Classical Poems

Poems
Title Poet
The Battling Days
So, sit you down in a straight-backed chair, with your pipe and your wife content,
And cross your knees with your wisest air, and preach of the ‘days
Henry Lawson poet by Henry Lawson
on 3/26/2010
The Bay Of Seven Islands
FROM the green Amesbury hill which bears the name
Of that half mythic ancestor of mine
 John Greenleaf Whittier poet by John Greenleaf Whittier
on 4/6/2010
The Bayadere
Flaked, drifting clouds hide not the full moon's rays
More than her beautiful bright limbs were hid
Alan Seeger poet by Alan Seeger
on 1/1/2004
The Beach
Squat, unshaven, full of gas,
Joseph Samuels, former clerk
 Weldon Kees poet by Weldon Kees
on 1/13/2003
The Beach
Louder than gulls the little children scream
Whom fathers haul into the jovial foam;
Robert Graves poet by Robert Graves
on 1/3/2003
The Beach Comber
I'd like to return to the world again,
To the dutiful, work-a-day world of men, -
 Harry Kemp poet by Harry Kemp
on 4/15/2010
The Beacon
The silent shepherdess,
She of my vows,
 Robert Graves poet by Robert Graves
on 4/1/2010
The Beacon Fires
A GLEAM -- a gleam -- from Ida's height,
By the Fire-god sent, it came;
Aeschylus poet by Aeschylus
on 1/1/2004
The Beaks Of Eagles
An eagle's nest on the head of an old redwood on one of the
precipice-footed ridges
 Robinson Jeffers poet by Robinson Jeffers
on 4/12/2010
The Bean Eaters
They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.
Dinner is a casual affair.
 Gwendolyn Brooks poet by Gwendolyn Brooks
on 1/20/2003
The Bean-Stalk
Ho, Giant! This is I!
I have built me a bean-stalk into your sky!
 Edna St. Vincent Millay poet by Edna St. Vincent Millay
on 1/13/2003
The Bear
1
In late winter
 Galway Kinnell poet by Galway Kinnell
on 4/3/2012
The Bear
The bear puts both arms around the tree above her
And draws it down as if it were a lover
 Robert Frost poet by Robert Frost
on 1/13/2003
The Bear Hunt
A wild-bear chace, didst never see?
Then hast thou lived in vain.
Abraham Lincoln poet by Abraham Lincoln
on 1/4/2003
The Bear, The Fire, And The Snow
'I live in fear of the snow,' said the bear.
'Whenever it's here, be sure I'll be there.
 Sheldon Allan Silverstein poet by Sheldon Allan Silverstein
on 4/7/2010
The Beast
Here is a tale for sportsmen when at table:
There was a boar, like that Atalanta hunted,
 Madison Julius Cawein poet by Madison Julius Cawein
on 10/4/2012
The Beasts' Confession
To the Priest, on Observing how most Men mistake their own Talents
When beasts could speak (the learned say,
Jonathan Swift poet by Jonathan Swift
on 4/12/2010
The Beasts In The Tower
Within the precincts of this yard,
Each in his narrow confines barred,
 Charles Lamb poet by Charles Lamb
on 4/10/2010
The Beatific Vision
OH God! if I do my duty
And walk in the thorny way,
 Edith Nesbit poet by Edith Nesbit
on 4/19/2010
The Beau to the Virtuosos
Hail curious wights, to whom so fair
The form of mortal flies is!
William Shenstone poet by William Shenstone
on 1/3/2003
The Beauteous Flower - Son Of The Imprisioned Count
COUNT.
I KNOW a flower of beauty rare,
 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe poet by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
on 1/1/2004
The Beauteous Moon : Gita-Govinda
By this time,
as a big dot of sandal paste
Harekrishna Meher poet by Harekrishna Meher
on 5/6/2011
The Beauteous Terrorist
Soft as the morning's pearly light,
Where yet may rise the thunder-cloud,
 Sir Henry Parkes poet by Sir Henry Parkes
on 4/14/2010
The Beautiful American Word, Sure
The beautiful American word, Sure,
As I have come into a room, and touch
 Delmore Schwartz poet by Delmore Schwartz
on 1/13/2003
The Beautiful Beeshareen Boy
Beautiful, black-eyed boy,
O lithe-limbed Beeshareen!
Mathilde Blind poet by Mathilde Blind
on 1/3/2003
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