Flower Poems

Flower Poems

Wishing, by Jean Ingelow

When I reflect how little I have done,
And ad...

Ah Who Should Make My Heart Despond?, by Jean Moréas

AH who should make my heart despond,
My heart...

Rebuking Juliet, by Jean Moréas

TO guard you from disaster,
Love-flags and st...

Voices Returning, by Jean Moréas

VOICES returning, cradle us, cradling voices:...

Kiss I, by Johannes Secundus

When young Ascanius, by the Queen of Love,
W...

Kiss II, by Johannes Secundus

As round some neighbouring elm the vine
Its am...

Kiss XV, by Johannes Secundus

Th' Idalian boy, to pierce Neæ ra's hear...

Kiss XVI, by Johannes Secundus

Bright as Venus' golden star!
And as silver Cy...

Kiss XVII, by Johannes Secundus

Roses, refresh'd with nightly dew, display,
...

Kiss XIX, by Johannes Secundus

Why wing your flight, ye bees! From flow'r to ...

For the Missing in Action, by John Balaban

From Locusts at the Edge of Summer Hazed with ...

Golu, by John Boyle O'Reilly

Once I had a little sweetheart
In the land of ...

A White Rose, by John Boyle O'Reilly

The red rose whispers of passion,
And the whi...

The Bluebird, by John Burroughs

A wistful note from out the sky,
"Pure, pure...

Columbine, by John Burroughs

I strolled along the beaten way,
Where hoary ...

Early May, by John Burroughs

The time that hints the coming leaf,
When bud...

In October, by John Burroughs

Now comes the sunset of the verdant year,
Che...

A March Glee, by John Burroughs

I hear the wild geese honking
From out the mis...

To the Oregon Robin, by John Burroughs

KADIAK, July, 1899 O varied thrush! O robin ...

The Ecstasy, by John Donne

Where, like a pillow on a bed
A pregnant ban...

Sweet William's Farewell to Black-Eyed Susan, by John Gay

All in the Downs the fleet was moored,
The st...

Ben-Ammi and the Fairies, by John Godfrey Saxe

A RABBINICAL TALE Once on a time a stranger ca...

How the Money Goes, by John Godfrey Saxe

How goes the Money?--Well,
I'm sure it isn't ...

How the Raven Became Black, by John Godfrey Saxe

There's a clever classic story,
Such as poets...

King Solomon and the Bees, by John Godfrey Saxe

A TALE OF THE TALMUD I When Solomon was reign...