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 Quiet Rural Church (Poem by Victor Hugo) The Quiet Rural Church By Victor Hugo It was a humble church, with arches low, The church we entered there, Where many a weary soul since long a…
The Necessitarian (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) The Necessitarian By Rudyard Kipling I know not in Whose hands are laid To empty upon earth From unsuspected ambuscade The very Urns of Mirt…
The Nursing Sister (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) The Nursing Sister (Maternity Hospital) By Rudyard Kipling Our sister sayeth such and such. And we must bow to her behests; Our sister toileth overm…
To Mr. M’Adam, of Craigen-Gillan (Poem by Robert Burns) To Mr. M’Adam, of Craigen-Gillan By Robert Burns Sir, o’er a gill I gat your card, I trow it made me proud; See wha tak’s notice o’ the bard …
The Sea of Sunset (Poem by Emily Dickinson) The Sea of Sunset By Emily Dickinson This is the land the sunset washes, These are the banks of the Yellow Sea; Where it rose, or whither it rushes,…
The Sleeper (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott) The Sleeper By Duncan Campbell Scott Touched with some divine repose, Isabelle has fallen asleep, Like the perfume from the rose In and out …
Angutivaun Taina (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) Angutivaun Taina Song of the Returning Hunter (Esquimaux) By Rudyard Kipling Our gloves are stiff with the frozen blood, Our furs with the drift…
Cornflowers (Poem by Victor Hugo) Cornflowers By Victor Hugo While bright but scentless azure stars Be-gem the golden corn, And spangle with their skyey tint The fur…
Angel or Demon (Poem by Victor Hugo) Angel or Demon By Victor Hugo Angel or demon! thou, — whether of light The minister, or darkness — still dost sway This age …