Paradise Lost: Book 01 (John Milton Poems)
Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and ...
Fate & Destiny Poems (4950 Poems)
To Himself (Giacomo Leopardi Poems)
Now will you rest forever, My tired heart. Dead is the last deception, That I thought eternal. Dead. Well I ...
Light (John Milton Poems)
HAIL holy light, ofspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? since God ...
To Silvia (Giacomo Leopardi Poems)
Silvia, do you remember the moments, in your mortal life, when beauty still shone in your sidelong, laughing eyes, and ...
The Empty Boats (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
Why do I see these empty boats, sailing on airy seas? One haunted me the whole night long, swaying with ...
My Lady in Her White Silk Shawl (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
My lady in her white silk shawl Is like a lily dim, Within the twilight of the room Enthroned and ...
The Trap (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
She was taught desire in the street, Not at the angels' feet. By the good no word was said Of ...
Springfield Magical (Vachel Lindsay Poems)
In this, the City of my Discontent, Sometimes there comes a whisper from the grass, "Romance, Romance - is here. ...
1492 (Emma Lazarus Poems)
Thou two-faced year, Mother of Change and Fate, Didst weep when Spain cast forth with flaming sword, The children of ...
The Grasshopper (Richard Lovelace Poems)
O thou that swing'st upon the waving ear Of some well-filled oaten beard, Drunk ev'ry night with a delicious tear ...
Thar’s More In the Man Than Thar Is In The Land (Sidney Lanier Poems)
I knowed a man, which he lived in Jones, Which Jones is a county of red hills and stones, And ...
Corn (Sidney Lanier Poems)
To-day the woods are trembling through and through With shimmering forms, that flash before my view, Then melt in green ...
Hymns Of The Marshes. (Sidney Lanier Poems)
I. Sunrise. In my sleep I was fain of their fellowship, fain Of the live-oak, the marsh, and the main. ...
Rose-Morals (Sidney Lanier Poems)
I. -- Red. Would that my songs might be What roses make by day and night -- Distillments of my ...
The Hard Times In Elfland (Sidney Lanier Poems)
A Story of Christmas Eve. Strange that the termagant winds should scold The Christmas Eve so bitterly! But Wife, and ...
The Tournament (Sidney Lanier Poems)
Joust First. I. Bright shone the lists, blue bent the skies, And the knights still hurried amain To the tournament ...
Coming Close (Philip Levine Poems)
Take this quiet woman, she has been standing before a polishing wheel for over three hours, and she lacks twenty ...
To Baynard Taylor (Sidney Lanier Poems)
To range, deep-wrapt, along a heavenly height, O'erseeing all that man but undersees; To loiter down lone alleys of delight, ...
Ode For Mrs. William Settle (Philip Levine Poems)
In Lake Forest, a suburb of Chicago, a woman sits at her desk to write me a letter. She holds ...
To Beethoven (Sidney Lanier Poems)
In o'er-strict calyx lingering, Lay music's bud too long unblown, Till thou, Beethoven, breathed the spring: Then bloomed the perfect ...
The Water’s Chant (Philip Levine Poems)
Seven years ago I went into the High Sierras stunned by the desire to die. For hours I stared into ...
Salts And Oils (Philip Levine Poems)
In Havana in 1948 I ate fried dog believing it was Peking duck. Later, in Tampa I bunked with an ...
Watch (Frank Outlaw Poem)
Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become ...
Profit From Failure (Poem)
The test of a man is the fight he makes, The grit that he daily shows; The way he stands ...
Will (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poem)
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent or hinder or control The firm resolve of a determined ...
One Ship Drives East and Another Drives West (Emma Wheeler Wilcox Poem)
One ship drives east and another drives west With the self-same winds that blow. This the set of the sails ...
Invictus (William Earnest Henley Poem)
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may ...
Failure (Tim Connor Poem)
Failure It's only a word. But it carries with it so much pain and so little concern so much frustration ...
Who Ever Loved (Christopher Marlowe Poem)
It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate. When two ...
At Last (Elizabeth Akers Allen Poem)
At last, when all the summer shine That warmed life's early hours is past, Your loving fingers seek for mine ...