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…
On the Death of a Lapdog, Named Echo (Poem by Robert Burns) On the Death of a Lapdog, Named Echo By Robert Burns In wood and wild, ye warbling throng, Your heavy loss deplore; Now half extinct your powers…
The Poet (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke) The Poet By Rainer Maria Rilke You Hour! From me you ever take your flight, Your swift wings wound me as they whir along; Without you …
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…
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…
On William Smellie (Poem by Robert Burns) On William Smellie By Robert Burns Shrewd Willie Smellie to Crochallan came, The old cock’d hat, the gray surtout, the same; His bristling beard jus…
Fragmentary Blue (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) Fragmentary Blue By Robert Lee Frost Why make so much of fragmentary blue In here and there a bird, or butterfly, Or flower, or wearing-stone, or op…
Poseidon's Law (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) Poseidon's Law By Rudyard Kipling When the robust and Brass-bound Man commissioned first for sea His fragile raft, Poseidon laughed, and 'Ma…
In May (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott) In May By Duncan Campbell Scott The clouds that veil the early day Are very near and soft and fine, The heaven peeps between the gray, A lum…
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…