Poems about languished (21 Poems)
Snow Lies (Aleksandr Ivanovich Vvedensky Poems)
snow liesearth flieslights flipnight walks innight lies on a rug of starsnight how are you spelled?like an inane leversleeps the insane rivershe is not awareof the moon everywhereanimals gnash their caninesin black gold cagesanimals bang their headsanimals are the ospreys … Continue reading
Goophic Phantasm (C J Dennis Poems)
Tho’ I own I have no adequate proofsOf this queer tale of the quaint old Goophs – The Goophs who dwelt in the land of Guph – Still, I think it’s a credible tale enoughWhen applied to Goophs; … Continue reading
The Surviving Thought (David James Scott Poems)
How long, ah me! this weary heart hath strivenWith vanity, and with a wild desire!How long, and yet how long, must this frail bark be driven,While these unsteady, fitful hope-lights given,One after one expire? These earthly visions prove, alas! unstable;And … Continue reading
The Death Of General Wolfe (Benjamin Young Prime Poems)
AH, Wolfe! the mention of thy nameDamps in my breast th’ heroic flame, And gloomy scenes far other thoughts inspire;Smit by thy truly noble deeds,Brave man, my conscious bosom bleeds, To think such merit should so soon expire.And shall thy … Continue reading
Hymn XXX: Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin? (Charles Wesley Poems)
Where shall my wondering soul begin?How shall I all to heaven aspire?A slave redeemed from death and sin,A brand plucked from eternal fire,How shall I equal triumphs raise,Or sing my great Deliverer’s praise? O how shall I the goodness tell,Father, … Continue reading
Karma (Ella Wheeler Wilcox Poems)
I We cannot choose our sorrows. One there wasWho, reverent of soul, and strong with trust,Cried, ‘God, though Thou shouldst bow me to the dust,Yet will I praise thy everlasting laws.Beggared, my faith would never halt or pause,But sing Thy … Continue reading
The Moon and the Dead (General George S Patton Jnr Poems)
The road of the battle languished, The hate from the guns was still, While the moon rose up from a smoke cloud, And looked at the dead on the hill. Pale was her face with anguish, Wet were her eyes … Continue reading
To… (Kern) (Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Poems)
I still recall the wondrous momentWhen you appeared before my eyes, Just like a fleeting apparition,Just like pure beauty’s distillation. When’er I languished in the throes of hopeless griefAmid the troubles of life’s vanity,Your sweet voice lingered on in me,Your … Continue reading
Under The Blue Skies… (Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Poems)
Under the blue skies of her native landShe languished and began to fade…Until surely there flew without a soundAbove me, her young shade; But there stretches between us an uncrossable line.In vain my feelings I tried to awaken.The lips that … Continue reading
The Man Who Could Write (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
Boanerges Blitzen, servant of the Queen, Is a dismal failure — is a Might-have-been. In a luckless moment he discovered men Rise to high position through a ready pen. Boanerges Blitzen argued therefore — “I, With the selfsame weapon, can … Continue reading