A Book (Poem by Emily Dickinson) A Book By Emily Dickinson There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This trave…
Those Dancing Days are Gone (Poem by William Butler Yeats) Those Dancing Days are Gone By William Butler Yeats Come, let me sing into your ear; Those dancing days are gone, All that silk and satin gear; Crou…
Our Lady of the Snows (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) Our Lady of the Snows (Canadian Preferential Tariff, 1897) By Rudyard Kipling A Nation spoke to a Nation. A Queen sent word to a Throne: "…
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…
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…
The Farewell to the Brethren (Poem by Robert Burns) The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, Tarbolton By Robert Burns (1) Adieu! a heart-warm, fond adieu! Dear brothers of the mystic ti…
Mid-August (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott) Mid-August By Duncan Campbell Scott From the upland hidden, Where the hill is sunny Tawny like pure honey In the August heat, Memories f…
My Heart’s in the Highlands (Poem by Robert Burns) My Heart’s in the Highlands (1) By Robert Burns My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart’s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer; A…
A Poet to His Beloved (Poem by William Butler Yeats) A Poet to His Beloved By William Butler Yeats I bring you with reverent hands The books of my numberless dreams, White woman that passion h…
Her Dream (Poem by William Butler Yeats) Her Dream By William Butler Yeats I dreamed as in my bed I lay, All night’s fathomless wisdom come, That I had shorn my locks away And laid them on …