All Poems
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Ballade Of A Talked-Off Ear
© Dorothy Parker
Prince or commoner, tenor or bass,
Painter or plumber or never-do-well,
Do me a favor and shut your face
Poets alone should kiss and tell.
Limerick:There was an Old Lady of Prague
© Edward Lear
There was an Old Lady of Prague,
Whose language was horribly vague;
When they said, 'Are these caps?'
She answered, 'Perhaps!'
That oracular Lady of Prague.
Bravery
© James Russell Lowell
We will speak on; we will be heard;
Though all earth's systems crack,
We will not bate a single word,
Nor take a letter back.
To Our President
© Katharine Lee Bates
HOPE of the Nations, lift thy stricken heart.
Thyself art Sorrow, and to thee the cry
The Eve of St. John
© Sir Walter Scott
The baron of Smaylho'me rose with day,
He spurr'd his courser on,
Without stop or stay, down the rocky way,
That leads to Brotherstone.
The Morning Quatrains
© Charles Cotton
THE cock has crow'd an hour ago,
'Tis time we now dull sleep forego;
The God Who Waits
© Leslie Coulson
The old men in the olden days,
Who thought and worked in simple ways,
Believed in God and sought His praise.
The Lady C. M.
© George Meredith
To them that knew her, there is vital flame
In these the simple letters of her name.
To them that knew her not, be it but said,
So strong a spirit is not of the dead.
The War Sonnets: IV The Dead
© Rupert Brooke
There are waters blown by changing winds to laughter
And lit by the rich skies, all day. And after,
Frost, with a gesture, stays the waves that dance
And wandering loveliness. He leaves a white
Unbroken glory, a gathered radiance,
A width, a shining peace, under the night.
On Marriage
© Richard Crashaw
I would be married, but I'd have no wife ;
I would be married to a single life.
On The Tombstone Of James Christopher Wilson (d. April 11, 1884) In Headley Churchyard, Surrey
© George Meredith
Thou our beloved and light of Earth hast crossed
The sea of darkness to the yonder shore.
There dost thou shine a light transferred, not lost,
Through love to kindle in our souls the more.
Sonnet cabalistique
© Charles Cros
Dans notre vie âcre et fiévreuse
Ta splendeur étrange apparaît,
Phare altier sur la côte affreuse;
Et te voir est joie et regret.
Lil' Feller
© Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
When th.' sunshine's golden-yeller
Like th' curls upon his head,
Mohay Apnay Hi Rung Mein
© Amir Khusro
Mohay apnay hi rung mein rung lay,
Tu to saaheb mera Mehboob-e-Ilaahi;
Mohay apnay hi rung mein
Humri chundariya, piyaa ki pagariya,
The Pathway Of The Living
© Edgar Albert Guest
The pathway of the living is our ever-present care.
Let us do our best to smooth it and to make it bright and fair;
Let us travel it with kindness, let's be careful as we tread,
And give unto the living what we'd offer to the dead.
Songs Set To Music: 3. Set By Mr. De Fesch
© Matthew Prior
Strephonetta, why d'ye fly me,
With such rigour in your eyes:
Oh! 'tis cruel to deny me,
Since your charms I so much prize.
