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Winter Poems
A collection of poems for winter, including classics by William Shakespeare, Thomas Campion, Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson & Robert Frost, plus new poems from contemporary poets around the world.

Christmas Poems
A collection of classic Christmas poems, by Robert Herrick, Henry Vaughan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Clement Clark Moore (or Major Henry Livingston, Jr.), Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christina Rossetti, G.K. Chesterton, Sara Teasdale, Walter de la Mare, Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost & William Butler Yeats.

Poems of War and Remembrance
A collection of classic war poems, by Li Po, William Shakespeare, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Stephen Crane, Walt Whitman, Thomas Hardy, John McCrae, Carl Sandburg, Wilfrid Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, William Butler Yeats & Thomas McGrath.

Winter Poems: 'Dust of Snow' and 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost
'Dust of Snow' and 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost (1923)

Winter Poems: 'Blow, blow thou winter wind' from As You Like It by William Shakespeare
'Blow, blow thou winter wind' from As You Like It by William Shakespeare

Christmas Poems: 'In the Bleak Midwinter' (1872) by Christina Rossetti
'In the Bleak Midwinter' (1872) by Christina Rossetti

Christmas Poems: 'Christmas Trees' by Robert Frost (1920)
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Christmas Poems: 'Christmas Bells' (1864) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
'Christmas Bells' (1864) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Christmas Poems: 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' (1823) attributed to Clement Clark Moore, but probably written by Major Henry Livingston, Jr. (1808)
'A Visit from St. Nicholas' (1822) attributed to Clement Clark Moore, but probably written by Major Henry Livingston, Jr. (1808)

Winter Poems: 'There's a certain slant of light' (#258) by Emily Dickinson
'There's a certain slant of light' (#258) by Emily Dickinson

Winter Poems: 'This Winter' by Charles Mariano
'This Winter' by Charles Mariano: warm fires winter poems hand fingers countless tales wind and rain

Christmas Poems: 'The True Christmas' by Henry Vaughan (1678)
'The True Christmas' by Henry Vaughan (1678): christmas poems true christmas poor shepherds henry vaughan flowers and roses

Winter Poems: 'Now Winter Nights Enlarge' by Thomas Campion
'Now Winter Nights Enlarge' by Thomas Campion: thomas campion winter poems winter nights helvetica font body background

Winter Poems: 'Winter: A Dirge' by Robert Burns (1781)
'Winter: A Dirge' by Robert Burns (1781): winter poems leafless trees robert burns snaw helvetica font

Spring Poems
A collection of poems for spring, including classics by Tu Fu, William Shakespeare, Thomas Carew, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, D.H. Lawrence & Gerard Manley Hopkins, plus new poems from contemporary poets around the world.

Poems for Peace
An anthology of poems for peace, gathered at About Poetry during the war in Iraq, as the necessary successor to our Poems After the Attack collection of 9.11.01 poems.

Poems of War: 'War Is Kind' by Stephen Crane (1899)
'War Is Kind' by Stephen Crane (1899)

Locate the Text of a Poem
A simple step-by-step outline of how to find the text of a poem on the Net when you can only remember one line.

Villanelle
The villanelle defined, in our glossary of poetic forms.

Winter Poems: 'It Was So Cold' by Whitman McGowan
'It Was So Cold' by Whitman McGowan

Love Poems: Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850)
Sonnet 43 from Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850)

Christmas Poems: 'A Christmas Carol' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1799)
'A Christmas Carol' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1799)

Sonnet
The sonnet defined, in our glossary of poetic forms, with links to examples of classic sonnets.

Christmas Poems: 'Mistletoe' (1913) by Walter de la Mare
'Mistletoe' (1913) by Walter de la Mare: christmas poems walter de la mare green fairy last candle mistletoe

Acrostic Poem
Acrostic poem defined, in our glossary of poetic forms, with links to examples of classic acrostic poems.

Winter Poems: 'Winter Conversation' by Joyce Wakefield
'Winter Conversation' by Joyce Wakefield

Christmas Poems: 'Christmas in the Olden Time' by Sir Walter Scott (1808)
'Christmas in the Olden Time' from Marmion by Sir Walter Scott (1808)

Poems After the Attack
An anthology of poems written during the 'War on Terrorism' after the September 11, 2001 attack on America, from poets around the Net & in the About Poetry Forum.

