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| Searching... Subject: PIRATES Matches Found: 50 A DUTCH PICTURE, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Simon danz has come home again Last Line: And sell him in algiers. Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers BALLAD OF TWO SEAS, by GEORGE STERLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wherefore, thy woe these many years Last Line: "I trust to know her grace." Subject(s): Death; Hermits; Love - Loss Of; Man-woman Relationships; Pirates; Regret; Sea; Sin; Dead, The; Male-female Relations; Piracy; Buccaneers; Ocean BLOUDIE JACKE OF SHREWSBERRIE; THE SHROPSHIRE BLUEBEARD, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Why doth thine eye gleam so bright, bloudie jacke? Last Line: And lose -- more than a shewsberrie cake!! Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas Subject(s): Discretion; Escapes; Pirates; Murder; Fugitives; Piracy; Buccaneers BLUEBEARD, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I am sending back the key Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers BLUEBEARD'S CLOSET, by ROSE TERRY COOKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fasten the chamber! Last Line: The chamber is there! Variant Title(s): Blue Beard's Closet Subject(s): Murder; Pirates; Silence; Piracy; Buccaneers BUCCANEERS, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bold bad pirates on a bold bad craft Last Line: Is just three kids on a makeshift raft. Subject(s): Pirates; Ships & Shipping; Treasures; Piracy; Buccaneers CANCION OF THE PIRATE, by JOSE DE ESPRONCEDA Poem Source First Line: The breeze fair aft, all sails on high Last Line: My country is the sea Subject(s): Freedom; Pirates; Sailors And Sailing; Ships And Shipping CAPTAIN BING, by LYMAN FRANK BAUM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Captain bing was a pirate king Last Line: It took him unawares! Alternate Author Name(s): Baum, L. Frank Subject(s): Disasters; Pirates; Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Shipwrecks; Treasures; Piracy; Buccaneers; Seamen; Sails; Ocean CAPTAIN DEATH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The muse and the hero together are fired Last Line: I ne'er saw rhw fellow of brave captain death Subject(s): Navy - Great Britain;pirates; English Navy;piracy;buccaneers CAPTAIN STRATTON'S FANCY, by JOHN MASEFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, some are fond of red wine, and some are fond of white Last Line: Like an old bold mate of henry morgan. Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Pirates; Wine; Piracy; Buccaneers CAPTAIN WARD AND THE RAINBOW (1), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Come all you jolly sailors bold Subject(s): Pirates CAPTAIN WARD AND THE RAINBOW (2), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "strike up, you lusty gallants, with music and sound of drum" Last Line: Which would a gone into the seas and brought proud ward to me Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy;buccaneers CHILD HEART, by GRACE STONE COATES Poem Text First Line: Out of loneliness she fashioned beauty Last Line: "she cried: ""your highness!"" and knelt unafraid." Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers HOW WE BURNED THE 'PHILADELPHIA', by BARRETT EASTMAN Poem Text First Line: By the beard of the prophet the bashaw swore Last Line: And troubled his soul no more. Subject(s): Courage; Decatur, Stephen (1779-1820); Navy - United States; Patriotism; Philadelphia (ship); Pirates; Tripoli; Valor; Bravery; American Navy; Piracy; Buccaneers I HAVE NOT KNOWN, by BEULA CHAMBERLAIN Poem Text First Line: I have not known this thing you call the sea Last Line: I should feel wonder ebb away from me. Subject(s): Ghosts; Pirates; Sea Gulls; Ships & Shipping; Storms; Supernatural; Water; Piracy; Buccaneers MARITIME ODE, SELS., by FERNANDO ANTONIO NOGUEIRA PESSOA Poem Source First Line: Ah, pirates, pirates, pirates! Last Line: O my masters, o my masters! Subject(s): Pirates; Sea MARITONE, OR THE PIRATE OF MEXICO, by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON Poem Text First Line: On barritaria's brow the watch-fires glow Last Line: And with'ring . . . Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers MORGAN, by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, what a set of vagabundos Last Line: Welcomed morgan the buccaneer! Subject(s): Morgan, Sir Henry (1635-1688); Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers OLD PIRATE IN THESE WATERS, by ALI PUSKULLUOGLU Poem Source First Line: I am too old to burn ships, even if I am a pirate don't mind me Last Line: And they rub their freckled faces, their wet noses, their mouths Subject(s): Old Age; Pirates ON THE DEATH OF LIEUT. WILLIAM HOWARD ALLEN, by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He hath been mourned as brave men mourn the brave Last Line: It was a mother's -- and is broken now. Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker Subject(s): Death; Grief; Navy - United States; Pirates; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; American Navy; Piracy; Buccaneers PIRATE STORY, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing Last Line: The wicket is the harbour and the garden is the shore. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): A Child's Garden Of Verses: 7 Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers PIRATE TREASURE, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, captain kidd was a pirate bold Last Line: And a lot of sardine cans. Subject(s): Pirates; Sea; Piracy; Buccaneers; Ocean PIRATE TREASURE, by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A lady loved a swaggering rover Last Line: "hey! Jolly roger, o!" Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers PIRATE'S CAVE, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Under the table when dinner's through Last Line: And mother she gets the crew! Subject(s): Children; Imagination; Pirates; Play; Childhood; Fancy; Piracy; Buccaneers PIRATE'S SONG, by JOSE DE ESPRONCEDA Poem Source First Line: With cannon ten on port and starboard Last Line: My law, brute force and a hearty wind %my land, the open se a Subject(s): Pirates; Ships And Shipping; Sleep PIRATE'S SONG OFF THE TIGER ISLAND, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Our prize is won, our chase is o'er Last Line: Our first health shall be to him Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Pirates PIRATES, by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pirates, after all, were usually Last Line: At twenty-one or so! Alternate Author Name(s): Beston, Henry, Mrs. Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers PIRATES, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I'm agitated when I read of pirates Subject(s): Pirates; Youth; Piracy; Buccaneers PIRATES, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I'm agitated when I read of pirates Last Line: Insatiable they be, and everywhere Subject(s): Pirates; Youth PIRATES, by ALFRED NOYES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come to me, you with the laughing face, in the night as I lie Last Line: Come, old friend, come from your grave and let us be playmates again. Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers PIRATES AND ST. FRANCIS, by TOMAZ SALAMUN Poem Source First Line: Pirates, st. Francis, it's time Last Line: The movements of animals lull us to sleep Subject(s): Pirates; Ships And Shipping PIRATES' FIGHT, by JOSEPH SCHULL Poem Source First Line: The breeze was crispand the sea lay blue Subject(s): Pirates PRIVATEERING AND PIRATEERING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Come all ye noble warriors Last Line: And not like foolish children, %try each other's heads to break Subject(s): Navy - United States; Pirates; Privateers; War Of 1812 REUBEN JAMES, by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Three ships of war had preble when he left the naples shore Last Line: For god never ranks his sailors by the register of earth! Subject(s): Decatur, Stephen (1779-1820); James, Reuben; Navy - United States; Pirates; Sailing & Sailors; Tripoli; American Navy; Piracy; Buccaneers; Seamen; Sails SIR ANDREW BARTON (1), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When flora with her fragrant flowers Subject(s): Pirates; Sea SIR ANDREW BARTON (2), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As it befell in midsummer time Last Line: To bring them to my brother king iamye Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy;buccaneers STERRET'S SEA FIGHT (AUGUST 1, 1801), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Stand to your guns, my hearts of oak Last Line: To columbia's flag she strikes Subject(s): Navy - United States; Pirates; Sea Battles; Sterrett, Andrew THE BALLAD OF BAZILE BORGNE, by IDA COLE BARTLATT Poem Text First Line: Always the river called to him Last Line: Arms unseen now cling to him! Subject(s): Boats; Pirates; Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Piracy; Buccaneers; Seamen; Sails; Ocean THE BALLAD OF JEAN LAFITTE, by LOIA C. CHEANEY Poem Text First Line: I'll sing the ballad of jean lafitte Last Line: "lies all my treasure alone." Subject(s): Lafitte, John (1780-1826); Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers THE BUCCANEERS, by RICHARD HOVEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, not for us the easy mirth Last Line: The fearful joy of fate. Subject(s): Pirates; Sea; Piracy; Buccaneers; Ocean THE DOWNFALL OF PIRACY, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Poem Text First Line: Will you hear of a bloody battle Last Line: They'd applause from young and old. Subject(s): Pirates; Teach, Edward ('blackbeard') (d. 1718); Piracy; Buccaneers THE FLYING CLOUD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "my name is henry hollinder [or, edward hollander], as you may understand" Last Line: But die a sad and scornful death down in this foreign land Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy;buccaneers THE LAST BUCCANEER, by CHARLES KINGSLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, england is a pleasant place for them that's rich and high Last Line: To the pleasant isle of aves, to look at it once again. Variant Title(s): The Old Buccaneer;the Pleasant Isle Of Aves Subject(s): England; Pirates; English; Piracy; Buccaneers THE PIRATE'S SPUKE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Leave the dull present, to seek awhile Last Line: And the force of an iron will. Subject(s): Devil; New York City - Dutch Period; Pirates; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Piracy; Buccaneers THE PIRATEER, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: The lightning flashed and thunder crashed Last Line: Lay still in a secret sea. Subject(s): Pirates; Seashore; Ships & Shipping; Piracy; Buccaneers; Beach; Coast; Shore THE POST CAPTAIN, by CHARLES EDWARD CARRYL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When they heard the captain humming and beheld the Last Line: But there isn't any music save a little german band. Subject(s): Pirates; Sailing & Sailors; Piracy; Buccaneers; Seamen; Sails THE RHYME OF THE THREE CAPTAINS, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: ... At the close of a winter day Last Line: "trade is fair!" Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers THE SACK OF BALTIMORE, by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The summer sun is falling softly on carbery's hundred isles Last Line: More. Subject(s): Baltimore, Ireland; Kidnapping; Pirates; Tragedy; Piracy; Buccaneers THE TARRY BUCCANEER, by JOHN MASEFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'm going to be a pirate with a bright brass pivot-gun Last Line: Neer. Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward Subject(s): Pirates; Piracy; Buccaneers THE WEDDING DAY; OR, THE BUCCANEER'S CURSE; A FAMILY LEGEND, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It has a jocund sound Last Line: With 'drink there! -- we'll have henceforth no more cakes and ale!!' Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas Subject(s): Curses; Marriage; Pirates; Ghosts; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Piracy; Buccaneers |
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