Poems begining by O

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On Landing At Ostend

© William Lisle Bowles

The orient beam illumes the parting oar;--

  From yonder azure track, emerging white,

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On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library

© William Cowper

So then - the Vandals of our isle,
Sworn foes to sense and law,
Have burnt to dust a nobler pile
Than ever Roman saw!

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On Being Stricken with Paralysis

© Bai Juyi

Good friends,

Why waste your time in wailing

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On The Plains

© George Essex Evans

Half-lost in film of faintest lawn,

A single star in armour white

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Ode VI: Hymn To Cheerfulness

© Mark Akenside

Friend to the Muse and all her train,
For thee i court the Muse again:
The Muse for thee may well exert
Her pomp, her charms, her fondest art,
Who owes to thee that pleasing sway
Which earth and peopled heaven obey.

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Overseas

© Madison Julius Cawein

When Fall drowns morns in mist, it seems
In soul I am a part of it;
A portion of its humid beams,
A form of fog, I seem to flit
From dreams to dreams….

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One and One—are One

© Emily Dickinson

One and One—are One—
Two—be finished using—
Well enough for Schools—
But for Minor Choosing—

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On Parting

© George Gordon Byron

The kiss, dear maid! thy lip has left
  Shall never part from mine,
Till happier hours restore the gift
Untainted back to thine.

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O’Grady’s Little Girl

© Alice Guerin Crist

Her hair was dark and curly, floatin’ to the saddle bow,
Her laugh was frank and girlish, and her voice was sweet and low;
When I was one-and-twenty, sure my heart was in a whirl,
Ridin’ neath the blossomed gum-trees with O’Grady’s little girl.

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Olney Hymn 6: Wisdom

© William Cowper

"Ere God had built the mountains,

Or raised the fruitful hills;

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On Pallas Bathing, From A Hymn Of Callimachus

© William Cowper

Nor oils of balmy scene produce,

Nor mirror for Minerva's use,

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October

© Edgar Albert Guest

Days are gettin' shorter an' the air a keener snap;

Apples now are droppin' into Mother Nature's lap;

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On The Conversion Of A Sister

© George Moses Horton

'Tis the voice of my sister at home,
Resign'd to the treasures above,
Inviting the strangers to come,
And feast at the banquet of love.

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Oxford Cheese Ode

© James McIntyre

The ancient poets ne'er did dream
That Canada was land of cream,
They ne'er imagined it could flow
In this cold land of ice and snow,
Where everything did solid freeze,
They ne'er hoped or looked for cheese.

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On Observing Some Names Of Little Note Recorded In The Biographia Britannica

© William Cowper

Oh fond attempt to give a deathless lot,

To names ignoble, born to be forgot!

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On Browning’s Sordello

© Dante Gabriel Rossetti

“SORDELLO'S story,” the Sphinx yawned and said,

“Who would has heard.” Is that enough? Who could,

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Ode On A Nearer Prospect Of Summer Hill

© Richard Harris Barham

O Summer Hill! if thou wert mine,

I'd order in a pipe of wine,

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Oracion por Antonio Machado (With English Translation)

© Rubén Dario

Oracion por Antonio Machado

Misterioso y silencioso

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Of Joan's Youth

© Louise Imogen Guiney

I would unto my fair restore

A simple thing: