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19th century poems

The Season of Youth - by William Knox

{ Poem }

(Ecclesiastes, ix. 7, 9 ; xi 9.)
/
/ Rejoice, mortal man, in the noon of thy prime!
/ Ere thy brow shall…

Mortality - by William Knox

{ Poem }

O why should the spirit of mortal be proud!
/ Like a fast flitting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
/ A flash of the…

from Wanted A Husband - by Marion Bernstein

{ Poem }

Wanted a husband who doesn’t suppose,
/ That all earthly employments one feminine knows, –
/ That she’ll scrub, do the cleaning,…

The Fairies - by William Allingham

{ Poem }

Up the airy mountain,
/ Down the rushy glen,
/ We daren’t go a-hunting
/ For fear of little men;
/ Wee…

Windy Nights - by Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

Whenever the moon and stars are set,
/ Whenever the wind is high,
/ All night long in the dark…

Invictus - by William Ernest Henley

{ Poem }

Out of the night that covers me,
/ Black as the pit from pole to pole,
/ I thank whatever gods may be
/ For my…

My Shadow - by Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
/ And what can be the use of him is…

Where Go the Boats? - by Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

Dark brown is the river,
/ Golden is the sand.
/ It flows along for ever,
/ With…

The Land of Story-Books - by Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

At evening when the lamp is lit,
/ Around the fire my parents sit;
/ They sit at home and talk and sing,
/ And do…

The Lamplighter - by Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky;
/ It’s time to take the window to see Leerie…

I wandered lonely as a Cloud… - by William Wordsworth

{ Poem }

I wandered lonely as a Cloud
/ That floats on high o’er Vales and Hills,
/ When all at once I saw a crowd
/ A…

Requiem - by Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

Under the wide and starry sky,
/ Dig the grave and let me die.
/ Glad did I live and gladly die,
/ …

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