Narrative Poems

  poems that tell a story

1. Agincourt, by Michael Drayton

2. Arnold at Stillwater, by Thomas Dunn English

3. Arnold von Winkelried, by James Montgomery

4. Ave Maria, by Alfred Austin

5. Balin and Balan, by Alfred Tennyson

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

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

8. The Battle Flag at Shenandoah, by Joaquin Miller

9. The Battle of Naseby, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

10. The Battle of Otterburn, an anonymous poem

11. The Bell of Atri, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

12. Bernardo Del Carpio, by Felicia Hemans

13. The Blind Highland Boy, by William Wordsworth

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

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

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

17. The Coming of Arthur, by Alfred Tennyson

18. The Courtin', by James Russell Lowell

19. The Cremona Violin, by Amy Lowell

20. The Death of Huss, by Alfred Austin

21. The Death of Yazdagird, by Ferdowsi

22. The Defence of Lucknow, by Alfred Tennyson

23. The Defense of the Alamo, by Joaquin Miller

24. Descent, by Keith Holyoak

25. The Destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron

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

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

28. Fight, by Percy MacKaye

29. The Fruit Shop, by Amy Lowell

30. Gareth and Lynette, by Alfred Tennyson

31. Geraint and Enid, by Alfred Tennyson

32. The Glove, by Robert Browning

33. The Glove and the Lions, by Leigh Hunt

34. Godiva, by Alfred Tennyson

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

36. Goody Blake and Harry Gill, by William Wordsworth

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

38. Greencastle Jenny, by Helen Gray Cone

39. Guinevere, by Alfred Tennyson

40. Harvest-Home, by Theocritus

41. Hervé Riel, by Robert Browning

42. The Holy Grail, by Alfred Tennyson

43. Horatius, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

44. How Oswald Dined with God, by Edwin Markham

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

46. How Shirwi ascended the Throne, by Ferdowsi

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

48. How the Great Guest Came, by Edwin Markham

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

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

51. I am the Sphinx, by Maggie Butt

52. The Idiot Boy, by William Wordsworth

53. The Inchcape Rock, by Robert Southey

54. Incident of the French Camp, by Robert Browning

55. The Italian in England, by Robert Browning

56. Keenan's Charge, by George Parsons Lathrop

57. King Robert of Sicily, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

58. Lady Clare, by Alfred Tennyson

59. Lancelot and Elaine, by Alfred Tennyson

60. The Last Redoubt, by Alfred Austin

61. The Last Tournament, by Alfred Tennyson

62. Lochinvar, by Sir Walter Scott

63. The Lord of Burleigh, by Alfred Tennyson

64. Lord Ullin's Daughter, by Thomas Campbell

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

66. Marco Bozzaris, by Fitz-Greene Halleck

67. The Marriage of Geraint, by Alfred Tennyson

68. Maud Muller, by John Greenleaf Whittier

69. Merlin and Vivien, by Alfred Tennyson

70. Music in Camp, by John Randolph Thompson

71. Pan in Wall Street, by Edmund Clarence Stedman

72. The Passing of Arthur, by Alfred Tennyson

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

74. Paul's Wife, by Robert Frost

75. Pelleas and Ettarre, by Alfred Tennyson

76. Pickthorn Manor, by Amy Lowell

77. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning

78. Place for a Third, by Robert Frost

79. The Prisoner of Chillon, by Lord Byron

80. The Rape of Lucrece, by William Shakespeare

81. The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe

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

83. Rizpah, by Alfred Tennyson

84. Robin Hood and Little John, an anonymous poem

85. Robin Hood and Maid Marian, an anonymous poem

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

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

88. Saturn, by Clark Ashton Smith

89. The Shadow, by Amy Lowell

90. The Singing Leaves, by James Russell Lowell

91. The Song of the Camp, by Bayard Taylor

92. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, by Amy Lowell

93. A Tale of Starvation, by Amy Lowell

94. Tam o' Shanter, by Robert Burns

95. Theseus, by Bacchylides

96. Ulalume, by Edgar Allan Poe

97. Vaudracour and Julia, by William Wordsworth

98. Vive la France!, by Charlotte Holmes Crawford

99. The Waggoner, by William Wordsworth

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

101. A Woman's Apology, by Alfred Austin

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

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

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