A Life (Howard Nemerov Poems)
Innocence? In a sense. In no sense! Was that it? Was that it? Was that it? That was it. (Howard ...
Innocence Poems (529 Poems)
Lenore (Edgar Allan Poe Poems)
Ah, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever! Let the bell toll!- a saintly soul floats on the ...
To my son (John Matthew Poems)
You will realize this wisdom, When you are my age, and experience, Gained from being in vexing situations, Yet, being ...
The Bonnie Lass o’ Dundee (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
O' a' the toons that I've been in, I dearly love Dundee, It's there the bonnie lassie lives, The lass ...
Reading The Brothers Grimm To Jenny (Lisel Mueller Poems)
Jenny, your mind commands kingdoms of black and white: you shoulder the crow on your left, the snowbird on your ...
Upon Appleton House, to My Lord Fairfax (Andrew Marvell Poems)
Within this sober Frame expect Work of no Forrain Architect; That unto Caves the Quarries drew, And Forrests did to ...
The Mower Against Gardens (Andrew Marvell Poems)
Luxurious Man, to bring his Vice in use, Did after him the World seduce: And from the Fields the Flow'rs ...
On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough (John Milton Poems)
I O fairest flower no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken Primrose fading timelesslie, Summers chief honour if thou hadst ...
Paradise Lost: Book 09 (John Milton Poems)
No more of talk where God or Angel guest With Man, as with his friend, familiar us'd, To sit indulgent, ...
Paradise Lost: Book 11 (John Milton Poems)
Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn From his displeasure; in whose look serene, When angry most he seemed and most ...
Paradise Lost: Book 04 (John Milton Poems)
O, for that warning voice, which he, who saw The Apocalypse, heard cry in Heaven aloud, Then when the Dragon, ...
Paradise Lost: Book 08 (John Milton Poems)
The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he a while Thought him still speaking, ...
Psalm 07 (John Milton Poems)
Aug. 14. 1653. Upon The Words Of Chush The Benjamite Against Him. Lord my God to thee I flie Save ...
Acon and Rhodope (Walter Savage Landor Poems)
The Year's twelve daughters had in turn gone by, Of measured pace tho' varying mien all twelve, Some froward, some ...
To the Memory of Henry Welles Livingston (Major Henry Livingston, Jr. Poems)
A gentle spirit now above Once animated what lies here Till heav'n announc'd in tenderest love "Ascend Immortal to yon ...
Mad Day In March (Philip Levine Poems)
Beaten like an old hound Whimpering by the stove, I complicate the pain That smarts with promised love. The oilstove ...
Symphonic Studies (After Schumann) (Emma Lazarus Poems)
Prelude Blue storm-clouds in hot heavens of mid-July Hung heavy, brooding over land and sea: Our hearts, a-tremble, throbbed in ...
To Believe (Poem)
To believe is to know that every day is a new beginning. It is to trust that miracles happen, and ...
Abrigail Adams to John Adams (Love Letter)
My Dearest Friend, ...should I draw you the picture of my heart it would be what I hope you would ...