Narrative Poems

  poems that tell a story

1. Agincourt, by Michael Drayton

2. Agnes Hatot, by Henry Abbey

3. Arnold at Stillwater, by Thomas Dunn English

4. Arnold von Winkelried, by James Montgomery

5. Ave Maria, by Alfred Austin

6. Balin and Balan, by Alfred Tennyson

7. The Ballad of East and West, by Rudyard Kipling

8. The Ballad of the Oysterman, by Oliver Wendell Holmes

9. The Battle Flag at Shenandoah, by Joaquin Miller

10. The Battle of Naseby, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

11. The Battle of Otterburn, an anonymous poem

12. The Bell of Atri, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

13. Ben-Ammi and the Fairies, by John Godfrey Saxe

14. Bernardo Del Carpio, by Felicia Hemans

15. The Blind Highland Boy, by William Wordsworth

16. The Book of Hours of Sister Clotilde, by Amy Lowell

17. The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna, by Charles Wolfe

18. Cassandra, by John Hooley

19. The Charge of the Light Brigade, by Alfred Tennyson

20. The Coming of Arthur, by Alfred Tennyson

21. The Courtin', by James Russell Lowell

22. The Cremona Violin, by Amy Lowell

23. The Death of Huss, by Alfred Austin

24. The Death of Yazdagird, by Ferdowsi

25. The Defence of Lucknow, by Alfred Tennyson

26. The Defense of the Alamo, by Joaquin Miller

27. Descent, by Keith Holyoak

28. The Destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron

29. The Diverting History of John Gilpin, by William Cowper

30. The Drawbridge Keeper, by Henry Abbey

31. The Eve of St. John, by Sir Walter Scott

32. Father Pumpkin; or, Always in Luck, by John Godfrey Saxe

33. Fight, by Percy MacKaye

34. The Fisherman and the Flounder, by John Godfrey Saxe

35. The Fruit Shop, by Amy Lowell

36. Gareth and Lynette, by Alfred Tennyson

37. Geraint and Enid, by Alfred Tennyson

38. The Glove, by Robert Browning

39. The Glove and the Lions, by Leigh Hunt

40. Godiva, by Alfred Tennyson

41. God's Judgment on Hatto, by Robert Southey

42. Goody Blake and Harry Gill, by William Wordsworth

43. The Great Adventure of Max Breuck, by Amy Lowell

44. Greencastle Jenny, by Helen Gray Cone

45. Guinevere, by Alfred Tennyson

46. Harvest-Home, by Theocritus

47. Hervé Riel, by Robert Browning

48. The Holy Grail, by Alfred Tennyson

49. Horatius, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

50. How Oswald Dined with God, by Edwin Markham

51. How Púrándukht ascended the Throne and slew Pirúz, by Ferdowsi

52. How Shirwi ascended the Throne, by Ferdowsi

53. How the Chiefs demanded from Shirwi the Death of Khusrau Parwiz, by Ferdowsi

54. How the Great Guest Came, by Edwin Markham

55. How the Old Horse Won the Bet, by Oliver Wendell Holmes

56. How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, by Robert Browning

57. I am the Sphinx, by Maggie Butt

58. The Idiot Boy, by William Wordsworth

59. The Inchcape Rock, by Robert Southey

60. Incident of the French Camp, by Robert Browning

61. The Italian in England, by Robert Browning

62. Keenan's Charge, by George Parsons Lathrop

63. King Solomon and the Bees, by John Godfrey Saxe

64. King Robert of Sicily, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

65. The Lady Blanchiflore, by Clinton Scollard

66. Lady Clare, by Alfred Tennyson

67. Lancelot and Elaine, by Alfred Tennyson

68. The Last Redoubt, by Alfred Austin

69. The Last Tournament, by Alfred Tennyson

70. Lochinvar, by Sir Walter Scott

71. The Lord of Burleigh, by Alfred Tennyson

72. Lord Ullin's Daughter, by Thomas Campbell

73. Lucy Gray; or, Solitude, by William Wordsworth

74. Marco Bozzaris, by Fitz-Greene Halleck

75. The Marriage of Geraint, by Alfred Tennyson

76. Maud Muller, by John Greenleaf Whittier

77. Merlin and Vivien, by Alfred Tennyson

78. Miralda: A Tale of Cuba, by John Godfrey Saxe

79. Music in Camp, by John Randolph Thompson

80. Pan in Wall Street, by Edmund Clarence Stedman

81. The Passing of Arthur, by Alfred Tennyson

82. Paul Revere's Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

83. Paul's Wife, by Robert Frost

84. Pelleas and Ettarre, by Alfred Tennyson

85. Pickthorn Manor, by Amy Lowell

86. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning

87. Place for a Third, by Robert Frost

88. Presidio de San Francisco, 1800, by Bret Harte

89. The Prisoner of Chillon, by Lord Byron

90. Pygmalion, by John Hooley

91. The Rape of Lucrece, by William Shakespeare

92. The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe

93. The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet, by Alfred Tennyson

94. Rizpah, by Alfred Tennyson

95. Robin Hood and Little John, an anonymous poem

96. Robin Hood and Maid Marian, an anonymous poem

97. Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow, an anonymous poem

98. Robin Hood's Death and Burial, an anonymous poem

99. Saturn, by Clark Ashton Smith

100. The Shadow, by Amy Lowell

101. The Singing Leaves, by James Russell Lowell

102. The Song of the Camp, by Bayard Taylor

103. The Statue, by Henry Abbey

104. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, by Amy Lowell

105. A Tale of Starvation, by Amy Lowell

106. Tam o' Shanter, by Robert Burns

107. Theseus, by Bacchylides

108. Ulalume, by Edgar Allan Poe

109. Vaudracour and Julia, by William Wordsworth

110. Vive la France!, by Charlotte Holmes Crawford

111. The Waggoner, by William Wordsworth

112. The Witch's Daughter, by John Greenleaf Whittier

113. A Woman's Apology, by Alfred Austin

114. The Wreck of the Hesperus, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

115. The Yarn of the Nancy Bell, by W. S. Gilbert

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