Youth and Age (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
Youth and Age By William Butler Yeats Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting…
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Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors By William Butler Yeats What they undertook to do They brought to pass; All things hang like a drop of dew Upon…
Freedom and the World (Poem by Victor Hugo)
Freedom and the World By Victor Hugo Weak is the People — but will grow beyond all other — Within thy holy arms, thou fruitful victor-mother! O Libe…
Singapore (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Singapore By Rudyard Kipling Hail, Mother! East and West must seek my aid Ere the spent gear shall dare the ports afar. The second doorway of th…
Inscription on a Goblet (Poem by Robert Burns)
Inscription on a Goblet By Robert Burns There’s death in the cup — sae beware! Nay, more — there is danger in touching; But wha can avoid the fe…
Bessie and the Bunyip (Poem by C. J. Dennis)
Bessie and the Bunyip By C. J. Dennis Bessie met a bunyip down along the track, In his hand a billy and a swag upon his back. And you wi…
To Mr. Syme (Poem by Robert Burns)
To Mr. Syme By Robert Burns No more of your guests, be they titled or not, And cook’ry the first in the nation; Who is proof to thy personal con…
The Refugee's Haven (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Refugee's Haven By Victor Hugo You may doubt I find comfort in England But, there, 'tis a refuge from dangers! Where a Cromwell dict…
On a Noisy Polemic (Poem by Robert Burns)
On a Noisy Polemic By Robert Burns Below thir stanes lie Jamie’s banes: O Death, it’s my opinion, Thou ne’er took such a blethrin’ b — ch In…
Eyes Like the Sea (Poem by Gilbert Parker)
Eyes Like the Sea By Gilbert Parker Eyes like the sea, look up, the beacons brighten, Home comes the sailor, home across the tide! Back drifts t…
Impromptu to Miss Ainslie (Poem by Robert Burns)
Impromptu to Miss Ainslie By Robert Burns Fair maid, you need not take the hint, Nor idle texts pursue: — ’Twas guilty sinners that he meant, …
As I Watch the Ploughman Ploughing (Poem by Walter Whitman)
As I Watch the Ploughman Ploughing By Walter Whitman As I watch’d the ploughman ploughing, Or the sower sowing in the fields, or the harvester harve…
The Beggar's Quatrain (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Beggar's Quatrain By Victor Hugo Blind, as was Homer; as Belisarius, blind, But one weak child to guide his vision dim. The hand which d…
On Wee Johnny (Poem by Robert Burns)
On Wee Johnny Hic Jacet Wee Johnny By Robert Burns Whoe’er thou art, O reader, know, That death has murder’d Johnny! An’ here his body lies fu’ …
Gun-Bullocks (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Gun-Bullocks By Rudyard Kipling Those heroes in their harnesses avoid a cannon-ball, And what they know of powder upsets them one and all; Then we c…