Poem Lake | Page 2 | The Greatest Poems of All Time

Largess (Botta) Go forth in life, O friend, not seeking love; A mendicant that with imploring eye And outstretched hand asks of the passers-by The alms his strong necessities may move. ... Poet:	Lines (Botta) Sing me that song again, That wild, impassioned lay; The tumult of my throbbing brain Thy voice shall charm away. Pour that harmonious flood ... Poet:	Ode (Botta) Our patriot sires are gone, The conqueror Death lays low Those veterans one by one, Who braved each other foe; -- Though on them rests death's sable pall, ... Poet:	On a Picture (Botta 01) When Summer o'er her native hills A veil of beauty spread, She sat and watched her gentle fold, And twined her flaxen thread. The mountain daisies kissed her feet,... Poet:
On a Picture (Botta 02) Why bends she o'er that glittering toy With such an earnest gaze, As if those flashing jewels cast Love glances in their rays? By that high, thought-enthronéd brow—... Poet:	Poems (Botta) Poet:	Poems (Botta)/Evening hymn On the swift flying hours Another bright day, With its tears and its smiles, Has vanished away. Thou who dost number Our days as they flee, ... Poet:	Requiem (Botta) To what bright world afar didst thou belong, Thou whose pure soul seemed not of mortal birth? From what fair clime of flowers and love and song, Cam'st thou, a star beam to our shadowed earth? ... Poet:
Science (Botta) Darkness sat brooding o'er the infant world, That in chaotic gloom and silence lay, Till from the throne of Light the sun was hurled; Then that eternal night was changed to day, ... Poet:	Sonnet (Botta) Oh! in that better land to which I go, Say, shall I know thee as I know thee here; And will thy presence dim that glorious sphere, As it hath darkened all the earth below? Oh! will... Poet: