Poetry in English – The Poetry Monster

Poetry in English

Here are poems and versified texts in English, both rhymed and unrhymed. Here you’ll find specimens of elaborate baroque poetry alongside modernist blank verse. Contemporary poetry cohabits with masterpieces of the Romantic movement.

On Hermocratia (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On Flaxman’s Penelope by William Cowper by William Cowper
On Flatteries (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On Female Inconstancy (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On Envy (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On Delia (Bid Adieu, My Sad Heart) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On An Ugly Fellow (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On An Old Woman (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On An Infant (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A True Friend (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Thief (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Spaniel, Called Beau, Killing A Young Bird by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Similar Character (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Plant Of Virgin’s-Bower, Designed To Cover A Garden-seat by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Mistake In His Translation Of Homer by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Miser (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Miser, 3 (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Miser, 2 (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Mischievous Bull, Which The Owner Him Sold At The Author’s Instance by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Good Man (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Fowler, By Isidorus by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Battered Beauty (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Bath, By Plato by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 9: The Contrite Heart by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 7: Vanity of the World by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 68: Light Shining Out Of Darkness by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 67: Longing To Be With Christ by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 66: I Will Praise The Lord At All Times by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 64: Praise For Faith by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 63: Not Of Works by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 61: The Narrow Way by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 60: Abuse Of The Gospel by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 59: A Living And A Dead Faith by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 57: The New Convert by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 56: Hatred Of Sin by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 55: The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 54: Love Constraining To Obedience by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 53: My Soul Thirsteth For God by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 52: For The Poor by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 50: The Christian by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 5: Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 48: Joy And Peace In Believing by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 47: The Hidden Life by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 45: The Happy Change by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 43: Prayer For Patience by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 40: Peace After A Storm by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 4: Jehovah-Nissi: The Lord My Banner by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 39: The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death by William Cowper by William Cowper
Olney Hymn 38: Looking Upwards In A Storm by William Cowper by William Cowper