Poems about renounced (21 Poems)
To The Sponsors For Daniel Carman McArthur, (Peter McArthur Poems)
Baptized January ad, 1898. YE hardy folk who boldly standBetween this boy and sin,I trust you quite appreciateThe fix that you are in;For when the threshold of the churchWas crossed, he raised a roar;Hereditary cussednessJust oozed from every pore. He … Continue reading
The Moat House (Edith Nesbit Poems)
PART I I UNDER the shade of convent towers, Where fast and vigil mark the hours, From childhood into youth there grew A maid as fresh as April dew, And sweet as May’s ideal flowers, … Continue reading
Tale III (George Crabbe Poems)
THE GENTLEMAN FARMER. Gwyn was a farmer, whom the farmers all,Who dwelt around, “the Gentleman” would call;Whether in pure humility or pride,They only knew, and they would not decide. Far different he from that dull plodding tribeWhom it was his … Continue reading
The Kalevala – Rune XXII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE BRIDE’S FAREWELL. When the marriage was completed,When the many guests had feasted,At the wedding of the Northland,At the Dismal-land carousal,Spake the hostess of PohyolaTo the blacksmith, Ilmarinen:“Wherefore, bridegroom, dost thou linger,Why art waiting, Northland hero?Sittest for the father’s pleasure,For … Continue reading
Ariel And Caliban (Christopher Pearse Cranch Poems)
I.Before PROSPERO’S cell. Moonlight.ARIEL.So – Prospero is gone – and I am free -Free, free at last. His latest charge have IPerformed with duteous care; have sent the breezeTo blow behind the ship whose rounded sailsNow bear him homeward; and … Continue reading
Chomei At Toyama (Basil Bunting Poems)
(Kamo-no-Chomei, born at Kamo 1154, died at Toyama on Mount Hino, 24th June 1216) Swirl sleeping in the waterfall! On motionless pools scum appearing disappearing! Eaves formal on the zenith, … Continue reading
Mater Triumphalis (Algernon Charles Swinburne Poems)
Mother of man’s time-travelling generations, Breath of his nostrils, heartblood of his heart,God above all Gods worshipped of all nations, Light above light, law beyond law, thou art. Thy face is as a sword smiting in sunder … Continue reading
Dedication (Charles Churchill Poems)
To Churchill’s Sermons. The manuscript of this unfinished poem was found among the few papers Churchill left behind him. Health to great Glo’ster!–from a man unknown,Who holds thy health as dearly as his own,Accept this greeting–nor let … Continue reading
The Singing Of The Magnificat (Edith Nesbit Poems)
A LEGEND IN midst of wide green pasture-lands, cut through By lines of alders bordering deep-banked streams, Where bulrushes and yellow iris grew, And rest and peace, and all the flowers of dreams, The Abbey stood–so … Continue reading
The Astronomer (Constance Naden Poems)
WHITE, cold, and sacred is my chosen home, A seat for gods, a mount divine; And from the height of this eternal dome, Sky, sea, and earth are mine. All these I love, but only heaven is near, Only the … Continue reading