders to the ground: A myriad hearts peal laughter as it falls, While red flags flutter on its ruined ...
Gunsight Trail: Glacier (Norman MacLeod Poems)
More than I the winds that passHave brushed the bloom from grass,Carrying the Bear Bloom, sorrelPast bars of stars; the ...
Dream of Istanbul (Mehmet Akif Ersoy Poems)
The boat was rolling over in an ocean...The dream threw me on the shores of Marmara!I saw from only a ...
I Hear an Army (James Joyce Poems)
I hear an army charging upon the land,And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees:Arrogant, in black armour, ...
The Winter Cuckoo (Paul Colinet Poems)
A cuckoo, larger than the forest, digs a hole in thestill warm, ashen landscape.The butt of a rifle spreads over ...
Eunomia. (Solon Poems)
These things my spirit bids meteach the men of Athens:that Dysnomiabrings countless evils for the city,but Eunomia brings orderand makes ...
More Poets Yet! (Henry Austin Dobson Poems)
"More Poets yet!"—I hear him say,Arming his heavy hand to slay;—"Despite my skill and 'swashing blow,"They seem to sprout where'er ...
Merciful Krishna (Sant Surdas Poems)
See the greatness of Krishna;though Lord, Father and Master of the worldhe willingly bears the arrogance of his close devoteesShiva ...
The Laureate (Robert Graves Poems)
Like a lizard in the sun, though not scuttlingWhen men approach, this wretch, this thing of rage,Scowls and sits rhyming ...
Louisa: A Poetical Novel. Second Epsitle. (Anna Seward Poems)
EUGENIOTOEMMA,ON HER RETURN FROM THE EAST-INDIE APRIL 15, 1781. START not, dear EMMA ...
A Story of the Sea-Shore (George MacDonald Poems)
TO THEM THAT MOURNLet your tears flow; let your sad sighs have scope;Only take heed they fan, they water Hope.A ...
Alsace-Lorraine (George Meredith Poems)
IThe sister Hours in circles linked,Daughters of men, of men the mates,Are gone on flow with the day that winked,With ...
The Fall Of Nineveh. Book The Twenty-Sixth (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
Resplendent as on that great morn he rose, When, from the inmost depth of heaven's immense, The bright eternal solitude ...
The Spagnoletto. Act III (Emma Lazarus Poems)
Act III.SCENE I. The studio of the Spagnoletto. RIBERA before his canvas. LUCA in attendance.RIBERA (laying aside his brush).So! I ...
The Dunciad: Book IV (Alexander Pope Poems)
Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!Of darkness visible so much be ...
Sir Eustace Grey (George Crabbe Poems)
Scene: --A MADHOUSE.Persons: --VISITOR, PHYSICIAN, AND PATIENT."Veris miscens falsa." SENECA. ------------------- ...
Book Contents: Moods Of Ginger Mick (C J Dennis Poems)
MOODS OF GINGER MICKThis book was dedicated to "THE BOYS WHO TOOK THE ...
The Sage Enamoured And The Honest Lady (George Meredith Poems)
IOne fairest of the ripe unwedded leftHer shadow on the Sage's path; he found,By common signs, that she had done ...
The Fall Of Nineveh. Book The Eigtheenth (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
Three times the glorious god of light, and life, Along the sapphire pavement of the sky Careering,--through the immense of ...
After Sixty Years (Edith Nesbit Poems)
RING, bells! flags, fly! and let the great crowd roar Its ecstasy. Let the hid heart in prayer ...
The Angel In The House. Book I. Canto III. (Coventry Patmore Poems)
PreludesI The Lover He meets, by heavenly chance express, ...
A Preacher (Augusta Davies Webster Poems)
Lest that by any means When I have preached to others I myself Should be a ...
The Revolution (George Meredith Poems)
INot yet had History's Aetna smoked the skies,And low the Gallic Giantess lay enchained,While overhead in ordered set and riseHer ...
‘Twas June, Not I (Frances Fuller Victor Poems)
Come out into the garden, Maud; In whispered tones young Percy said: He but repeated what ...
The Ruling Thought (Count Giacomo Leopardi Poems)
Most sweet, most powerful, Controller of my inmost soul; The terrible, yet precious gift Of heaven, companion kind Of all ...
The Ghost In The Martini (Anthony Hecht Poems)
Over the rim of the glass Containing a good martini with a twist I eye her bosom and consider a ...
What One Says To The Poet On The Subject Of Flowers (Arthur Rimbaud Poems)
I Thus, ever, towards the azure nightWhere there quivers a topaz sea,Will function in your evening lightThe Lilies, those clysters ...