Madras (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Madras By Rudyard Kipling Clive kissed me on the mouth and eyes and brow, Wonderful kisses, so that I became Crowned above Queens — a withered b…
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On Robert Riddel (Poem by Robert Burns)
On Robert Riddel By Robert Burns To Riddel, much-lamented man, This ivied cot was dear; Reader, dost value matchless worth? This ivied cot r…
Initiation (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke)
Initiation By Rainer Maria Rilke Whosoever thou art! Out in the evening roam, Out from thy room thou know'st in every part, And far …
Growing Blind (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke)
Growing Blind By Rainer Maria Rilke Among all the others there sat a guest Who sipped her tea as if one apart, And she held her cup not …
The Rose of Peace (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
The Rose of Peace By William Butler Yeats If Michael, leader of God’s host When Heaven and Hell are met, Looked down on you from Heaven…
The Ladies (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
The Ladies By Rudyard Kipling I've taken my fun where I've found it; I've rogued an' I've ranged in my time; I've 'a…
A Prayer: Under the Pressure of Violent Anguish (Poem by Robert Burns)
A Prayer: Under the Pressure of Violent Anguish By Robert Burns O Thou Great Being! what Thou art Surpasses me to know; Yet sure …
Annunciation (Poem by Gilbert Parker)
Annunciation By Gilbert Parker I think in that far time when Gabriel came And gave short speech to Mary sweet and wise, That when the faint fear fad…
The League and Covenant (Poem by Robert Burns)
The League and Covenant By Robert Burns The solemn League and Covenant Cost Scotland blood-cost Scotland tears; But it sealed freedom’s sacred c…