Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) THE NEVERMORE by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell; Unto thine ear I hold the dead-sea shell Cast up thy Life’s foam-fretted feet between; Unto thine eyes the glass where that is seen Which had Life’s form and Love’s, […]
1800s Poetry
Be Strong by Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1858-1901)
Chattanooga by Herman Melville
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
SORROWS AND JOYS by George Meredith
George Meredith 1828-1909 SORROWS AND JOYS Bury thy sorrows, and they shall rise As souls to the immortal skies, And there look down like mothers’ eyes. But let thy joys be fresh as flowers, That suck the honey of the showers, And bloom alike on huts and towers. So shall thy days be sweet and […]
Madonna Mia by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE AT BALAKLAVA by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson is considered one of the greatest English poets of the Victorian era. He was born in 1809 in England. His early poems were largely i
Remembrance by Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte (1818-1848)
Fast rode the knight by Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
The Soldier’s Wife by Robert Southey
Robert Southey (1774-1843) The Soldier’s Wife by Robert Southey Weary way-wanderer languid and sick at heart Travelling painfully over the rugged road, Wild-visag’d Wanderer! ah for thy heavy chance! Sorely thy little one drags by thee bare-footed, Cold is the baby that hangs at thy bending back Meagre and livid and screaming its wretchedness. Woe-begone […]
A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim, As from my tent I emerge so early sleepless, As slow I walk in the cool fresh air the path near by the hospital tent, Three forms I see on stretchers lying, […]
The Last Leaf by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) The Last Leaf by Oliver Wendell Holmes I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o’er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man […]
The Death-Bed by Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
There’s a certain slant of light by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Nightpiece by James Joyce
James Joyce (1882-1941)
IF by Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)