The Heathen Chinee (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
Which I wish to remark, And my language is plain,That for ways that are dark And for tricks ...
Emotions Poems (1536 Poems)
Song (Francis Scott Key Poems)
WHEN the warrior returns, from the battle afar, To the home and the country he nobly defended,O! warm be ...
The Reflections Of A Serious Moment (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
HOW cold are the dead in the depths of the grave, Still and dark is their gloomy abode;And long ...
Lines: Written to my Sister during her Passage to the West Indies (Emma Lyon Poems)
MY soul with joyful gratitude surveys The cheerful sun each day more splendid rise!The softest breezes fan me as ...
Love Elegy, to Henry (Amelia Opie Poems)
Then thou hast learnt the secret of my soul,Officious Friendship has its trust betrayed;No more I need the bursting sigh ...
Beowulf (The Prelude) (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
PRELUDE OF THE FOUNDER OF THE DANISH HOUSELO, praise of the prowess of people-kingsof spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,we ...
Ode (Albert Pike Poems)
(SUNG AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE I. O. O. F.)The night cometh swiftly, the thick clouds are drifting Around the ...
The Mistress – Versified (Charlotte Dacre Poems)
To the Spirit of her Lover. Wilt thou follow me into the wild? Wilt thou follow me over the ...
The Worship of Sorrow (Alexander Anderson Poems)
He who, in his young sweet lifetime, When his heart with its visions was rife,Hath felt not the worship of ...
Roll The Cotton Down (Edwin James Brady Poems)
WE sing no song of Right or Wrong, Or War, or Fame, or Duty; Our chanty free it still shall ...
May Asda (From The Danish Of Oehlenslaeger) (George Borrow Poems)
May Asda is gone to the merry green wood;Like flax was each tress on her temples that stood;Her cheek like ...
Plain Language From Truthful James (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
(TABLE MOUNTAIN, 1870)Which I wish to remark, And my language is plain,That for ways that are dark And for tricks ...
Second Boyhood (Folger McKinsey Poems)
He had a willow whistle and a fish hook that had beenMade with a youngster's witchery by the bending of ...
Written At Fourteen Years Of Age (Christian Milne Poems)
ON AN ELDERLY LADY WHOM I THEN SERVED. WHY am I destin'd here to stay,Excluded from the world that's gay;Confinement, ...
The Calm (Caroline Fry Poems)
NOT a sound wak'd the air, not a leaf was in motion;As a mirror of glass was the bosom of ...
The Complaint (Caroline Fry Poems)
O YOU who at lighter afflictions repine,Arrest your complainings and list ye to mine,And you who can sorrow for every ...
The Senior Fellow (E W Bowling Poems)
When the shades of eve descending Throw o'er cloistered courts their gloom, Dimly with the twilight blending Memories ...
Memory’s River (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
In Nature's bright blossoms not always reposesThat strange subtle essence more rare than their bloom,Which lies in the hearts of ...
The Rejected Prayer (Caroline Fry Poems)
Is it not thine, O God, this passing world? Is it not thine to give it at thy will?But ...
Love Reigneth Over All (Edwin Exon Poems)
AN ODE TO MUSIC. I.The Seas, the Lakes, the Mountains, and the Trees Are living presences ; and he who ...
The Advantages Of Resignation (Elizabeth Bath Poems)
ALL things are order'd for the best, In perfect love design'd;The sorrows that we so much dread, But ...
The Forced Alliance (David James Scott Poems)
Can earthly commerce hush the music of the heart, and shut the doorof memory on a friend?—Miss Whittlesey.Ah, that our ...
Rachel (From “Joseph And His Brethren:’) (Charles Jeremiah Wells Poems)
Rachel, the beautiful (as she was called),Despised our mother Leah, for that she Was tender-ey'd, lean-favor'd, and did lack The ...
Alas! Forgive Me (Charlotte Dacre Poems)
You say you once lov'd me, and lov'd me to madness, But ah! are you sure that you felt ...
Bill’s Length (Alexander Anderson Poems)
On to Bill's length, said my mate to me. Bill was his brother, had charge of the plates From Horsely's ...
Enigma XVIII. (Elizabeth Hitchener Poems)
NOW o'er the vast waves of the northern Pacific,Prepare for a speedy and prosperous sail;And land on the coast of ...
On The Death Of William Drake, Jun. Esq. (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
Late MEMBER for AMERSHAM, BUCKS. HOW does the voice of woe, in accents wild,To wound the list'ning ear sad sounds ...
To A Soubrette (Eugene Field Poems)
'Tis years, soubrette, since last we met; And yet—ah, yet, how swift and tenderMy thoughts go back in time's dull ...
A Fallen Star (Albert Chevalier Poems)
Thirty years ago I was a fav'rite at the `Vic.'A finished actor, not a Cuff and Collar shooting stick.I roused ...
In Calcutta (Arun Mitra Poems)
Calcutta beckons meIn familiar names,Calls me close in the midst of anonymous crowdOn an intense, familiar bent,I fall back on ...