Stratford (Poem by James McIntyre)
Stratford By James McIntyre Our Canadian county Perth, Commemorates great bard of earth, Stratford and Avon both are here, And they enshrine the nam…
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The Answer (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
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 (Poem by Robert Lee Frost)
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 (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
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 (Poem by Gilbert Parker)
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 (Poem by C. J. Dennis)
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 (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
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 (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
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! (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
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 (Poem by C. J. Dennis)
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 …
The Spring Running (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
The Spring Running By Rudyard Kipling Man goes to Man! Cry the challenge through the Jungle! He that was our Brother goes away. Hear, now, and j…
Written on the Blank Leaf of my Poems (Poem by Robert Burns)
Written on the Blank Leaf of my Poems, Presented to an Old Sweetheart then Married By Robert Burns Once fondly lov’d and still remember’d dear; …
To A Greek Statue (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
To A Greek Statue By Frank Oliver Call Beautiful statue of Parian marble, Dreaming alone in the northern sunlight, Ivory-tinted, your slender arms b…
On the Death of a Lapdog, Named Echo (Poem by Robert Burns)
On the Death of a Lapdog, Named Echo By Robert Burns In wood and wild, ye warbling throng, Your heavy loss deplore; Now half extinct your powers…
The Poet (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Poet By Rainer Maria Rilke You Hour! From me you ever take your flight, Your swift wings wound me as they whir along; Without you …
In May (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott)
In May By Duncan Campbell Scott The clouds that veil the early day Are very near and soft and fine, The heaven peeps between the gray, A lum…
Shut Not Your Doors (Poem by Walter Whitman)
Shut Not Your Doors By Walter Whitman Shut not your doors to me proud libraries, For that which was lacking on all your well-fill’d shelves, yet nee…
A Late Walk (Poem by Robert Lee Frost)
A Late Walk By Robert Lee Frost When I go up through the mowing field, The headless aftermath, Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew, Half clos…