Halifax (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Halifax By Rudyard Kipling Into the mist my guardian prows put forth, Behind the mist my virgin ramparts lie, The Warden of the Honour of the No…
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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…
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…
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 …
Growing Up (Poem by C. J. Dennis)
Growing Up By C. J. Dennis Little Tommy Tadpole began to weep and wail, For little Tommy Tadpole had lost his little tail; And his mother didn&#…
Plowmen (Poem by Robert Lee Frost)
Plowmen By Robert Lee Frost A plow, they say, to plow the snow. They cannot mean to plant it, though — Unless in bitterness to mock At having culti…
Bombay (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Bombay By Rudyard Kipling Royal and Dower-royal, I the Queen Fronting thy richest sea with richer hands — A thousand mills roar through me wher…
To Mr. Syme (Poem by Robert Burns)
To Mr. Syme With a Present of a Dozen of Porter By Robert Burns O, had the malt thy strength of mind, Or hops the flavour of thy wit, 'Twere…
Epitaph on William Nicol (Poem by Robert Burns)
Epitaph on William Nicol By Robert Burns Ye maggots, feast on Nicol’s brain, For few sic feasts ye’ve gotten; And fix your claws in Nicol’s hear…