Christmas Poems: 'The Magi' by William Butler Yeats (1916)
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Christmas Poems: 'Ceremonies for Christmas' by Robert Herrick (1648)
'Ceremonies for Christmas' by Robert Herrick (1648)

Christmas Poems: 'Twas just this time last year I died' (#445) by Emily Dickinson
'Twas just this time last year I died' (#445) by Emily Dickinson

Winter Poems: 'Reaching for White' by Lisa Shields
'Reaching for White' by Lisa Shields: winter poems crystal air spring collection dervishes morning mist

Poems for Fathers
A collection of classic poems about fatherhood, by Su Tung-p’o, Robert Greene, Ben Jonson, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Edgar A. Guest, Rudyard Kipling, Gerard Manley Hopkins & William Butler Yeats.

Love Poems: Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare (1609)
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Memorize a Poem
You memorize because you have to, the poem was written for you and you must make it your own, step-by-step you learn it by heart...

Christmas Poems: 'Christmas Carol' (1911) by Sara Teasdale
'Christmas Carol' (1911) by Sara Teasdale: sara teasdale born lambs christmas poems joyful song christmas carol

Winter Poems: 'Winter in Maine on Rte 113' & 'Silent Solstice (Winter Becomes Maine)' by Denis Dunn
'Winter in Maine on Rte 113' & 'Silent Solstice (Winter Becomes Maine)' by Denis Dunn

Winter Poems: 'North Wind' by Debbie Ouellet
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Christmas Poems: 'A Christmas Carol' (1900) by G.K. Chesterton
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Christmas Poems: 'The Oxen' (1915) by Thomas Hardy
'The Oxen' (1915) by Thomas Hardy: christmas poems meek mild creatures lonely barton strawy pen page christmas

Summer Poems
A collection of poems for summer, including an anonymous medieval lyric and classics by Thomas Nashe, Alexander Pope, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Clare, Robert Louis Stevenson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Amy Lowell & Gerard Manley Hopkins, plus new poems from contemporary poets around the world.

Poems for Mothers
A collection of classic poems about motherhood, by Anne Bradstreet, William Blake, Christina Rossetti, Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes.

HipHop, PerfPo, SpokenWd, Slam
Definitions of 'open mic,' 'poetry slam,' 'spoken word,' 'performance poetry,' 'poetry,' 'hiphop' & 'rap' from Eman, 16-year-old poet & host of two weekly open mics. 'If you’re looking for the definitions of the New Poetry from the younger generation, she’s the one to ask.'

Winter Poems: 'Blizzard' & 'Sweet and Bitter' by Barbara Reiher-Meyers
'Blizzard' & 'Sweet and Bitter' by Barbara Reiher-Meyers

Glossary of Poetic Forms
Traditional poetic forms briefly defined.

A Guide to Blake's "The Tyger"
Notes on context, form and content, commentary and quotations on William Blake's poem "The Tyger" from Songs of Experience (1794).

"The Road Not Taken" Guide
Notes on form and content, commentary and annotations on Robert Frost's beloved but "tricky" poem, "The Road Not Taken" (published in his 1920 collection, Mountain Interval).

Nursery Rhymes
A collection of classic English and American nursery rhymes – the lullabyes, counting games, riddles and rhymed fables that are children’s earliest experiences of poetry.

Edgar Allan Poe
A reference page on Edgar Allan Poe, American Romantic poet, balladeer, journalist and inventor of the modern detective story and horror tale.

Winter Poems: 'Underground Xmas' by Jackie Sheeler
'Underground Xmas' by Jackie Sheeler: jackie sheeler roman battering ram winter poems york correspondent pink pony

Sestina
The sestina defined, in our glossary of poetic forms, with links to examples of classic sestinas.

Varieties of Nursery Rhymes
Nursery rhymes come in many different shapes, sizes and types. Here’s an annotated list of some of the varieties of nursery rhymes, with linked examples.

'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman
'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass, 1900)

Halloween Poems: The Witches' Spell from Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Witches' Spell from Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1606)

Winter Poems: 'Making a Meal Out of It' by Joel Lewis
'Making a Meal Out of It' by Joel Lewis: goodwill ambassador winter poems grave digger winter dreams snowtime

Winter Poems: Untitled haiku-like poem by Todd-Earl Rhodes
Untitled haiku-like poem by Todd-Earl Rhodes: winter poems literary journals page shortcut aloneness helvetica font

'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats
'The Second Coming' by William Butler Yeats (1920)

Winter Poems: 'Cold Winter Morn in Florida' by Joseph Pacheco
'Cold Winter Morn in Florida' by Joseph Pacheco

Poem Collections for Kids
Anthologies of poems to read aloud with your children, selected by your guide.

