Croma (James Macpherson Poems)
Malvina, the daughter of Toscar, is overheard by Ossian lamenting the death of Oscar her lover. Ossian, to divert her ...
People Poems (3870 Poems)
“Great Man of God, whom God doeth call, and choose” (John Adamson Poems)
Great Man of God, whom God doeth call, and chooseOn Earth his great Lieutenents place to use,Wee blesse the tyme, ...
The Australiad (Mary Hannay Foott Poems)
'Twas brave De Quiros bent the knee before the King of Spain,And "sire," he said, "I bring thy ships in ...
When I Was King (Henry Lawson Poems)
The second time I lived on earth Was several hundred years ago;And-royal by my second birth- I know as much as most ...
The Song Of Hiawatha XIX: The Ghosts (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
Never stoops the soaring vultureOn his quarry in the desert,On the sick or wounded bison,But another vulture, watchingFrom his high ...
The Truckers (Jean de La Fontaine Poems)
THE change of food enjoyment is to man;In this, t'include the woman is my plan.I cannot guess why Rome will ...
The Australiad – (A poem for children.) (Mary Hannay Foott Poems)
'Twas brave De Quiros bent the knee before the King of Spain,And "sire," he said, "I bring thy ships in ...
The Decree Of Odin (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
"'I loosened the bonds which bindThe Pestilence, my slave;I sent him forth as the wind,I bade him stand in the ...
Elegy On The Abrogation Of The Birth-Night Ball, And The Consequent Final Subversion Of The Minuet (Joanna Baillie Poems)
NOW cease the exulting strain! And bid the warbling lyre complain.Heave the soft sigh, and drop the tuneful tear,And mingle notes ...
Mr. Hosea Biglow To The Editor Of The Atlantic Monthly (James Russell Lowell Poems)
DEAR SIR,--Your letter come to han' Requestin' me to please be funny;But I ain't made upon a plan Thet knows wut's comin', ...
The King And The Abbot. (John Dunmore Lang Poems)
From the German of Buerger.Ich will euch erzaehlen ein Maerchen gar schnurrig; u.s.w.PRAY, listen, good friends, and I'll tell you ...
Evangeline: Part The First. II. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
NOW had the season returned, when the nights grow colder and longer,And the retreating sun the sign of the Scorpion ...
The Sundays Of Satin-Legs Smith (Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks Poems)
Inamoratas, with an approbation,Bestowed his title. Blessed his inclination.He wakes, unwinds, elaborately: a catTawny, reluctant, royal. He is fatAnd fine ...
Kocho (Ivan Vazov Poems)
(The Defence of Perushtitsa)O stirring of glory, O sombre sad stirring,Days of proud struggle, O days of adversity!Epic obscure and ...
The Ballad of Lost Souls (John Oxenham Poems)
With the thirty pieces of silver,They bought the Potter's Field;For none would have the blood-moneyAnd the interest it might yield.The ...
From A School Anthology (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
1. E. LarionovaE. Larionova. Brunette. A colonel'sand a typist's daughter. Lookedat you like someone studying a clockface.She tried to help ...
The Execution Of Montrose (William Edmondstoune Aytoun Poems)
COME hither, Evan Cameron!Come, stand beside my knee:I hear the river roaring downTowards the wintry sea.There 's shouting on the ...
Latest Views Of Mr. Biglow (James Russell Lowell Poems)
Ef I a song or two could make Like rockets druv by their own burnin',All leap an' light, to leave a ...
Crispus Attucks (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
Negro Patriot-Killed In Boston, March 5,!770.WHERE shall we seek for a hero, and where shall we find a story?Our laurels ...
June (Nancy Byrd Turner Poems)
The June house wasn't a house at all, But a level and leafy place, Where a gypsy scamp had pitched his camp-- A ...
Roberval (Hannah S Battersby Poems)
A LEGEND OF OLD FRANCE.Never did rosy morning Sweep o'er the skirts of night,Calm nature's face adorning, With more intense delight;Never did ...
The Stone (Peter McArthur Poems)
A MAN! A man! There is a man loose in Canada,A man of heroic mould, a 'throwback' of earlier ages,Vigorous, ...
Week-End (Harold Monro Poems)
IThe train! The twleve o'clock for paradise. Hurry, or it will try to creep away.Out in the country every one is ...
Letter In Prose And Verse To Mrs. Bunbury (Oliver Goldsmith Poems)
MADAM,I read your letter with all that allowance which critical candour couldrequire, but after all find so much to object ...
Ellen (Gerard Addington D Arcy Irvine Poems)
On rising ground the farmer's dwelling stood ;Its foliaged walls and purple vines looked downOn fields which sloped to meet ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. I. (Education – Eloquence ) (Henry Baker Poems)
Education.See Example. Parents and Children.Let no indecent Speech, or Action vile,Be known within the Walls where Youth is bred:Far, far ...
A Nation’s Test (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
I.A NATION'S greatness lies in men, not acres;One master-mind is worth a million hands.No royal robes have marked the planet-shakers,But ...
Cathloda – Duan II (James Macpherson Poems)
Fingal, returning with day, devolves the command on Duth-maruno, who engages the enemy, and drives them over the stream of ...
Letter From The Town Mouse To The Country Mouse (Horace Smith Poems)
I.Oh for a field, my friend; oh for a field! I ask no more Than one plain field, shut in by hedgerows ...
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 ...