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.

Denner’s Old Woman by William Cowper by William Cowper
On The Death Of The Vice-Chancellor, A Physician (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper by William Cowper
Catharina : The Second Part. On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. by William Cowper by William Cowper
By Philemon by William Cowper by William Cowper
By Moschus by William Cowper by William Cowper
By Heraclides by William Cowper by William Cowper
By Callimachus by William Cowper by William Cowper
On the Burning of Lord Mansfield’s Library by William Cowper by William Cowper
Boadicea. An Ode by William Cowper by William Cowper
Aspirations Of The Soul After God by William Cowper by William Cowper
Apology to Delia by William Cowper by William Cowper
Anti-Thelyphthora. A Tale In Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper
Answer To Stanzas Addressed To Lady Hesketh By Miss Catharine Fanshawe, In Returning A Poem by William Cowper by William Cowper
Annus Memorabilis : Written in Commemoration of His Majesty’s Happy Recovery by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Ode, On Reading Mr. Richardson’s History Of Sir Charles Grandison by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Epitaph by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Epitaph (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Epitaph 4 (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Epitaph 3 (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Epitaph 2 (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Epistle To Robert Lloyd, Esq. by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq. by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Epigram From Homer by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Enigma by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Attempt At The Manner Of Waller by William Cowper by William Cowper
An Apology For Not Showing Her What I Had Wrote by William Cowper by William Cowper
Addressed To Miss Macartney, Afterwards Mrs. Greville, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference by William Cowper by William Cowper
Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 5. by William Cowper by William Cowper
Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 4. by William Cowper by William Cowper
Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 3. by William Cowper by William Cowper
Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 2. by William Cowper by William Cowper
Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 1. by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Tale. June 1793 by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January, 1779 by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Song : The Sparkling Eye by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Song : On The Green Margin by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Riddle by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Manual, More Ancient Than The Art Of Printing, And Not To Be Found In Any Catalogue by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Figurative Description Of The Procedure Of Divine Love by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Fable by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Comparison by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady by William Cowper by William Cowper
A Child Of God Longing To See Him Beloved by William Cowper by William Cowper
William Ellery Leonard – William Ellery Leonard by William Ellery Leonard
Wayside Flowers by William Allingham by William Allingham
These Little Songs by William Allingham by William Allingham
The Touchstone by William Allingham by William Allingham
The Little Dell by William Allingham by William Allingham
The Fairies by William Allingham by William Allingham