On the Recovery of Jessy Lewars (Poem by Robert Burns)
On the Recovery of Jessy Lewars By Robert Burns But rarely seen since Nature’s birth, The natives of the sky; Yet still one seraph’s left on ear…
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To Dr. Maxwell, on Jessie Staig’s Recovery (Poem by Robert Burns)
To Dr. Maxwell, on Jessie Staig’s Recovery By Robert Burns Maxwell, if merit here you crave That merit I deny, You save fair Jessie from the gra…
The Children of the Poor (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Children of the Poor By Victor Hugo Take heed of this small child of earth; He is great: in him is God most high. Children before their fles…
Under the Cliff (Poem by Gilbert Parker)
Under the Cliff By Gilbert Parker The sands and the sea, and the white gulls fleeting, The mist on the island, the cloud on the hill; The song i…
On Miss Jessy Lewars (Poem by Robert Burns)
On Miss Jessy Lewars By Robert Burns Say, sages, what’s the charm on earth Can turn Death’s dart aside? It is not purity and worth, Else Jes…
Quebec and Montreal (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Quebec and Montreal By Rudyard Kipling Peace is our portion. Yet a whisper rose, Foolish and causeless, half in jest, half hate. Now wake we and…
Calcutta (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Calcutta By Rudyard Kipling Me the Sea-captain loved, the River built, Wealth sought and Kings adventured life to hold. Hail, England! I am Asia…
The Highland Welcome (Poem by Robert Burns)
The Highland Welcome By Robert Burns When Death’s dark stream I ferry o’er, A time that surely shall come; In Heaven itself I’ll ask no more …
Victoria (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Victoria By Rudyard Kipling From East to West the circling word has passed, Till West is East beside our land-locked blue; From East to West the…
Rangoon (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Rangoon By Rudyard Kipling Hail, Mother! Do they call me rich in trade? Little care I, but hear the shorn priest drone, And watch my silk-clad l…
Ventures (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Ventures By Emily Dickinson Finite to fail, but infinite to venture. For the one ship that struts the shore Many's the gallant, overwhelmed …
Brisbane (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Brisbane By Rudyard Kipling The northern stirp beneath the southern skies — I build a nation for an Empire's need, Suffer a little, and my …
On a Noted Coxcomb (Poem by Robert Burns)
On a Noted Coxcomb By Robert Burns Light lay the earth on Willy’s breast, His chicken-heart so tender; But build a castle on his head, His s…