Robert Southey (1774-1843) The Soldier’s Wife by Robert Southey Weary way-wanderer languid and sick at heart Travelling painfully over the rugged road, Wild-visag’d Wanderer! ah for thy heavy chance! Sorely thy little one drags by thee bare-footed, Cold is the baby that hangs at thy bending back Meagre and livid and screaming its wretchedness. Woe-begone…
ON TIME by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674) Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy Plummets pace; And glut thy self with what thy womb devours, Which is no more then what is false and vain, And meerly mortal dross; So little is our loss, So…
A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim A sight in camp in the daybreak gray and dim, As from my tent I emerge so early sleepless, As slow I walk in the cool fresh air the path near by the hospital tent, Three forms I see on stretchers lying,…
The Last Leaf by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) The Last Leaf by Oliver Wendell Holmes I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o’er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man…
Hidden Flame by John Dryden
John Dryden (1631-1700) Hidden Flame by John Dryden Feed a flame within, which so torments me That it both pains my heart, and yet contains me: ‘Tis such a pleasing smart, and I so love it, That I had rather die than once remove it. Yet he, for whom I grieve, shall never know it;…
The Death-Bed by Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
Get up and Bar the Door
Get up and Bar the Door It fell about the Martinmas time, And a gay time it was then, When our goodwife got puddings to make, And she ?s boil?d them in the pan. The wind sae cauld blew south and north, And blew into the floor; Quoth our goodman to our goodwife, “Gae out…
There’s a certain slant of light by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
The Rear-Guard by Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
To Lucasta, Going to the Warres by Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace (1618-1657)