Poems List
Explore poems from our collection
Grass
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work
-I am the grass; I cover all.
And pile them high at Gettysburg …
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at…
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18)
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds …
A Vision
Two crowned Kings, and One that stood alone
With no green weight of laurels round his head,
But with sad eyes as one uncomforted,
And wearied wi…
Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem
O mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear! your true-love's coming
That can sing both high and low;
Trip no furt…
The Golden Gate - I (A novel in verse)
The Golden Gate - I (A novel in verse)
1.1.
To make a start more swift and weighty,
Hail Muse. Dear Reader, once upon
A time, say, circa …
On A Dead Violet
On A Dead Violet
The odor from the flower is gone
Which like thy kisses breathed on me;
The color from the flower is flown
Which glowed of thee a…
Don't be afraid, O human soul!
Don't be afraid, O human soul!
The power thrones of today represent devil's affair,
the power-hungry monsters are busy playing there.
Don't be af…
Shadow
Shadow
Here you are beside me again
Memories of my companions killed in the war
The olive-branch of time
Memories that make only …
Serenade from “The Spanish Student”
Serenade from “The Spanish Student”
STARS of the summer night!
Far in yon azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light!
She sleeps!
…
On Jordan's Banks
On Jordan's Banks
On Jordan's banks the Arab's camels stray,
On Sion's hill the False One's votaries pray,
The Baaladorer
bows on Sinai's…
Dum Capitolium Scandet
Dum Capitolium Scandet
How many will come after me
singing as well as I sing, none better;
Telling the heart of their truth
as I have tau…
The Test of Love—is Death
The Test of Love—is Death
573
The Test of Love—is Death—
Our Lord—"so loved"—it saith—
What Largest Lover—hath
Another—do…
We see-Comparatively
We see-Comparatively
534
We see-Comparatively-
The Thing so towering high
We could not grasp its segment
Unaided-Yesterday…
Seascape
Seascape
This celestial seascape, with white herons got up as angels,
flying high as they want and as far as they want sidewise
in tiers …
Custer: Book Second
Custer: Book Second
I
Oh, for the power to call to aid, of mine
Own humble Muse, the famed and sacred nine.
Then might she fitly …
XXIV
XXIV
Let the world's sharpness, like a clasping knife,
Shut in upon itself and do no harm
In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm, …
Love Lies Sleeping
Love Lies Sleeping
Earliest morning, switching all the tracks
that cross the sky from cinder star to star,
coupling the ends of s…
XXII
XXII
When our two souls stand up erect and strong,
Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,
Until the lengthening wings break into …
I Am A Beggar Always
I Am A Beggar Always
i am a beggar always
who begs in your mind
(slightly smiling, patient, unspeaking
with a sign on his…
Parting
Parting
THERE'S no use in weeping,
Though we are condemned to part:
There's such a thing as keeping
A remembrance in one's heart:…
A Father's Prayer
A Father's Prayer
Lord, make me tolerant and wise;
Incline my ears to hear him through;
Let him not stand with downcast eyes,
Fearing to …
Reveille
Reveille
Wake: the silver dusk returning
Up the beach of darkness brims,
And the ship of sunrise burning
Strands upon the eastern…
With sweeter notes each rising temple rung;
With sweeter notes each rising temple rung;
A Raphael painted and a Vida sung;
Immortal Vida! on whose honour'd brow
The poet's bays and critics ivy grow…