Possum Trot (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I 've journeyed 'roun' consid'able, a-seein' men an' things, An' I 've learned a little of the sense that meetin' people ...
Joy & Excitement Poems (9043 Poems)
The Organist’s Dream (Olivia Ward Bush-Banks Poems)
Yes, I know I am a stranger,But when you came in that door,I just felt that I could trust you,Though ...
To My Georgie (Mattie Griffith Browne Poems)
MY cousin, I am gazing on thee now,And well I mark, with soul of joy and pride,The changing beauty of ...
The Stranger’s Friend (Henry Lawson Poems)
The strangest things and the maddest things, that a man can do or say,To the chaps and fellers and coves ...
Third Sunday In Lent (John Keble Poems)
See Lucifer like lightning fall, Dashed from his throne of pride; While, answering Thy victorious call, The Saints his spoils divide; This world of ...
My Dream Of The New Year (Olivia Ward Bush-Banks Poems)
Through the waning hours of moments Of the slowly dying year,I sat watching, watching, waiting For the New Dawn to appear.While the ...
“The bright blessed day with joy we see” (Nicolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig Poems)
The bright blessed day with joy we seeRise out of the sea at dawning;It lightens the sky unceasingly,Our gain and ...
The Vision (Katharine Tynan Poems)
An average man was Private Flynn, Good stuff for soldiering, no doubt;Troublesome when the drink was in, A quiet lad when it ...
A Dream Of Destruction (Peter John Allan Poems)
DEEP in the forest glade I laid me downAnd slept; then did this vision come upon meSublimely terrible! Methought I sawThe ...
St. Peter’s Day (John Keble Poems)
Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved, Watch by Thine own forgiven friend;In sharpest perils faithful proved, Let his soul love Thee to ...
Midnight-September 19, 1881 (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD.ONCE in a lifetime, we may see the veilTremble and lift, that hides symbolic things;The Spirit's vision, ...
The Legend of St. Austin and the Child (Katharine Tynan Poems)
St. Austin, going in thoughtAlong the sea-sands gray,Into another world was caught,And Carthage far away.He saw the City of GodHang ...
How Rudeness And Kindness Were Justly Rewarded (Guy Wetmore Carryl Poems)
Once on a time, long years ago(Just when I quite forget),Two maidens lived beside the Po,One blonde and one brunette.The ...
Country Life (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I. Against.Think not thou that fields and flowers,Copses and Arcadian bowers, Grow the crop of Peace :—In this model life of ...
Hymn To The Sun (Matthew Prior Poems)
Light of the World, and Ruler of the Year,With happy Speed begin Thy great Career;And, as Thou dost thy radiant ...
To Mrs. Strangeways Horner, With A Letter From My Son; (Mary Barber Poems)
O thou, with ev'ry Virtue grac'd,Adorn'd with Wit, and Sense, and Taste;Who, with a Goodness unconfin'd,Delight'st in blessing human Kind,Whose ...
The Naini Tal Catastrophe Of The 18th September, 1880 (Hannah S Battersby Poems)
The morning broke with streams of welcome rain,Such as the two preceding ones had brought.Rain, that in tropic climes means ...
The Tourist (Hattie Howard Poems)
Lo! carpet-bag and bagger occupy the land, And prove the touring season actively begun; His personnel and purpose can none misunderstand, For each ...
For My People (Margaret Walker Poems)
For my people everywhere singing their slave songsrepeatedly: their dirges and their ditties and their bluesand jubilees, praying their prayers ...
The Traveller’s Prayer (Rees Prichard Poems)
Thou guardian of the weak, thou poor man's friend!Hear from thy glorious throne, Almighty God!That dost thine aid to fearful ...
On A Bust Of General Grant (James Russell Lowell Poems)
Strong, simple, silent are the lawsThat sway this universe, of none withstood,Unconscious of man's outcries or applause,Or what man ...
Elegy — Written in Spring (Michael Bruce Poems)
'Tis past: the iron North has spent his rage;Stern Winter now resigns the length'ning day;The stormy howlings of the winds ...
Dedication. To my Mother (Margaret Holford Poems)
My Mother, thou hast not forgot the hour,Tho' Time since then is far upon his way,When youth and beauty crown'd ...
The Reckoning (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
LEADER.LET no cares now hover o'er usLet the wine unsparing run!Wilt thou swell our merry chorus?Hast thou all thy duty ...
An Ode For St. Cecilia’s Day (Joseph Addison Poems)
I.Prepare the hallow'd strain, My Muse,Thy softest sounds and sweetest numbrs chuse;the bright Cecilia's praise rehearse,In warbling words,a nd glittering ...
“Bothwell Brig” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O, Bonnie Clyde! a shimmering gleam Oot owre thy rippling bosom plays,Whan frae the bricht blue sky o' June The sun leuks ...
To ******** (John Beveridge Poems)
Dear Sir, methinks I see you smile,To find the muse does you beguile.Stealing upon you by a wile,And in a ...
When The Water Starts To Run (Pat O Cotter Poems)
Along in early spring time, as the sun starts swinging NorthTo linger with the land it loves, and violets peep ...
Wednesday Before Easter (John Keble Poems)
O Lord my God, do thou Thy holy will - I will lie still -I will not stir, lest I forsake ...
Clytia’s Lament To Apollo (Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke Poems)
Oh, wilt thou ne'er again, when fade the eves,Loved Cynthius, come soul-trembling to my joy,Till raptured stars shall steal out ...