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…
Pinned Poem
Singapore (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Singapore By Rudyard Kipling Hail, Mother! East and West must seek my aid Ere the spent gear shall dare the ports afar. The second doorway of th…
Beloved Name (Poem by Victor Hugo)
Beloved Name By Victor Hugo The lily's perfume pure, fame's crown of light, The latest murmur of departing day, Fond friendshi…
Precedence (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Precedence By Emily Dickinson Wait till the majesty of Death Invests so mean a brow! Almost a powdered footman Might dare to touch it now! Wait till…
Lament (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke)
Lament By Rainer Maria Rilke Oh! All things are long passed away and far. A light is shining but the distant star From which it still …
Blood and the Moon (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
Blood and the Moon (1) By William Butler Yeats Blessed be this place, More blessed still this tower; A bloody, arrogant power Rose out of the race U…
On Receiving a Curious Shell (Poem by John Keats)
On Receiving a Curious Shell, and a Copy of Verses, from the Ladies By John Keats Hast thou from the caves of Golconda, a gem Pure as the ice-dr…
Poem on Life (Poem by Robert Burns)
Poem on Life Addressed to Colonel de Peyster, Dumfries, 1796 By Robert Burns My honoured colonel, deep I feel Your interest in the Poet’s weal; Ah! …
Parting (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Parting By Emily Dickinson My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to see If Immortality unveil A third event to me, So huge, …
Big Bear the Indian Chief (Poem by James McIntyre)
Big Bear the Indian Chief By James McIntyre The following impromptu was given at a banquet to one of the captives of Fort Pit after he had related h…