English Poems – Page 28

More English Poems

• A Garden

  See how the flowers, as at parade,
  Under their colours stand display'd:
  Each regiment in order grows, …

  Andrew Marvell

• The Picture of Little T. C. in aProspect of Flowers

  See with what simplicity
  This nymph begins her golden days!
  In the green grass she loves to lie, …

  Andrew Marvell

• Thoughts in a Garden

  How vainly men themselves amaze
  To win the palm, the oak, or bays,
  And their uncessant labours see …

  Andrew Marvell

• Bermudas

  Where the remote Bermudas ride
  In the ocean's bosom unespied,
  From a small boat that row'd along …

  Andrew Marvell

• The Retreat

  Happy those early days, when I
  Shin'd in my Angel-infancy!
  Before I understood this place …

  Henry Vaughan

• Peace

  My soul, there is a country
  Far beyond the stars,
  Where stands a wingèd sentry …

  Henry Vaughan

• The Timber

  Sure thou didst flourish once! and many springs,
  Many bright mornings, much dew, many showers,
  Pass'd o'er thy head; many light hearts and wings, …

  Henry Vaughan

• Friends Departed

  They are all gone into the world of light!
  And I alone sit ling'ring here;
  Their very memory is fair and bright, …

  Henry Vaughan

• The Shepherd Boy sings in theValley of Humiliation

  He that is down needs fear no fall,
  He that is low, no pride;
  He that is humble ever shall …

  John Bunyan

• Thomas the Rhymer

  True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank;
  A ferlie he spied wi' his e'e;
  And there he saw a ladye bright …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• Sir Patrick Spens

  I. The Sailing
  THE king sits in Dunfermline town
  Drinking the blude-red wine; …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• The Lass of Lochroyan

  'o WHA will shoe my bonny foot?
  And wha will glove my hand?
  And wha will bind my middle jimp …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• The Dowie Houms of Yarrow

  Late at een, drinkin' the wine,
  And ere they paid the lawin',
  They set a combat them between, …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• Clerk Saunders

  Clerk SAUNDERS and may Margaret
  Walk'd owre yon garden green;
  And deep and heavy was the love …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• Fair Annie

  The reivers they stole Fair Annie,
  As she walk'd by the sea;
  But a noble knight was her ransom soon, …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• Edward, Edward

  'why does your brand sae drop wi' blude,
  Edward, Edward?
  Why does your brand sae drop wi' blude, …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• Edom o' Gordon

  It fell about the Martinmas,
  When the wind blew shrill and cauld,
  Said Edom o' Gordon to his men, …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• The Queen's Marie

  Marie HAMILTON 's to the kirk gane,
  Wi' ribbons in her hair;
  The King thought mair o' Marie Hamilton …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• Binnorie

  There were twa sisters sat in a bour;
  Binnorie, O Binnorie!
  There cam a knight to be their wooer, …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

• The Bonnie House o' Airlie

  It fell on a day, and a bonnie simmer day,
  When green grew aits and barley,
  That there fell out a great dispute …

  Anonymous (1500-1599)

Page 28 of 341