Category: Poems in History

X. Emily Dickinson

X. I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain

Mending Wall By Robert Frost Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And

William Carlos Williams (1883?1963) To wish Myself Courage On the day when youth is no more upon me I will

Remembered Village My cob webbed mind gave way to us again, me, bathing in a Parisian pool while you glance

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Gunga Din You may talk o’ gin and beer When you’re quartered safe out ‘ere, An’ you’re

A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you

She Is Overheard Singing Oh, Prue she has a patient man, And Joan a gentle lover, And Agatha’s Arth’ is

D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) was an influential English writer, poet, and essayist. Born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire,

A VALENTINE by Lewis Carroll And cannot pleasures, while they last, Be actual unless, when past, They leave us shuddering

The World-Soul by Ralph Waldo Emerson Thanks to the morning light, Thanks to the foaming sea, To the uplands of

Letter I by B. L. Goss Last I checked there were no saints in this shabby hole of a beachtown

Design by Robert Frost I found a dimpled spider, fat and white, On a white heal-all, holding up a moth

A SONNET Description and Praise of his Love Geraldine. From Tuscan’ came my lady’s worthy race; Fair Florence was some

THE YOUNG MAN’S SONG I whispered, “I am too young,” And then, “I am old enough”; Wherefore I threw a

Those Who Love by Sara Teasdale Those who love the most Do not talk of their love; Francesca, Guenevere, Dierdre,