Jewelry Poems (17 Poems)
Songs Of Deliverance (Orrick Johns Poems)
I-The Song Of YouthThis is the song of youth,This is the cause of myself;I knew my father well and he was a fool,Therefore will I have my own foot in the path before I take a step;I will go only … Continue reading
Wednesday Before Easter (John Keble Poems)
O Lord my God, do thou Thy holy will - I will lie still -I will not stir, lest I forsake Thine arm, And break the charmWhich lulls me, clinging to my Father’s breast, In perfect rest. Wild fancy, peace! thou must not … Continue reading
The Old Bridge At Florence (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
Taddeo Gaddi built me. I am old, Five centuries old. I plant my foot of stone Upon the Arno, as St. Michael’s own Was planted on the dragon. Fold by foldBeneath me as it struggles. I behold Its glistening scales. Twice hath it overthrown My kindred and companions. Me alone It moveth … Continue reading
The Kalevala – Rune XXXV (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KULLERVO’S EVIL DEEDS. Kullerwionen, youthful wizard,In his blue and scarlet stockings,Henceforth lingered with his parents;But he could not change his nature,Could not gain a higher wisdom,Could not win a better judgment;As a child he was ill-nurtured,Early rocked in stupid cradles,By … Continue reading
Fragments From “The Brigand.” A Poem. Canto II (Albert Pike Poems)
The silver horn of the advancing tide Had ploughed its highest furrow in the sand, And was retiring. Noon, with hasty stride, Had passed by forest, beach, and rocky strand, And golden City, and was on the sea,Journeying westward. Every … Continue reading
Entering A Life (Ernesto Trejo Poems)
Once I was in love & I think I loved that girlmuch more than she loved me. Would I heal?Would Iappear once in her dreams robed in yellow lightasan omen of truth? In the frailty of love I resented her.Had … Continue reading
L. e. l. (Christina Georgina Rossetti Poems)
‘Whose heart was breaking for a little love.’ Downstairs I laugh, I sport and jest with all; But in my solitary room aboveI turn my face in silence to the wall; My heart is breaking for a little love. … Continue reading
A Basket of Summer Fruit (Charles Harpur Poems)
First see those ample melons-brindled o’erWith mingled green and brown is all the rind;For they are ripe, and mealy at the core,And saturate with the nectar of their kind. And here their fellows of the marsh are set,Covering their sweetness … Continue reading
The Servants (Franklin Pierce Adams Poems)
With genuflexions to Kipling’s _”The Ladies”_ We’ve taken our cooks where we’ve found ‘em; We’ve answered many an ad;We’ve had our pickin’ o’ servants, And most of the lot was bad.Some was Norahs an’ Bridgets; Tillie she came last fall;Claras … Continue reading
Walter Simmons (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
My parents thought that I would beAs great as Edison or greater:For as a boy I made balloonsAnd wondrous kites and toys with clocksAnd little engines with tracks to run onAnd telephones of cans and thread.I played the cornet and … Continue reading