Sir Evergreen (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
Argument:The man in the wilderness asked meHow many strawberries grow in the sea;And I answered him as I thought good,As ...
Past Poems (4909 Poems)
Louisa. A Tale. (Jane Bowdler Poems)
"O LEND your wings, ye fav'ring gales, And gently wave the sea;And swell my husband's spreading sails, And waft him home to ...
The Protestant Session (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
At length the great decisive Year is come,And Britain triumphs o'er the Wiles of Rome,No more in Frowns our Holy ...
The Birth Of The Land (Pat O Cotter Poems)
For a thousand years the Devil crouched On the white hot flags of hell:For a thousand years the Devil cursed The imps ...
The Statues In The Block (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
"LOVE is the secret of the world," he said;"The cup we drain and still desire to drink.The loadstone hungers for ...
Richard Minutolo (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
IN ev'ry age, at Naples, we are told,Intrigue and gallantry reign uncontrolled;With beauteous objects in abundance blessed.No country round so ...
The Lee Memorial Ode (James Barron Hope Poems)
"Great Mother of great Commonwealths" Men call our Mother State: And she so well has earned this name That she may challenge Fate To ...
Sir Hornbook (Thomas Love Peacock Poems)
I.O'er bush and briar Childe Launcelot sprungWith ardent hopes elate,And loudly blew the horn that hungBefore Sir Hornbook's gate.The inner ...
The Cloud Messenger – Part 04 (Kalidasa Poems)
The slender young woman who is there would be the premier creation by theCreator in the sphere of women, with ...
Anselmo To Isadora (Peter John Allan Poems)
We do not know each other—'tis the phraseOf the cold, artful world which I abhor;But in my heart I hear ...
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 ...
Niobe In Distress For Her Children Slain By Apollo, From Ovid’s Metamorphose (Phillis Wheatley Poems)
Apollo's wrath to man the dreadful springOf ills innum'rous, tuneful goddess, sing!Thou who did'st first th' ideal pencil give,And taught'st ...
How I Consulted The Oracle Of The Goldfishes (James Russell Lowell Poems)
What know we of the world immenseBeyond the narrow ring of sense?What should we know, who lounge aboutThe house we ...
Beechenbrook – VI (Margaret Junkin Preston Poems)
The lull of the Winter is over; and Spring Comes back, as delicious and buoyant a thing, As airy, and fairy, and ...
Emancipation (James Madison Bell Poems)
Harp of my soul, though thou hast hung Suspended from the willow boughTill much distorted, warped and sprung, And discord reigns within ...
W. Gilmore Simms (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
THE swift mysterious seasons rise and set;The omnipotent years pass o'er us, bright or dun;--Dawns blush, and mid-days burn, 'till ...
The Visit Of Mahmoud Ben Suleim To Paradise (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
BENEATH the shadow of a breezeless palmMahmoud Ben Suleim, in the evening calm,Sat, with his gravely meditative eyesTurned on the ...
The Song of Hiawatha X: Hiawatha’s Wooing (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
"As unto the bow the cord is,So unto the man is woman,Though she bends him, she obeys him,Though she draws ...
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 ...
A Rich Man’s Reverie (Marietta Holley Poems)
The years go by, but they little seemLike those within our dream;The years that stood in such luring guise,Beckoning us ...
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, ...
Lady Wentworth (Nora Perry Poems)
'She shall marry me yet,' he smiling said -Smiling, and under his breath - but redAs flame his dark cheek ...
The Bleeding Rock: Or, The Metamorphosis Of A Nymph Into Stone (Hannah More Poems)
Where beauteous Belmont rears her modest browTo view Sabrina's silver waves below,Lived young Ianthe, fair as beauty's Queen;She reign'd unrivall'd ...
Our Profession (Jared Barhite Poems)
There's an art in our profession, Which cannot be wholly learned From all books in our possession, Though their leaves be deftly turned Till ...
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 ...
The Spectacles (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone,So oft their freaks have in my page been shown.The subject may at ...
The Misanthrope Reclaimed – Act II (George W Sands Poems)
The verge of Creation. Enter Werner and Spirit.Werner.We have outtravelled light and sound:The harmonies that pealed around us, asThrough yon ...
Banishment Of Man From The Garden Of The Lord (James Madison Bell Poems)
Dedicated to Rev. William S. Bradden as a tribute to one who has served his God, his Country and his ...
Peruvian Tales: Cora, Tale IV (Helen Maria Williams Poems)
ALMAGRO'S expedition to Chili—His troops suffer great hardships from cold, in crossing the Andes—They reach Chili—The Chilians make a brave ...
Feronde (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
IN Eastern climes, by means considered new;The Mount's old-man, with terrors would pursue;His large domains howe'er were not the cause,Nor ...