The Children of the Poor (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Children of the Poor By Victor Hugo Take heed of this small child of earth; He is great: in him is God most high. Children before their fles…
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Under the Cliff (Poem by Gilbert Parker)
Under the Cliff By Gilbert Parker The sands and the sea, and the white gulls fleeting, The mist on the island, the cloud on the hill; The song i…
Alexander McLaughlan (Poem by James McIntyre)
Alexander McLaughlan By James McIntyre Lines sent to Alexander McLaughlan, Amaranth Station, with a copy of my poems: We send to you these rugged rh…
On Miss Jessy Lewars (Poem by Robert Burns)
On Miss Jessy Lewars By Robert Burns Say, sages, what’s the charm on earth Can turn Death’s dart aside? It is not purity and worth, Else Jes…
Quebec and Montreal (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Quebec and Montreal By Rudyard Kipling Peace is our portion. Yet a whisper rose, Foolish and causeless, half in jest, half hate. Now wake we and…
The Sleeper (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe)
The Sleeper By Edgar Allan Poe At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her …
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…
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…