Poetry Poems (1966 Poems)
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The Day And The War (James Madison Bell Poems)
Sacred to the memory of the immortal Captain John Brown, the hero, saint and martyr of Harper’s Ferry. The following poem is most respectfully inscribed, by one who loved him in life, and in death would honor his memory. Twelve … Continue reading
Of The Nature Of Things: Book V – Part 07 – Beginnings Of Civilization (Lucretius Poems)
Afterwards,When huts they had procured and pelts and fire,And when the woman, joined unto the man,Withdrew with him into one dwelling place, Were known; and when they saw an offspring bornFrom out themselves, then first the human raceBegan to soften. … Continue reading
The Universe (Henry Baker Poems)
A POEM. Intended to restrain the Pride of Man. Thy Works, Eternal Power by whom she sings!The Muse attempts, and tunes the sounding Strings:To Heav’n and Thee her Adoration raise,And form the Song devoted to thy Praise! Around thy Throne, … Continue reading
Heartsease And Rue: Friendship (James Russell Lowell Poems)
I.AGASSIZ Come Dicesti _egli ebbe?_ non viv’ egli ancora? Non fiere gli occhi suoi lo dolce lome? I The electric nerve, whose instantaneous thrillMakes next-door gossips of the antipodes,Confutes poor Hope’s last fallacy of ease,–The distance that divided her from … Continue reading
Festus – XXVIII (Philip James Bailey Poems)
In such timeAs it takes to turn a leaf, we are in heaven;Making our way among the wheeling worlds,Millions of suns, half infinite each, and space,For ever shone into, for ever dark,As deity to and by created mind;Upborne by the … Continue reading
The Heroic Enthusiasts: Part 1: First Dialogue (Giordano Bruno Poems)
TANSILLO, CICADA. TANS. The enthusiasms most suitable to be first brought forward andconsidered are those that I now place before you in the order that seemsto me most fitting. CIC. Begin, then, to read. TANSILLO. 1. Ye Muses, that so … Continue reading
One Day And Another: A Lyrical Eclogue – Part I (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)
LATE SPRING _The mottled moth at eventide Beats glimmering wings against the pane; The slow, sweet lily opens wide, White in the dusk like some dim stain; The garden dreams on every side And breathes faint scents of rain. Among the flowering stocks they stand: A crimson … Continue reading
Dar-Thula (James Macpherson Poems)
ARGUMENT. It may not be improper here to give the story which is the foundation of this poem, as it is handed down by tradition. Usnoth, lord of Etha, which is probably that part of Argyleshire which is near Loch … Continue reading
Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. – Canto III. (Matthew Prior Poems)
Richard, who now was half asleep,Roused, nor would longer silence keep;And sense like this, in vocal breath,Broke from his twofold hedge of teeth.Now if this phrase too harsh be thought,Pope, tell the world ’tis not my fault.Old Homer taught us … Continue reading
Carric-Thura (James Macpherson Poems)
Fingal, returning from an expedition which he had made into the Roman province, resolved to visit Cathulla, king of Inistore, and brother to Comala, whose story is related at large in the preceding dramatic poem. Upon his coming in sight … Continue reading
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