Poems about dream-land (10 Poems)
The Voyage To Vinland: Bioern’s Beckoners (James Russell Lowell Poems)
INow Bioern, the son of Heriulf, had ill daysBecause the heart within him seethed with bloodThat would not be allayed with any toil,Whether of war or hunting or the oar,But was anhungered for some joy untried:For the brain grew not … Continue reading
The Tent On The Beach (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
I would not sin, in this half-playful strain,–Too light perhaps for serious years, though bornOf the enforced leisure of slow pain,–Against the pure ideal which has drawnMy feet to follow its far-shining gleam.A simple plot is mine: legends and runesOf … Continue reading
Gold Egg: A Dream-Fantasy (James Russell Lowell Poems)
How A Student In Search Of The Beautiful Fell Asleep In Dresden Over Herr Professor Doctor Vischer’s Wissenschaft Des Schoenen, And What Came Thereof I swam with undulation soft, Adrift on Vischer’s ocean,And, from my cockboat up aloft,Sent down my mental … Continue reading
German Joe (Edward George Dyson Poems)
SKIRTING the swamp and the tangled scrub,Tramping and turning amidst the trees,Carrying nothing but blankets and grub,Careless of pleasure and health and ease,Hither and thither with never a goal,Heavy, and solemn, and stiff, and slow,Seeking a track and a long-lost … Continue reading
The Heavenly Flower (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Now the final stroke is over! And the heart hath ceased its beat;And that form so palely beauteous, In a ghastly winding sheet.She has pass’d the gloomy portal, She has reached the realm of light;–And there is a heavy silence, While we sit and … Continue reading
The Dream Of Love. (George Pope Morris Poems)
I’ve had the heart-ache many times,At the mere mention of a nameI’ve never woven in my rhymes,Though from it inspiration came.It is in truth a holy thing,Life-cherished from the world apart–A dove that never tries its wing,But broods and nestles … Continue reading
To Ronge (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
Strike home, strong-hearted man! Down to the rootOf old oppression sink the Saxon steel.Thy work is to hew down. In God’s name thenPut nerve into thy task. Let other menPlant, as they may, that better tree whose fruitThe wounded bosom … Continue reading
“Pent in this common sphere” (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
PENT in this common sphere of sensual shows,I pine for beauty; beauty of fresh mien,And gentle utterance, and the charm serene,Wherewith the hue of mystic dream-land glows;I pine for loving music, the reposeOf low-voiced waters, in some realm betweenThe perfect … Continue reading
The Kalevala – Rune XII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KYLLIKKI’S BROKEN VOW. Lemminkainen, artful husband,Reckless hero, Kaukomieli,Constantly beside his young wife.,Passed his life in sweet contentment,And the years rolled swiftly onward;Ahti thought not of the battles,Nor Kyllikki of the dances.Once upon a time it happenedThat the hero, Lemminkainen,Went upon … Continue reading
The Three Little Kittens (Clara Doty Bates Poems)
Knit, knit, knit, knit! See old white-capped Pussy sit, Fairly gray with worry and care, In her little straight-backed rocking-chair? Knit, knit, knit, Till she is tired of it! Why does she work … Continue reading