Hermann And Dorothea – III. Thalia (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
THE BURGHERS.THUS did the prudent son escape from the hot conversation,But the father continued precisely as he had begun itWhat ...
Lions Poems (741 Poems)
Lamentations of Jeremiah III: Hope of Relief through God’s Mercy (Jeremiah Bible Poems)
1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.2 He hath led me, and ...
Charleston Retaken. Dec. 14, 1782 (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
AS some half-vanquished lion,Who long hath kept at bayA band of sturdy forestersBarring his blood-stained way--Sore-smitten, weak and wounded--Glares forth ...
Hirlas Owain, Or, The Drinking-Horn Of Owen (Owain Cyfeiliog Poems)
Uprose the ruddy dawn of day;The armies met in dread arrayOn Maelor Drefred's field :Loud the British clarions sound,The Saxons, ...
Brahm (Joseph Furphy Poems)
A spectral film that came and went,In its elusive way gave ventIn some unreal words which meant;"I think therefore I ...
The Spiritual Canticle (St John of the Cross Poems)
ITHE BRIDEWhere have You hidden Yourself,And abandoned me in my groaning, O my Beloved?You have fled like the hart,Having wounded ...
Memory (Johan Andreas Der Mouw Poems)
As swift the horseman o'er Lake Constance flewHis steed, snow- scattering. The twilight came.His shadow, dark- blue giant, slowly greyed,E'en ...
‘Possum’ A Lay of New Chumland (Henry Lawson Poems)
SO YER trav'lin' for yer pleasure while yer writin' for the press?An' yer huntin' arter "copy"?-well, I've heer'd o' that. ...
Paulo Purganti And His Wife: An Honest, But A Simple Pair (Matthew Prior Poems)
Beyond the fix'd and settl'd RulesOf Vice and Virtue in the Schools,Beyond the Letter of the Law,Which keeps our Men ...
King Volmer and Elsie (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
After the Danish of Christian WinterWhere, over heathen doom-rings and gray stones of the Horg,In its little Christian city stands ...
The Torrent (Mathilde Blind Poems)
OH torrent, roaring in thy giant fall, And thund'ring grandly o'er th' opposing blocks,Thy voice, far louder than the lion's call, Through ...
Gettysburg: Charge Of The First Minnesota (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
[Written for and read at the Camp Fire of the G.A.R. Department ofMinnesota, National Encampment of the Grand Army of ...
Of Justice (John Denham Poems)
'Tis the first sanction Nature gave to man,Each other to assist in what they can;Just or unjust, this law for ...
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 ...
The Lily Of Malud (John Collings Squire Poems)
The lily of Malud is born in secret mud.It is breathed like a word in a little dark ravineWhere no ...
March (Nancy Byrd Turner Poems)
The March house, strangely, was built in a tree, With a fluttering roof of leaves, And strong, straight boughs for the walls ...
The King’s Missive (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
UNDER the great hill sloping bareTo cove and meadow and Common lot,In his council chamber and oaken chair,Sat the worshipful ...
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 ...
An Earnest Prayer For Pardon Of Sins (Rees Prichard Poems)
O Lord, my God! who formedst me of nought!My Saviour, who from death his servant bought!O Holy Ghost! O Trinity ...
Jerusalem Delivered – Book 02 – part 04 (Torquato Tasso Poems)
XXXIThus spake the nymph, yet spake but to the wind,She could not alter his well-settled thought;O miracle! O strife of ...
Reginald The Brave (Laura Sophia Temple Poems)
Bright smiles the face of bucksome day,And merry bells their changes ring ;But who is he in trim so gay,Whose ...
The Soldier’s Prayer (Rees Prichard Poems)
THOU God of might, who dost o'er hosts preside,Who dost alone the doubtful battle guide,Who dost alone the joyful vict'ry ...
The Ranger (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
ROBERT RAWLIN!--Frosts were fallingWhen the ranger's horn was callingThrough the woods to Canada.Gone the winter's sleet and snowing,Gone the spring-time's ...
Jerusalem Delivered – Book 01 – part 06 (Torquato Tasso Poems)
LXXIAurora bright her crystal gates unbarred,And bridegroom-like forth stept the glorious sun,When trumpets loud and clarions shrill were heard,And every ...
One that had a frowarde Husband, makes complaynt to her mother (Humfrey Gifford Poems)
And is there any wight aliue, That rightly may compare,Or goe beyond me silly wretch, In sadnesse and in care?Some such may ...
Ogyges (Henry Kendall Poems)
Stand out, swift-footed leaders of the horns,And draw strong breath, and fill the hollowy cliffWith shocks of clamour, - let ...
Bergliot (Bj Poems)
(In her lodgings)To-day King HaraldMust hold his ting-peace;For Einar has hereFive hundred peasants.Our son EindrideSafeguards his father,Who goes in fearlessThe ...
The Wretched Condition Of Man By Nature (Rees Prichard Poems)
RASH Adam to the field of old,Mankind for one dear apple sold;And none can from his fangs get free,'Till Jesus ...
D (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poems)
Man was made of social earth,Child and brother from his birth;Tethered by a liquid cordOf blood through veins of kindred ...
The Fight Of The General Armstrong (James Jeffrey Roche Poems)
Tell the story to your sonsOf the gallant days of yoreWhen the brig of seven gunsFought the fleet of seven ...