Gun-Bullocks (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
Gun-Bullocks By Rudyard Kipling Those heroes in their harnesses avoid a cannon-ball, And what they know of powder upsets them one and all; Then we c…
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The Agitation Against Immoral Literature (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
On Hearing that the Students of Our New University have Joined t he Agitation Against Immoral Literature By William Butler Yeats Where,…
On a Suicide (Poem by Robert Burns)
On a Suicide By Robert Burns Earth’d up here lies an imp o’ hell, Planted by Satan’s dibble — Poor silly wretch, he’s damn’d himsel’ To save…
For Gavin Hamilton (Poem by Robert Burns)
For Gavin Hamilton By Robert Burns The poor man weeps — here Gavin sleeps, Whom canting wretches blam’d: But with such as he, where’er he be, …
Dummy Bridge (Poem by C. J. Dennis)
Dummy Bridge By C. J. Dennis If I'd 'a' played me Jack on that there Ten," Sez Peter Begg, "I might 'a' made the l…
My Rose (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
My Rose By Emily Dickinson Pigmy seraphs gone astray, Velvet people from Vevay, Belles from some lost summer day, Bees' exclusive coterie. Paris…
Gerontion (Poem by Thomas Stearns Eliot)
Gerontion By Thomas Stearns Eliot Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleep Dreaming of both. Here I am, an old m…
Asleep (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Asleep By Emily Dickinson As far from pity as complaint, As cool to speech as stone, As numb to revelation As if my trade were bone. As far …
A Carol (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
A Carol By Rudyard Kipling Our Lord Who did the Ox command To kneel to Judah's King, He binds His frost upon the land To ripen it for Sp…