Theme · 342 poems
Poems About Peace
Still waters: poems of calm, acceptance, and rest — many of them beloved as readings at memorials, quiet ceremonies, and the end of long days.
Peace in poetry is rarely political and almost always a place. Yeats built the definitive one: 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' answers the noise of "the pavements grey" with a cabin, nine bean-rows, and the line that gives the theme its texture — "peace comes dropping slow". The peace is not asserted, it is constructed, item by item, until the reader can stand in it.
That is why so many of these poems end up read aloud at memorials and quiet ceremonies: they offer somewhere to be rather than something to believe. The tradition runs from the devotional lyrics through Rossetti's rest poems to Dickinson's stillness, and it works best when it stays physical — water, light, a room, a hillside. If you are choosing a reading for a service, look for the poem with the most concrete quiet in it; abstraction does not comfort anyone at short notice.
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Crossing the Bar
Alfred, Lord Tennyson · 1889
Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar,
17 lines · lyric
Abou Ben Adhem
Leigh Hunt · 1834
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,And saw within the moonlight in his room,
18 lines · narrative
No Coward Soul Is Mine
Emily Brontë · 1846
The following are the last lines my sister Emily ever wrote.No coward soul is mine,No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere:
29 lines · lyric
In the Bleak Midwinter
Christina Rossetti · 1872
1. In the bleak mid-winterFrosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron,
40 lines · lyric
Thanatopsis
William Cullen Bryant · 1817
To him who in the love of Nature holdsCommunion with her visible forms, she speaksA various language; for his gayer hours
81 lines · elegy
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Thomas Gray · 1751
It would almost seem that poetry has for its greatest mission the lesson of a proper humility.The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea.
128 lines · elegy
Soft Music
Robert Herrick
The mellow touch of music most doth woundThe soul, when it doth rather sigh, than sound.
2 lines · lyric
Snow on the Mailbox
The QuillOak Editors
snow on the mailbox —all the news the morning bringsis white, and silent
3 lines · haiku
What Is to Be Done, O Moslems? (opening lines)
Rumi (Jalāl al-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī)
What is to be done, O Moslems? for I do not recognise myself.I am neither Christian, nor Jew, nor Gabr, nor Moslem.I am not of the East, nor of the West, nor of the land, nor of the sea;
3 lines · ghazal
Lest this be Heaven indeed
Emily Dickinson
Lest this be Heaven indeedAn Obstacle is givenThat always gauges a Degree
4 lines · lyric
Not One by Heaven defrauded stay
Emily Dickinson
Not One by Heaven defrauded stay —Although he seem to stealHe restitutes in some sweet way
4 lines · lyric
The Definition of Beauty is
Emily Dickinson
The Definition of Beauty isThat Definition is none —Of Heaven, easing Analysis,
4 lines · lyric
Who has not found the Heaven—below
Emily Dickinson
Who has not found the Heaven — below —Will fail of it above —For Angels rent the House next ours,
4 lines · lyric
To Harriet
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ever as now with Love and Virtue's glowMay thy unwithering soul not cease to burn,Still may thine heart with those pure thoughts o'erflow
4 lines · lyric
Upon a Child
Robert Herrick
Here a pretty baby liesSung asleep with lullabies;Pray be silent, and not stir
4 lines · lyric
The Angler Rose, He Took His Rod
Robert Louis Stevenson
THE angler rose, he took his rod,He kneeled and made his prayers to God.The living God sat overhead:
4 lines · lyric
Letting Go (a Crapsey Cinquain)
The QuillOak Editors
Dusk fallsthe maples lettheir last gold go without
5 lines · cinquain
Morning Tea
The QuillOak Editors
steam off the green teacurls once, considers the room,then is gone — the cup
5 lines · tanka
Winter (a Cinquain)
The QuillOak Editors
Wintersilent, silverdrifting, hushing, settling
5 lines · cinquain
The Kitchen at Night
The QuillOak Editors
The house has gone to sleep around me and the kitchen keeps its one small light.The refrigerator hums the way it has hummed through every house I have ever lived in.My mother stood here, and her mother, each of them alone with the late hour and the quiet.
