Bear Poems

Bear Poems

The Saga of the Quern-Stones, by Alice Williams Brotherton

King Frodë from Sweden
Two giant maidens ...

The Singer, by Alice Williams Brotherton

A singer went singing adown the world,
Now in...

The Lake, by Alphonse de Lamartine

Thus ever drawn toward far shores uncharted,
...

Love's Night Walk, by Anacreon

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

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 Sunflower State, by Andrew Downing

Doubtless you have heard the saying, Kansas la...

Coming Home from the Fair, by Anna Katherine Green

She thinks she is pretty--look there!
How she ...

Three Letters, by Anna Katherine Green

I   FROM HIM TO HER Sweet, when I gave m...

Come, Said Jesus, by Anna Letitia Barbauld

Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy la...

The Groans of the Tankard, by Anna Letitia Barbauld

OF strange events I sing, and portents dire;
...

The Invitation, by Anna Letitia Barbauld

HEALTH to my friend, and long unbroken years, ...

The Angel of Death, To the Suicide, by Anne S. Bushby

What would'st thou--mortal rash and blind?
Has...

The Poem of Antara, by Antarah ibn Shaddad

Have the bards who preceded me left any theme u...

Reincarnation, by Ardelia Cotton Barton

How strangely familiar all that I see,
The sw...

The Bee, by Arthur Guiterman

Little chemic-artisan,
Doing work no other ca...

Homes, by Arthur Guiterman

The Cormorant builds on a ledge by the sea;
T...

Mikko the Squirrel, by Arthur Guiterman

A PASSAMAQUODDY INDIAN LEGEND Mikko the Squirr...

At Tarragona, by Arthur Symons

If I could know but when and why
This piece of...

Laus Virginitatis, by Arthur Symons

The mirror of men's eyes delights me less,
O ...

Grand Canyon, by August Wilhelm Wern

A wondrous sight that greets our eye
Beyond mo...

Of Happiness to Mortal Man, by Bacchylides

Of happiness to mortal man One is the road, an...

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...