5 Stanzas Poem

Monody (Poem by Robert Burns)

Monody On a Lady Famed for her Caprice By  Robert Burns How cold is that bosom which folly once fired,     How pale is that cheek where the rouge lat…

The Ashantee (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke)

The Ashantee By Rainer Maria Rilke (Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris) No vision of exotic southern countries, No dancing women, supp…

More Strong Than Time (Poem by Victor Hugo)

More Strong Than Time By Victor Hugo Since I have set my lips to your full cup, my sweet,     Since I my pallid face between your hands h…

Thanksgiving Ode (Poem by James McIntyre)

Thanksgiving Ode November 15th, 1888 By  James McIntyre September came and with it frost The season's pasture it seemed lost, And the wondrous yi…

Butterflies (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)

Butterflies By  Rudyard Kipling Eyes aloft, over dangerous places, The children follow the butterflies, And, in the sweat of their upturned faces, Sl…

The Indian Upon God (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Indian Upon God By William Butler Yeats I passed along the water’s edge below the humid trees, My spirit rocked in evening light, th…

Sweet Sister (Poem by Victor Hugo)

Sweet Sister By  Victor Hugo Sweet sister, if you knew, like me, The charms of guileless infancy, No more you'd envy riper years, Or smiles, more…

His Dream (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

His Dream By William Butler Yeats I swayed upon the gaudy stern The butt-end of a steering-oar, And saw wherever I could turn A crowd …

Welcome to the Prince of Wales (Poem by James McIntyre)

Welcome to the Prince of Wales By  James McIntyre Lines written when the Prince of Wales was about embarking for Canada, May, 1860. In his long voyag…

Beggar to Beggar Cried (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

Beggar to Beggar Cried By William Butler Yeats ‘Time to put off the world and go somewhere And find my health again in the sea air,’ Be…

The Sacking of the City (Poem by Victor Hugo)

The Sacking of the City By Victor Hugo Thy will, O King, is done! Lighting but to consume, The roar of the fierce flames drowned even t…
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