A Mouse, A Cat, And A Irish Bull (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
A little mouse nibbled a Limburger cheese,And back to his bedchamber stole,Whence never again was he destined to squeeze,For the ...
Food Poems (1269 Poems)
Crows (Mary Eliza Fullerton Poems)
At an old water-hole,Bones lay in the hideAnd teeth gibbered upOf things that had died.Tortured of thirst,There came to the ...
Doxology (Josephine Delphine Henderson Heard Poems)
Great God accept our gratitude,For the great gifts on us bestowed—For raiment, shelter and for food.Great God, our gratitude we ...
I Buy Rags (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
I buy ragsand turn them into starsMusique is the food of the soulI am crazy about musiqueI write poetryI write ...
Life Is A Confluence (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
HUNGER goes sleeplesslyThinking of food;Evil lies painfullyYearning for good.Life is a confluence:Nature must move,Like the heart of a poet,Toward beauty ...
Wheat (John Bannister Tabb Poems)
Christlike falls the golden grain;Christlike doth it rise again;Christlike, as our daily food,One with us in flesh and blood. (John ...
Why Should I Deplore? (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
Oh, why should I deplore,To have great wealth in store?Haven't I health, food and shelter?What need hath man for more? ...
Israel In Egypt. Book Fourth. (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
But, when they were alone,--and now no more By that subduing presence overawed,-- With free tongue giving loose to wrath ...
The Prophecy Of Famine (Charles Churchill Poems)
A SCOTS PASTORAL INSCRIBED TO JOHN WILKES, ESQ. Nos patriam fugimus.--VIRGIL.When Cupid first instructs his darts to flyFrom the sly ...
Sir Pavon And St. Pavon (E Foxton Poems)
Part 1. St. Mark's hushed abbey heardThrough prayers a roar and din;A brawling voice did shout, "Knave shaveling, let me ...
Tale I (George Crabbe Poems)
THE DUMB ORATORS; OR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY.That all men would be cowards if they dare,Some men we know have ...
Tale XVI (George Crabbe Poems)
THE CONFIDANT.Anna was young and lovely--in her eyeThe glance of beauty, in her cheek the dye:Her shape was slender, and ...
Theophila Or Loves Sacrifice. Canto XII (Edward Benlowes Poems)
THE SWEETNESSE OF RETIREMENT,OR The Happinesse of a Private Life.The Segregation.THE ARGUMENT. True Blisse! Thou know'st but Few, to Few ...
The Ancient Banner (Anonymous Americas Poems)
In boundless mercy, the Redeemer left,The bosom of his Father, and assumedA servant's form, though he had reigned a king,In ...
The Day Of The Daughter Of Hades (George Meredith Poems)
IHe who has looked upon EarthDeeper than flower and fruit,Losing some hue of his mirth,As the tree striking rock at ...
The Mirror for Magistrates: (Earl of Dorset Thomas Sackville Poems)
, The wrathful winter, 'proaching on apace, With blustering blasts had all ybar'd the treen, And old Saturnus, ...
Tale XVII (George Crabbe Poems)
RESENTMENT.Females there are of unsuspicious mind,Easy and soft and credulous and kind;Who, when offended for the twentieth time,Will hear the ...
Israel In Egypt. Book Twenty-Third. (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
Meanwhile, within the heart of the dead sun, After that glory angelic had passed out, Long time reigned silence, night ...
The Duellist – Book III (Charles Churchill Poems)
Ah me! what mighty perils waitThe man who meddles with a state,Whether to strengthen, or oppose!False are his friends, and ...
The Fall Of Nineveh. Book The Twenty-Sixth (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
Resplendent as on that great morn he rose, When, from the inmost depth of heaven's immense, The bright eternal solitude ...
The Fall Of Nineveh. Book The Eighth (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
On the next morrow, early, rose the king; And sat upon his throne: at his right hand, The heroic queen: ...
The Empty Purse–A Sermon To Our Later Prodigal Son (George Meredith Poems)
Thou, run to the dry on this wayside bank,Too plainly of all the propellers bereft!Quenched youth, and is that thy ...
Israel In Egypt. Book Thirteenth. (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
Seven days accomplished,--unto Pharaoh's court The sons of Amram went; by Voice Divine Commanded; and, in presence of the king, ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXV (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
WAINAMOINEN'S WEDDING-SONGS.At the home of IlmarinenLong had they been watching, waiting,For the coming of the blacksmith,With his bride from Sariola.Weary ...
Israel In Egypt. Book Eighteenth. (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
Throughout the city, and the lands around, Soon ran the rumour that, from Israel's God, Moses a word had brought ...
Israel In Egypt. Book Fifteenth (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
Joy was in Israel; for all hoped that, now, A three days' journey in the wilderness Verily should they go, ...
The Church-Porch. Perirrhanterium (George Herbert Poems)
Thou, whose sweet youth and early hopes inhanceThy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure,Hearken unto a Vesper, ...
The Manuscript of Saint Alexius (Augusta Davies Webster Poems)
There came a child into the solemn hall where great Pope Innocent sat throned and heard angry disputings on Free-Will ...
Israel In Egypt. Book Twentieth. (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
Like a strong youth who, from refreshing sleep After hard travel, rises light of heart, Active of limb, flushed with ...
Israel In Egypt. Book Tenth. (Edwin Atherstone Poems)
In that same moment when at Kohath's gate Paused the bright phantom--chariot,--to the eye Of Sethos, riding moodily alone, Appeared ...