Poems of War: 'Not to Keep' by Robert Frost (1917)
'Not to Keep' by Robert Frost (1917)

Poems of War: 'St. Crispin's Day speech,' from Henry V (1599) by William Shakespeare
'St. Crispin's Day speech,' from Henry V (1599) by William Shakespeare

Index of Poems - Alphabetical by Poet Name
Index by poet's name of the poems published at the About Poetry Web site.

Robert Frost
A reference page on Robert Frost, celebrated American poet whose work is rooted in New England farm life, combining a modernist sensibility and sense of language in traditional verse forms.

Abecedarian Poem
Abecedarian poem defined, in our glossary of poetic forms, with links to examples of poems written in abecedarian form.

'The Lamb' by William Blake
'The Lamb' by William Blake (from Songs of Innocence, 1789)

Library: Frost Poems
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by Robert Frost, in chronological order.

Autumn Poems
A collection of poems for the fall season, including classics by William Blake, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Carl Sandburg, William Butler Yeats and Robert Frost, plus new poems from contemporary poets around the world.

Winter Poems: 'Palais d'Hiver' by Justine Nicholas
'Palais d'Hiver' by Justine Nicholas

Poems of War: 'I Have a Rendezvous with Death' by Alan Seeger (1917)
'I Have a Rendezvous with Death' by Alan Seeger (1917)

Love Poems
A collection of classic love poems by Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Donne, Anne Bradstreet, Andrew Marvell, Robert Burns, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning & William Butler Yeats.

Get Started Submitting
A simple step-by-step outline to help you manage the process of submitting your poems for publication in print.

Poems of War: 'In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'' & 'The Man He Killed' by Thomas Hardy (1915)
'In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'' & 'The Man He Killed' by Thomas Hardy (1915)

Concrete Poems: 'comet' by Tree Riesener
'comet' by Tree Riesener

Love Poems: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare (1609)
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Poems of War: 'Aftermath' by Siegfried Sassoon (1919)
'Aftermath' by Siegfried Sassoon (1919): aftermath siegfried sassoon aftermath by siegfried sassoon war aftermath line trench parapets

Winter Poems: 'Shortcut Through the Storm' by Robert Savino
'Shortcut Through the Storm' by Robert Savino: snow plows winter poems flower car black flower storm clouds

Concrete Poetry/VisPo
A collection of poems in which the art is visual, and the typographical arrangement is as much a part of the poem's meaning as other more traditional poetic techniques -- including examples by Rinaldo Rasa, Alan Sondheim, Tree Riesener, and an anonymous Web poet.

Haiku
Haiku defined, in our glossary of poetic forms.

Poems for the New Year
A collection of classic poems for New Year's, by Robert Burns, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Helen Hunt Jackson, Thomas Hardy and John Clare.

Poems of War: 'Iron' (1916) & 'Grass' (1918) by Carl Sandburg
'Iron' (1916) & 'Grass' (1918) by Carl Sandburg

Poems of War: 'Nefarious War' by Li Po (c. 750)
'Nefarious War,' by Li Po (c. 750)

Poems of War: 'On Being Asked for a War Poem' by William Butler Yeats (1928)
'On Being Asked for a War Poem' by William Butler Yeats (1928)

Put Together a Manuscript
A simple step-by-step outline to help you gather your poems in manuscript form for submission to publishers or publication contests, transforming your sheaf of assorted poems into a book manuscript.

Poems for Mothers: 'To My Mother' by Edgar Allan Poe
'To My Mother' by Edgar Allan Poe (1849)

Carpe Diem Poems
A collection of classic poems on the passage of time and the human impulse to “Seize the Day,” by William Shakespeare, Thomas Jordan, Robert Herrick, Andrew Marvell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, William Ernest Henley and Robert Frost.

Poems for Spring: 'Spring' (song from Love's Labors Lost) by William Shakespeare (1598)
'Spring' (song from Love's Labors Lost) by William Shakespeare (1598)

To a Skylark by William Wordsworth
To a Skylark by William Wordsworth (1805)

Poems of War: 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfrid Owen (1917)
'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfrid Owen (1917): misty panes haunting flares dulce et decorum clumsy helmets wilfrid owen

Poetry MP3 Picks
In 2001, the About.com Poetry Guides made weekly selections of the best audio recordings of poems for your online listening pleasure.

