Madelaine (Poem by Victor Hugo) Madelaine By Victor Hugo List to me, O Madelaine! Now the snows have left the plain, Which they warmly cloaked. Come into the fores…
To Ireland in the Coming Times (Poem by William Butler Yeats) To Ireland in the Coming Times By William Butler Yeats Know, that I would accounted be True brother of a company That sang, to sweeten …
Monody (Poem by Robert Burns) Monody On a Lady Famed for her Caprice By Robert Burns How cold is that bosom which folly once fired, How pale is that cheek where the rouge lat…
Alone (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe) Alone By Edgar Allan Poe From childhood's hour I have not been As others were — I have not seen As others saw — I could not bring My passions fr…
My November Guest (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) My November Guest By Robert Lee Frost My Sorrow, when she's here with me, Thinks these dark days of autumn rain Are beautiful as days can be…
Poor Little Children (Poem by Victor Hugo) Poor Little Children By Victor Hugo Mother birdie stiff and cold, Puss has hushed the other's singing; Winds go whistling o'er the wold,…
The Ashantee (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke) The Ashantee By Rainer Maria Rilke (Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris) No vision of exotic southern countries, No dancing women, supp…
Satisfied (Poem by Emily Dickinson) Satisfied By Emily Dickinson One blessing had I, than the rest So larger to my eyes That I stopped gauging, satisfied, For this enchanted si…
The Bird of Paradise (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt) The Bird of Paradise By Edwin John Dove Pratt Answer my riddle, will you? Nay, Do not toss your head that way, With such a ruffle of passion…