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The Justice's Tale
The Justice's Tale Chauser With them there rode a lustie Engineere Wel skilled to handel everich waie her geere, Hee was soe wise ne man colde showe him naught And out of Paris…
The Inventor
The Inventor R. W. Emerson Time and Space decreed his lot, But little Man was quick to note: When Time and Space said Man might not, Bravely he answered, "Nay! I mote." I looked…
The Jacket
The Jacket Through the Plagues of Egyp' we was chasin' Arabi, Gettin' down an' shovin' in the sun; An' you might 'ave called us dirty, an' you might ha' called us dry, An' you m…
The Idiot Boy
The Idiot Boy Wordsworth He wandered down the moutain grade Beyond the speed assigned-- A youth whom Justice often stayed And generally fined. He went alone, that none might kno…
The Hyaenas
The Hyaenas After the burial-parties leave And the baffled kites have fled; The wise hyaenas come out at eve To take account of our dead. How he died and why he died Troubles th…
The Hour of the Angel
The Hour of the Angel Sooner or late--in earnest or in jest-- (But the stakes are no jest) Ithuriel's Hour Will spring on us, for the first time, the test Of our sole unbacked c…
The Heritage
The Heritage Our Fathers in a wondrous age, Ere yet the Earth was small, Ensured to us a heritage, And doubted not at all That we the children of their heart, Which then did bea…
The Greek National Anthem
The Greek National Anthem We knew thee of old, Oh divinely restored, By the light of thine eyes And the light of thy Sword. From the graves of our slain Shall thy valour prevail…
The Gods Of The Copybook Headings
The Gods Of The Copybook Headings As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper protestations to the Gods of the Market-Place. Peering through revere…
The French Wars
The French Wars Napoleonic The boats of Newhaven and Folkestone and Dover To Dieppe and Boulogne and to Calais cross over; And in each of those runs there is not a square yard W…
The Gift Of The Sea
The Gift Of The Sea The dead child lay in the shroud, And the widow watched beside; And her mother slept, and the Channel swept The gale in the teeth of the tide. But the mother…
The Floods
The Floods The rain it rains without a stay In the hills above us, in the hills; And presently the floods break way Whose strength is in the hills. The trees they suck from ever…
The Four Angels
The Four Angels As Adam lay a-dreaming beneath the Apple Tree The Angel of the Earth came down, and offered Earth in fee; But Adam did not need it, Nor the plough he would not s…
The First Chantey
The First Chantey Mine was the woman to me, darkling I found her; Haling her dumb from the camp, took her and bound her. Hot rose her tribe on our track ere I had proved her; He…
The Female of the Species
The Female of the Species When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted ren…
The Fabulists
The Fabulists - When all the world would keep a matter hid, Since Truth is seldom Friend to any crowd, Men write in Fable, as old AEsop did, Jesting at that which none will name…
The Fall of Jock Gillespie
The Fall of Jock Gillespie This fell when dinner-time was done -- 'Twixt the first an' the second rub -- That oor mon Jock cam' hame again To his rooms ahist the Club. An' syne…
The English Flag
The English Flag Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack, remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately when it fell the crowds rent the air wit…
The Explanation
The Explanation Love and Death once ceased their strife At the Tavern of Man's Life. Called for wine, and threw -- alas! -- Each his quiver on the grass. When the bout was o'er…
The Dutch in the Medway
The Dutch in the Medway If wars were won by feasting, Or victory by song, Or safety found in sleeping sound, How England would be strong! But honour and dominion Are not maintai…
The 'Eathen
The 'Eathen The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone; 'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own; 'E keeps 'is side-arms awful: 'e leaves 'em all about, An'…
The Disciple
The Disciple He that hath a Gospel To loose upon Mankind, Though he serve it utterly-- Body, soul and mind-- Though he go to Calvary Daily for its gain-- It is His Disciple Shal…
The Derelict
The Derelict ~And reports the derelict ~Mary Pollock~ still at sea.~ SHIPPING NEWS. I was the staunchest of our fleet Till the sea rose beneath our feet Unheralded, in hatred pa…
The Decline of the West
The Decline of the West Now it is not good for the Christian's health to hustle the Aryan brown, For the Christian riles, and the Aryan smiles, and he weareth the Christian down…