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English Poems

Under the Greenwood Tree

William Shakespeare

Under the Greenwood Tree by William Shakespeare Under the greenwood treeWho loves to lie with me,And turn his merry noteUnto the sweet bird’s throat,Come hither, come hither, come hither:Here shall he seeNo enemyBut w…

Venus and Adonis

William Shakespeare

‘Vilia miretur vulgus; mihi flavus ApolloPocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.’ TO THERIGHT HONORABLE HENRY WRIOTHESLY,EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON, AND BARON OF TICHFIELD.RIGHT HONORABLE, I KNOW not how I shall offend in dedi…

When I Die

Jalaluddin Rumi

When I diewhen my coffinis being taken outyou must never thinki am missing this world don’t shed any tearsdon’t lament orfeel sorryi’m not fallinginto a monster’s abyss when you seemy corpse is being carrieddon’t cry …

When I Have Fears

John Keats

When I have fears that I may cease to beBefore my pen has glean’d my teeming brain,Before high-piled books, in charactery,Hold like rich garners the full ripen’d grain;When I behold, upon the night’s starr’d face,Huge…