Alan Seeger Poems (150 Poems)
I have a Rendezvous with Death (Alan Seeger Poems)
I have a rendezvous with DeathAt some disputed barricade,When Spring comes back with rustling shadeAnd apple-blossoms fill the air-I have a rendezvous with DeathWhen Spring brings back blue days and fair. It may be he shall take my handAnd lead … Continue reading
Juvenilia, An OdeTo Natural Beauty (Alan Seeger Poems)
There is a power whose inspiration fills Nature’s fair fabric, sun- and star-inwrought, Like airy dew ere any drop distils, Like perfume in the laden flower, like aught Unseen which interfused throughout the whole Becomes its quickening pulse and principle … Continue reading
Paris (Alan Seeger Poems)
First, London, for its myriads; for its height, Manhattan heaped in towering stalagmite; But Paris for the smoothness of the paths That lead the heart unto the heart’s delight. . . . Fair loiterer on the threshold of those days … Continue reading
Translations (Alan Seeger Poems)
Florence, rejoice! For thou o’er land and sea So spread’st thy pinions that the fame of thee Hath reached no less into the depths of Hell. So noble were the five I found to dwell Therein — thy sons — … Continue reading
The Sultan’s Palace (Alan Seeger Poems)
My spirit only lived to look on Beauty’s face,As only when they clasp the arms seem served aright;As in their flesh inheres the impulse to embrace,To gaze on Loveliness was my soul’s appetite. I have roamed far in search; white … Continue reading
A Message To America (Alan Seeger Poems)
You have the grit and the guts, I know; You are ready to answer blow for blow You are virile, combative, stubborn, hard, But your honor ends with your own back-yard; Each man intent on his private goal, You have … Continue reading
Ode In Memory Of The American Volunteers Fallen For France (Alan Seeger Poems)
(To have been read before the statue of Lafayette and Washington inParis, on Decoration Day, May 30, 1916.) Ay, it is fitting on this holiday, Commemorative of our soldier dead, When—with sweet flowers of our New England May Hiding … Continue reading
The Torture Of Cuauhtemoc (Alan Seeger Poems)
Their strength had fed on this when Death’s white arms Came sleeved in vapors and miasmal dew, Curling across the jungle’s ferny floor, Becking each fevered brain. On bleak divides, Where Sleep grew niggardly for nipping cold That twinged blue … Continue reading
An Ode To Antares (Alan Seeger Poems)
At dusk, when lowlands where dark waters glide Robe in gray mist, and through the greening hills The hoot-owl calls his mate, and whippoorwills Clamor from every copse and orchard-side, I watched the red star rising in the East, And … Continue reading
Ariosto. Orlando Furioso, Canto X, 91-99 (Alan Seeger Poems)
Ruggiero, to amaze the British host, And wake more wonder in their wondering ranks, The bridle of his winged courser loosed, And clapped his spurs into the creature’s flanks; High in the air, even to the topmost banks Of crudded … Continue reading
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