A Sunset (William Watson Poems)
Westward a league the city lay, with oneCloud's imminent umbrage o'er it: when behold,The incendiary sunDropped from the womb o' ...
Sleep Poems (5807 Poems)
Baby Song (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Rock'd on Mamma's heaving breast, Heaving like the pearly deep,Hugg'd to that sweet, honey rest, Sleep, little baby, sleep, Baby sleep.White like the ...
Epicedium (Horace L Traubel Poems)
LIKE to the leaf that falls, Like to the rose that fades, Thou art-and still art not!We whom this thought enthralls, We whom ...
The Lad Out There (Mary Webb Poems)
Oh, Powers of Love, if still you leanAbove a world so black with hate,Where yet--as it has ever been--The loving ...
Lady With Camelias (Marina Ivanova Tsvetaeva Poems)
Your whole way with shining evil's coalMargaret, they all do bravely judge.What's your fault? The body sinned as such,Innocent you ...
He Died At His Post (J W Holman Poems)
A soldier had fallen! 'Tis well that we weep!O soft be his pillow, and peaceful his sleep!Far, far from his ...
In The Bazaars of Hyderabad (Sarojini Naidu Poems)
What do you sell O ye merchants ?Richly your wares are displayed.Turbans of crimson and silver,Tunics of purple brocade,Mirrors with ...
Divided (Nora Pembroke Poems)
We came to the dividing line, Then he passed over and I am here,Sad and sore is this heart of mine That ...
God! God! God! (Paramahansa Yogananda Poems)
From the depths of slumber,As I ascend the spiral stairways of wakefulness,I will whisper:God! God! God!Thou art the food, and ...
Lullaby, Go To Sleep (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
I'll ne'er forget the day,When I was young and gay,A rolling 'round the floor in Tennessee;From th' cotton field so ...
In Venice (Georg Trakl Poems)
In VeniceStillness in the passing night of the room.Seven silver branches flickerbefore the whispered songof the deserted,the mystic flock of ...
Song Of The Sleeper (Isabel Ecclestone Mackay Poems)
SLEEPER rest quietly Deep underground!Lord of your kingdom Of murmurous sound.Hear the grass growingSweet for the mowing;Hear the stars sing As they travel ...
To Captain Fryatt (Gilbert Keith Chesterton Poems)
Trampled yet red is the last of the embers, Red the last cloud of a sun that has set; What of your ...
Mammas and Babies (Kate Greenaway Poems)
"MY Polly is so very good, Belinda never cries;My Baby often goes to sleep, See how she shuts her eyes."Dear Mrs. Lemon ...
I saw thee in light (Mary Anne Browne Poems)
I saw thee in light and in loveliness shining— Thy beauty all glorious — thy features all fair ;And the modest ...
Dear Hands (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
The touches of her hands are like the fall Of velvet snowflakes; like the touch of down The peach just brushes 'gainst ...
Dolly’s Lullaby (Juliana Horatia Ewing Poems)
A NURSERY RHYMEHush-a-by, Baby! Your baby, Mamma,No one but pussy may go where you are;Soft-footed pussy alone may pass by,For, ...
The “Titanic” (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
As she sped from dawn to gloaming, a palace upon the sea,Did the waves from her proud bows foaming whisper ...
A Sigh (Mathilde Blind Poems)
SILENT, I sat within the boat, The earth and sea were still;The mist wrapped softly, fold on fold, O'er wood, and dale, ...
The Dead Woman (Pablo Neruda Poems)
If suddenly you do not exist,if suddenly you no longer live,I shall live on.I do not dare,I do not dare ...
The Little London Girl (Kate Greenaway Poems)
IN my little Green House, quite content am I,When the hot sun pours down from the sky;For oh, I love ...
I Must Not Tease My Mother (Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Poems)
I must not tease my mother,For she is very kind;And everything she says to meI must directly mind;For when I ...
Alienation (Katharine Tynan Poems)
For the first time since he was bornHer son, her rose without a thorn,They are at variance, they who wereAlways ...
The Earth, The Fields, Lie Stretched In Sleep (Patience Worth Poems)
Dead, all dead!The earth, the fields, lie stretched in sleepLike weary toilers overdone.The valleys gape like toothless age,Besnaggled by dead ...
Storm Song (James Bayard Taylor Poems)
The clouds are scudding across the moon;A misty light is on the sea;The wind in the shrouds has a wintry ...
“How Did You Rest, Last Night?” (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
"How did you rest, last night?"-- I've heard my gran'pap sayThem words a thousand times--that's right-- Jes them words thataway!As punctchul-like as ...
Prayer to Sleep (John Wilson Poems)
O gentle Sleep, wilt thou lay thy headFor one little hour on thy lover's bed,And none but the silent stars ...
The Blizzard (Phillis Levin Poems)
Now that the worst is over, they predictSomething messy and difficult, though notLife-threatening. Clearly we neededTo stock up on water ...
Summer Night (Laurence Housman Poems)
Light, like a closing flower, covers to earth her herds, Out of the world we only watch for the rise of ...
Hymns to the Night : 2 (Novalis Poems)
Must the morning always return? Will the despotism of the earthly never cease? Unholy activity consumes the angel-visit of the ...