re: Top poems of all time? Is there a list on here?

That takes in a lot of territory and subjective opinions. Here’s a few that came to mind.

Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard-Thomas Gray

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The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave
Awaits alike th' inevitable hour:—
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

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Anthem For Doomed Youth-Wilfred Owen

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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons.

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Dulce et Decorum Est-Wilfred Owen

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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags,
we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep.
Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod.
All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

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She Was a Phantom of Delight-William Wordsworth

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I saw her upon nearer view,
A Spirit, yet a Woman too!
Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty;
A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet;
A Creature not too bright or good
For human nature's daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.

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The Expiration-John Donne

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So, so breake off this last lamenting kisse, Which sucks two soules, and vapours Both away,

Turne thou ghost that way, and let mee turne this, And let our selves benight our happiest day,

We ask’d none leave to love; nor will we owe Any, so cheape a death, as saying, Goe;

Goe; and if that word have not quite kil’d thee, Ease mee with death, by bidding mee goe too.

Oh, if it have, let my word worke on mee, And a just office on a murderer doe.

Except it be too late, to kill me so,
Being double dead, going, and bidding, goe.

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