Vespers by Amy Lowell
Published On Saturday, November 13, 2010. Under: 1900s, Lowell, Amy.
Vespers by Amy Lowell
Last night, at sunset,
The foxgloves were like tall altar candles.
Could I have lifted you to the roof of the greenhouse, my Dear,
I should have understood their burning.
The Only Ghost I Ever Saw by Emily Dickinson
Published On Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Under: 1800s, Dickinson, Emily.
The Only Ghost I Ever Saw
by Emily Dickinson
The only ghost I ever saw
Was dressed in mechlin, — so;
He wore no sandal on his foot,
And stepped like flakes of snow.
His gait was soundless, like the bird,
But rapid, like the roe;
His fashions quaint, mosaic,
Or, haply, mistletoe.
His conversation ...
Kin to Sorrow by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Kin to Sorrow by Edna St. Vincent Millay Am I kin to Sorrow, That so oft Falls the knocker of my door— Neither loud nor soft, But as long accustomed, Under Sorrow's hand? Marigolds around the step And rosemary stand, And then comes Sorrow— And what does Sorrow care For the rosemary Or the marigolds there? Am I kin ...
Sea Lily by H.D.
SEA LILY by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) Reed, slashed and torn, but doubly rich— such great heads as yours drift upon temple-steps, but you are shattered in the wind. Myrtle-bark is flecked from you, scales are dashed from your stem, sand cuts your petal, furrows it with hard edge, like flint on a bright stone. Yet though the whole wind slash at your ...
To wish Myself Courage by William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) To wish Myself Courage On the day when youth is no more upon me I will write of the leaves and the moon in a tree top! I will sing then the song, long in the making— When the stress of youth is put away from ...
HIS POETRY HIS PILLAR by Robert Herrick
Published On Friday, May 21, 2010. Under: 1600s, Herrick, Robert.
HIS POETRY HIS PILLAR
Only a little more
I have to write:
Then I'll give o'er,
And bid the world good-night.
'Tis but a flying minute,
That I must stay,
Or linger in it:
And then I must away.
O Time, that cut'st down all,
And scarce leav'st here
Memorial
Of any men that were;
—How many lie ...
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe
Published On Friday, February 26, 2010. Under: 1500s, Marlowe, Christopher.
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
Death Be Not Proud – a poem by John Donne
Published On Monday, February 22, 2010. Under: 1500s, Donne, John.
John Donne (1572-1631)
The Windhover: To Christ Our Lord by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Published On Sunday, February 21, 2010. Under: 1800s, Hopkins, Gerard Manley.
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
ANNABEL LEE by Edgar Allan Poe
Published On Saturday, February 20, 2010. Under: 1800s, Poe, Edgar Allen.
Edgar Allen Poe ( 1809-1849)
On His Blindness by John Milton
Published On Thursday, February 18, 2010. Under: 1600s, Milton, John.
John Milton (1608-1674)
