A Romantic Scene (Rebekah Carmichael Poems)
Which happened in the year 1746.PHENES and HERO far retir'd,Without one wish to be admir'd,Liv'd in a lonely den;Of equal ...
Grief Poems (3171 Poems)
Evening in Stepney — For M (Lilian Bowes Lyon Poems)
1The greenness after sterile stone,Not one stone left upon another;The augury unforeseen of a listening April.Behind the boarded window,Socket of ...
A Happy Childhood (William Matthews Poems)
My mother stands at the screen door, laughing."Out out damn Spot," she commands our silly dog.I wonder what this means. ...
Hope And Memory (Joanna Baillie Poems)
HOPE.NAY , sister, what hast thou to boastOf joy? a poor reciter thou,Whose happiest thought is but the ghostOf some ...
The Sufferings of Faro Parts I, II (Margaret Chalmers Poems)
The following lines were suggested by the circumstance of a boat, from the Faro Islands, stopping at Lerwick, on her ...
The Silent Victors (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
MAY 30, 1878,Dying for victory, cheer on cheerThundered on his eager ear. --CHARLES L. HOLSTEIN.IDeep, tender, firm and true, the Nation's ...
To Mrs. Ward. By The Same. (Mary Barber Poems)
O thou, my beauteous, ever tender Friend,Thou, on whom all my worldly Joys depend,Accept these Numbers; and with Pleasure hearUnstudy'd ...
An Exhortation To Worship Our Lord Jesus Christ (Rees Prichard Poems)
Come simple, come gentle, your sing-song give o'er, And let us for once be combin'd,On this happy day, our dear Lord ...
Julia Jay , A Rural Sketch Of Autumn (Ralph Hoyt Poems)
Where rural Chester spreads in hill and plain,And rippling Bronx pursues its peaceful way,Just as you turn~ within a winding ...
Ode Recited At The Harvard Commemoratio (James Russell Lowell Poems)
Weak-Winged is Song,Nor aims at that clear-ethered heightWhither the brave deed climbs for lightWe seem to do them wrong,Bringing our ...
My Retreat (Jose Rizal Poems)
Beside a spacious beach of fine and delicate sandand at the foot of a mountain greener than a leaf,I planted ...
A Fairy Tale In The Ancient English Style (Thomas Parnell Poems)
In Britain's Isle and Arthur's days,When Midnight Faeries daunc'd the Maze,Liv'd Edwin of the Green;Edwin, I wis, a gentle Youth,Endow'd ...
The Maid’s Alarm (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
Argument:Little Miss MuffetSat on a tuffet,Eating of curds and whey.There came a black spider,Which sat down beside her,And frightened Miss ...
An Ode – Presented To The King, On His Majesty’s Arrival In Holland, After The Queen’s Death (Matthew Prior Poems)
At Mary's tomb (sad sacred place!)The Virtues shall their vigils keep,And every Muse and every GraceIn solemn state shall ever ...
A Day In The Castle Of Envy (Wilfrid Scawen Blunt Poems)
The castle walls are full of eyes,And not a mouse may creep unseen.All the window slits are spies;And the towers ...
Ode To Peace (James Beattie Poems)
I. 1.Peace, heaven-descended maid! whose powerful voiceFrom ancient darkness call'd the morn;And hush'd of jarring elements the noise,When Chaos, from ...
Peruvian Tales: Alzira, Tale I (Helen Maria Williams Poems)
Description of Peru, and of its Productions—Virtues of the People;and of their Monarch, ATALIBA —His love for ALZIRA —Their Nup-tials ...
New-York in 1826. (George Pope Morris Poems)
Two years have elapsed since the verse of S. W. Met your bright eyes like a fanciful gem;With that kind of ...
Beechenbrook – VIII (Margaret Junkin Preston Poems)
"My Douglass! my darling!--there once was a time, When we to each other confessed the sublime And perfect sufficiency love could bestow, On ...
Advice To A Woman, Not To Grieve Too Much For The Death Of Her Child (Rees Prichard Poems)
O! Martha, Martha, cease thy plaintive moan —Take comfort — check thy over frequent sighsFor thy dear babe — whom ...
A poem, Sacred to the Glorious memory of King George (Richard Savage Poems)
Let gaudy Mirth, to the blithe Carrol-song,In loose light-measur'd Numbers dance along;Thou, Muse no flow'ry Fancies here display,Nor warble with ...
The Elden Tree (Joanna Baillie Poems)
A FEAST was spread in the Baron's hall,And loud was the merry sound,As minstrels played at lady's call,And the cup ...
A Sunday Night At Sea (John Pierpont Poems)
How sadly hath this Sabbath day,O God, been spent by me,Cribbed close beneath a narrow deck,Washed by the frequent sea,An ...
Elegy X (Rainer Maria Rilke Poems)
That some day, emerging at last from the terrifying visionI may burst into jubilant praise to assenting angels!That of the ...
A Prayer For A Sick Person (Rees Prichard Poems)
O God of justice, health's immortal Sire!Thou Judge of all! thou raiser of the low!O hear my suit, and grant ...
English Eclogues IV – The Sailor’s Mother (Robert Southey Poems)
WOMAN.Sir for the love of God some small reliefTo a poor woman!TRAVELLER.Whither are you bound?'Tis a late hour to travel ...
The Day Of Judgment (Goronwy Owen Poems)
Almighty God thy heavenly aid bestow,O'er my rapt soul bid inspiration flow;Let voice seraphic, mighty Lord, be mine,Whilst I unfold ...
The Bull (Ralph Hodgson Poems)
See an old unhappy bull,Sick in soul and body both,Slouching in the undergrowthOf the forest beautiful,Banished from the herd he ...
Death Of A Factory Child (John Critchley Prince Poems)
Hear me! ye firm and uncorrupted few,Followers of freedom! and of virtue too!Ye, who are pleading with a noble zealFor ...
Jackaw of Rheims, The (Richard Harris Barham Poems)
The Jackdaw sat on the Cardinal's chair!Bishop, and abbot, and prior were there;Many a monk, and many a friar,Many a ...