Annabel Lee poem by Edgar Allan Poe
Annabel Lee is Edgar Allan Poe’s last complete poem, published after his death in 1849. Scholars have speculated that the poem was inspired by his wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, but there is no...
Annabel Lee is Edgar Allan Poe’s last complete poem, published after his death in 1849. Scholars have speculated that the poem was inspired by his wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, but there is no...
The Hippopotamus by T. S. Eliot This odd little quatrain poem was written by Eliot before his conversion to the Christian faith. Similiter et omnes revereantur Diaconos, ut mandatum Jesu Christi; et Episcopum, ut...
Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord by Gerard Manley Hopkins Justus quidem tu es, Domine, si disputem tecum: verumtamen justa loquar ad te: Quare via impiorum prosperatur? &c. THOU art indeed just, Lord, if I...
The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins You may find it helpful to listen to Richard Austin’s excellent recitation of this poem. To Christ our Lord I...
God’s Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins You may find it helpful to listen to Richard Austin’s excellent recitation of this poem. THE world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out,...
Surprised by Joy by William Wordsworth Surprised by joy, impatient as the wind, I turned to share the transport, — oh, with whom? But thee, deep buried in the silent tomb, That spot which...
“The World Is Too Much with Us” is an 1802 sonnet by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth The world is too much with us;...
To Autumn by John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;...
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered...
There is no frigate like a book by Emily Dickinson There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away, Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse...
I’m Nobody! Who are you? by Emily Dickinson I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know! How dreary...
TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY 1887 by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr FRIEND, whom thy fourscore winters leave more dear Than when life’s roseate summer on thy cheek Burned in the flush...
OLD IRONSIDES by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr This was the popular name by which the frigate Constitution was known. The poem was first printed in the Boston Daily Advertiser, at the time when it...
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by EILeditor · Published June 18, 2013 · Last modified January 9, 2024
Idylls of the King Index by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Flos Regum Arthurus (Joseph of Exeter) EIL Editor’s Note: Idylls of the King is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred,...
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To the Queen From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: The Passing of Arthur To the Queen O loyal to the royal...
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The Passing of Arthur From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Guinevere | Next Entry: To the Queen The Passing of Arthur That...
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Guinevere From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: The Last Tournament | Next Entry: The Passing of Arthur Guinevere Queen Guinevere had fled...
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The Last Tournament From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Pelleas and Ettarre | Next Entry: Guinevere The Last Tournament Dagonet, the...
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Pelleas and Ettarre From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: The Holy Grail | Next Entry: The Last Tournament Pelleas and Ettarre King...
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The Holy Grail From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Lancelot and Elaine | Next Entry: Pelleas and Ettarre The Holy Grail From...
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Lancelot and Elaine From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Merlin and Vivien | Next Entry: The Holy Grail Lancelot and Elaine Elaine...
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Merlin and Vivien From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Balin and Balan | Next Entry: Lancelot and Elaine Merlin and Vivien A...
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Balin and Balan From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Geraint and Enid | Next Entry: Merlin and Vivien Balin and Balan Pellam...
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Geraint and Enid From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: The Marriage of Geraint | Next Entry: Balin and Balan Geraint and Enid...
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The Marriage of Geraint From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Gareth and Lynette| Next Entry: Geraint and Enid The Marriage of Geraint...
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Gareth and Lynette From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: The Coming of Arthur | Next Entry: The Marriage of Geraint Gareth and...
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Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Tennyson dedicated Idylls of the King to the memory of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert, who had admired Tennyson’s...
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The Coming of Arthur From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Dedication | Next Entry: Gareth and Lynette The Coming of Arthur...
SATIRE I. by Horace QUI FIT, MAECENAS. How comes it, say, Maecenas, if you can, That none will live like a contented man Where choice or chance directs, but each must praise The folk...
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Sonnet XVIII: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? By William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the...
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