5 lines · prose poem
Immured in Heaven!
Emily Dickinson
Immured in Heaven!What a Cell!Let every Bondage be,
5 lines · lyric
A little Madness in the Spring
Emily Dickinson
A little Madness in the SpringIs wholesome even for the King,But God be with the Clown —
6 lines · lyric
One Year ago—jots what?
Emily Dickinson
One Year ago — jots what?God — spell the word! I — can't —Was't Grace? Not that —
6 lines · lyric
Though the great Waters sleep
Emily Dickinson
Though the great Waters sleep,That they are still the Deep,We cannot doubt —
6 lines · lyric
Farewell to North Devon
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Where man's profane and tainting handNature's primaeval loveliness has marred,And some few souls of the high bliss debarred
6 lines · lyric
To Music: a Song
Robert Herrick
Music, thou queen of heaven, care-charming spell,That strik'st a stillness into hell;Thou that tam'st tigers, and fierce storms, that rise,
6 lines · lyric
Kissing Helena
Percy Bysshe Shelley
FROM THE GREEK OF PLATO.Kissing Helena, togetherWith my kiss, my soul beside it
7 lines · lyric
Spirit of Plato
Percy Bysshe Shelley
FROM THE GREEK.Eagle! why soarest thou above that tomb?To what sublime and star-ypaven home
7 lines · lyric
Home-Thoughts, From the Sea
Robert Browning
Nobly, nobly, Cape Saint Vincent to the Northwest died away;Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay;Bluish 'mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar lay;
7 lines · lyric
What the River Knows
The QuillOak Editors
The river does not endwhere it meets the sea —it only loses its banks,
8 lines · free verse
The Stone Rolled Back
The QuillOak Editors
They came with spices, not with hope,to tend what death had done,and found the heavy stone rolled back,
8 lines · lyric
A Tooth upon Our Peace
Emily Dickinson
A Tooth upon Our PeaceThe Peace cannot deface —Then Wherefore be the Tooth?
8 lines · lyric
Angels, in the early morning
Emily Dickinson
Angels, in the early morningMay be seen the Dews among,Stooping — plucking — smiling — flying —
8 lines · lyric
Bless God, he went as soldiers
Emily Dickinson
Bless God, he went as soldiers,His musket on his breast —Grant God, he charge the bravest
8 lines · lyric
Except the Heaven had come so near
Emily Dickinson
Except the Heaven had come so near —So seemed to choose My Door —The Distance would not haunt me so —
8 lines · lyric
Forever honored by the Tree
Emily Dickinson
Forever honored by the TreeWhose Apple WinterwornEnticed to Breakfast from the Sky
8 lines · lyric
Given in Marriage unto Thee
Emily Dickinson
Given in Marriage unto TheeOh thou Celestial Host —Bride of the Father and the Son
8 lines · lyric
God permits industrious Angels
Emily Dickinson
God permits industrious Angels —Afternoons — to play —I met one — forgot my Schoolmates —
8 lines · lyric
Heaven is so far of the Mind
Emily Dickinson
Heaven is so far of the MindThat were the Mind dissolved —The Site — of it — by Architect
8 lines · lyric
How far is it to Heaven?
Emily Dickinson
How far is it to Heaven?As far as Death this way —Of River or of Ridge beyond
8 lines · lyric
I never lost as much but twice
Emily Dickinson
I never lost as much but twice,And that was in the sod.Twice have I stood a beggar
8 lines · lyric
I saw no Way—The Heavens were stitched
Emily Dickinson
I saw no Way — The Heavens were stitched —I felt the Columns close —The Earth reversed her Hemispheres —
8 lines · lyric
Is Heaven a Physician?
