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Felix Randal by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Felix Randal the farrier, O he is dead then? my duty all ended,
Who have watched his mould of man,..
Foes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Thank Fate for foes! I hold mine dear
As valued friends. He cannot know
The zest of life who run..
Foes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Thank Fate for foes! I hold mine dear
As valued friends. He cannot know
The zest of life who run..
From an Atlas of the Difficult World by Adrienne Rich
I know you are reading this poem
late, before leaving your office
of the one intense yellow lamp-s..
For the Dead by Adrienne Rich
I dreamed I called you on the telephone
to say: Be kinder to yourself
but you were sick and would..
From a Survivor by Adrienne Rich
The pact that we made was the ordinary pact
of men & women in those days
I don’t know who we tho..
For the Record by Adrienne Rich
The clouds and the stars didn’t wage this war
the brooks gave no information
if the mountain spewe..
Final Notions by Adrienne Rich
It will not be simple, it will not take long
It will take little time, it will take all your though..
From an Essay on Man by Alexander Pope
Heav’n from all creatures hides the book of fate,
All but the page prescrib’d, their present state:..
Frogs in chorus by Andrew Barton Paterson
The chorus frogs in the big lagoon
Would sing their songs to the silvery moon.
Tenor singers wer..
Fed Up by Andrew Barton Paterson
I ain’t a timid man at all, I’m just as brave as most,
I’ll take my chance in open fight and die b..
Father Riley's Horse by Andrew Barton Paterson
’Twas the horse thief, Andy Regan, that was hunted like a dog
By the troopers of the upper Murray..
Frying Pan's Theology by Andrew Barton Paterson
Shock-headed blackfellow,
Boy (on a pony).
Snowflakes are falling
Gentle and slow,
Youngster..
Fields of Soria by Antonio Machado
Hills of silver plate,
grey heights, dark red rocks
through which the Duero bends
its crossbow ar..
Fluttered Wings by Christina Rossetti
The splendour of the kindling day,
The splendor of the setting sun,
These move my soul to wend i..
From Sunset to Star Rise by Christina Rossetti
Go from me, summer friends, and tarry not:
I am no summer friend, but wintry cold,
A silly sheep..
From “Later Life” by Christina Rossetti
VI
We lack, yet cannot fix upon the lack:
Not this, nor that; yet somewhat, certainly.
We see t..
From the Antique by Christina Rossetti
It’s a weary life, it is, she said:
Doubly blank in a woman’s lot:
I wish and I wish I were a ma..
Forget by Czeslaw Milosz
Forget the suffering
You caused others.
Forget the suffering
Others caused you.
The waters run a..
Father Explains by Czeslaw Milosz
"There where that ray touches the plain
And the shadows escape as if they really ran,
Warsaw stand..
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