The Spectacles (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone,So oft their freaks have in my page been shown.The subject may at ...
Fathers Poems (4146 Poems)
The Tree Of Life (Henry Charles Beeching Poems)
Recognition in four SeasonsARGUMENT A prophet, desiring to recover for men the fruit of the Tree of Life, seems to find ...
The Princess Of Peru (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Far to the wilds of rich Peru,Gonzalo came--of pallid hue,Strange in these Western lands of night,Where nought, save woman's eyes, ...
The Outlaw (Matilda Betham Poems)
BEFORE the fair Aurora spreadHer azure mantle o'er the skies,While sleep its pleasing influence shed,On grateful mortals weary eyes.Emerg'd from ...
The Water Carriers (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
Argument:Jack and Gill went up the hillTo draw a pail of water.Jack fell down and broke his crownAnd Gill came ...
The Quaker Alumni (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
From the well-springs of Hudson, the sea-cliffs of Maine,Grave men, sober matrons, you gather again;And, with hearts warmer grown as ...
A Story Of Doom: Book VIII. (Jean Ingelow Poems)
Then one ran, crying, while Niloiya wrought,"The Master cometh!" and she went withinTo adorn herself for meeting him. And ShemWent ...
The Voyage of Telegonus (Henry Kendall Poems)
Ill fares it with the man whose lips are setTo bitter themes and words that spite the gods;For, seeing how ...
The Dream Of The World Without Death (William Cosmo Monkhouse Poems)
NOW, sitting by her side, worn out with weeping,Behold, I fell to sleep, and had a vision,Wherein I heard a ...
Evangeline: Part The Second. II. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
IT was the month of May. Far down the Beautiful River,Past the Ohio shore and past the mouth of the ...
The Devil In Hell (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
HE surely must be wrong who loving fears;And does not flee when beauty first appears.Ye FAIR, with charms divine, I ...
Sir Maurice (Joanna Baillie Poems)
SIR MAURICE was a wealthy lord,He liv'd in the north countrie,Well would he cope with foe-man's sword,Or the glance of ...
Tribute To Rev. William Paul Quinn (James Madison Bell Poems)
Late Senior Bishop, African M. E. Church.Death is the common lot of all, Yet nothing do we so much dread;Nothing, that ...
The Bride Of Corinth (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
ONCE a stranger youth to Corinth came, Who in Athens lived, but hoped that heFrom a certain townsman there might claim, As ...
A Family Record (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
WOODSTOCK, CONN., JULY 4, 1877NOT to myself this breath of vesper song,Not to these patient friends, this kindly throng,Not to ...
Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine (Hilaire Belloc Poems)
To exalt, enthrone, establish and defend,To welcome home mankind's mysterious friendWine, true begetter of all arts that be;Wine, privilege of ...
Evangeline: Part The First. V. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
FOUR times the sun had risen and set; and now on the fifth dayCheerily called the cock to the sleeping ...
At The Burns Centennial (James Russell Lowell Poems)
IA hundred years! they're quickly fled, With all their joy and sorrow;Their dead leaves shed upon the dead, Their fresh ones sprung ...
Cathlin Of Clutha (James Macpherson Poems)
An address to Malvina, the daughter of Toscar. The poet relates the arrival of Cathlin in Selma, to solicit aid ...
Lament Of The Indian (Peter John Allan Poems)
Thou ancient pine! beneath whose lofty shade, Pensive I watch the sun's declining ray,Thy glorious crown no scorching sun can fade, Nor ...
Hymns to the Night : 5 (Novalis Poems)
In ancient times, over the widespread families of men an iron Fate ruled with dumb force. A gloomy oppression swathed ...
Ode To France (James Russell Lowell Poems)
IAs, flake by flake, the beetling avalanches Build up their imminent crags of noiseless snow,Till some chance thrill the loosened ruin ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. I. (Absence – Advice) (Henry Baker Poems)
Absence.Neglected, now, behold my Tresses flow:Nor sparkling Diamonds on my Fingers glow.All plain, and cheap, the humble Weeds I wear:No ...
Edgar And Ellen (Matilda Betham Poems)
"Arrest thy steps! On these sad plains, Fair dame, no farther go! But listen to the martial strains, Whose wildness speaks of woe! Hark! ...
A Vision Of A Wrangler, Of A University, Of Pedantry, And Of Philosophy (James Clerk Maxwell Poems)
Deep St. Mary's bell had sounded, And the twelve notes gently rounded Endless chimneys that surrounded My abode in Trinity. (Letter G, Old Court, ...
Beechenbrook – I (Margaret Junkin Preston Poems)
There is sorrow in Beechenbrook Cottage; the day Has been bright with the earliest glory of May; The blue of the sky ...
The Ballad of the Elder Son (Henry Lawson Poems)
A son of elder sons I am, Whose boyhood days were cramped and scant,Through ages of domestic sham And family lies and ...
The Meeting (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
The elder folks shook hands at last,Down seat by seat the signal passed.To simple ways like ours unused,Half solemnized and ...
The World’s Convention Of The Friends Of Emancipation, Held In London In 1840 (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
YES, let them gather! Summon forthThe pledged philanthropy of Earth.From every land, whose hills have heardThe bugle blast of Freedom ...
Winona – Winona And Ta-Te-Psin (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
'Tis the moon of the sere, falling leaves. From the heads of the maples the west-windPlucks the red-and-gold plumage and grieves on ...