The Beauteous Terrorist (Sir Henry Parkes Poems)
Soft as the morning's pearly light,Where yet may rise the thunder-cloud,Her gentle face was ever brightWith noble thought and purpose ...
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Drought and Doctrine (James Brunton Stephens Poems)
Come, take the tenner, doctor . . . yes, I know the bill says "five,"But it ain't as if you'd ...
At Fredericksburg-Dec. 13, 1862 (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
GOD send us peace, and keep red strife away;But should it come, God send us men and steel!The land is ...
Ondas Muertas (Dead Waves) (Manuel Gutierrez Najera Poems)
In the deep darkness underneath the groundThat never has been reached by mortal sight,There silent currents of black water glideIn ...
The Pillar of the Church (John O Brien Poems)
Faith, 'tis good to see him comin' when the bell for Mass is flingin'Gladsome golden notes appealin' on the Sabbath-softened ...
Dressing Gown Farewell (Piotr Andreevich Viazemsky Poems)
Forgive me, dressing gown! My friend in idle bliss,Comrade of leisure, a witness to my secret thoughts!With you I knew ...
Dead Waves (Ondas Muertas) (Manuel Gutierrez Najera Poems)
In the deep darkness underneath the groundThat never has been reached by mortal sight,There silent currents of black water glideIn ...
The Hours (John Peale Bishop Poems)
In the real dark night of the soul it is always threeo'clock in the morning. F. SCOTT FITZGERALDIALL day, knowing ...
Discouragement (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
"Forward, comrades, ever forward"!Shout the leaders in the fight;"Scale the ramparts! Plant the standardOn the citadel of light!"Break the chains ...
A Lost Chance (James Brunton Stephens Poems)
[It is stated that a shepherd, who had for many years grazed his flocks ina district in which a rich ...
Leo (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
I made a journey o'er the sea,I bade my faithful dog good-bye,I knew that he would grieve for me,But did ...
Antony Villa (Henry Lawson Poems)
Over there, above the jetty, stands the mansion of the Vardens,With a tennis ground and terrace, and a flagstaff in ...
Tom Van Arden (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Tom Van Arden, my old friend, Our warm fellowship is oneFar too old to comprehend Where its bond was first begun: Mirage-like before ...
Golden Stars (Henry Van Dyke Poems)
IIt was my lot of late to travel farThrough all America's domain,A willing, gray-haired servitorBearing the Fiery Cross of righteous ...
Prarie Storm Rune (John Gneisenau Neihardt Poems)
ITHE wild bee sips at the heat-drugged lipsOf the passionless lily a-nod;The sunflowers stare through the hush at the glareOf ...
On a Street (Henry Kendall Poems)
I dread that street — its haggard faceI have not seen for eight long years;A mother's curse is on the ...
Bereavement of the Fields (William Wilfred Campbell Poems)
1 Soft fall the February snows, and soft2 Falls on my heart the snow of wintry pain;3 For never more, ...
Watoga (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Oh, think not that the polished breast, Only, can feel the fire of love,Pure as the flames that brightly rest In bosoms ...
Judgment Day (John Freeman Poems)
When through our bodies our two spirits burnEscaping, and no more our true eyes turnOutwards, and no more hands to ...
Das Krist Kindel (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I had fed the fire and stirred it, till the sparkles in delightSnapped their saucy little fingers at the chill ...
A New Simile (Oliver Goldsmith Poems)
IN THE MANNER OF SWIFTLONG had I sought in vain to findA likeness for the scribbling kind;The modern scribbling kind, ...
Memories (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Lonely musing, sadly thinking,Strength and spirits failing, sinking,Drooping, shivering, cow'ring, shrinking, In the wintry blast.Winds are howling, roaring, screaming,Thunder rolling, lightning ...
The Female Martyr (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
"BRING out your dead!" The midnight streetHeard and gave back the hoarse, low call;Harsh fell the tread of hasty feet,Glanced ...
In Memory Of Douglas Vernon Cow (Muriel Stuart Poems)
THIS POEM, DEDICATED TO HIS MOTHER.To twilight heads comes Death as comes a friend.As with the gentle fading of the ...
The Archbishop And Gil Blas (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
A MODERNIZED VERSIONI DON'T think I feel much older; I'm aware I'm rather gray,But so are many young folks; I ...
The Prayer Of Agassiz (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
On the isle of Penikese,Ringed about by sapphire seas,Fanned by breezes salt and cool,Stood the Master with his school.Over sails ...
On Barney’s Victory Over the Ship “General Monk” (Philip Morin Freneau Poems)
O'ER the waste of waters cruising,Long the General Monk had reigned;All subduing, all reducing,None her lawless rage restrained:Many a brave ...
Mirth And Grief. An Allegory (John Anster Poems)
In vain--ah me!--in vain, with murmured charmOf love--inwoven sounds, would I recallThe long--forgotten art--in vain imploreAt noon the colouring of ...
A Story With A Moral (John Marchborn Cooley Poems)
One ev'ning, as some children play'dBeneath an oak tree's summer shade,A stranger, travel-stained and gray,Beside them halted on his way.As ...
Musings (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)
INSPIRATION. All who have toiled for Art, who've won or lost, Sat equal priests at her high Pentecost; Only the chrism and sacrament ...