Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water[Expand...]The Municipal Gallery Revisited Full PoemI
Around me the images of thirty years;
An ambush; pilgrims at the water-side;
Casement upon trial, half hidden by the bars,
Guarded; Griffith staring in hysterical pride;
Kevin O’Higgins’[Expand...]
The Magi full Poem Now as at all times I can see in the mind's eye,
In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones
Appear and disappear
[Expand...]The Gyres Full PoemThe gyres! the gyres! Old Rocky Face, look forth;
Things thought too long can be no longer thought,
For beauty dies of beauty, worth of worth,
And ancient lineaments are blotted out.
[Expand...]The Circus Animals’ Desertion Full Poem I
I sought a theme and sought for it in vain,
I sought it daily for six weeks or so.
Maybe at last
[Expand...]September 1913 Full PoemWhat need you, being come to sense,
But fumble in a greasy till
And add the halfpence to the pence
And prayer to shivering prayer, until
You have dried the marrow from the bone;
For
[Expand...]No Second Troy Full PoemWhy should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,
Or hurled the little streets upon the great,
Had
[Expand...]Leda and the Swan Full Poem A sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By the dark webs, her nape caught in his
[Expand...]Lapis Lazuli Full Poem I have heard that hysterical women say
They are sick of the palette and fiddle-bow,
Of poets that are always gay,
For everybody knows
[Expand...]An Irish Airman Foresees His Death Full Poem I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I
[Expand...]Among School Children Full Poem I
I walk through the long schoolroom questioning;
A kind old nun in a white hood replies;
The children learn to cipher and
[Expand...]Adam's Curse Full Poem We sat together at one summer’s end,
That beautiful mild woman, your close friend,
And you and I, and talked of poetry.
I said,
[Expand...]A Dialogue of Self and Soul Full Poem I
My Soul. I summon to the winding ancient stair;
Set all your mind upon the steep ascent,
Upon the broken, crumbling battlement,
Upon
[Expand...]A Coat Full Poem A Coat
I made my song a coat
Covered with
[Expand...]Seize the Day Main TextSeize the Day
I
When it came to concealing his troubles, Tommy Wilhelm was not less capable than the next fellow. So at
[Expand...]
The Garden Full PoemHow vainly men themselves amaze
To win the palm, the oak, or bays,
And their uncessant labours see
Crown’d from some single herb or tree,
Whose short and narrow verged shade
Does prudently their toils
[Expand...]A Rose for Emily Main TextA ROSE FOR EMILY
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
I
WHEN Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men
through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen[Expand...]
Easter Wings Full PoemLord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
Though foolishly he lost the same,
Decaying more and more,
Till he became
Most poore:
With thee
O let me rise
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this
[Expand...]An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog Full PoemAn Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74)
Good people all, of every sort,
Give ear unto my song;
And if you find it wondrous short,
[Expand...]
A Little Dog That Wags His Tail Full PoemA Little Dog That Wags His Tail
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
A little Dog that wags his tail
And knows no other joy
Of such a little Dog am I
Reminded[Expand...]
The Power of the Dog Full PoemThe Power of the Dog
Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936)
There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain[Expand...]
Geist’s Grave Full Poem Four years!--and didst thou stay above
The ground, which hides thee now, but four?
And[Expand...]
To Flush, My Dog Full Poem LOVING friend, the gift of one,
Who, her own true faith, hath run,
Through thy lower nature ;
Be my benediction[Expand...]
The Dog Full Poem The truth I do not stretch or shove
When I state that the dog is full of love.
I've also found, by actual test,
A[Expand...]
To Daffodils Full Poem"To Daffodils" is a wonderful poem by 17th-century English lyric poet Robert Herrick (1591-1674). Read the full poem here.
To Daffodils
[Expand...]Dog Full Poem The dog trots freely in the street
and sees
[Expand...]Ozymandias Full Poem"Ozymandias" is a striking sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822). Read the full poem here.
Ozymandias
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Sonnet 19 Full PoemSonnet 19 is one of 154 sonnets published by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare in 1609. Read the full poem here.
Sonnet 19: Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's[Expand...]
To His Coy Mistress Full Poem"To His Coy Mistress" is a metaphysical poem written by the English author and politician Andrew Marvell (1621–1678). It is one of Marvell's finest poems. Read the full poem here.
[Expand...]A Dog Has Died Full PoemA Dog Has Died
Pablo Neruda (1904-73)
Translated by Alfred Yankauer
My dog has died.
I buried him in the garden
next to a rusted old machine.
Some day I'll join him[Expand...]
The Ballad of Reading Gaol Full PoemThe Ballad of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
I
He did not wear his scarlet coat,
For blood and wine are red,
And blood and wine were on his hands
When[Expand...]
Requiescat Full PoemRequiescat
Oscar Wilde (1854 –1900)
Tread lightly, she is near
Under the snow,
Speak gently, she can hear
The daisies grow.
