Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was one of the most influential and innovative American poets of the 19th century
Classic Poems
Sappho by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyrical poet associated with the early 20th century’s “poetry renaissance” in America.
Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke
AUTUMN by Rainer Maria Rilke The leaves fall, fall as from far, Like distant gardens withered in the heavens; They fall with slow and lingering descent. And in the nights the heavy Earth, too, falls From out the stars into the Solitude. Thus all doth fall. This hand of mine must fall And lo! the…
Friendship by Henry David Thoreau
Friendship by Henry David Thoreau ‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen, and Lovers.’ Let such pure hate still underprop Our love, that we may be Each other’s conscience, And have our sympathy Mainly from thence. We’ll one another treat like gods, And all the faith we have In virtue and in truth, bestow On either, and suspicion leave…
To A Poet A Thousand Years Hence
James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915) was an English poet, dramatist, and diplomat. Though his literary career was cut short by his premature death from tuberculosis
The Sphinx by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Sphinx, a mythical creature, poses philosophical questions about the mysteries of humanity and the universe that have gone unanswered over the ages. She wonders about the meaning of life, humanity’s purpose, and the secrets of nature
The Vampire by James Clerk Maxwell 1845
The Vampire by James Clerk Maxwell 1845 Translated into modern English by R Edwards There is a knight riding through the woods, A brave and noble knight is he. And surely he is on an urgent quest, He rides so hastily. He passed the oak and the birch trees, And many other trees passed he,…
The Vampire by Madison Julius Cawein
Madison Julius Cawein was an American poet born in 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was associated with the “Kentucky School” of writers and was known
We’ll Go No More A-Roving–Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron was born in 1788 and died in 1824. He was an English poet who helped lead the Romanticism movement.
O Captain My Captain by Walt Whitman
Explore Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” with personal insights on Lincoln’s elegy, literary analysis, and discussion questions.