Ode to December (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
Ode to December 1917 By Edwin John Dove Pratt Was ever night so wild as this — this bleak December night! Veiled in the sombre shroud that sepul…
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The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm (Poem by Robert Burns)
The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm By Robert Burns O Thou, the first, the greatest friend Of all the human race! Whose strong right han…
The Ballad of Father O'Hart (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
The Ballad of Father O'Hart By William Butler Yeats Good Father John O’Hart In penal days rode out To a Shoneen who had free lands …
When I Think on the Happy Days (Poem by Robert Burns)
When I Think on the Happy Days (1) By Robert Burns When I think on the happy days I spent wi’ you, my dearie; And now what lands between us lie, How…
The Host of the Air (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
The Host of the Air By William Butler Yeats O’driscoll drove with a song The wild duck and the drake From the tall and the tufted reeds…
The Dying Child to its Mother (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Dying Child to its Mother By Victor Hugo Ah, you said too often to your angel There are other angels in the sky — There, where nothing chan…
Love (Poem by Kahlil Gibran)
Love By Kahlil Gibran They say the jackal and the mole Drink from the self-same stream Where the lion comes to drink. And they say the eagle and the…
The Panther (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Panther By Rainer Maria Rilke His weary glance, from passing by the bars, Has grown into a dazed and vacant stare; It seems to him…
Madness (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke)
Madness By Rainer Maria Rilke She thinks: I am — Have you not seen? Who are you then, Marie? I am a Queen, I am a Queen! To your knee, …