Emily Dickinson
Is Heaven a Physician?They say that He can heal —But Medicine Posthumous
8 lines · lyric
Lightly stepped a yellow star
Emily Dickinson
Lightly stepped a yellow starTo its lofty place —Loosed the Moon her silver hat
8 lines · lyric
My life closed twice before its close
Emily Dickinson
My life closed twice before its close —It yet remains to seeIf Immortality unveil
8 lines · lyric
Nature and God—I neither knew
Emily Dickinson
Nature and God — I neither knewYet Both so well knew meThey startled, like Executors
8 lines · lyric
Nature—sometimes sears a Sapling
Emily Dickinson
Nature — sometimes sears a Sapling —Sometimes — scalps a Tree —Her Green People recollect it
8 lines · lyric
Only God—detect the Sorrow
Emily Dickinson
Only God — detect the Sorrow —Only God —The Jehovahs — are no Babblers —
8 lines · lyric
Prayer is the little implement
Emily Dickinson
Prayer is the little implementThrough which Men reachWhere Presence — is denied them.
8 lines · lyric
She's happy, with a new Content
Emily Dickinson
She's happy, with a new Content —That feels to her — like Sacrament —She's busy — with an altered Care —
8 lines · lyric
So give me back to Death
Emily Dickinson
So give me back to Death —The Death I never fearedExcept that it deprived of thee —
8 lines · lyric
Spring is the Period
Emily Dickinson
Spring is the PeriodExpress from God.Among the other seasons
8 lines · lyric
The Fact that Earth is Heaven
Emily Dickinson
The Fact that Earth is Heaven —Whether Heaven is Heaven or notIf not an Affidavit
8 lines · lyric
The inundation of the Spring
Emily Dickinson
The inundation of the SpringEnlarges every soul —It sweeps the tenement away
8 lines · lyric
The Moon upon her fluent Route
Emily Dickinson
The Moon upon her fluent RouteDefiant of a Road —The Star's Etruscan Argument
8 lines · lyric
When Roses cease to bloom, Sir
Emily Dickinson
When Roses cease to bloom, Sir,And Violets are done —When Bumblebees in solemn flight
8 lines · lyric
To the Moon
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Art thou pale for wearinessOf climbing heaven and gazing on the earth,Wandering companionless
8 lines · lyric
Matins, or Morning Prayer
Robert Herrick
When with the virgin morning thou dost rise,Crossing thyself come thus to sacrifice;First wash thy heart in innocence; then bring
8 lines · lyric
The Old Wives' Prayer
Robert Herrick
Holy-Rood, come forth and shieldUs i' th' city and the field;Safely guard us, now and aye,
8 lines · lyric
To Heaven
Robert Herrick
Open thy gatesTo him who weeping waits,And might come in,
8 lines · lyric
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- A Divine ImageCruelty has a human heart,…8 lines
- RequiemUnder the wide and starry sky,…8 lines
- Which is best? HeavenWhich is best? Heaven —…9 lines
- His Prayer For AbsolutionFor those my unbaptized rhymes,…10 lines
- LifeWhat is our life? A play of passion,…10 lines
- "It was wrong to do this," said the angel"It was wrong to do this," said the angel.…10 lines
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- We pray—to HeavenWe pray — to Heaven —…11 lines
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- ToThe bowers whereat, in dreams, I see…12 lines
- Bereavement in their death to feelBereavement in their death to feel…12 lines
- Did Our Best Moment lastDid Our Best Moment last —…12 lines
- Except to Heaven, she is noughtExcept to Heaven, she is nought.…12 lines
- Faith—is the Pierless BridgeFaith — is the Pierless Bridge…12 lines
- "Heaven"—is what I cannot reach!"Heaven" — is what I cannot reach!…12 lines
- I thought that nature was enoughI thought that nature was enough…12 lines
- I'm "wife"—I've finished thatI'm "wife" — I've finished that —…12 lines
- "Nature" is what we see"Nature" is what we see —…12 lines
- Our journey had advancedOur journey had advanced —…12 lines
- Our little Kinsmen—after RainOur little Kinsmen — after Rain…12 lines
