Form
Lyric Poems
A short poem in one voice, expressing a personal thought or feeling rather than telling a story.
68 poems
A Bird Came Down the WalkA bird came down the walk:
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
A BirthdayMy heart is like a singing bird
Christina Rossetti
Lyric
A Dream within a DreamTake this kiss upon the brow!
Edgar Allan Poe
Lyric
A Late WalkWhen I go up through the mowing field,
Robert Frost
Lyric
A Psalm of LifeTell me not, in mournful numbers,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Lyric
After Apple-PickingMy long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree
Robert Frost
Lyric
After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling ComesAfter great pain a formal feeling comes—
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
Because I Could Not Stop for DeathBecause I could not stop for Death,
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
Christmas Bells (I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day)I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Lyric
Crossing the BarSunset and evening star,
Alfred Tennyson
Lyric
Daffodils (I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud)I wandered lonely as a cloud
William Wordsworth
Lyric
Fire and IceSome say the world will end in fire,
Robert Frost
Lyric
Ghost HouseI dwell in a lonely house I know
Robert Frost
Lyric
Going for WaterThe well was dry beside the door,
Robert Frost
Lyric
Hope Is the Thing with FeathersHope is the thing with feathers
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
I Am Not YoursI am not yours, not lost in you,
Sara Teasdale
Lyric
I Dwell in PossibilityI dwell in Possibility
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
I heard a Fly buzz – when I died –I heard a fly buzz when I died;
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
In the Bleak MidwinterIn the bleak mid-winter
Christina Rossetti
Lyric
Into My OwnOne of my wishes is that those dark trees,
Robert Frost
Lyric
InvictusOut of the night that covers me,
Lyric
I’m Nobody! Who Are You?I’m nobody! Who are you?
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
Lines Written in Early SpringI heard a thousand blended notes,
William Wordsworth
Lyric
Love Came Down at ChristmasLove came down at Christmas,
Christina Rossetti
Lyric
Loveliest of TreesLoveliest of trees, the cherry now
A. E. Housman
Lyric
Love’s PhilosophyThe fountains mingle with the river,
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Lyric
My November GuestMy Sorrow, when she’s here with me,
Robert Frost
Lyric
Neutral TonesWe stood by a pond that winter day,
Thomas Hardy
Lyric
Nothing Gold Can StayNature’s first green is gold,
Robert Frost
Lyric
On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year’T is time this heart should be unmoved,
Lord Byron
Lyric
ReluctanceOut through the fields and the woods
Robert Frost
Lyric
RevelationWe make ourselves a place apart
Robert Frost
Lyric
Ring Out, Wild BellsRing out wild bells to the wild sky,
Alfred Tennyson
Lyric
She Walks in BeautyShe walks in Beauty, like the night
Lord Byron
Lyric
So, We’ll Go No More a RovingSo we’ll go no more a-roving
Lord Byron
Lyric
Song (When I Am Dead, My Dearest)When I am dead, my dearest,
Christina Rossetti
Lyric
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningWhose woods these are I think I know.
Robert Frost
Lyric
SympathyI know what the caged bird feels, alas!
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Lyric
Tears, Idle Tears‘‘Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Alfred Tennyson
Lyric
Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
The Burning BabeAs I in hoary winter’s night
Lyric
The EagleHe clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Alfred Tennyson
Lyric
The FleaMark but this flea, and mark in this,
John Donne
Lyric
The Good-MorrowI wonder, by my troth, what thou and I
John Donne
Lyric
The KissI hoped that he would love me,
Sara Teasdale
Lyric
The LambLittle Lamb, who made thee
William Blake
Lyric
The LookStrephon kissed me in the spring,
Sara Teasdale
Lyric
The MagiNow as at all times I can see in the mind's eye,
W. B. Yeats
Lyric
The OxenChristmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.
Thomas Hardy
Lyric
The PastureI'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
Robert Frost
Lyric
The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,
Robert Frost
Lyric
The Solitary ReaperBehold her, single in the field,
William Wordsworth
Lyric
The Soul Selects Her Own SocietyThe soul selects her own society,
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
The Sound of the TreesI wonder about the trees.
Robert Frost
Lyric
The TygerTyger! Tyger! burning bright
William Blake
Lyric
The Vantage PointIf tired of trees I seek again mankind,
Robert Frost
Lyric
The White Man’s BurdenTake up the White Man’s burden—
Rudyard Kipling
Lyric
There Will Come Soft RainsThere will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
Sara Teasdale
Lyric
There’s a Certain Slant of LightThere’s a certain slant of light,
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
To His Coy MistressHad we but world enough, and time,
Lyric
To the Virgins, to Make Much of TimeGather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Robert Herrick
Lyric
Up-HillDoes the road wind up-hill all the way?
Christina Rossetti
Lyric
When I Was One-and-TwentyWhen I was one-and-twenty
A. E. Housman
Lyric
When We Two PartedWhen we two parted
Lord Byron
Lyric
When You Are OldWhen you are old and grey and full of sleep,
W. B. Yeats
Lyric
Wild Nights – Wild Nights!Wild nights! Wild nights!
Emily Dickinson
Lyric
With Rue My Heart Is LadenWith rue my heart is laden
A. E. Housman
Elegy
Wynken, Blynken, and NodWynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Lyric
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Teasdale