Intrepid sons of Albion! not by youIs life despised; ah no, the spacious earthNe'er saw a race who held, by right of birth,So many objects to which love is due:Ye slight not life, to God and Nature true;But death, becoming death, is dearer far,When duty bids you bleed in open war:Hence hath your prowess quelled that impious crew.Heroes! for instant sacrifice prepared;Yet filled … [Read more...] about Occasioned By The Battle Of Waterloo, By: William Wordsworth
Poems
Life Inside My Snow Globe, By: Mary Bone
Life inside my snow globe,keeps me safe and secure.I get shaken badlyas snowflakes fall around.After a while ,my winter wonderlandreturns to calm serenity. … [Read more...] about Life Inside My Snow Globe, By: Mary Bone
Nutting, By: William Wordsworth
It seems a day(I speak of one from many singled out)One of those heavenly days that cannot die;When, in the eagerness of boyish hope,I left our cottage-threshold, sallying forthWith a huge wallet o'er my shoulders slung,A nutting-crook in hand; and turned my stepsTow'rd some far-distant wood, a Figure quaint,Tricked out in proud disguise of cast-off weedsWhich for that service … [Read more...] about Nutting, By: William Wordsworth
O Nightingale! Thou Surely Art, By: WIlliam Wordsworth
O Nightingale! thou surely artA creature of a "fiery heart":These notes of thine, they pierce and pierce;Tumultuous harmony and fierce!Thou sing'st as if the God of wineHad helped thee to a Valentine;A song in mockery and despiteOf shades, and dews, and silent night;And steady bliss, and all the lovesNow sleeping in these peaceful groves.I heard a Stock-dove sing or sayHis … [Read more...] about O Nightingale! Thou Surely Art, By: WIlliam Wordsworth
One-Sided Love, By: Thales Eduardo Cornii
how it hurts to know that your brown eyes will never look at me with affectionwhile mine only find the fire when they get lost in yoursthe storm of living in your absence is like living in the darkness of the deep seaeven in inhospitable conditions, you are the only life that persists in meand without you there is no purpose, there is no life, I am an … [Read more...] about One-Sided Love, By: Thales Eduardo Cornii