Poems about pauseless (13 Poems)
Festus – XXXVII (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Not on one plane indeviable, the soulMakes way, but moonlike waveringly as thoughNot to advance for a time content; the whileUrged by interior fate to compass heavenPauseless; the spirit’s instruction still proceeds;And God’s original end itself fulfil.Soul commune solitary with … Continue reading
Suggested by Matthew Arnold’s Stanzas (James B.V. Thomson Poems)
That one long dirge-moan sad and deep,Low, muffled by the solemn stressOf such emotion as doth steepThe soul in brooding quietness,Befits our anguished time too well,Whose Life-march is a funeral knell. Dirge for a mighty Creed outworn-Its spirit fading from … Continue reading
Four Points in a Life (James B.V. Thomson Poems)
I LOVE’S DAWN Still thine eyes haunt me; in the darkness now,The dreamtime, the hushed stillness of the night,I see them shining pure and earnest light;And here, all lonely, may I not avowThe thrill with which I ever meet their … Continue reading
Orpheus (Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems)
A:Not far from hence. From yonder pointed hill,Crowned with a ring of oaks, you may beholdA dark and barren field, through which there flows,Sluggish and black, a deep but narrow stream,Which the wind ripples not, and the fair moonGazes in … Continue reading
“Town, a town …” (George Oppen Poems)
Town, a town,But locationOver which the sun as it comes to it;Which cools, houses and lamp-posts, during the night, with the roads-Inhabited partly by thoseWho have been born here,Houses built-. From a train one sees him in the morning, his morning;Him in … Continue reading
Work (Louis James Block Poems)
AH, blessedness of work! the aimless mind,Left to pursue at will its fancies wild,Returns at length, like some play-wearied child,Unto its labor’s knee, and leaves behindIts little games, and learns to soothe its blind Wide longings in the sweet tranquillityOf … Continue reading
A Story of the Sea-Shore (George MacDonald Poems)
TO THEM THAT MOURN Let your tears flow; let your sad sighs have scope;Only take heed they fan, they water Hope. A STORY OF THE SEA-SHORE. INTRODUCTION. I sought the long clear twilights of my home,Far in the pale-blue skies … Continue reading
After Sixty Years (Edith Nesbit Poems)
RING, bells! flags, fly! and let the great crowd roar Its ecstasy. Let the hid heart in prayer Lift up your name. God bless you evermore, Lady, who have the noblest crown to wear … Continue reading
Preparation (Annie Adams Fields Poems)
LAY thy heart down upon the warm, soft breast, Of June and take thy rest;The world is full of cares that never cease, The air is full of peace. Lie thou, my heart, beneath the burnished leaves; … Continue reading
Behind Me – dips Eternity (Emily Dickinson Poems)
721 Behind Me – dips Eternity -Before Me – Immortality -Myself – the Term between -Death but the Drift of Eastern Gray,Dissolving into Dawn away,Before the West begin – ‘Tis Kingdoms – afterward – they say -In perfect – pauseless … Continue reading