All her bright golden hair
Tarnished with rust,
[Expand...]
A Villanelle Full PoemA Villanelle
Oscar Wilde (1854 –1900)
O singer of Persephone!
In the dim meadows desolate
Dost thou remember Sicily?
Still through the ivy flits the bee
Where Amaryllis lies in state;[Expand...]
The Sphinx Full PoemThe Sphinx
Oscar Wilde (1854 –1900)
In a dim corner of my room
For longer than my fancy thinks,
A beautiful and silent Sphinx
Has watched me through the shifting gloom.
[Expand...]The Garden of Eros Full PoemThe Garden of Eros
Oscar Wilde (1854 –1900)
It is full summer now, the heart of June;
Not yet the sunburnt reapers are astir
Upon the upland meadow where too soon
[Expand...]
The Burden of Itys Full PoemThe Burden of Itys
Oscar Wilde (1854 –1900)
This English Thames is holier far than Rome,
Those harebells like
[Expand...]Two-Headed Calf Full PoemTwo-Headed Calf
Laura Gilpin ( 1891 – 1979)
Tomorrow when the farm boys find this
freak of nature, they will wrap his body
in newspaper and carry him to the museum.
But[Expand...]
Hamlet Main Text Act-I The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
ACT - One
SCENE I. Elsinore. A platform before the castle.
BERNARDO
Who's there?
[Expand...]Hamlet Main Text Act-II The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
ACT- Two
SCENE I
A room in POLONIUS' house.
Enter POLONIUS and REYNALDO
[Expand...]Hamlet Main Text Act-III The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
ACT-Three
SCENE I
A room in the castle.
Enter KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, POLONIUS,[Expand...]
Hamlet Main Text Act-IV The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
ACT- Four
Scene I
A room in the castle.
Enter KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, ROSENCRANTZ,[Expand...]
Hamlet Main Text Act-V The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Act -Five
SCENE I. A churchyard.
Enter two Clowns, with spades, & c
First Clown
[Expand...]The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Poem
The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue
Here bygynneth the
[Expand...]The Nun’s Priest’s Tale Full Poem A WIDOW poor, somewhat advanced in age,
Lived, on a time, within a small cottage
Beside a grove and standing down a dale.
[Expand...]The Easter Flower Full Poem
The Easter Flower
Far from this foreign Easter damp and chilly
My soul steals to a pear-shaped[Expand...]The Importance of Being Earnest Main TextThe Importance of Being Earnest
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
THE PERSONS IN THE PLAY
John Worthing, J.P.
Algernon Moncrieff
[Expand...]
The Canterbury Tales: General PrologueThe Canterbury Tales: General Prologue
By Geoffrey Chaucer
Here bygynneth the Book of the tales of Caunterbury
Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte[Expand...]
Troilus and Criseyde Main TextTroilus and Criseyde
by Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400)
Contents
BOOK I. Incipit Liber Primus
BOOK II. Incipit Prohemium Secundi Libri.
BOOK III. Incipit prohemium tercii libri.
BOOK IV. Incipit Prohemium Liber Quartus.[Expand...]
Main Text "of Studies"Francis Bacon
“Of Studies”
Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is[Expand...]
The Wanderer Main Text The Wanderer
by Anonymous
Translated by Roy M. Liuzza
Always the one alone
[Expand...]The Seafarer Main Text The Seafarer
Translated by Ezra Pound
[Expand...]The Dream of the Rood Main Text The Dream of the Rood
by Anonymous Poet
Translated by Roy M. Liuzza
[Expand...]The Wife's Lament Main TextThe Wife's Lament
by Anonymous Author
Translated by André Babyn
I sing this song, full of sadness,
this song which is myself. I will tell, what I am
[Expand...]The Wife of Bath's Tale Main Text and TranslationYou can read The Wife of Bath's Tale's main text and modern English translation below, side-by-side.
The Wife of Bath's Prologue
The Prologe of the Wyves Tale of Bathe
[Expand...]Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Introduction to the Songs of Experience Main TextIntroduction to the Songs of Experience
By William Blake
Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future sees
Whose ears have heard,
[Expand...]
The Tyger Main TextThe Tyger
By William Blake (1757-1827)
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
[Expand...]Gettysburg Address TextGettysburg Address
Delivered by the 16th American President Abraham Lincoln
Date: November 19, 1863
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a[Expand...]
The Good-Morrow Text [Expand...]Tithonus Poem [Expand...]Fra Lippo Lippi Full Poem [Expand...]Felix Randal Full Poem [Expand...]The Lion and the Jewel Main TextMORNING
A clearing on the edge of the market, dominated by an immense 'odan' tree. It is the
village centre. The wall of the bush school flanks the stage on the right, and[Expand...]
Sonnet 130: My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the SunMy mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
[Expand...]
