Animal Poems

Animal Poems

Parable of the Old Men and the Young, by Wilfred Owen

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went, ...

The Show, by Wilfred Owen

My soul looked down from a vague height with De...

Spring Offensive, by Wilfred Owen

Halted against the shade of a last hill,
They...

St. Valentine's Day, by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

Today, all day, I rode upon the Down,
With ...

Christ on the Shore, by William Alexander

In the silence of the morning,
Of the morning...

Beauty in the Grave, by William B. Tappan

On seeing an ancient picture of a beautiful lad...

Death of the Patriots, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, by William B. Tappan

July 4, 1826. The trump of war rings loudly, ...

Ruins of James Town, Virginia, by William B. Tappan

WRITTEN WHILE PASSING DOWN JAMES RIVER. The to...

Summer, by William B. Tappan

Summer looks out! How green and gay
Is earth, ...

To One that Meditated Suicide, by William B. Tappan

Thou, whom stern anguish wastes away,
Whose ...

What is Death?, by William B. Tappan

I ask'd the laughing bright-haired boy,
As he...

What is Eternity?, by William B. Tappan

Go thou and mark the holy preacher's tones,
A...

The White-Hills of New Hampshire, by William B. Tappan

I see ye towering--Genii of the North!
I see y...

The Diverting History of John Gilpin, by William Cowper

Showing how he went farther than he intended, ...

6 am on the beach in Venice, by William F. DeVault

the clouds forming a ceiling that caps a feelin...

Home, by William H. Bushnell

Where the rustic porch was hidden by roses, re...

Ghosts, by William H. Simpson

Ghosts of the early earth!
The sly coyote know...

The New Day, by William H. Simpson

The swift scouts of dawn ride in,
Their lance...

Ornithoidichnites, by William Henry Smith

On the red Connecticut sandstone
Of the Mesozo...

The Rape of Lucrece, by William Shakespeare

FROM the besieged Ardea all in post,
...

A Mother's Grave, by William Wendell Riley

Beyond the hills and prairies wide,
Far, far...

Silence of the Canyon, by William Wendell Riley

Grand Canyon had no speech to make.
She never ...

Apple Blossoms, by William Wilsey Martin

Have you seen an apple orchard in the spring?
...

The Autumn Leaves Go By, by William Wilsey Martin

The autumn leaves, the autumn leaves go by,
...

The Birth of the Red Rose, by William Wilsey Martin

Thro' the gateways of Eden, Eve all mournful
...