Poems

I An age hath been when Earth was proudOf lustre too intenseTo be sustained; and Mortals bowedThe front in self-defence.Who 'then', if Dian's crescent gleamed,Or Cupid's sparkling arrow streamedWhile on the wing the Urchin played,Could fearlessly approach the shade?Enough for one soft vernal day,If I, a bard of ebbing time,And nurtured in a fickle clime,May haunt this horned … [Read more...] about Ode To Lycoris, May 1817, By: William Wordsworth

Those who crown the kingrule the worldwhile those below sufferat the whims of eviland the smug disregard of apathy We will not kiss the ringsof those who mean us harm So we mustwalk the bloody roadbreathe the fire of hopeand bind our woundsuntil we can fight again Insteadwe weep over our own gravesand swear to Deathwe are still alive … [Read more...] about Revolution, By: Allison Walters Luther

Jam non consilio bonus, sed more eo perductus, ut non tantumrecte facere possim, sed nisi recte facere non possim(Seneca, Letters 130.10) Stern Daughter of the Voice of God!O Duty! if that name thou loveWho art a light to guide, a rodTo check the erring, and reprove;Thou, who art victory and lawWhen empty terrors overawe;From vain temptations dost set free;And calm'st the … [Read more...] about Ode To Duty, By: William Wordsworth

I’m waiting for nothingto change my mind, and the perfect reasonto accept the flawsthat shaped me,without reservationfor empathy for silly me. I’m waiting for lifeto love me again. I’m waiting for my faultsthat fell through a creeklike stardust. But Allison is somethingthat I can’t find the patienceto invite inside my cluttered life. I think about itabout asking … [Read more...] about The Beauty Of Waiting: A Poem About Allison, By: Andrew Cyr

INTRODUCTION AND CHORUS For thirst of power that Heaven disowns,For temples, towers, and thrones,Too long insulted by the Spoiler's shock,Indignant Europe castHer stormy foe at lastTo reap the whirlwind on a Libyan rock. SOLO (TENOR) War is passion's basest gameMadly played to win a name;Up starts some tyrant, Earth and Heaven to dare,The servile million bow;But will … [Read more...] about Ode On The Installation Of His Royal Highness Prince Albert As Chancellor Of The University Of Cambridge, July 1847, By: William Wordsworth