Poems List

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Book Of Love - Love's

Book Of Love - Love's Torments

LOVE's torments sought a place of rest,
Where all might drear and lonely be;
They found ere long my desert breast,
And nestled in its vacancy.

182

John Keats

Give Me Women, Wine, and

Give Me Women, Wine, and Snuff

GIVE me women, wine, and snuff
Untill I cry out "hold, enough!"
You may do so sans objection
Till the day of resurrection:
For, bless my beard, they aye shall be
My beloved Trinity.

238

Hilaire Belloc

Kings live in Palaces, and

Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties

Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties,
And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.

222

Henry Van Dyke

The Statue of Sherman by

The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens

This is the soldier brave enough to tell
The glory-dazzled world that `war is hell':
Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,
And rides through hell to save his country's life.

126

Emily Dickinson

It's such a little thing

It's such a little thing to weep

189

It's such a little thing to weep-
So short a thing to sigh-
And yet-by Trades-the size of these
We men and women die!

185

Emily Dickinson

I'll send the feather from

I'll send the feather from my Hat!

687

I'll send the feather from my Hat!
Who knows-but at the sight of that
My Sovereign will relent?
As trinket-worn by faded Child-
Confronting eyes long-comforted-
Blisters the Adamant!

221

Emily Dickinson

For largest Woman's Hearth I

For largest Woman's Hearth I knew

309

For largest Woman's Hearth I knew'
Tis little I can do-
And yet the largest Woman's Heart
Could hold an Arrow-too-
And so, instructed by my own,
I tenderer, turn Me to.

189

Emily Dickinson

I had the Glory—that will

I had the Glory—that will do

349

I had the Glory—that will do—
An Honor, Thought can turn her to
When lesser Fames invite—
With one long "Nay"—
Bliss' early shape
Deforming—Dwindling—Gulfing up—
Time's possibility.

138

Edward Lear

There Was an Old Man

There Was an Old Man with a Beard

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared! --
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.

173

Emily Dickinson

Best Gains—must have the Losses'

Best Gains—must have the Losses' Test

684

Best Gains—must have the Losses' Test—
To constitute them—Gains—

155

Edward Lear

Limerick:There was an Old Person

Limerick:There was an Old Person of Sparta

There was an Old Person of Sparta,
Who had twenty-one sons and one 'darter';
He fed them on snails,
And weighed them in scales,
That wonderful Person of Sparta.

111

Edward Lear

There was an Old Man

There was an Old Man of Thermopylae

There was an old man of Thermopylæ,
Who never did anything properly;
But they said, "If you choose, To boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never remain in Thermopylæ."

123

Edward Lear

Limerick:There was an Old Person

Limerick:There was an Old Person of Burton

There was an Old Person of Burton,
Whose answers were rather uncertain;
When they said, 'How d'ye do?'
He replied, 'Who are you?'
That distressing Old Person of Burton.

107

Edward Lear

Limerick:There was an Old Man

Limerick:There was an Old Man with a beard

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who sat on a horse when he reared;
But they said, 'Never mind!
You will fall off behind,
You propitious Old Man with a beard!'

67

Edward Lear

Limerick:There was an Old Man

Limerick:There was an Old Man of Marseilles

There was an Old Man of Marseilles,
Whose daughters wore bottle-green veils;
They caught several Fish,
Which they put in a dish,
And sent to their Pa' at Marseilles.

66

Edward Lear

Limerick:There was an Old Man

Limerick:There was an Old Man of Aôsta

There was an Old Man of Aôsta,
Who possessed a large cow, but he lost her;
But they said, 'Don't you see
She has rushed up a tree?
You invidious Old Man of Aôsta!'

85

Edward Lear

Limerick:There was an Old Lady

Limerick:There was an Old Lady of Prague

There was an Old Lady of Prague,
Whose language was horribly vague;
When they said, 'Are these caps?'
She answered, 'Perhaps!'
That oracular Lady of Prague.

91

Edward Lear

Limerick:There was a Young Lady

Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Wales

There was a Young Lady of Wales,
Who caught a large fish without scales;
When she lifted her hook
She exclaimed, 'Only look!'
That ecstatic Young Lady of Wales.

88

Edward Lear

Limerick:There was a Young Lady

Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Sweden

There was a Young Lady of Sweden,
Who went by the slow rain to Weedon;
When they cried, 'Weedon Station!'
She made no observation
But thought she should go back to Sweden.

90

Edward Lear

Limerick:There was a Young Lady

Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Parma

There was a Young Lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;
When they said, 'Are you dumb?'
She merely said, 'Hum!'
That provoking Young Lady of Parma.

84

Edward Lear

Limerick: There was an Old

Limerick: There was an Old Person whose habits,

There was an Old Person whose habits,
Induced him to feed upon rabbits;
When he'd eaten eighteen,
He turned perfectly green,
Upon which he relinquished those habits.

91

Edward Lear

Limerick: There was an Old

Limerick: There was an Old Man with a Nose

There was an Old Man with a nose,
Who said, 'If you choose to suppose,
That my nose is too long,
You are certainly wrong!'
That remarkable Man with a nose.

90

Edward Lear

Limerick: There was an old

Limerick: There was an old man who felt pert

There was an old man who felt pert
When he wore a pale rose-coloured shirt.
When they said 'Is it pleasant?'
He cried 'Not at present-It's
a little to short -- is my shirt!'

57

Edward Lear

Limerick: There was an Old

Limerick: There was an Old Man who said, 'How

There was an Old Man who said, 'How
Shall I flee from that horrible cow?
I will sit on this stile,
And continue to smile,
Which may soften the heart of that cow.'

109