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…
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Auckland (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Auckland By Rudyard Kipling Last, loneliest, loveliest, exquisite, apart — On us, on us the unswerving season smiles, Who wonder 'mid our f…
The Sower (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Sower By Victor Hugo Sitting in a porchway cool, Fades the ruddy sunlight fast, Twilight hastens on to rule — Working hours are wellnig…
Niagara Dry (Poem by James McIntyre)
Niagara Dry By James McIntyre It happened once in early spring, While there did float great thick ice cakes, That then a gale did quickly bring Them…
The Coming of Wisdom With Time (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
The Coming of Wisdom With Time By William Butler Yeats Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swa…
Epitaph (Poem by Robert Burns)
Epitaph By Robert Burns Here brewer Gabriel’s fire’s extinct, And empty all his barrels: He’s blest — if, as he brew’d, he drink — In uprigh…
Hobart (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Hobart By Rudyard Kipling Man's love first found me; man's hate made me Hell; For my babes' sake I cleansed those infamies. Earnest …
Melbourne (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Melbourne By Rudyard Kipling Greeting! Nor fear nor favour won us place, Got between greed of gold and dread of drouth, Loud-voiced and reckless…
A St. Helena Lullaby (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
A St. Helena Lullaby By Rudyard Kipling 'How far is St. Helena from a little child at play?' What makes you want to wander there with all th…