Love (Poem by Kahlil Gibran) Love By Kahlil Gibran They say the jackal and the mole Drink from the self-same stream Where the lion comes to drink. And they say the eagle and the…
The Pity of the Angels (Poem by Victor Hugo) The Pity of the Angels By Victor Hugo When an angel of kindness Saw, doomed to the dark, Men framed in his likeness, He sought for a spark— …
The Beggar and the Angel (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott) The Beggar and the Angel By Duncan Campbell Scott An angel burdened with self-pity Came out of heaven to a modern city. He saw a beggar on the stree…
With Flowers (Poem by Emily Dickinson) With Flowers By Emily Dickinson South winds jostle them, Bumblebees come, Hover, hesitate, Drink, and are gone. Butterflies pause On their passage C…
To a Mountain Daisy (Poem by Robert Burns) To a Mountain Daisy By Robert Burns Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow’r, Thou’s met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure …
The Book-Worms (Poem by Robert Burns) The Book-Worms By Robert Burns Through and through the inspir’d leaves, Ye maggots, make your windings; But oh! respect his lordship’s taste, …
Flower-gathering (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) Flower-gathering By Robert Lee Frost I left you in the morning, And in the morning glow, You walked a way beside me To make me sad to go. Do you kno…
Barrack-Room Ballads (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) Barrack-Room Ballads By Rudyard Kipling When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; An'…
The Four Angels (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) The Four Angels By Rudyard Kipling As Adam lay a-dreaming beneath the Apple Tree, The Angel of the Earth came down, and offered Earth in fee. …
The Ballad of Minepit Shaw (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) The Ballad of Minepit Shaw By Rudyard Kipling About the time that taverns shut And men can buy no beer, Two lads went up to the keepers' hut…