- Remorse—is Memory—awakeRemorse — is Memory — awake —…12 lines
- So much of Heaven has gone from EarthSo much of Heaven has gone from Earth…12 lines
- Take your Heaven further onTake your Heaven further on —…12 lines
- Whatever it is—she has tried itWhatever it is — she has tried it —…12 lines
- Why—do they shut Me out of Heaven?Why — do they shut Me out of Heaven?…12 lines
- Song of Proserpine While Gathering Flowers on the Plain of EnnaSacred Goddess, Mother Earth,…12 lines
- Song. Translated From the ItalianOh! what is the gain of restless care,…12 lines
- The World's WanderersTell me, thou Star, whose wings of light…12 lines
- ApparitionsSuch a starved bank of moss…12 lines
- His Prayer To Ben JonsonWhen I a verse shall make,…12 lines
- The Clod and the Pebble"Love seeketh not itself to please,…12 lines
- Afternoon on a HillI will be the gladdest thing…12 lines
- The Lake Isle of InnisfreeI will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,…12 lines
- A Wife—at daybreak I shall beA Wife — at daybreak I shall be —…13 lines
- If I'm lost—nowIf I'm lost — now…13 lines
- To The RiverFair river! in thy bright, clear flow…14 lines
- A Thought For A Lonely Death-BedIF God compel thee to this destiny,…14 lines
- On A Portrait Of WordsworthWORDSWORTH upon Helvellyn ! Let the cloud…14 lines
- Pain In PleasureA THOUGHT ay like a flower upon mine heart,…14 lines
- Patience Taught By Nature'O DREARY life,' we cry, ' O dreary life ! '…14 lines
- Sonnet 07 - The face of all the world is changed, I thinkThe face of all the world is changed, I think,…14 lines
- Sonnet 12 - Indeed this very love which is my boastIndeed this very love which is my boast,…14 lines
- Sonnet 21 - Say over again, and yet once over againSay over again, and yet once over again,…14 lines
- Sonnet 23 - Is it indeed so? If I lay here deadIs it indeed so? If I lay here dead,…14 lines
- Sonnet 32 - The first time that the sun rose on thine oathThe first time that the sun rose on thine oath…14 lines
- Sonnet 33 - Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hearYes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear…14 lines
- AutumnThou comest, Autumn, heralded by the rain,…14 lines
- The Sound of the SeaThe sea awoke at midnight from its sleep,…14 lines
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- Holy Sonnet II: As Due By Many Titles I ResignAs due by many titles I resign…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet III: O Might Those Sighs And Tears Return AgainO might those sighs and tears return again…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet IV: Oh My Black Soul! Now Art Thou SummonedOh my black soul! now art thou summoned…14 lines
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- Holy Sonnet V: I Am A Little World Made CunninglyI am a little world made cunningly…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet VI: This Is My Play's Last Scene, Here Heavens AppointThis is my play's last scene, here heavens appoint…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet VII: At The Round Earth's Imagined Corners BlowAt the round earth's imagined corners blow…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet VIII: If Faithful Souls Be Alike GlorifiedIf faithful souls be alike glorified…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet XI: Spit In My Face You Jews, And Pierce My SideSpit in my face you Jews, and pierce my side,…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet XIII: What If This Present Were The World's Last Night?What if this present were the world's last night?…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet XIX: Oh, To Vex Me, Contraries Meet In OneOh, to vex me, contraries meet in one:…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet XV: Wilt Thou Love God, As He Thee? Then DigestWilt thou love God, as he thee? Then digest,…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet XVI: Father, Part Of His Double InterestFather, part of his double interest…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet XVII: Since She Whom I LovedSince she whom I loved hath paid her last debt…14 lines
