Poems List
Explore poems from our collection
From The Last Hill That Looks On Thy Once Holy Dome
From The Last Hill That Looks On Thy Once Holy Dome
I.
From the last hill that looks on thy once holy dome,
I beheld thee, Oh Sion! when rendered to Rome…
From Anacreon: 'Twas Now The Hour When Night Had Driven
From Anacreon: 'Twas Now The Hour When Night Had Driven
'Twas now the hour when Night had driven
Her car half round yon sable heaven;
Boötes, only, seem'…
Fill The Goblet Again: A Song
Fill The Goblet Again: A Song
Fill the goblet again! for I never before
Felt the glow which now gladdens my heart to its core;
Let us drink!who
wou…
Francisca
Francisca
Francisca walks in the shadow of night,
But it is not to gaze on the heavenly light But
if she sits in her garden bower,
'Tis not f…
Fare Thee Well
Fare Thee Well
Fare thee well! and if for ever,
Still for ever, fare thee well:
Even though unforgiving, never
'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. <…
Farewell To The Muse
Farewell To The Muse
Thou Power! who hast ruled me through Infancy's days,
Young offspring of Fancy, 'tis time we should part;
Then rise on the gale this…
Epitaph For William Pitt
Epitaph For William Pitt
With death doom'd to grapple,
Beneath this cold slab, he
Who lied in the Chapel
Now lies in the Abbey.
Epitaph On John Adams, Of Southwell - A Carrier, Who Died Of Drunkenness
Epitaph On John Adams, Of Southwell - A Carrier, Who Died Of Drunkenness
JOHN ADAMS lies here, of the parish of Southwell,
A Carrier who carried his can to his…
Epistle To Augusta
Epistle To Augusta
I.
My sister! my sweet sister! if a name
Dearer and purer were, it should be thine;
Mountains and seas divide us, but I claim
Epitaph
Epitaph
Posterity will ne'er survey
A nobler grave than this:
Here lie the bones of Castlereagh:
Stop, traveler
Epigram: The World Is A Bundle Of Hay
Epigram: The World Is A Bundle Of Hay
The world is a bundle of hay,
Mankind are the asses who pull;
Each tugs it a different way,
And the greatest …
Epistle From Mr. Murray To Dr. Polidori
Epistle From Mr. Murray To Dr. Polidori
Dear Doctor, I have read your play,
Which is a good one in its way,Purges
the eyes and moves the bowels,
An…
Epigram, On The Braziers' Company Having Resolved To Present An Address
Epigram, On The Braziers' Company Having Resolved To Present An Address
To Queen Caroline
The braziers, it seems, are preparing to pass
An address, and p…
Epigram
Epigram
In digging up your bones, Tom Paine,
Will. Cobbett has done well:
You visit him on earth again,
He'll visit you in hell.
Elegy On Newstead Abbey
Elegy On Newstead Abbey
'It is the voice of years that are gone!
they roll before me with all their deeds.'~OSSIAN
Newstead! fastfalling,
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (excerpt)
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (excerpt)
Time was, ere yet in these degenerate days
Ignoble themes obtain'd mistaken praise,
When sense a…
Don Juan: Canto The Thirteenth
Don Juan: Canto The Thirteenth
I now mean to be serious;it
is time,
Since laughter nowadays
is deem'd too serious.
A jest at Vice by Virtue's…
Don Juan: Dedication
Don Juan: Dedication
Difficile est proprie communia dicere
HOR. Epist. ad PisonI
Bob Southey! You're a poetPoetlaureate,
And representative of all …
Don Juan: Canto The Tenth
Don Juan: Canto The Tenth
When Newton saw an apple fall, he found
In that slight startle from his contemplation'
Tis said (for I 'll not answer above grou…
Don Juan: Canto The Sixteenth
Don Juan: Canto The Sixteenth
The antique Persians taught three useful things,
To draw the bow, to ride, and speak the truth.
This was the mode of Cyrus,…
Don Juan: Canto The Ninth
Don Juan: Canto The Ninth
Oh, Wellington! (or 'Villainton'for
Fame
Sounds the heroic syllables both ways;
France could not even conquer your great …
Don Juan: Canto The Seventeenth
Don Juan: Canto The Seventeenth
The world is full of orphans: firstly, those
Who are so in the strict sense of the phrase
(But many a lonely tree the lof…
Don Juan: Canto The Fifth
Don Juan: Canto The Fifth
When amatory poets sing their loves
In liquid lines mellifluously bland,
And pair their rhymes as Venus yokes her doves,
…
Don Juan: Canto The Fourteenth
Don Juan: Canto The Fourteenth
If from great nature's or our own abyss
Of thought we could but snatch a certainty,
Perhaps mankind might find the path th…