Skip to content
ReadingWillow structured literacy program for Australian students
Poetry Library

— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

…

Read full poem →

adjective

Engaged in or ready for action; characterized by energetic work, thought, or speech.

“The students were very active in class discussions, asking many thoughtful questions.”

Know more →

MAHOMET, CALI.

23 lines
Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
✦
AHOMET.Remote from tumult, in th' adjoining palace,Thy care shall guard this treasure of my soul:There let Aspasia, since my fair entreats it,With converse chase the melancholy moments.Sure, chill'd with sixty winter camps, thy blood,At sight of female charms, will glow no more. CALI.These years, unconquer'd Mahomet, demandDesires more pure, and other cares than love.Long have I wish'd, before our prophet's tomb,To pour my pray'rs for thy successful reign,To quit the tumults of the noisy camp,And sink into the silent grave in peace. MAHOMET.What! think of peace, while haughty Scanderbeg,Elate with conquest, in his native mountains,Prowls o'er the wealthy spoils of bleeding Turkey!While fair Hungaria's unexhausted valleysPour forth their legions; and the roaring DanubeRolls half his floods, unheard, through shouting camps!Nor could'st thou more support a life of slothThan Amurath--
✦