PDF Books in Poetry
Refine Search
The Shadow-Eater
by Benjamin De CasseresThe Shadow-Eater is a collection of American poems written by Benjamin De Casseres.The ProtagonistTantara! Tantaro!The Tongueless OneThe Shrine in the MistMy Comic PerspectiveThe PeeperThe Circle-That-Looks-Like-A-lineMy Divine HateThe Rotted IdealThe Vision MaleficDyingThe Dead Who LiveExvolvedThe God of NegationGodwardBeyond SenseThe Cynic of Naz..
Ismael; an oriental tale. With other poems
by Edward George Lytton BulwerTo court applause by oblique dexterity, or without a due sense of respect for public opinion, impertinently to advance pretensions, is equally revolting to the feelings of an ingenuous mind. But as genius and a desire of fame are naturally allied, and, perhaps, the former never existed without the latter; will not the youthful adventurer be justifi..
The Poems of Richard Corbet
by Richard CorbetThe public interest has been of late years so strongly manifested in favour of the poets of the seventeenth century, that little apology appears necessary for the republication of the following Poems. It would, however, be equally vain and foolish in the editor to claim for the author a place among the higher class of poets, or to exalt his due pra..
Birds of Song and Story
by Elizabeth GrinnellSome barbarous peoples possess a rude taste for the beautiful plumage of birds, decorating their bodies in feathers of softest and brightest tints. But we have record of few, if any, savage tribes the world over which delight in bird melody. True, the savage may seek his food by sound, or even song, but to feast the ear on music for music's sake—ah..
What Cheer - A Poem
by Job DurfeeThe Editor owes it to the reader to say that, in preparing the following poem for re-publication, he has ventured to omit some of the stanzas and to make changes in others. The stanzas were omitted because, in his opinion, they broke the continuity or retarded the flow of the narration, slackening the reader’s interest, and could be omitted with ad..
Modern Street Ballads
by John AshtonOver Street Ballads may be raised the wail of “Ichabod, Ichabod, their glory is departed.” They held their own for many centuries, bravely and well, but have succumbed to a changed order of things, and a new generation has arisen, who will not stop in the streets to listen to these ballads being sung, but prefer to have their music served up to the..
An Epic of Women, and Other Poems
by Arthur William EdgarAn Epic of Women, and Other Poems by Arthur William EdgarEXILEA NEGLECTED HARPI. IANOULAII. THE FAIR MAID AND THE SUNIII. THE CYPRESSA PRECIOUS URNSERAPHITUSTHE LOVERA WHISPER FROM THE GRAVEBISCLAVARETTHOUGHTTHE STORY OF THE KING..
Selected Poems of Aldous Huxley
by Aldous HuxleyA collection of poems by Aldous Huxley including the below:Song of PoplarsThe ReefThe FlowersThe ElmsOut of the WindowSummer StillnessInspirationAnniversariesItalyThe AlienA Little MemoryWakingBy the FireValedictoryPrivate PropertyRevelationMinoan PorcelainIn Uncertainty to a Lady..