- Holy Sonnet XVIII: Show me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clearShow me, dear Christ, thy Spouse, so bright and clear.…14 lines
- To HomerStanding aloof in giant ignorance,…14 lines
- To My BrothersSmall, busy flames play through the fresh-laid coals,…14 lines
- On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend, Deceased Dec. 16, 1646When Faith and Love, which parted from thee never,…14 lines
- Easter DayThe silver trumpets rang across the Dome:…14 lines
- Sonnet. on Launching Some Bottles Filled With Knowledge into the Bristol ChannelVessels of heavenly medicine! may the breeze…14 lines
- Sonnet: Political GreatnessNor happiness, nor majesty, nor fame,…14 lines
- Sonnet. to a Balloon Laden With KnowledgeBright ball of flame that through the gloom of even…14 lines
- Sonnet to ByronIf I esteemed you less, Envy would kill…14 lines
- The Birth of PleasureAt the creation of the Earth…14 lines
- Why I am a Liberal"Why?" Because all I haply can and do,…14 lines
- My Wife’s a winsome wee thingChorus.—She is a winsome wee thing,…14 lines
- Upon the Loss of His MistressesI have lost, and lately, these…14 lines
- Sonnet INOR judge me light, tho' light at times I seem,…14 lines
- A man went before a strange GodA man went before a strange God —…14 lines
- Sonnet 107: Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soulNot mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul…14 lines
- Sonnet 108: What's in the brain, that ink may characterWhat's in the brain, that ink may character,…14 lines
- Sonnet 109: O! never say that I was false of heartO! never say that I was false of heart,…14 lines
- Sonnet 110: Alas! 'tis true, I have gone here and thereAlas! 'tis true, I have gone here and there,…14 lines
- Sonnet 125: Were't aught to me I bore the canopyWere't aught to me I bore the canopy,…14 lines
- Sonnet 127: In the old age black was not counted fairIn the old age black was not counted fair,…14 lines
- Sonnet 129: The expense of spirit in a waste of shameThe expense of spirit in a waste of shame…14 lines
- Sonnet 136: If thy soul check thee that I come so nearIf thy soul check thee that I come so near,…14 lines
- Sonnet 14: Not from the stars do I my judgement pluckNot from the stars do I my judgement pluck;…14 lines
- Sonnet 144: Two loves I have of comfort and despairTwo loves I have of comfort and despair,…14 lines
- Sonnet 145: Those lips that Love's own hand did makeThose lips that Love's own hand did make,…14 lines
- Sonnet 146: Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earthPoor soul, the centre of my sinful earth,…14 lines
- Sonnet 148: O me! what eyes hath Love put in my headO me! what eyes hath Love put in my head,…14 lines
- Sonnet 151: Love is too young to know what conscience isLove is too young to know what conscience is,…14 lines
- Sonnet 153: Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleepCupid laid by his brand and fell asleep:…14 lines
- Sonnet 154: The little Love-god lying once asleepThe little Love-god lying once asleep,…14 lines
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- Sonnet 20: A woman's face with nature's own hand paintedA woman's face with nature's own hand painted,…14 lines
- Sonnet 21: So is it not with me as with that MuseSo is it not with me as with that Muse,…14 lines
- Sonnet 27: Weary with toil, I haste me to my bedWeary with toil, I haste me to my bed,…14 lines
- Sonnet 28: How can I then return in happy plightHow can I then return in happy plight,…14 lines
- Sonnet 33: Full many a glorious morning have I seenFull many a glorious morning have I seen…14 lines
- Sonnet 58: That god forbid, that made me first your slaveThat god forbid, that made me first your slave,…14 lines
