At Bemerton (Francis Turner Palgrave Poems)
1630-1633Sick with the strife of tongues, the blustering hateOf frantic Party raving o'er the realm,Sonorous insincerities of debate,And jealous factions ...
Forgiveness Poems (1956 Poems)
In The Carlyle House, Chelsea (Dora Sigerson Shorter Poems)
Up the steep stair they clatter to each room, In whispered merriment they pierce the gloom Of Time's sweet mercy, ...
The Hanging Judge (A G Stephens Poems)
I am the Judge, the flower of the law,Bolstered in, privileged, all men's awe;When I am pleased to display my ...
Beatrice Cenci (Fannie Isabelle Sherrick Poems)
O beautiful woman, too well we know The terrible weight of thy woman's woe, So great that the world, in ...
A Christmas Rhyme (Carrie Bell Sinclair Poems)
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!I would weave a joyous layFor the loved ones who are absentOn this holy Christmas day;For the ...
45 Mercy Street (Anne Sexton Poems)
In my dream, drilling into the marrow of my entire bone, my real dream, I'm walking up and down Beacon ...
Written A Year After The Events (Charles Lamb Poems)
Alas! how am I chang'd! Where be the tears,The sobs, and forc'd suspensions of the breath,And all the dull desertions ...
To A Dying Infant (David Macbeth Moir Poems)
Sleep, little baby! sleep! Not in thy cradle bed,Not on thy mother's breastHenceforth shall be thy rest, ...
The Elephant (Carlos Drummond de Andrade Poems)
I create an elephant of my scarce resources.Some pieces of woodtaken of old furnituremight keep him straight.And I fill him ...
The Text (Charles Lamb Poems)
One Sunday eve a grave old man, Who had not been at church, did say,"Eliza, tell me, if you can, ...
Eulogy (Atom Yarjanian Poems)
Oshagan's most sacred tomb, Land of genius, from where today, A magnificent history Of fifteen tempestuous centuries, Freely moves toward ...
Morgan (Edward Harrington Poems)
When Morgan crossed the Murray to Peechelba and doomA sombre silent shadow rode with him through the gloom.The wild things ...
The Port Phillip Patriot (Anonymous Oceania Poems)
Oh, what a wretched, loathsome, thing am I,Too horrible for earth, or the pure heaven,Or the bright stars, or the ...
The Wild Flower (Caroline Fry Poems)
WHO heeds thee, poor flower? No fragrance is thine, No sunbeam has dress'd thee with hues of delight,Thou hast ...
Faithful In Vanity-Fair (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Poems)
I.THE great human whirlpool--'t is seething and seething: On! No time for shrieking out--scarcely for breathing: All toiling and moiling, ...
City Contrasts (Anonymous Americas Poems)
A barefooted child on the crossing,Sweeping the mud away,A lady in silks and diamonds,Proud of the vain display;A beggar blind ...
The Present Age (Frances Ellen Watkins Poems)
Say not the age is hard and cold—I think it brave and grand;When men of diverse sects and creedsAre clasping ...
Sister Marie (Dora Sigerson Shorter Poems)
A Legend of Tyrol I through the valley of Klausen went By a little stream, and heard it sigh, Down ...
The Consolation (Caroline Fry Poems)
POOR child of affliction! I heard thee repine,And my heart beat with sorrow responsive to thine;And one who has long ...
The Proselyte Recants (Cale Young Rice Poems)
(_In Japan_) Where the fair golden idols Sit in darkness and in silenceWhile the temple drum beats solemnly and slow; ...
E. M. J. (Francis Maitland Poems)
What is he thinking lying there so still, This tiny piece of soft humanity, This little unknown stranger in our ...
God In The Night (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Deep in the dark I hear the feet of God:He walks the world; He puts His holy handOn every sleeper ...
Ceremony After A Fire Raid (Dylan Thomas Poems)
IMyselvesThe grieversGrieveAmong the street burned to tireless deathA child of a few hoursWith its kneading mouthCharred on the black breast ...
In Memoriam A. H. H.: Preface (Alfred Lord Tennyson Poems)
Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, ...
Ballad Of The Traitor’s Soul (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
'Twas the shrunken soul of the traitor That whined in a coign of the dark; And the fiends were aroused ...
Supplication (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
Oh Lord, when all our bones are thrust Beyond the gaze of all but Thine; And these blaspheming tongues are ...
A Petition From The Chain Gang At Newcastle To Captain Furlong The Superintendant Praying Him To Dis (Francis McNamara Poems)
With reverence and submission due,Kind sir those words are sent to you,And with them a good wish too,Long may you ...
Cousin Robert (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik Poems)
O COUSIN Robert, far away Among the lands of gold, How many years since we two met?-- You would not ...
The Blow Hole (Ernest George Henty Poems)
Oh! glorious foam-crests that surge beneath me,Oh! mighty waves that break with a roarOn these ironstone cliffs that rise above ...
Reunited (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Purer than thy own white snow, Nobler than thy mountains' height;Deeper than the ...