Animal Poems

Animal Poems

His Camel, by Alqamah ibn Abada

So leave her, and cast care from thy heart wit...

Atlantis, by Amanda Theodocia Jones

PRELUDE   I If earth's lost youth thou ha...

The Soldier's Bride, by Amanda Theodocia Jones

At last the dread cloud that hung over the gorg...

Housewife Kate, by Amy Standring

Across the kitchen table a
bizarre mouth
ope...

And Now With All Thy Pencil's Truth, by Anacreon

And now with all thy pencil's truth,
Portray ...

The Bee, by Anacreon

Love, a Bee that lurk'd among
Roses saw not, ...

The Grasshopper, by Anacreon

Grasshopper thrice-happy! Who
Sipping the cool...

I Will; I Will; the Conflict's Past, by Anacreon

I will; I will; the conflict's past,
And I'll...

Love's Arrows, by Anacreon

In the Lemnian forge of late
Vulcan making arr...

Love's Night Walk, by Anacreon

Downward was the wheeling Bear
Driven by the W...

Now the Star of Day is High, by Anacreon

Now the star of day is high,
Fly, my girls, ...

The Old Lover, by Anacreon

Though my aged head be grey,
And thy youth mo...

The Phrygian Rock, that Braves the Storm, by Anacreon

The Phrygian rock, that braves the storm,
Wa...

The Swallow, by Anacreon

Gentle swallow, thou we know
Every year dost ...

Tell Me How to Punish Thee, by Anacreon

Tell me how to punish thee,
For the mischief ...

Tell Me, Why, My Sweetest Dove, by Anacreon

Tell me, why, my sweetest dove,
Thus your h...

The Vintage, by Anacreon

Men and maids at time of year
The ripe cluster...

Wine the Healer, by Anacreon

Who his cups can stoutly bear,
In his cups de...

The Bee, by Andrew Downing

The music of the busy bee
Is drowsy, and it c...

The Bluebird, by Andrew Downing

I saw a pretty bluebird, yesterday,
Rocking ...

A Desert Rain, by Andrew Downing

The cool rain poured in sudden haste
Upon the ...

Destiny, by Andrew Downing

A wise old mother is Nature--
She guideth her ...

Evening in New Mexico, by Andrew Downing

Far off the Rio Grande crawls,
A silver serpe...

The Hummingbird, by Andrew Downing

Hush! Make no sound, nor move your fingertips-...

The Ideal Farmer, by Andrew Downing

The Farmer is the lord of lands,
The birth-ri...