The Bird of Paradise (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
The Bird of Paradise By Edwin John Dove Pratt Answer my riddle, will you? Nay, Do not toss your head that way, With such a ruffle of passion…
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The First Chantey (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
The First Chantey By Rudyard Kipling Mine was the woman to me, darkling I found her; Haling her dumb from the camp, held her and bound her. Hot rose…
On the Birth of a Posthumous Child (Poem by Robert Burns)
On the Birth of a Posthumous Child By Robert Burns Sweet flow’ret, pledge o’ meikle love, And ward o’ mony a pray’r, What heart o’ stane wad tho…
The Joyful Widower (Poem by Robert Burns)
The Joyful Widower (1) By Robert Burns I married with a scolding wife The fourteenth of November; She made me weary of my life, By one unrul…
Unwarned (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Unwarned By Emily Dickinson 'T is sunrise, little maid, hast thou No station in the day? 'T was not thy wont to hinder so, — Retrie…
Sleeping (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Sleeping By Emily Dickinson A long, long sleep, a famous sleep That makes no show for dawn By stretch of limb or stir of lid, — An independ…
Kaa's Hunting (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Kaa's Hunting By Rudyard Kipling His spots are the joy of the Leopard: his horns are the Buffalo's pride. Be clean, for the strength of the …
Life's Trades (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Life's Trades By Emily Dickinson It's such a little thing to weep, So short a thing to sigh; And yet by trades the size of these We …
Childhood (Poem by Victor Hugo)
Childhood By Victor Hugo The small child sang; the mother, outstretched on the low bed, With anguish moaned, — fair Form pain should possess not…
Man was Made to Mourn (Poem by Robert Burns)
Man was Made to Mourn By Robert Burns A Dirge When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare, One ev’ning as I wan…
My Napoleon (Poem by Victor Hugo)
My Napoleon By Victor Hugo Above all others, everywhere I see His image cold or burning! My brain it thrills, and oftentime sets free …