- Sonnet 62: Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eyeSin of self-love possesseth all mine eye…14 lines
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- O Sun of Real PeaceO SUN of real peace! O hastening light!…15 lines
- In Memoriam 44: How fares it with the happy dead?How fares it with the happy dead?…16 lines
- A DreamIn visions of the dark night…16 lines
- Hymn To Aristogeiton And HarmodiusWreathed in myrtle, my sword I'll conceal,…16 lines
- A loss of something ever felt IA loss of something ever felt I —…16 lines
- Before you thought of SpringBefore you thought of Spring…16 lines
- Four Trees—upon a solitary AcreFour Trees — upon a solitary Acre —…16 lines
- I felt my life with both my handsI felt my life with both my hands…16 lines
- I never felt at Home—BelowI never felt at Home — Below —…16 lines
- I went to HeavenI went to Heaven —…16 lines
- One Life of so much Consequence!One Life of so much Consequence!…16 lines
- Than Heaven more remoteThan Heaven more remote,…16 lines
- The Heaven vests for EachThe Heaven vests for Each…16 lines
- Their Height in Heaven comforts notTheir Height in Heaven comforts not —…16 lines
- Through those old Grounds of memoryThrough those old Grounds of memory,…16 lines
- 'Twas a long Parting—but the time'Twas a long Parting — but the time…16 lines
- We talked as Girls doWe talked as Girls do —…16 lines
- Loss And GainVirtue runs before the muse…16 lines
- A Prayer under the Pressure of Violent AnguishO THOU Great Being! what Thou art,…16 lines
- The Funeral Rites of the RoseThe Rose was sick, and smiling died;…16 lines
- God Gave To Me A Child In PartGOD gave to me a child in part,…16 lines
- Since Thou Hast Given Me This Good Hope, O GodSINCE thou hast given me this good hope, O God,…16 lines
- When The Sun Come After RainWHEN the sun comes after rain…16 lines
- On Journeys Through The StatesON journeys through the States we start,…16 lines
- Holy ThursdayIs this a holy thing to see…16 lines
- The AngelI dreamt a dream! What can it mean?…16 lines
- The Little VagabondDear mother, dear mother, the Church is cold;…16 lines
- A Pit—but Heaven over itA Pit — but Heaven over it —…17 lines
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- On the Beach at Night, AloneON the beach at night alone,…17 lines
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- God lay dead in heavenGod lay dead in heaven;…18 lines
- In heavenIn heaven,…18 lines
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- Each Life Converges to some CentreEach Life Converges to some Centre —…20 lines
- "Heaven" has different Signs—to me"Heaven" has different Signs — to me —…20 lines
- If the foolish, call them "flowers"If the foolish, call them "flowers" —…20 lines
- My period had come for PrayerMy period had come for Prayer —…20 lines
- Homer's Hymn to MinervaI sing the glorious Power with azure eyes,…20 lines
- A Prayer in the Prospect of DeathO THOU unknown, Almighty Cause…20 lines
- Flower God, God Of The SpringFLOWER god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful,…20 lines
- PrayerI ASK good things that I detest,…20 lines
- An Old Man’s Thought of SchoolAN old man’s thought of School;…20 lines
- Divine ImageTo Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love,…20 lines
- Songs of Experience: IntroductionHear the voice of the Bard,…20 lines
- I prayed, at first, a little GirlI prayed, at first, a little Girl,…21 lines
- The Aziola'Do you not hear the Aziola cry?…21 lines
- To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of ImportanceYour dog is not a dog of grace;…21 lines
- Eulalie I dwelt alone…22 lines
- On TimeFly envious Time, till thou run out thy race,…22 lines
- From Vergil's Fourth Georgic[VERSES 360 ET SEQ.]…22 lines
- Homer's Hymn to Castor and PolluxYe wild-eyed Muses, sing the Twins of Jove,…22 lines
- A FaceIf one could have that little head of hers…22 lines
- A spirit spedA spirit sped…22 lines
- Before The Paling Of The StarsBefore the winter morn,…23 lines
