By Sophie Jewett Small fellowship of daily commonplaceWe hold together, dear, constrained to goDiverging ways. Yet day by day I knowMy life is sweeter for thy life’s sweet grace;And if we meet but for a moment’s space,Thy touch, thy word, sets all the world aglow.Faith soars serener, haunting doubts shrink low,Abashed before the sunshine of … Read more
By Robert Burns O my Luve is like a red, red roseThat’s newly sprung in June;O my Luve is like the melodyThat’s sweetly played in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,So deep in luve am I;And I will luve thee still, my dear,Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang … Read more
By Anne Bradstreet If ever two were one, then surely we.If ever man were loved by wife, then thee;If ever wife was happy in a man,Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,Or all the riches that the East doth hold.My love is such that … Read more
by Mary Tighe Sweet is the strain whose soothing powerMay charm the solitary hour,And bid the heart o’er sorrow bornForget to heave the sigh forlorn. But ah! more sweet the voice that speaksAffection’s truth when friendship wakes,And bids the heart exulting riseTo catch the rapture of the eyes. Then let the song its tribute payTo … Read more
By William Wordsworth There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,The earth, and every common sight,To me did seemApparelled in celestial light,The glory and the freshness of a dream.It is not now as it hath been of yore;—Turn wheresoe’er I may,By night or day,The things which I have seen I now can see no … Read more
By Julia Carney Little drops of water,Little grains of sand,Make the mighty oceanAnd the pleasant land. So the little minutes,Humble though they be,Make the mighty agesOf eternity. So our little errorsLead the soul awayFrom the paths of virtueFar in sin to stray. Little deeds of kindness,Little words of love,Make our earth an Eden,Like the heaven … Read more
by William Henry Davies God gave you to me, friend, as he givesA child to his mother—so I hold you mine,With such a sacred sense of ownershipAs none but mothers feel. I know you are not perfect—who is so?But you are dear to me as Heaven is dear,And I would have you ever near me, … Read more
by Calef Brown I give you a windflower.This day is yours.Take it with laughter,And with tears,And with the faithThat love endures. The years are manyThat lie ahead—May they be gentleAs the rose is red,As the lily is white,As the violet is blue,And may they be kindAs I am to you.
Funny Poems are the universal cure for the mundane, the miserable, and the moments you realize you’ve accidentally worn two different socks. When the world is too serious, too stiff, or just too logical, you need a great funny poem to remind everyone that reality is optional. This collection is your official permit to giggle. … Read more
By Edward Lear There was an Old Man with a beard,Who said, “It is just as I feared!—Two Owls and a Hen,Four Larks and a Wren,Have all built their nests in my beard!”