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 Dolls (Poem by William Butler Yeats) The Dolls By William Butler Yeats A doll in the doll-maker's house Looks at the cradle and bawls: 'That is an insult to us.' B…
The Lover to His Lass (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott) The Lover to His Lass By Duncan Campbell Scott Crown her with stars, this angel of our planet, Cover her with morning, this thing of pure delight, M…
The Angels (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke) The Angels By Rainer Maria Rilke They all have tired mouths And luminous, illimitable souls; And a longing (as if for sin) Trembles at ti…
My Lady's Law (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) My Lady's Law By Rudyard Kipling The Law whereby my lady moves Was never Law to me, But 'tis enough that she approves Whatever Law it be. Fo…
Roses and Butterflies (Poem by Victor Hugo) Roses and Butterflies By Victor Hugo The grave receives us all: Ye butterflies and roses gay and sweet Why do ye linger, say? Will…
Lines Read at a Maple Sugar Social (Poem by James McIntyre) Lines Read at a Maple Sugar Social April, 1888 By James McIntyre Our first Canadian job when boy, In the big woods we did enjoy, Large maple bush we…
Now Close the Windows (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) Now Close the Windows By Robert Lee Frost Now close the windows and hush all the fields; If the trees must, let them silently toss; No bird is s…
My Rose (Poem by Emily Dickinson) My Rose By Emily Dickinson Pigmy seraphs gone astray, Velvet people from Vevay, Belles from some lost summer day, Bees' exclusive coterie. Paris…
That Day (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) That Day By Rudyard Kipling It got beyond all orders an' it got beyond all 'ope; It got to shammin' wounded an' retirin' fro…