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
The Beacon in the Storm (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Beacon in the Storm By Victor Hugo Hark to that solemn sound! It steals towards the strand. — Whose is that voice profound Which mourns…
The Sacking of the City (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Sacking of the City By Victor Hugo Thy will, O King, is done! Lighting but to consume, The roar of the fierce flames drowned even t…
The Morning of Life (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Morning of Life By Victor Hugo The mist of the morning is torn by the peaks, Old towers gleam white in the ray, And already the glo…
Have You Nothing to Say for Yourself? (Poem by Victor Hugo)
Have You Nothing to Say for Yourself? By Victor Hugo Speak, if you love me, gentle maiden! Or haunt no more my lone retreat. If not for me thy h…
Beggar to Beggar Cried (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
Beggar to Beggar Cried By William Butler Yeats ‘Time to put off the world and go somewhere And find my health again in the sea air,’ Be…
The Ballad of Father Gilligan (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
The Ballad of Father Gilligan By William Butler Yeats The old priest Peter Gilligan Was weary night and day; For half his flock were i…
To A Poet (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
To A Poet, Who Would Have Me Praise Certain Bad Poets, Imitators of His and Mine By William Butler Yeats You say, as I have often given …
Fallen Majesty (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
Fallen Majesty By William Butler Yeats Although crowds gathered once if she but showed her face, And even old men’s eyes grew dim, this …
The Host of the Air (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
The Host of the Air By William Butler Yeats O’driscoll drove with a song The wild duck and the drake From the tall and the tufted reeds…