Blue Roses (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) Blue Roses By Rudyard Kipling Roses red and roses white Plucked I for my love's delight. She would none of all my posies — Bade me gather her b…
The Tailor (Poem by Robert Burns) The Tailor (1) By Robert Burns The Tailor fell thro’ the bed, thimbles an’ a’, The Tailor fell thro’ the bed, thimbles an’ a’; The blankets were thi…
A Three-Part Song (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) A Three-Part Song By Rudyard Kipling I'm just in love with all these three, The Weald and the Marsh and the Down countrie; Nor I don't know …
Song (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe) Song By Edgar Allan Poe I saw thee on thy bridal day — When a burning blush came o'er thee, Though happiness around thee lay, The world all lov…
On Seeing a Wounded Hare Limp by Me (Poem by Robert Burns) On Seeing A Wounded Hare Limp by Me, Which a Fellow had Just Shot By Robert Burns Inhuman man! curse on thy barb’rous art, And blasted be thy mu…
To John Taylor (Poem by Robert Burns) To John Taylor By Robert Burns With Pegasus upon a day, Apollo weary flying, Through frosty hills the journey lay, On foot the way was plyin…
Mrs. Moody (Poem by James McIntyre) Mrs. Moody By James McIntyre Mrs. Moody was a sister of the celebrated Agnes Strickland, author of "The Queens of England." When this coun…
A Song of Kabir (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) A Song of Kabir By Rudyard Kipling Oh, light was the world that he weighed in his hands! Oh, heavy the tale of his fiefs and his lands! He has gone …
Music (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke) Music By Rainer Maria Rilke What play you, O Boy? Through the garden it stole Like wandering steps, like a whisper — then mute; What pla…
Hymn (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe) Hymn (translation from the Greek Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius) By Edgar Allan Poe (1) Wreathed in myrtle, my sword I'll conceal, Like thos…
The Last Dream (Poem by Gilbert Parker) The Last Dream By Gilbert Parker One more dream in the slow night watches, One more sleep when the world is dumb, And his soul leans out to the …
Upon the Road to Rockabout (Poem by C. J. Dennis) Upon the Road to Rockabout By C. J. Dennis Upon the road to Rockabout I came upon some sheep — A large and woolly flock about As wide as it was dee…
Growing Blind (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke) Growing Blind By Rainer Maria Rilke Among all the others there sat a guest Who sipped her tea as if one apart, And she held her cup not …
The Rose of Peace (Poem by William Butler Yeats) The Rose of Peace By William Butler Yeats If Michael, leader of God’s host When Heaven and Hell are met, Looked down on you from Heaven…