Poems of War: 'In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae (1915)
'In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae (1915): flanders fields john mccrae sunset glow poetic forms helvetica font

Pantoum
The pantoum defined, in our glossary of poetic forms, with links to read examples of pantoums written in English.

Love Poems: 'To My Dear and Loving Husband' by Anne Bradstreet (1678)
'To My Dear and Loving Husband' by Anne Bradstreet (1678)

On Poems in Competition
Our friend Kurt Heintz has some sage advice for the poet who asked this question: 'What is the reliability of the hundreds of poetry contests being run on the Net? Is it prudent to submit manuscripts to them?'

'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost
'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost (1920)

Spring Poems: 'Spring, the Sweet Spring' from Summer's Last Will and Testament, by Thomas Nashe (1600)
'Spring, the Sweet Spring' from Summer's Last Will and Testament, by Thomas Nashe (1600)

Poems of War: 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1854)
'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1854)

Halloween Poems
A collection of classic Halloween poems, including a selection from Shakespeare's Macbeth, the traditional ballad 'Tam Lin' & poems by Lord Brooke Fulke Greville, Robert Herrick, Robert Burns, George Gordon Lord Byron, Edgar Allan Poe & Christina Rossetti.

Poets Laureate of the U.S.A.
A Net-annotated list of all the poets who have served the Library of Congress as Consultant (the old title) or Poet Laureate Consultant (the new title), linked to biographies and reference sites.

Fibonacci Poems
All you need to know about Fibonacci poems, a new math-based poetic form that is proliferating on the Internet, by Georgia Luna Smith Faust.

'Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey' by William Wordsworth
'Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey' by William Wordsworth (1798)

Ghazal
The ghazal defined, in our glossary of poetic forms, with links to read examples of ghazals written in English.

The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth
The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth (1803): solitary reaper by william wordsworth highland lass cuckoo bird william wordsworth arabian sands

Jupiter Hammon
A profile of Jupiter Hammon, actually the first African-American poet whose work was published, despite the often repeated claim that it was Phillis Wheatley, by George Wallace

Winter Poems: 'October 19, 1990' by Aldo Tambellini
'October 19, 1990' by Aldo Tambellini: winter poems january snow poplar tree tambellini street lamp

William Wordsworth
A reference page on British Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850), whose theory of poetry began the Romantic movement in English poetry at the end of the 18th century, and whose poems immortalize the sublime landscapes of his beloved Lake District.

InterBoard Poetry Competition Entries from the About Poetry Forum, 2009 Archive
Archive of the poems that represented our About Poetry Forum in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2009.

Limerick
The limerick defined, in our glossary of poetic forms.

William Butler Yeats
A reference page on mystical/historical Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), a towering figure in 20th century literature in English, master of traditional verse forms and at the same time idol of the modernist poets who followed him.

'Sestina' by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1872)
'Sestina' by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1872)

Poems of War: 'Dirge for Two Veterans' by Walt Whitman (1900)
'Dirge for Two Veterans' by Walt Whitman (1900)

InterBoard Poetry Competition Entries from the About Poetry Forum, 2008 Archive
Archive of the poems that represented our About Poetry Forum in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2008.

'An Acrostic' by Edgar Allan Poe
'An Acrostic' by Edgar Allan Poe (1829)

'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman (page 3)
'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass, 1900), page 3

The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth
“The World Is Too Much With Us” by William Wordsworth (1806)

InterBoard Poetry Competition Entries from the About Poetry Forum, 2007 Archive
Archive of the poems that represented our About Poetry Forum in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2007.

She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways by William Wordsworth
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways by William Wordsworth (1799)

The Worst Poem of All Time
We invite you to partake in what we consider the absolute freefall of the bottomless barrel, the worst poem of all time: William Topaz McGonagall’s “The Tay Bridge Disaster.”

Sylvia Plath
A reference page on Sylvia Plath, brilliant young confessional poet who committed suicide at the age of 30 amid the upheaval of her failed marriage to Ted Hughes, and became a poetic & feminist icon after her death.

InterBoard Poetry Competition Entries from the About Poetry Forum, 2006 Archive
Archive of the poems that represented our About Poetry Forum in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2006.