- Evening Star'Twas noontide of summer,…23 lines
- I rose—because He sankI rose — because He sank —…23 lines
- Of Old Sat Freedom on the HeightsOf old sat Freedom on the heights,…24 lines
- Music's EmpireFirst was the world as one great cymbal made,…24 lines
- In Thankful Remembrance for My Dear Husband's Safe ArrivalWhat shall I render to Thy name…24 lines
- I cried at Pity—not at PainI cried at Pity — not at Pain —…24 lines
- Joy to have merited the PainJoy to have merited the Pain —…24 lines
- The Soul has Bandaged momentsThe Soul has Bandaged moments —…24 lines
- Those fair—fictitious PeopleThose fair — fictitious People —…24 lines
- Who were "the Father and the Son"Who were "the Father and the Son"…24 lines
- The FuneralWhoever comes to shroud me, do not harm…24 lines
- My Little March GirlCome to the pane, draw the curtain apart,…24 lines
- Homer's Hymn to the SunOffspring of Jove, Calliope, once more…24 lines
- To Jane: 'The Keen Stars Were Twinkling'The keen stars were twinkling,…24 lines
- To Sophia [Miss Stacey]Thou art fair, and few are fairer…24 lines
- To EvaO Fair and stately maid, whose eye…24 lines
- Farewell thou stream that winding flowsFAREWELL, thou stream that winding flows…24 lines
- Lord Gregory: A BalladO MIRK, mirk is this midnight hour,…24 lines
- Prayer—O Thou Dread PowerO THOU dread Power, who reign’st above,…24 lines
- Lines Written In Early SpringI heard a thousand blended notes,…24 lines
- Death Is Nothing at AllDeath is nothing at all.…25 lines
- To HeavenGood and great God, can I not think of thee…26 lines
- LenoreAh, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever!…26 lines
- Going to Heaven!Going to Heaven!…27 lines
- I got so I could take his nameI got so I could take his name —…27 lines
- Spirits Of The DeadThy soul shall find itself alone…28 lines
- Air And AngelsTwice or thrice had I loved thee,…28 lines
- Homer's Hymn to the Earth: Mother of AllO universal Mother, who dost keep…28 lines
- ProspiceFear death? to feel the fog in my throat,…28 lines
- The TwinsGrand rough old Martin Luther…28 lines
- Music At The Villa MarinaFOR some abiding central source of power,…28 lines
- The trees in the garden rained flowersThe trees in the garden rained flowers.…28 lines
- The Little Black BoyMy mother bore me in the southern wild,…28 lines
- Homer's Hymn to the MoonDaughters of Jove, whose voice is melody,…29 lines
- The Wandering Jew's SoliloquyIs it the Eternal Triune, is it He…29 lines
- The DreamDear love, for nothing less than thee…30 lines
- At A Solemn MusickBlest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heav'ns joy,…30 lines
- Verses on a CatA cat in distress,…30 lines
- The Patriot: An Old StoryIt was roses, roses, all the way,…30 lines
- No, Thank You JohnI never said I loved you, John:…31 lines
- Bridal BalladThe ring is on my hand,…31 lines
- Ode, Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Oswald of AuchencruiveDWELLER in yon dungeon dark,…31 lines
- A Hymn to God the FatherHear me, O God!…32 lines
- Come hither, childCome hither, child — who gifted thee…32 lines
- "Arcturus" is his other name"Arcturus" is his other name —…32 lines
- MoonlightAs a pale phantom with a lamp…32 lines
- Nay, Lord, not thus! white lilies in the springSeven stars in the still water,…32 lines
- On DeathTHERE IS NO WORK, NOR DEVICE, NOR KNOWLEDGE, NOR WISDOM,…32 lines
- The Lost LeaderJust for a handful of silver he left us,…32 lines
- The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, TarboltonADIEU! a heart-warm fond adieu;…32 lines
- To Mary in HeavenTHOU ling’ring star, with lessening ray,…32 lines
- Gods1…32 lines
- MithridatesI cannot spare water or wine,…34 lines
- Men Are Heaven's PiersMEN are Heaven's piers; they evermore…34 lines
- When a people reach the top of a hillWhen a people reach the top of a hill,…34 lines
- A Little Girl LostChildren of the future age,…34 lines
