Love Poems – Page 4062

Army Correspondent’s Last Ride

Five Forks, April 1, 1865
HO! pony. Down the lonely road
Strike now your cheeriest pace! …

George Alfred Townsend English
“The men behind the guns”

[The Spanish-American War, 1898]
A CHEER and salute for the Admiral, and here ’s to the Captain bold,
And never forget the Commodore’s debt when the deeds of might are told! …

John Jerome Rooney English
The Bivouac of the Dead

[Dedication of a monument to Kentucky volunteers, killed at Buena Vista, Mexico]
THE MUFFLED drum’s sad roll has beat
The soldier’s last tattoo; …

Theodore O'Hara English
“How sleep the brave”

How sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their country’s wishes blest!
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, …

William Collins English
The Twa Corbies

As I was walking all alane,
I heard two corbies making a mane;
The tane unto the t’other say, …

Anonymous English
The Second Mate

“ho, there! Fisherman, hold your hand!
Tell me, what is that far away,—
There, where over the isle of sand …

Fitz-James O'Brien English
Woman

When Eve brought woe to all mankind
Old Adam called her wo-man;
But when she wooed with love so kind, …

Anonymous English
“Love not”

Love not, love not, ye hapless sons of clay!
Hope’s gayest wreaths are made of earthly flowers,—
Things that are made to fade and fall away …

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah English
Fair Ines

O Saw ye not fair Ines? she ’s gone into the west,
To dazzle when the sun is down, and rob the world of rest;
She took our daylight with her, the smiles that we love best, …

Thomas Hood English
The Banks o’ Doon

Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
How can ye chant, ye little birds, …

Robert Burns English