Animal Poems

Animal Poems

A Memory of Arizona, by Benjamin Peck Keith

Do you remember that dark night,
We met upon ...

Tarot, by Bernard McEvoy

(An Artistic and Ephemeral Publication) Shot a...

Against the Desire of Worldly Things, by Bhartrhari

Envy possesses those that know,
Great men are...

Against the Love of Beauty, by Bhartrhari

The moth unwitting rushes on the fire,
Throug...

The Description of the Wicked Man, by Bhartrhari

A cruel mind intent on strife,
Envying his ne...

Of Evil Men and Oppressors, by Bhartrhari

My drink is of the crystal brook, of fruits my...

Of Time the Destroyer, by Bhartrhari

Our parents long have passed away,
All old fa...

On Fools, by Bhartrhari

She whom I worship night and day, she loathes ...

The Path of Altruism, by Bhartrhari

Trees are bowed down with weight of fruit,
Cl...

The Praise of Destiny, by Bhartrhari

Under Vrihaspati's own eyes
Entrenched on heav...

The Praise of Firmness, by Bhartrhari

The gods with priceless jewels were not bought,...

The Praise of the Good Man, by Bhartrhari

All-hail to those who love the good,
And sinf...

The Praise of Self-respect and Valour, by Bhartrhari

Worn with hunger, faint and feeble, shorn of ...

The Praise of Works, by Bhartrhari

Why honour gods, who must submit to Fate,
Or...

Cleodamus and Myrson, by Bion of Smyrna

CLEODAMUS. MYRSON. CLEODAMUS.
What sweet for ...

Eros and the Fowler, by Bion of Smyrna

Hunting the birds within a bosky grove,
A bir...

Lament for Adonis, by Bion of Smyrna

I and the Loves Adonis dead deplore;
The beau...

Love Resistless, by Bion of Smyrna

Bright Cypris! Goddess ever meek and mild,
Of...

Trees, by Bishal Karna

About life
I started writing a book.
Writing ...

An Arctic Vision, by Bret Harte

Where the short-legged Eskimo
Waddle in the ic...

Presidio de San Francisco, 1800, by Bret Harte

I Looking seaward, o'er the sand-hills stands...

San Francisco, by Bret Harte

Serene, indifferent of Fate,
Thou sittest at...

The Bee, by C. B. Langston

Is it the beauty of the flower,
Its honeyed s...

The Dream, by C. B. Langston

On fancy's wing, in slumber's regions borne,
...

Fireflies, by C. B. Langston

Oh, the fireflies! Oh, the fireflies!
They r...