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…
The Choice (Poem by William Butler Yeats) The Choice By William Butler Yeats The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life, or of the work, And if it take the second must r…
Love's Treacherous Pool (Poem by Victor Hugo) Love's Treacherous Pool By Victor Hugo Young maiden, true love is a pool all mirroring clear, Where coquettish girls come to linger in long …
A Love Song (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott) A Love Song By Duncan Campbell Scott I gave her a rose in early June, Fed with the sun and the dew, Each petal I said is a note in the tune, The ros…
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: "…
Morning Song in the Jungle (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) Morning Song in the Jungle By Rudyard Kipling One moment past our bodies cast No shadow on the plain; Now clear and black they stride our track,…
Roses and Butterflies (Poem by Victor Hugo) Roses and Butterflies By Victor Hugo The grave receives us all: Ye butterflies and roses gay and sweet Why do ye linger, say? Will…
Rose Pogonias (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) Rose Pogonias By Robert Lee Frost A Saturated meadow, Sun-shaped and jewel-small, A circle scarcely wider Than the trees around were tall; W…
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 …
The Pity of Love (Poem by William Butler Yeats) The Pity of Love By William Butler Yeats A pity beyond all telling Is hid in the heart of love: The folk who are buying and selling, …
Flower-gathering (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) Flower-gathering By Robert Lee Frost I left you in the morning, And in the morning glow, You walked a way beside me To make me sad to go. Do you kno…
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…
Song of Love (Poem by Victor Hugo) Song of Love By Victor Hugo If there be a velvet sward By dewdrops pearly drest, Where through all seasons fairies guard Flowe…
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…