Read full poem →JAMES JEFFERY Rocue, journalist and poet, author
of The Life of John Boyle O' Reilly, Ballads of Blue Wa-
cers, etc.
Dictionary Entry
A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
In a Sentence
“The poet composed a ballad praising the heroic exploits of the fallen commander.”
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Common Phrases
. balladsballads lyricalballads popularballads oldballads english
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Poetry examples for “ballads”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Witt Cariteton, famous as the author of Farm
Ballads, was born in 1845. Over the Ilills to the Poor
House, Betsy and I are Out, and Gone with a Handsomer
Read full poem →Scollard, Clinton: Ballads of American Bravery. A collection of patriotic
verse which may be supplemented by
Read full poem →Ye are better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said;
Read full poem →Ye who love a nation's legends,
Love the ballads of a people,
That like voices from afar off
Read full poem →Ye who love a nation's legends
Love the ballads of a people, 80
That like voices from afar off
Read full poem →Till een the breeze would knock me down,
The bees seemed singing ballads oer,
The fly's bass turned a lion's roar;
Read full poem →As pastoral minstrels in her merry train
Pipe rustic ballads upon busy wings
And glad the cotters' quiet toils again.
Read full poem →had its day, such as Blake's _Songs of Innocence_, the _Lyrical
Ballads_, or Fitzgerald's _Omar Khayyam_, may come, in due time, to be
recognized at its full worth; but it is a harder matter for a poem which