Animal Poems

Animal Poems

Spring Winds and Spring Flowers, by Eliza Allen Starr

ST. JOSEPH'S COTTAGE. May, 1865. Soft south a...

Fly Low, Vermilion Dragon, by Elizabeth Coatsworth

Fly low, vermilion dragon,
With the moon hor...

Sky Lotus, by Elizabeth Coatsworth

Moon over Japan.
White butterfly moon!
The wa...

The Fairy Ring, by Elizabeth Keller

The fairies' ring is up in the night sky
Aroun...

Persephone to Orpheus, by Elizabeth Mason Heath

I do remember now a far off day
And long-forgo...

Ad Finem, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

On the white throat of the useless passion
Tha...

Beyond, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It seemeth such a little way to me
Across to t...

Blasé, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The world has outlived all its passion,
Its m...

Bleak Weather, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Dear Love, where the red lilies blossomed and ...

But One, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The year has but one June, dear friend,
The ...

Conversion, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I have lived this life as a skeptic lives it,
...

Courage, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There is a courage, a majestic thing
That spr...

Delilah, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

In the midnight of darkness and terror,
When ...

A Fable, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Some cawing Crows, a hooting Owl,
A Hawk, a...

Fishing, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Maybe this is fun, sitting in the sun,
With ...

Life Is Too Short, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Life is too short for any vain regretting;
Le...

The Lost Garden, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There was a fair garden sloping
From the south...

Love Song, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Once in the world's first prime,
When nothing...

Misalliance, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I am troubled tonight with a curious pain;
It...

Peace and Love, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There are two angels, messengers of light,
B...

Penalty, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Because of the fullness of what I had
All that...

A Pin, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Oh, I know a certain lady who is reckoned with...

A Plea, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Columbia, large-hearted and tender,
Too long...

The Room Beneath the Rafters, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Sometimes when I have dropped to sleep,
Drape...

Secret Thoughts, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I hold it true that thoughts are things
Endowe...