- Christmas Bells"I heard the bells on Christmas Day…35 lines
- On an Icicle That Clung to the Grass of a GraveOh! take the pure gem to where southerly breezes,…35 lines
- Bigotry's VictimDares the lama, most fleet of the sons of the wind,…36 lines
- Hymn of ApolloThe sleepless Hours who watch me as I lie,…36 lines
- Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 4WHA will buy my troggin, fine election ware,…37 lines
- If This Were FaithGod, if this were enough,…38 lines
- The Revenge - A Ballad of the FleetAt Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,…40 lines
- The Conqueror WormLo! 'tis a gala night…40 lines
- A Woman's ShortcomingsShe has laughed as softly as if she sighed,…40 lines
- Footsteps of AngelsWhen the hours of Day are numbered,…40 lines
- Bards of Passion and of Mirth, written on the Blank Page before Beaumont and Fletcher's Tragi-Comedy 'The Fair Maid of the Inn'BARDS of Passion and of Mirth,…40 lines
- The Dean of Faculty: A new BalladDIRE was the hate at old Harlaw,…40 lines
- A Musical InstrumentWhat was he doing, the great god Pan,…42 lines
- Adam Armour’s PrayerGUDE pity me, because I’m little!…42 lines
- Songs From Pippa PassesDay!…44 lines
- Envoy For "A Child's Garden Of Verses"WHETHER upon the garden seat…44 lines
- A Toccata of Galuppi'sOh Galuppi, Baldassaro, this is very sad to find!…45 lines
- Ballade De Marguerite (Normande)I am weary of lying within the chase…46 lines
- TraySing me a hero! Quench my thirst…46 lines
- Upon My Dear and Loving Husband his Going into England Jan. 16O thou Most High who rulest all…48 lines
- The Arsenal at SpringfieldThis is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling,…48 lines
- To HopeWhen by my solitary hearth I sit,…48 lines
- The Laboratory (Ancien Regime)Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,…48 lines
- A Woman Waits for MeA WOMAN waits for me—she contains all, nothing is lacking,…48 lines
- NightThe sun descending in the west,…48 lines
- Longings for HomeO MAGNET-SOUTH! O glistening, perfumed South! My South!…50 lines
- IsrafelIn Heaven a spirit doth dwell…51 lines
- In My Solitary Hours in My Dear Husband his AbsenceO Lord, Thou hear'st my daily moan…52 lines
- The City In The SeaLo! Death has reared himself a throne…53 lines
- DreamlandBy a route obscure and lonely,…56 lines
- EncouragementWHO dat knockin' at de do'?…56 lines
- Evelyn HopeBeautiful Evelyn Hope is dead!…56 lines
- Hail! Childish Slave Of Social RulesHAIL! Childish slaves of social rules…56 lines
- A Thanksgiving to God for His HouseLord, Thou hast given me a cell…58 lines
- A Child AsleepHow he sleepeth! having drunken…60 lines
- Human Life’s MysteryWe sow the glebe, we reap the corn,…60 lines
- The Goblet of LifeFilled is Life's goblet to the brim;…60 lines
- Porphyria's LoverThe rain set early in to-night,…60 lines
- Birthday Ode for 31st December, 1787AFAR 1 the illustrious Exile roams,…60 lines
- The SleeperAt midnight, in the month of June,…61 lines
- Cavalier TunesKentish Sir Byng stood for his King,…61 lines
- Ode for General Washington’s BirthdayNO Spartan tube, no Attic shell,…62 lines
- Apparent FailureNo, for I'll save it! Seven years since…63 lines
- To HelenI saw thee once — once only — years ago:…66 lines
- Time's RevengesI've a Friend, over the sea;…66 lines
- The PassionI…68 lines
- Prayer of ColumbusA BATTER’D, wreck’d old man,…69 lines
- A Pretty WomanThat fawn-skin-dappled hair of hers,…72 lines
- The Whistle: A BalladI SING of a Whistle, a Whistle of worth,…72 lines
- The Boy and the AngelMorning, evening, noon, and night,…78 lines
- Lord Walter's WifeI…81 lines
- The Heretic's Tragedy: A Middle-Age InterludeThe Lord, we look to once for all,…92 lines
- Rain in SummerHow beautiful is the rain!…96 lines
- Abt Vogler: After he has been extemporizing upon the musical instrument of his inventionWould that the structure brave, the manifold music I build,…96 lines
- Ode To BeautyWho gave thee, O Beauty!…99 lines