The Vision of Sir Lionel (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
Argument:"There were three sisters in a hall,There came a knight among them them all;'Good-morrow, aunt,' to the one,'Good-morrow, aunt,' to ...
Horse Poems (1188 Poems)
The Black Man’s Wrongs (James Madison Bell Poems)
Breathe softly on my harp, O Muse! In gentle strains now clothe its songs,Thy all inspiring force infuse, While singing of the ...
A Death in the Bush (Henry Kendall Poems)
The hut was built of bark and shrunken slabs,That wore the marks of many rains, and showedDry flaws wherein had ...
The Magnificent (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
SOME wit, handsome form and gen'rous mind;A triple engine prove in love we find;By these the strongest fortresses are gainedE'en ...
British Georgics. May (James Grahame Poems)
Sweet month! thy locks with bursting buds begemmed,With opening hyacinths and hawthorn flowers,Fair still thou art, though showers bedim thine ...
King Stephen (John Keats Poems)
A FRAGMENT OF A TRAGEDYACT I.SCENE I. Field of Battle.Alarum. Enter King STEPHEN, Knights, and Soldiers.Stephen. If shame can on ...
The Pastoral, Or Lyric Muse Of Scotland. Canto Third. (Hector MacNeill Poems)
The night blew cauld thro' snaw and sleet, Loud rair'd the blast wi' deaf'ning din;A voice cam' sad, yet mournfu' sweet; "Unbar ...
The Grand Question Debated: Whether Hamilton’s Bawn Should Be Turned Into A Barrack Or Malt-House (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Thus spoke to my lady the knight full of care,"Let me have your advice in a weighty affair.This Hamilton's bawn, ...
The Duty Of Clergymen (Rees Prichard Poems)
Let holiness upon thy front appear,That all the people plainly may observe,By the behaviour thou art wont to bear,That thou ...
The Mosaic Of Creation, Or The First Six Days. (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
In the dark Backward of six thousand Years,(So Moses writes and all our Christian Seers)The World, a rude, unfashion'd Embryo ...
Kings And Queens Of England (Mary Ann H T Bigelow Poems)
FROM THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS OR THE NORMAN CONQUEST, TO THE PRESENT REIGN,INCLUSIVE.First, William the Norman lays claim to the ...
Of The Nature Of Things: Book V – Part 05 – Origins Of Vegetable And Animal Life (Lucretius Poems)
And now to what remains!- Since I've resolvedBy what arrangements all things come to passThrough the blue regions of the ...
The Battle Of King’s Mountain (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
OFTTIMES an old man's yesterdays o'er his frail vision pass,Dim as the twilight tints that touch a dusk-enshrouded glass;But, ah! ...
From Mount Ebal (John Bunyan Poems)
Thus having heard from Gerizzim, I shallNext come to Ebal, and you thither call,Not there to curse you, but to ...
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 Hard Strait Of The Feinne (John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Poems)
Now of the hard strait of the Feinne this legend's verse shall tell:When Fionn's men had fought and won, and ...
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 ...
Hudibras, Part I (excerpts) (Samuel Butler Poems)
THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIRST CANTOSir Hudibras his passing worth,The manner how he sallied forth;His arms and equipage are shown;His ...
An Ode In Time of Inauguration (Franklin P. Adams Poems)
(March 4, 1913)Thine aid, O Muse, I consciously beseech;I crave thy succour, ask for thine assistanceThat men may cry: 'Some ...
The Character Of The Bore (John Donne Poems)
Well; I may now receive and die. My sin Indeed is great, but yet I have been in A purgatory, such as ...
The Island Of The Scots (William Edmondstoune Aytoun Poems)
I.The Rhine is running deep and red,The island lies before-'Now is there one of all the hostWill dare to venture ...
Madness (Henry James Pye Poems)
An Epistle Yes, yes, my friend, I quit the fond pretence To cool reflection, and unbiass'd sense; Your hands have torn away the ...
The Mutiny Of The Chains (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
PENAL COLONY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1857THE sun rose o'er dark Fremantle,And the Sentry stood on the wall;Above him, with white ...
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 ...
Damascus, What Are You Doing to Me? (Nizar Qabbani Poems)
1My voice rings out, this time, from DamascusIt rings out from the house of my mother and fatherIn Sham. The ...
Advice To The Drunkard (Rees Prichard Poems)
IF thou'rt a drunkard, fond of ale and wine,And smokest vile mundungus without end,Cry out with speed, unto th' Pow'r ...
The Rape Of The Tarts (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
Argument:The Queen of Hearts,She made some tartsAll on a summer's day;The Knave of Hearts,He stole those tartsAnd carried them away!The ...
New Year’s Address-January 1, 1866 (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Good morning--good morning--a happy new year!We greet you, kind friends of the old _Pioneer_;Hope your coffee is good and your ...
The Cellar Door (John Clare Poems)
By the old tavern door on the causey there layA hogshead of stingo just rolled from a dray,And there stood ...
The Exiles. 1660 (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
The goodman sat beside his doorOne sultry afternoon,With his young wife singing at his sideAn old and goodly tune.A glimmer ...