Rhodon And Iris. Act I (Ralph Knevet Poems)
SCEN. 1.Poneria, Agnostus.Ag. Is the worlds eye not yet asleepe?Po. Hath Jove not yet put on his starry night-cap? No; nor Juno her spangl'd ...
Corporation Poems (39 Poems)
Dorchester Amphitheatre . (John Kenyon Poems)
By Rome's old amphitheatre I stood, Still pretty perfect, on the Weymouth road, Within some half a mile of Dorchester. There had I ...
Rhodon And Iris. Act II (Ralph Knevet Poems)
SCEN. 1.Poneria, Agnostus.Po. Bold foolish wickednesse is that Which walks by day, expos'd to the world's eie. Sinne is the daughter of the darkest ...
The Monks Of Catalonia (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
TO you, my friends, allow me to detail,The feats of monks in Catalonia's vale,Where oft the holy fathers pow'rs displayed,And ...
The Pastoral, The Elegy, The Ode, And The Epigram (Nicholas Boileau Despreaux Poems)
As A fair nymph, when rising from her bed, With sparkling diamonds dresses not her head, But without gold, or pearl, or ...
The Three Queens (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
IN the far time of Earth's sweet maiden beauty,When Morning hung with rapture on her breast;When every sentient life paid ...
Brunton Stephens (James Brunton Stephens Poems)
Dedicated by special permission to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria.We cried, "How long!" We sighed, "Not yet;"And still with ...
Carmina Festiva (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
THE LITTLE-NECK CLAMA modern verse-sequence, showing how a native American subject, strictly realistic, may be treated in various manners adapted ...
“The Dog-Star Rages.” (George Pope Morris Poems)
Unseal the city fountains, And let the waters flowIn coolness from the mountains Unto the plains below.My brain is parched and erring, The ...
Prelude (Mathilde Blind Poems)
What a twitter! what a tumult! what a whirr of wheeling wings!Birds of Passage hear the message which the Equinoctial ...
The Refinery (Robert Pinsky Poems)
'. . . our language, forged in the dark bycenturies of violentpressure, underground,out of the stuff of dead life.'Thirsty and ...
To the Good Town of Edinburgh, A Poem. On the Restoration of Peace and Tranquillity (James Wilson Claudero Poems)
Discord, fly on sooty pinions,To your gloomy dire dominions;For LAURIE, now our potent Lord,Engageth all to sweet concord.Let palms of ...
“An idle poet, dreaming” (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
AN idle poet, dreaming in the sun,One given to much unhallowed vagrancyOf thought and step; who, when he comes to ...
Ye Wearie Wayfarer [A Dedication to the author of Holmby House” (Adam Lindsay Gordon Poems)
Fytte IBy Wood and Wold"Beneath the greenwood bough." — W. Scott.Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows, Though ...
Liberality, Or The Decayed Macaroni (Christopher Anstey Poems)
I am a decay'd macaroni, My lodging's up three pair of stairs; My cheeks are grown wondrously bony, And grey, ...
The New Bath Guide: Part I, LetterVIII (Christopher Anstey Poems)
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North. Mr. B---n---r---d goes to the Rooms. His Opinion of Gaming. ...
The Huntsman (Billy Bennett Poems)
Give me the life of a huntsman,It wants a lot of beating...I know, I've served my apprenticeshipWith that famous hunter, ...
Ballad Of The Skeletons (Allen Ginsberg Poems)
Said the Presidential SkeletonI won't sign the billSaid the Speaker skeletonYes you willSaid the Representative SkeletonI objectSaid the Supreme Court ...
Inscribed To An Alderman (Anonymous British Poems)
Know ye the land where the leaf of the myrtleIs bestow'd on good livers in eating sublime?Where the rage for ...
Lent (George Herbert Poem)
Welcome dear feast of Lent: who loves not thee, He loves not Temperance, or Authority, But is compos'd of passion. ...
confessions of a fool (Rg Gregory Poem)
(i) i believed in flower-power (the triumph of the meek) the thought that what a wind could bend was not ...
from imperfect Eden (Rg Gregory Poem)
(1) and off to scott's (the dockers' restaurant) burly men packed in round solid tables but what the helle (drowned ...
War Profit Litany (Allen Ginsberg Poem)
To Ezra Pound These are the names of the companies that have made money from this war nineteenhundredsixtyeight Annodomini fourthousand ...
Tended with Love (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
As if a garden, our lives the joy, love, relationship connection with God, our families, our friends, neighbors, even strangers ...
Gathering to Praise (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
not merely thanking God for the bounty, the abundance the individual gifts poured out heaped upon each one of us ...
Without Ceasing (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
prayers, or petition, of thanks an act of worship, corporate, private holy moments, without ceasing seeking the presence of God ...
Rolling Stone (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Like an army general on parade reviewing the troops in the convoy tooling down the highway into battle I drove ...
The Monks Of Catalonia (Jean de La Fontaine Poem)
TO you, my friends, allow me to detail, The feats of monks in Catalonia's vale, Where oft the holy fathers ...
Phantasmagoria CANTO V ( Byckerment ) (Lewis Carroll Poem)
"DON'T they consult the 'Victims,' though?" I said. "They should, by rights, Give them a chance - because, you know, ...
Christmas (John Betjeman Poem)
The bells of waiting Advent ring, The Tortoise stove is lit again And lamp-oil light across the night Has caught ...