Hawthorne and His Mosses by Herman Melville
Hawthorne and His Mosses By Herman Melville From The Literary World, August 17 and 24, 1850 [with the original creative spelling] By a Virginian Spending July in Vermont A papered chamber in a fine...
Category: Poetry
My Brigantine by James Fenimore Cooper
My Brigantine by James Fenimore Cooper MY brigantine! Just in thy mould and beauteous in thy form, Gentle in roll and buoyant on the surge, Light as the sea-fowl rocking in the storm, In...
In the Churchyard at Tarrytown by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In the Churchyard at Tarrytown [written to honor Washington Irving at the time of his death] by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Here lies the gentle humorist, who died In the bright Indian Summer of his...
A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A PSALM OF LIFE WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul...
Poetry by Shakespeare’s Contemporaries
In Shakespeare’s time, the fields of art and science were blossoming. Here are a few poems by Shakespeare contemporaries, including Sidney and Marlowe.
Light Shining Out of Darkness by William Cowper
William Cowper’s beautiful hymn, Light Shining Out of Darkness, is best known for the lines “God moves in a mysterious way, his wonders to perform.” Listen to it here.
At the Close of the Year by John Newton
A poem by John Newton (1725-1807), a British sailor and slave trader who experienced conversion and became a writer, Anglican minister, and activist for the abolition of slavery.
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D.
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D.
BY JONATHAN SWIFT
