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.

Ballade Made In The Hot Weather by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
Back-View by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
Attadale, West Highlands by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
Arabian Night’s Entertainments by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
Apparition by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
Anterotics by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
Andante Con Moto by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
Allegro Maestoso by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
After by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
A Wink From Hesper by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
A Desolate Shore by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
A Child by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
A Bowl Of Roses by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
The Swamp Fox by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
The Lost Pleiad by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
The Decay Of A People by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
The Bard by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
The Angel Of The Church by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
Sumter In Ruins by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
Song In March by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
William Gilmore Simms – William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
Ode–Shell The Old City! Shell! by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
Morris Island by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
Hast Thou A Song For A Flower by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
Flight To Nature by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
Blessings On Children by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
Hymn To Woden by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Hope, An Allegorical Sketch by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Epitaph On H. Walmsley, Esq., by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Elegy Written At Hotwells, Bristol by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Distant View Of England From The Sea by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Death Of Captain Cooke, by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Battle Of Corruna by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Avenue In Savernake Forest by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
At Tynemouth Priory by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
At Oxford by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
At Malvern by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
At Dover by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Approach Of Summer by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Abba Thule’s Lament For His Son Prince Le Boo by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
A Rustic Seat Near The Sea by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
A Garden-Seat At Home by William Lisle Bowles by William Lisle Bowles
Where fair Sabrina’s wand’ring currents flow by William Somervile by William Somerville
To the Right Hon. The Earl of Halifax , with the Fable of the Two Springs by William Somervile by William Somerville
To the Right Hon. Lady Anne Coventry by William Somervile by William Somerville
To the Duke of Marlborough, upon His Removal From All His Places by William Somervile by William Somerville
To the Author of the The Essay on Man by William Somervile by William Somerville
To Dr. MReading Mathmatics by William Somervile by William Somerville
To a Young Lady, with the Illiad of Homer Translated by William Somervile by William Somerville
To a Lady, Who Made Me a Present of a Silver Pen by William Somervile by William Somerville