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
I Hear America Singing (Poem by Walter Whitman)
I Hear America Singing By Walter Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be …
To a Lady on her Coming to North-America (Poem by Phillis Wheatley)
To a Lady on her coming to North-America with her Son, for the Recovery of her Health By Phillis Wheatley Indulgent muse! my grov’ling mind inspire,…
An American (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
An American By Rudyard Kipling The American Spirit speaks: If the Led Striker call it a strike, Or the papers call it a war, …
The Selkirk Grace (Poem by Robert Burns)
The Selkirk Grace By Robert Burns Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lo…
The American War (Poem by Robert Burns)
The American War, A fragment By Robert Burns (1) When Guildford good our pilot stood, And did our hellim thraw, man, Ae night, at tea, began a p…
Long, Too Long America (Poem by Walter Whitman)
Long, Too Long America By Walter Whitman Long, too long America, Traveling roads all even and peaceful you learn’d from joys and prosperity only, Bu…
On Being Brought from Africa to America (Poem by Phillis Wheatley)
On Being Brought from Africa to America By Phillis Wheatley ’Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That t…
The Kirk of Lamington (Poem by Robert Burns)
The Kirk of Lamington By Robert Burns As cauld a wind as ever blew, As caulder kirk, and in’t but few; As cauld a minister’s e’er spak, Ye’se a’ be …
On A Swiss Mountain (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
On A Swiss Mountain By Frank Oliver Call Lad, the mighty hills are calling, Hills of promise gleaming bright, And the floods of sunshine falling…