Poems begining by O
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On Mrs. Little, In Redcliff Church, Bristol.
© Hannah More
O could this verse her fair example spread,
And teach the living while it prais'd the dead!
Olney Hymn 31: On The Death Of A Minister
© William Cowper
His master taken from his head,
Elisha saw him go;
And in desponding accents said,
"Ah, what must Israel do?"
On A Very Old Glass At Market-Hill
© Jonathan Swift
Frail glass! thou mortal art as well as I;
Though none can tell which of us first shall die.
Out Of Nazareth
© James Whitcomb Riley
"Who can rob thee an thou hast
More than this that thou hast cast
At my feet-- this dust of gold?
Simply this and that, all told!
Hast thou not a treasure of
Such a thing as men call love?"
Ode VI: To William Hall, Esquire: With The Works Of Chaulieu
© Mark Akenside
I.
Attend to Chaulieu's wanton lyre;
O Never Say That I Was False of Heart
© William Shakespeare
O never say that I was false of heart,
Though absence seem'd my flame to qualify:
As easy might I from myself depart
As from my soul, which in thy breast doth lie;
On The Aphorism
© Charlotte Turner Smith
"L'Amitié est l'Amour sans ailes."
FRIENDSHIP, as some sage poet sings,
Opinion
© George Chapman
There is no truth of any good
To be discerned on earth ; and, by conversion,
On A Good Legg And Foot
© William Strode
If Hercules tall stature might bee guest
But by his thumbe, wherby to make the rest
On Spion Kop
© Sir Henry Newbolt
Foremost of all on battle's fiery steep
Here VERTUE fell, and here he sleeps his sleep.
A fairer name no Roman ever gave
To stand sole monument on Valour's grave.
Only Serpents
© Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev
Only serpents let their skin be fallen
And a soul - all grown up and old.
We, alas, change an eternal soul,
Leaving body in eternal hold.
Out From Behind His Mask
© Walt Whitman
As on the road, or at some crevice door, by chance, or open'd window,
Pausing, inclining, baring my head, You specially I greet,
To draw and clench your Soul, for once, inseparably with mine,
Then travel, travel on.
O Thou Breeze of Spring!
© Felicia Dorothea Hemans
O thou breeze of spring!
Gladdening sea and shore,
"O Earth, Art Not Thou Weary?"
© Julia Caroline (Ripley) Dorr
O Earth! art thou not weary of thy graves?
Dear, patient Mother Earth, upon thy breast
Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze
© James Whitcomb Riley
Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze
Lives 'way up in the leaves o' trees.
Opening The Window
© Oliver Wendell Holmes
THUS I lift the sash, so long
Shut against the flight of song;
All too late for vain excuse,--
Lo, my captive rhymes are loose.
Omen Of Emptiness
© Spike Milligan
The clock has turned enough
to reach a planet
Life is endless night
I hear wings beating in
the dark of my room
A giant Raven is waiting
Official Piety
© John Greenleaf Whittier
A PIOUS magistrate! sound his praise throughout
The wondering churches. Who shall henceforth doubt
That the long-wished millennium draweth nigh?
Sin in high places has become devout,
