When I peruse the Conquer’d Fame. (Walt Whitman Poems)
WHEN I peruse the conquer'd fame of heroes, and the victories of mighty generals, I do not envy the generals, ...
WHEN I peruse the conquer'd fame of heroes, and the victories of mighty generals, I do not envy the generals, ...
The seed-at-zero shall not storm That town of ghosts, the trodden womb, With her rampart to his tapping, No god-in-hero ...
Athelstan King, Lord among Earls, Bracelet-bestower and Baron of Barons, He with his brother, Edmund Atheling, Gaining a lifelong Glory ...
Sir Walter Vivian all a summer's day Gave his broad lawns until the set of sun Up to the people: ...
From the depth of the dreamy decline of the dawn through a notable nimbus of nebulous noonshine, Pallid and pink ...
Am I not he that hath made thee and begotten thee, I, God, the spirit of man? Wherefore now these ...
Fire out of heaven, a flower of perfect fire, That where the roots of life are had its root And ...
Mournful groans, as when a tempest lowers, Echo from the dreary house of woe; Death-notes rise from yonder minster's towers! ...
See you the towers, that, gray and old, Frown through the sunlight's liquid gold, Steep sternly fronting steep? The Hellespont ...
Even the beauteous must die! This vanquishes men and immortals; But of the Stygian god moves not the bosom of ...
I, too, at length discerned great Hercules' energy mighty,-- Saw his shade. He himself was not, alas, to be seen. ...
How gracefully, O man, with thy palm-bough, Upon the waning century standest thou, In proud and noble manhood's prime, With ...
Why run the crowd? What means the throng That rushes fast the streets along? Can Rhodes a prey to flames, ...
Ye in the age gone by, Who ruled the world--a world how lovely then!-- And guided still the steps of ...
Hail to thee, mountain beloved, with thy glittering purple-dyed summit! Hail to thee also, fair sun, looking so lovingly on! ...
I know a village in a far-off land Where from a sunny, mountain-girdled plain With tinted walls a space on ...
Their strength had fed on this when Death's white arms Came sleeved in vapors and miasmal dew, Curling across the ...
A Life Tragedy A pistol shot rings round and round the world; In pitiful defeat a warrior lies. A last ...
When a girl's sixteen, and as poor as she's pretty, And she hasn't a friend and she hasn't a home, ...
TO mute and to material things New life revolving summer brings; The genial call dead Nature hears, And in her ...
When I was small the Lord appeared Unto my mental eye A gentle giant with a beard Who homed up ...
You've heard of "Casey at The Bat," And "Casey's Tabble Dote"; But now it's time To write a rhyme Of ...
An Englishman was Thomas Paine Who bled for liberty; But while his fight was far from vain He died in ...
I much admire, I must admit, The man who robs a Bank; It takes a lot of guts and grit, ...
Says Bauldy MacGreegor frae Gleska tae Hecky MacCrimmon frae Skye: "That's whit I hate maist aboot fechtin' -- it makes ...
In the little Crimson Manual it's written plain and clear That who would wear the scarlet coat shall say good-bye ...
'Fall in, that awkward squad, and strike no more Attractive attitudes! Dress by the right! The luminous rich colours that ...
GOD with a Roll of Honour in His hand Sits welcoming the heroes who have died, While sorrowless angels ranked ...
My mother loved her horses and Her hounds of pedigree; She did not kiss the baby hand I held to ...
Because back home in Tennessee I was a champeen shot, They made a sniper outa me An' ninety krouts I ...
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