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 Ballad of the True Sportsman, by Arthur Guiterman

10. The Battle Flag at Shenandoah, by Joaquin Miller

11. The Battle of Naseby, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

12. The Battle of Otterburn, an anonymous poem

13. The Bell of Atri, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

15. Bernardo Del Carpio, by Felicia Hemans

16. The Blind Highland Boy, by William Wordsworth

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

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

19. Cassandra, by John Hooley

20. The Cavern by the Sea, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

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

22. The Cold-Woman, by Arthur Guiterman

23. The Coming of Arthur, by Alfred Tennyson

24. The Courtin', by James Russell Lowell

25. The Cremona Violin, by Amy Lowell

26. The Death of Huss, by Alfred Austin

27. The Death of Yazdagird, by Ferdowsi

28. The Defence of Lucknow, by Alfred Tennyson

29. The Defense of the Alamo, by Joaquin Miller

30. Descent, by Keith Holyoak

31. The Destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron

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

33. The Drawbridge Keeper, by Henry Abbey

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

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

36. Fight, by Percy MacKaye

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

38. The Fruit Shop, by Amy Lowell

39. Gareth and Lynette, by Alfred Tennyson

40. Geraint and Enid, by Alfred Tennyson

41. The Glove, by Robert Browning

42. The Glove and the Lions, by Leigh Hunt

43. Godiva, by Alfred Tennyson

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

45. Goody Blake and Harry Gill, by William Wordsworth

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

47. Greencastle Jenny, by Helen Gray Cone

48. Guinevere, by Alfred Tennyson

49. Harvest-Home, by Theocritus

50. Hervé Riel, by Robert Browning

51. The Holy Grail, by Alfred Tennyson

52. Horatius, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

53. How Oswald Dined with God, by Edwin Markham

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

55. How Shirwi ascended the Throne, by Ferdowsi

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

57. How the Great Guest Came, by Edwin Markham

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

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

60. I am the Sphinx, by Maggie Butt

61. The Idiot Boy, by William Wordsworth

62. The Inchcape Rock, by Robert Southey

63. Incident of the French Camp, by Robert Browning

64. The Italian in England, by Robert Browning

65. Keenan's Charge, by George Parsons Lathrop

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

67. King Robert of Sicily, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

68. The Lady Blanchiflore, by Clinton Scollard

69. Lady Clare, by Alfred Tennyson

70. Lancelot and Elaine, by Alfred Tennyson

71. The Last Redoubt, by Alfred Austin

72. The Last Tournament, by Alfred Tennyson

73. Lochinvar, by Sir Walter Scott

74. The Lord of Burleigh, by Alfred Tennyson

75. Lord Ullin's Daughter, by Thomas Campbell

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

77. Marco Bozzaris, by Fitz-Greene Halleck

78. The Marriage of Geraint, by Alfred Tennyson

79. Maud Muller, by John Greenleaf Whittier

80. Merlin and Vivien, by Alfred Tennyson

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

82. Music in Camp, by John Randolph Thompson

83. Pan in Wall Street, by Edmund Clarence Stedman

84. The Passing of Arthur, by Alfred Tennyson

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

86. Paul's Wife, by Robert Frost

87. Pelleas and Ettarre, by Alfred Tennyson

88. Pickthorn Manor, by Amy Lowell

89. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning

90. Place for a Third, by Robert Frost

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

92. The Prisoner of Chillon, by Lord Byron

93. Pygmalion, by John Hooley

94. The Rape of Lucrece, by William Shakespeare

95. The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe

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

97. Rizpah, by Alfred Tennyson

98. Robin Hood and Little John, an anonymous poem

99. Robin Hood and Maid Marian, an anonymous poem

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

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

102. Saturn, by Clark Ashton Smith

103. The Shadow, by Amy Lowell

104. The Singing Leaves, by James Russell Lowell

105. The Song of the Camp, by Bayard Taylor

106. The Statue, by Henry Abbey

107. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, by Amy Lowell

108. A Tale of Starvation, by Amy Lowell

109. Tam o' Shanter, by Robert Burns

110. Theseus, by Bacchylides

111. Two Deaths in the Bronx, by Donald Evans

112. Ulalume, by Edgar Allan Poe

113. Vaudracour and Julia, by William Wordsworth

114. Vive la France!, by Charlotte Holmes Crawford

115. The Waggoner, by William Wordsworth

116. The Way of Love, by Joyce Kilmer

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

118. A Woman's Apology, by Alfred Austin

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

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

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