All-Souls’ Night (Dora Sigerson Shorter Poems)
O MOTHER, mother, I swept the hearth, I set his chair and the white board spread, I prayed for his ...
Dogs Poems (1420 Poems)
All Soul’s Eve (Dora Sigerson Shorter Poems)
I cried all night to you, I called till day was here; Perhaps you could not come, Or were too ...
Everybody’s Doing It (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
We're all buying SpitfiresAs fast as we can buySpitfires and HurricanesFor battles in the sky . . . The girls ...
Sittin’ On The Porch (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Sittin' on the porch at night when all the tasks are done,Just restin' there an' talkin', with my easy slippers ...
A Valuable Gift (Carolyn Wells Poems)
Old Father Time, one day In his study, so they say, Was indulging in a surreptitious nap, When from his ...
Nine Miles from Gundagai (2) (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
I've done my share of shearing sheep,Of droving and all that;And bogged a bullock team as well,On a Murrumbidgee flat.I've ...
Bonny Mermaid III (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
" UP and spoke the bonny mermaid, Wi the comb and the glass in her hand; Says, Cheer up your ...
A Dahky Ditty. (Elliott Blaine Henderson Poems)
TO DR. M.D. FITCH, Columbus, Ohio. Oh Dahky stop yo' moanin'! Oh Dahky stop yo' sigh! De sun am 'way ...
A Dogs’ View (C J Dennis Poems)
I'm only just a common racing dog, Simple in habit, and my diet's plain.I have never had a longing for ...
Rake (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Poems)
THERE'S no better dog nor Hardcastle's Rake:Not a hundred guineas would Hardcastle take.For his wall-eyed dog: an' Ben is a ...
Christmas Gifts (Carolyn Wells Poems)
Ten Christmas presents standing in a line; Robert took the bicycle, then there were nine. Nine Christmas presents ranged in ...
The Last Antelope (Edwin Ford Piper Poems)
"Behind the board fence at the banker's house The slender, tawn-gray creature starves and thirsts In agony of fear. A ...
Out Of The Sighs (Dylan Thomas Poems)
Out of the sighs a little comes,But not of grief, for I have knocked down thatBefore the agony; the spirit ...
Shipmate Sorrow (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
I was shipmates with Sorrow in a day gone by;We shared the wheel and look-out, old Sorrow and I:Good times ...
Little Boy Blue (Eugene Field Poems)
The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and stanch he stands;And the little toy soldier is red ...
Dr. Doddridges Dog (George MacDonald Poems)
What! you Dr. Doddridge's dog, and not know who made you?My little dog, who blessed youWith such white toothy-pegs?And who ...
The Joy Of A Dog (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Ma says no, it's too much care An' it will scatter germs an' hair, An' it's a nuisance through and ...
A Paraphrase (Alfred Gibbs Campbell Poems)
One, dressed in purple and linen,Sat at his ease, in state;The other, a leprous beggar,Lay at the rich man's gate:Dainty ...
Vain Vows (Charles Guerin Poems)
This winter night is odorous of spring.Dreaming, my casement open wide I fling.Upon a veil of silk the wind seems ...
A Mammon-Marri (George MacDonald Poems)
The croak of a raven hoar!A dog's howl, kennel-tied!Loud shuts the carriage-door:The two are away on their ghastly rideTo Death's ...
A Boy And His Dog (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
A boy and his dog make a glorious pair:No better friendship is found anywhere,For they talk and they walk and ...
Fontaine, Je Ne Boirai Pas De Ton Eau! (Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems)
"I know I might have lived in such a wayAs to have suffered only pain:Loving not man nor dog;Not money, ...
Safe At Home (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
Let the old fire blaze An' the youngsters shoutAn' the dog on the rug Sprawl full length out,An' Mother an' ...
Bedlam Town (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
Do you want to peep into Bedlam Town?Then come with me, when the day swings down,Into the cradle, whose rockers ...
When Mother Sleeps (Edgar Albert Guest Poems)
When mother sleeps, a slamming door Disturbs her not at all;A man might walk across the floor Or ...
The Brewer’s Dog (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
The brewer's dog is abroad, boys,Be careful where you stray,His teeth are coated with poison,And he's on the watch for ...
Penelope (Dame Mary Gilmore DBE Poems)
Twice I waked in the night, Feeling if you were there—Softly touched your cheek, Softly kissed ...
The Smell Of The Sea (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
I'd tramped the whole day long on the weary roads ashore,I was tired as a dog, and my heart was ...
To Lydia (Eugene Field Poems)
When, Lydia, you (once fond and true, But now grown cold and supercilious)Praise Telly's charms of neck and arms-- Well, ...
Waiting (Ernesto Trejo Poems)
Still dark. I don't trustthe newspaper that ignores me."The accused murderer hada disturbed childhood."I shouldn't worry. As Ithink this the ...