The Lily, by William Blake
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,
The humbl...
Sheep Poems
Night, by William Blake
The sun descending in the west,
The evening s...
Nurse's Song, by William Blake
When the voices of children are heard on the gr...
The Shepherd, by William Blake
How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot!
From th...
An Exhortation, by Li Bai
Do you not see the waters of the Yellow River
...
Alexis, by Virgil
Alexis, beauteous, and his lord's delight,
...
Gallus, by Virgil
This closing effort, Arethusa, aid;
A few b...
Georgic I, by Virgil
Whence joyful harvests spring, what heav'nly s...
Georgic II, by Virgil
Thus far the tilth of fields and stars of heave...
Georgic III, by Virgil
Thee too, great Pales, will I hymn, and thee...
Georgic IV, by Virgil
Of air-born honey, gift of heaven, I now
Tak...
Meliboeus, by Virgil
Daphnis beneath a whispering holm reclined,
A...
Oh, Stay at Home, My Lad, and Plough, by A. E. Housman
Oh stay at home, my lad, and plough
The land...
Aphrodite Speaks, by Aeschylus
The pure, bright heaven still yearns to blend ...
Chorus of Birds, by Aristophanes
Come on then, ye, dwellers by Nature in darkn...
Peace on Earth, by Bacchylides
To mortal men Peace giveth these good things:
...
Avenue of the Americas, by Calvera Tomczak
From desert to city, already forgotten new arr...
In the Laramie, by Charles Hazelius Sternberg
For many years my life work ply,
And many mus...
The Tryst by the Grand Canyon, by Edna Dean Proctor
A realm of dreams is that sublimest chasm
Clef...
Elegy Before Death, by Edna St. Vincent Millay
There will be rose and rhododendron
When you a...
The Poet and His Book, by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Down, you mongrel, Death!
Back into your ken...
Song of a Second April, by Edna St. Vincent Millay
APRIL this year, not otherwise
Than April of ...
The Summer Day, by Edwin Leibfreed
The farm--a bit of heaven--
Where nature stopp...
A Plea, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Columbia, large-hearted and tender,
Too long...
The Death of Yazdagird, by Ferdowsi
From the Shahnameh There was a paladin, a Tur...