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").
The Campaign, A Poem, To His Grace The Duke Of Marlborough
While crowds of princes your deserts proclaim,Proud in their number to enrol your name;While emperors to you commit their cause,And Anna's praises..
© Joseph Addison
Hymn
THE spacious firmament on high,With all the blue ethereal sky,And spangled heavens, a shining frame,Their great Original proclaim.Th' unwearied Sun..
© Joseph Addison
On The Lady Manchester
While haughty Gallia's dames, that preadO'er their pale cheeks, an artful red,Beheld this beauteous stranger thereIn native charms, divinely..
© Joseph Addison
The Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare
The Lord my pasture shall prepareAnd feed me with a shepherd’s care;His presence shall my wants supplyAnd guard me with a watchful eye;My noonday..
© Joseph Addison
How Are Thy Servants Blest, O Lord!
How are Thy servants blest, O Lord!How sure is their defense!Eternal wisdom is their guide,Their help Omnipotence.In foreign realms, and lands..
© Joseph Addison
When Rising From The Bed Of Death
When rising from the bed of death,O’erwhelmed with guilt and fear,I see my Maker face to face,O how shall I appear?If yet, while pardon may be..
© Joseph Addison
Immortality
O Liberty! thou goddess, heavenly bright,profuse of bliss and pregnant with delight,Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign,And smiling Plenty leads..
© Joseph Addison
A Letter From Italy
Salve magna parens frugum Saturnia tellus,Magna virûm! tibi res antiquæ laudis et artisAggredior, sanctos ausus recludere fontes.Virg. Geor. 2.While..
© Joseph Addison
Hope
Our lives, discoloured with our present woes,May still grow white and shine with happier hours.So the pure limped stream, when foul with stainsOf..
© Joseph Addison
Ode
The spacious firmament on high,With all the blue ethereal sky,And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame,Their great original proclaim:Th' unwearied Sun..
© Joseph Addison
He Sendeth Sun, He Sendeth Shower
He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower,Alike they're needful for the flower:And joys and tears alike are sentTo give the soul fit nourishment.As comes to..
© Sarah Flower Adams
Hymn
He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower,Alike they're needful for the flower:And joys and tears alike are sentTo give the soul fit nourishment.As comes to..
© Sarah Flower Adams
Nearer, My God, To Thee.
Nearer, my God, to Thee,Nearer to Thee!E'en though it be a crossThat raiseth me:Still all my song shall beNearer, my God! to Thee,Nearer to..
© Sarah Flower Adams
O Love! Thou Makest All Things Even
O Love! thou makest all things evenIn earth or heaven;Finding thy way through prison-barsUp to the stars;Or, true to the Almighty plan,That out of..
© Sarah Flower Adams
Part In Peace: Is Day Before Us?
Part in peace: is day before us?Praise His Name for life and light;Are the shadows lengthening o'er us?Bless His care Who guards the night.Part in..
© Sarah Flower Adams
Love
O Love! thou makest all things evenIn earth or heaven;Finding thy way through prison-barsUp to the stars;Or, true to the Almighty plan,That out of..
© Sarah Flower Adams
Margaret's Song
Too soothe and mild your lowland airsfor one whose hope is gone:I'm think of the little tarn,Brown, very lone.Would now the tall swift mists could..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
Ryton Firs
The DreamAll round the knoll, on days of quietest air,Secrets are being told; and if the treesSpeak out — let them make uproar loud as drums —'Tis..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
Roses Can Wound
Roses can wound,But not from having thorns they do most harm;Often the night gives, starry-sheen or moon'd,Deep in the soul alarm.And it hath been..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
Song From Judith 3
BALKIS was in her marble town,And shadow over the world came down.Whiteness of walls, towers and piers,That all day dazzled eyes to tears,Turned from..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
The Stream’s Song
Make way, make way,You thwarting stones;Room for my play,Serious ones.Do you not fear,O rocks and boulders,To feel my laughterOn your broad..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
Witchcraft: New Style
The sun drew off at last his piercing fires.Over the stale warm air, dull as a pondAnd moveless in the grey quieted street,Blue magic of a summer..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
Hope And Despair
Said God, 'You sisters, ere ye goDown among men, my work to do,I will on each a badge bestow:Hope I love best, and gold for her,Yet a silver glory..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
Epitaph
ir, you shall notice me: I am the Man;I am Good Fortune: I am satisfied.All I desired, more than I could desire,I have: everything has gone right..
© Lascelles Abercrombie
Emblems Of Love
SheONLY to be twin elements of joyIn this extravagance of Being, Love,Were our divided natures shaped in twain;And to this hour the whole world must..
© Lascelles Abercrombie