Evening (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Evening By Emily Dickinson The cricket sang, And set the sun, And workmen finished, one by one, Their seam the day upon. The low grass loaded wi…
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Delia (Poem by Robert Burns)
Delia An Ode By Robert Burns Fair the face of orient day, Fair the tints of op’ning rose, But fairer still my Delia dawns, More lovely far her beaut…
Sleep and Poetry (Poem by John Keats)
Sleep and Poetry By John Keats What is more gentle than a wind in summer ? What is more soothing than the pretty hummer That stays one moment in an …
A Pæan (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe)
A Pæan By Edgar Allan Poe (1) How shall the burial rite be read? The solemn song be sung? The requiem for the loveliest dead, That ever died so youn…
Youth and Age (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
Youth and Age By William Butler Yeats Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting…
The Two Old Bachelors (Poem by Edward Lear)
The Two Old Bachelors By Edward Lear Two old Bachelors were living in one house; One caught a Muffin, the other caught a Mouse. Said he who caught t…
To A Poet (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
To A Poet, Who Would Have Me Praise Certain Bad Poets, Imitators of His and Mine By William Butler Yeats You say, as I have often given …
Sleeping (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Sleeping By Emily Dickinson A long, long sleep, a famous sleep That makes no show for dawn By stretch of limb or stir of lid, — An independ…
Fallen Majesty (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
Fallen Majesty By William Butler Yeats Although crowds gathered once if she but showed her face, And even old men’s eyes grew dim, this …
Oklahoma (Poem by Ernest Hemingway)
Oklahoma By Ernest Hemingway All of the Indians are dead (a good Indian is a dead Indian) Or riding in motor cars — (the oil lands, you know, they’…