The Glen of Arrawatta (Henry Kendall Poems)
A SKY of wind! And while these fitful gustsAre beating round the windows in the cold,With sullen sobs of rain, ...
War & Peace Poems (9365 Poems)
The Bottle-Scrue (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
The Patten, Fan, and Petticoat,Three modern Themes of special Note,In parlous Rhimes immortal live,If Rhimes immortal Life can give;The Mouse--Trap ...
Hudibras, Part I (excerpts) (Samuel Butler Poems)
THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIRST CANTOSir Hudibras his passing worth,The manner how he sallied forth;His arms and equipage are shown;His ...
British Georgics. April (James Grahame Poems)
Through boughs still leafless, or through foliage thin,The sloping primrose-bed lies fair exposed,Begemmed with simple flowers, gladdening the sight.Hail! month ...
Policeman X (John Oxenham Poems)
IF HE WOULD BUT DAREI stood, unseen, within a sumptous room,Where one clothed all in white sat silently.So sweet his ...
The Sinner and The Spider (John Bunyan Poems)
Sinner.What black, what ugly crawling thing art thou?Spider.I am a spider-------Sinner.A spider, ay, also a filthy creature.Spider.Not filthy as thyself ...
Lament Of The Indian (Peter John Allan Poems)
Thou ancient pine! beneath whose lofty shade, Pensive I watch the sun's declining ray,Thy glorious crown no scorching sun can fade, Nor ...
The Hares, A Fable. (James Beattie Poems)
Yes, yes, I grant the sons of earthAre doom'd to trouble from their birth.We all of sorrow have our share;But ...
The Pleasaunce Of Maid Marian (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
Argument:"Mary, Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?Silver bells and cockle shellsAnd fair maids all in a row."Isolt the White, ...
Toussaint L’Ouverture (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
'T WAS night. The tranquil moonlight smileWith which Heaven dreams of Earth, shed downIts beauty on the Indian isle, -On ...
Madness (Henry James Pye Poems)
An Epistle Yes, yes, my friend, I quit the fond pretence To cool reflection, and unbiass'd sense; Your hands have torn away the ...
Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. I. (Absence – Advice) (Henry Baker Poems)
Absence.Neglected, now, behold my Tresses flow:Nor sparkling Diamonds on my Fingers glow.All plain, and cheap, the humble Weeds I wear:No ...
The Triumph of Dead : Chap. 1 (Mary Sidney Herbert Poems)
That gallant lady, gloriously bright, The stately pillar once of worthiness, And now a little dust, a naked sprite, Turn'd ...
The Fan : A Poem. Book II. (John Gay Poems)
Olympus' gates unfold: in heaven's high towersAppear in council all the immortal powers;Great Jove above the rest exalted sate,And in ...
The Song Of Hiawatha XXII: Hiawatha’s Departure (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
By the shore of Gitche Gumee,By the shining Big-Sea-Water,At the doorway of his wigwam,In the pleasant Summer morning,Hiawatha stood and ...
Napoleon (James Avis Bartley Poems)
INTRODUCTION.If ye will walk amid the ancient wood,Ye will perceive the lordly oak o'erspreadThe slender shrubs, and shield them from ...
Edgar And Ellen (Matilda Betham Poems)
"Arrest thy steps! On these sad plains, Fair dame, no farther go! But listen to the martial strains, Whose wildness speaks of woe! Hark! ...
Beechenbrook – I (Margaret Junkin Preston Poems)
There is sorrow in Beechenbrook Cottage; the day Has been bright with the earliest glory of May; The blue of the sky ...
The Meeting (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
The elder folks shook hands at last,Down seat by seat the signal passed.To simple ways like ours unused,Half solemnized and ...
The World’s Convention Of The Friends Of Emancipation, Held In London In 1840 (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
YES, let them gather! Summon forthThe pledged philanthropy of Earth.From every land, whose hills have heardThe bugle blast of Freedom ...
The Last Bullet (John Farrell Poems)
Since the first human eyes saw the first timidstars break through Heaven and shine,Surely never a man was bowed down ...
The Story Of Gladys (Marietta Holley Poems)
"I leave my child to Heaven." And with these wordsUpon her lips, the Lady Mildred passedUnto the rest prepared for her ...
At The Palace Of King Lot (Oscar Fay Adams Poems)
Argument:The King was in the parlor, counting out his money:The Queen was in the kitchen, eating bread and honey:The Maid ...
Two Portraits (Henry Timrod Poems)
You say, as one who shapes a life,That you will never be a wife,And, laughing lightly, ask my aidTo paint ...
Visions for the Entertainmen (Nathaniel Cotton Poems)
Ye ductile youths, whose rising sunHath many circles still to run;Who wisely with the pilot's chart,To steer thro' life the ...
The Song Of Hiawatha XIII: Blessing The Cornfields (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
Sing, O Song of Hiawatha,Of the happy days that followed,In the land of the Ojibways,In the pleasant land and peaceful!Sing ...
Comala, A Dramatic Poem (James Macpherson Poems)
This poem. is valuable on account of the light it throws on the antiquity of Ossian's compositions. The Caracul mentioned ...
Protestant Popery: Or, The Convocation – Canto V (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
While the fierce Contest rages from afar,And hostile Pamphlets breathe alternate War:The carnal Priests at ev'ry Shock o'erthrown,Now trust to ...
To A Friend InThe City (Mary Ann H T Bigelow Poems)
FROM HER FRIEND IN THE COUNTRY.By especial request I take up my pen,To write a few lines to my dear ...
Tecumthe (Nora Pembroke Poems)
October's leaf was sere; The day was dark and drear.Wild war was loosed in rage o'er our quiet country then; When at ...