Poems for Mothers: 'Sonnets are full of love' by Christina Rossetti (1881)
'Sonnets are full of love' by Christina Rossetti (1881)

Poems for Mothers: 'To My Mother' by Christina Rossetti (1842)
'To My Mother' by Christina Rossetti (1842): christina rossetti great happiness sweet flowers poems for mothers helvetica font

Triolet
The triolet defined, in our glossary of poetic forms, with links to samples of poems written in the triolet form.

Pablo Neruda
A reference page on Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973), Nobel laureate, diplomat, exile & returned native son of Chile, most respected & beloved Latin American poet, often called “the people’s poet.”

Poems of War: 'Shiloh: A Requiem (April 1862)' by Herman Melville (1866)
'Shiloh: A Requiem (April 1862)' by Herman Melville (1866)

Poems for Spring: 'Lines Written in Early Spring' by William Wordsworth (1798)
'Lines Written in Early Spring' by William Wordsworth (1798)

Love Poems: Sonnet 14 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850)
Sonnet 14 from Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850)

Poems for Fathers: 'Father' by Edgar A. Guest (1909)
'Father' by Edgar A. Guest (1909)

'Among School Children' by William Butler Yeats
'Among School Children' by William Butler Yeats (1928)

Poems of War: 'Look Down, Fair Moon' & 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' by Walt Whitman (1900)
'Look Down, Fair Moon' & 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' by Walt Whitman (1900)

Poems for Spring: 'A light exists in spring' (#812) by Emily Dickinson
'A light exists in spring' (#812) by Emily Dickinson

Poems for Peace: 'A Poem for Peace in Two Voices'
Penn Kemp's contribution to the About Poetry anthology of peace poems

Poems of War: from 'Remembering That Island' by Thomas McGrath (1972)
from 'Remembering That Island' by Thomas McGrath (1972)

Concrete Poems: 'Rain Song' by Ruth Nott
'Rain Song' by Ruth Nott: concrete poems rain song helvetica font body background puddles

Poems for Peace: 'Peace Prayer'
Richard Burley's contribution to the About Poetry anthology of peace poems

Poems for Mothers: 'There was a Child went Forth' by Walt Whitman (1891)
'There was a Child went Forth' by Walt Whitman (1891)

Walt Whitman
A reference page on Walt Whitman, quintessential American poet who sang of individual freedom, democracy & the brotherhood of man in the many editions of his compendious masterpiece, Leaves of Grass.

'Alone' by Edgar Allan Poe
'Alone' by Edgar Allan Poe (1829): edgar allan poe poems by edgar allan poe lightning in the sky demon in my view stormy life

Poems for Spring: 'Spring' by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918)
'Spring' by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918): gerard manley hopkins spring by gerard manley hopkins spring poems eden garden innocent mind

'Triolet' by Robert Bridges (1876)
'Triolet' by Robert Bridges (1876): robert bridges sore distress triolet poetic forms helvetica font

InterBoard Poetry Competition Winners, 2009 Archive
Archive of the winning poems in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2009, posted at About Poetry.

Terza Rima
Terza rima defined, in our glossary of poetic forms.

American Epic Poems
We proclaimed Frank Stanford’s The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You “the great US epic of the last half of the 20th century” and were immediately accosted: “It’s the ONLY epic poem!” Wrong! we said. Here are more epics, recommended by your Poetry Guides.

InterBoard Poetry Competition Entries from the About Poetry Forum, 2005 Archive
Archive of the poems that represented our About Poetry Forum in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2005.

Poems for Spring: 'A Prayer in Spring' by Robert Frost (1915)
'A Prayer in Spring' by Robert Frost (1915): prayer in spring mud time spring poems perfect trees frost spring

Collections of Love Poems
Anthologies and single poet collections of love poetry, classic and contemporary, from ancient and modern cultures all over the world, selected by your guide.

'The Tyger' by William Blake
'The Tyger' by William Blake (from Songs of Experience, 1794)

William Blake
A reference page on William Blake, visionary poet and artist who created his own mythology, wrote epics and children's rhymes, and made illustrated books that are admired icons centuries after his death.

Poems for Peace: 'A Poem Against War'
Karen Karpowich's contribution to the About Poetry anthology of peace poems

Love Poems, Carpe Diem Poems: 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell
'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell (1681): forehead gaze coyness lady mistress by andrew marvell indian ganges shouldst rubies

Poems for Spring: Sonnet 98 by William Shakespeare (1609)
Sonnet 98 - 'From you have I been absent in the spring' by William Shakespeare (1609)