Poetry

Barrack-Room Ballads By  Rudyard Kipling When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre,     He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; An'…

To Charles Cowden Clarke By  John Keats Oft have you seen a swan superbly frowning, And with proud breast his own white shadow crowning; He slants hi…

No Man’s Land By  Gilbert Parker Oh, we have been a-maying, dear, beyond the city gates,     The little city set upon a hill; And we have seen the jo…

Stratford By  James McIntyre Our Canadian county Perth, Commemorates great bard of earth, Stratford and Avon both are here, And they enshrine the nam…

The Answer By  Frank Oliver Call Why do I lie upon the ground And listen to the silver sound Of water flowing from a spring? It sings a song I cannot…

Revelation By  Robert Lee Frost We make ourselves a place apart     Behind light words that tease and flout, But oh, the agitated heart     Till some…

Evening By  Edwin John Dove Pratt So calm the air; the sunset's dying beat     Wafts slowly to me from the distant brim     Of silent waters; eve…

Athenian By  Gilbert Parker Your voice I knew, its cadences and thrill; It stilled the tumult and the overthrow When Athens trembled to the people’s …

Farmer Jack By  C. J. Dennis Old farmer Jack gazed on his wheat,     And feared the frost would nip it. Said he, "it's nearly seven feet —  …

Quiquern By  Rudyard Kipling The People of the Eastern Ice, they are melting like the snow —  They beg for coffee and sugar; they go where the white …

The Mirror By  Frank Oliver Call Your mirror, love, reflects your smile     As morn-flushed skies the coming dawn, But oh, how blank the weary while …

Tiger-Tiger! By  Rudyard Kipling What of the hunting, hunter bold?     Brother, the watch was long and cold. What of the quarry ye went to kill?     …

Good Enough By  C. J. Dennis I do not think there ever was,     Or ever will, or ever could be, A little girl or little boy     As good as she or as …