Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Under the Maple Leaf
Under the maple leaf we stand,A woven hope, a shared command.From quiet lakes to cities bright,We learn to guard both peace and right.A nation..
© Canada Day
The Poppy
High on a bright and sunny bedA scarlet poppy grewAnd up it held its staring head,And thrust it full in view.Yet no attention did it win,By all these..
© Jane Taylor
The Squire’s Pew
A SLANTING ray of evening lightShoots through the yellow pane ;It makes the faded crimson bright,And gilds the fringe again :The window's gothic..
© Jane Taylor
My Mother
Who fed me from her gentle breastAnd hushed me in her arms to rest,And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?My mother.When sleep forsook my open eye,Who..
© Jane Taylor
Poetry And Reality
THE worldly minded, cast in common mould,With all his might pursuing fame or gold,And towards that goal too vehemently hurledTo waste a thought about..
© Jane Taylor
Experience
A COSTLY good ; that none e'er bought or soldFor gem, or pearl, or miser's store, twice told :Save certain watery pearls, possessed by all,Which..
© Jane Taylor
The World In The House
PILGRIMS who journey in the narrow way,Should go as little cumbered as they may.'Tis heavy sailing with a freighted ship ;'Tis pleasant travelling..
© Jane Taylor
A Fable
ONE day a sage knocked at a chemist's door,Bringing a curious compound to explore.--'Behold ! said he, as from his vest he drew it,'This little..
© Jane Taylor
Accomplishment
HOW is it that masters, and science, and art,One spark of intelligence fail to impart,Unless in that chemical union combined,Of which the result, in..
© Jane Taylor
A Pair
THERE was a youth--but woe is me :I quite forgot his name, and he,Without some label round his neck,Is like one pea among a peck.Go search the..
© Jane Taylor
Soliloquy
Here's a beautiful earth and a wonderful sky,And to see them, God gives us a heart and an eye;Nor leaves us untouch'd by the pleasure they yield,Like..
© Jane Taylor
Pretty Cow
Thank you, pretty cow, that madePleasant milk to soak my breadEvery day and every night,Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white.Do not chew the hemlock..
© Jane Taylor
Egotism
YE powers fantastic ! goblin, sylph and fay,Whose subtle forms no laws material sway ;Ethereal essences, that dart and glideWherever pleasure or..
© Jane Taylor
Prejudice
IN yonder red-brick mansion, tight and square,Just at the town's commencement, lives the mayor.Some yards of shining gravel, fenced with box,Lead to..
© Jane Taylor
Aims At Happiness
HOW oft has sounded whip and wheel,How oft is buckled spur to heel,How many a steed in short relayStands harnessed on the king's highway,How many a..
© Jane Taylor
Poverty
I saw an old cottage of clay,And only of mud was the floor;It was all falling into decay,And the snow drifted in at the door.Yet there a poor family..
© Jane Taylor
Good Night
Little baby, lay your headOn your pretty cradle-bed;Shut your eye-peeps, now the dayAnd the light are gone away;All the clothes are tucked in..
© Jane Taylor
A Town
A BUSY town mid Britain's isle,Behold in fancy's eye ;With tower, and spire, and civic pile,Beneath a summer sky :And orchard, garden, field, and..
© Jane Taylor
Teaching From The Stars
Stars, that on your wondrous wayTravel through the evening sky,Is there nothing you can sayTo such a little child as I?Tell me, for I long to..
© Jane Taylor
Dirty Jim
THERE was one little Jim,'Tis reported of him,And must be to his lasting disgrace,That he never was seenWith hands at all clean,Nor yet ever clean..
© Jane Taylor
Finery
In an elegant frock, trimm'd with beautiful lace,And hair nicely curl'd, hanging over her face,Young Fanny went out to the house of a friend,With a..
© Jane Taylor
Greedy Richard
"I think I want some pies this morning,"Said Dick, stretching himself and yawning;So down he threw his slate and books,And saunter'd to the..
© Jane Taylor
The Holidays
"Ah! don't you remember, 'tis almost December,And soon will the holidays come;Oh, 'twill be so funny, I've plenty of money,I'll buy me a sword and a..
© Jane Taylor
The Village Green
On the cheerful village green,Skirted round with houses small,All the boys and girls are seen,Playing there with hoop and ball.Now they frolic hand..
© Jane Taylor
Recreation
WE took our work, and went, you see,To take an early cup of tea.We did so now and then, to payThe friendly debt, and so did they,Not that our..
© Jane Taylor