Youth and Age (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
Youth and Age By William Butler Yeats Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting…
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Oklahoma (Poem by Ernest Hemingway)
Oklahoma By Ernest Hemingway All of the Indians are dead (a good Indian is a dead Indian) Or riding in motor cars — (the oil lands, you know, they’…
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…
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, to you…
The Choice (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
The Choice (The American Spirit Speaks) By Rudyard Kipling To the Judge of Right and Wrong With Whom fulfilment lies Our purpose and our power b…
Storm (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Storm By Emily Dickinson It sounded as if the streets were running, And then the streets stood still. Eclipse was all we could see at the window, An…
Dust of Snow (Poem by Robert Lee Frost)
Dust of Snow By Robert Lee Frost The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved …
France (Poem by Walter Whitman)
France, the 18th year of These States By Walter Whitman A great year and place A harsh discordant natal scream out-sounding, to touch the mother'…
Thorold (Poem by James McIntyre)
Thorold By James McIntyre McCready, the great Irish tragedian, said that the view from Thorold was the finest in America. Thorold is famous for its …