To the Garden the World (Poem by Walter Whitman)
To the Garden the World By Walter Whitman To the garden the world anew ascending, Potent mates, daughters, sons, preluding, The love, the life of th…
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A Prayer for My Daughter (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
A Prayer for My Daughter By William Butler Yeats Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on…
To the Honourable T. H. Esq; on the Death of his Daughter (Poem by Phillis Wheatley)
To the Honourable T. H. Esq; on the Death of his Daughter By Phillis Wheatley While deep you mourn beneath the cypress-shade The hand of Death, and …
The Pity of the Angels (Poem by Victor Hugo)
The Pity of the Angels By Victor Hugo When an angel of kindness Saw, doomed to the dark, Men framed in his likeness, He sought for a spark— …
The Beggar and the Angel (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott)
The Beggar and the Angel By Duncan Campbell Scott An angel burdened with self-pity Came out of heaven to a modern city. He saw a beggar on the stree…
With Flowers (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
With Flowers By Emily Dickinson South winds jostle them, Bumblebees come, Hover, hesitate, Drink, and are gone. Butterflies pause On their passage C…
To a Mountain Daisy (Poem by Robert Burns)
To a Mountain Daisy By Robert Burns Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow’r, Thou’s met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure …
The Book-Worms (Poem by Robert Burns)
The Book-Worms By Robert Burns Through and through the inspir’d leaves, Ye maggots, make your windings; But oh! respect his lordship’s taste, …