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…
Toomai of the Elephants (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) Toomai of the Elephants By Rudyard Kipling I will remember what I was, I am sick of rope and chain. I will remember my old strength and all my f…
To a Mouse (Poem by Robert Burns) To a Mouse On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785 By Robert Burns Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s…
The Rose and the Grave (Poem by Victor Hugo) The Rose and the Grave By Victor Hugo The Grave said to the rose "What of the dews of dawn, Love's flower, what end is theirs?" …
Gathering Leaves (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) Gathering Leaves By Robert Lee Frost Spades take up leaves No better than spoons, And bags full of leaves Are light as balloons. I make a great nois…
L'Envoi (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) L'Envoi By Rudyard Kipling When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colours have faded, an…
The Blessed (Poem by William Butler Yeats) The Blessed By William Butler Yeats Cumhal called out, bending his head, Till Dathi came and stood, With a blink in his eyes, at the cave-mo…
Rimini (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) Rimini (Marching Song of a Roman Legion of the Later Empire) By Rudyard Kipling When I left home for Lalage's sake By the Legions' road to R…
The Ballad of Father O'Hart (Poem by William Butler Yeats) The Ballad of Father O'Hart By William Butler Yeats Good Father John O’Hart In penal days rode out To a Shoneen who had free lands And…
The White Birds (Poem by William Butler Yeats) The White Birds By William Butler Yeats I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea! We tire of the flame of the me…