Calcutta (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Calcutta By Rudyard Kipling Me the Sea-captain loved, the River built, Wealth sought and Kings adventured life to hold. Hail, England! I am Asia…
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The Highland Welcome (Poem by Robert Burns)
The Highland Welcome By Robert Burns When Death’s dark stream I ferry o’er, A time that surely shall come; In Heaven itself I’ll ask no more …
Shelly (Poem by James McIntyre)
Shelly By James McIntyre We have scarcely time to tell thee Of the strange and gifted Shelly, Kind hearted man but ill-fated, So youthful, drowned a…
Victoria (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Victoria By Rudyard Kipling From East to West the circling word has passed, Till West is East beside our land-locked blue; From East to West the…
Rangoon (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Rangoon By Rudyard Kipling Hail, Mother! Do they call me rich in trade? Little care I, but hear the shorn priest drone, And watch my silk-clad l…
Pont Du Carrousel (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke)
Pont Du Carrousel By Rainer Maria Rilke Upon the bridge the blind man stands alone, Gray like a mist veiled monument he towers As thoug…
The Bridge of the Hundred Spans (Poem by Gilbert Parker)
The Bridge of the Hundred Spans By Gilbert Parker It was the time that the Long Divide Blooms and glows like an hour-old bride; It was the days when…
The Rose of the World (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
The Rose of the World By William Butler Yeats WHO dreamed that beauty passes like a dream? For these red lips, with all their mournful p…
Roses and Butterflies (Poem by Victor Hugo)
Roses and Butterflies By Victor Hugo The grave receives us all: Ye butterflies and roses gay and sweet Why do ye linger, say? …