Ben Jonson (1573-1637) To Celia Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove’s nectar sup, I would not […]
Poems in History
The Time I’ve Lost In Wooing by Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 by Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
When I am dead by Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti (1930-1894)
Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
Death Be Not Proud – a poem by John Donne
John Donne (1572-1631)
The Windhover: To Christ Our Lord by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
ANNABEL LEE by Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allen Poe ( 1809-1849)
To Autumn by John Keats
John Keats (1795-1821)
On His Blindness by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674)
Trees by Joyce Kilmer
Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)
Sonnet #18 by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Ozymandias of Egypt by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)