Self-knowledge Poems (10 Poems)
Resignation Pt 2 (Edward Young Poems)
But what in either sex, beyondAll parts, our glory crowns?‘In ruffling seasons to be calm,And smile, when fortune frowns.’ Heaven’s choice is safer than our own;Of ages past inquire,What the most formidable fate?‘To have our own desire.’ If, in your … Continue reading
Oenone (Alfred Lord Tennyson Poems)
There lies a vale in Ida, lovelierThan all the valleys of Ionian hills.The swimming vapour slopes athwart the glen,Puts forth an arm, and creeps from pine to pine,And loiters, slowly drawn. On either handThe lawns and meadow-ledges midway downHang rich … Continue reading
Epistle To A Young Clergyman (Patrick Branwell Bronte Poems)
My youthful brother, oft I long To write to you in prose or song; With no pretence to judgment strong, But warm affection, May truest friendship rivet long Our close connection! With deference, what I impart Receive with humble grateful heart, Nor proudly from my counsel start, I … Continue reading
An Urban Convalescence (James Merrill Poems)
Out for a walk, after a week in bed,I find them tearing up part of my blockAnd, chilled through, dazed and lonely, join the dozenIn meek attitudes, watching a huge craneFumble luxuriously in the filth of years.Her jaws dribble rubble. … Continue reading
Description Of Egla (Maria Gowen Brooks Poems)
BLEST were those days! Can these dull ages boastAught to compare? though now no more beguile,Chain’d in their darkling depths, the infernal host;Who would not brave a fiend to share an angel’s smile? ‘T was then there lived a captive … Continue reading
Self-Knowled (Khalil Gibran Poems)
And a man said, “Speak to us of Self-Knowledge.” And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart’s knowledge. You would know … Continue reading
An American to France (Alice Duer Miller Poems)
O FRANCE, with what a shamed and sorry smileWe now recall that in a bygone dayWe sought of you art, wit, perfection, style;You were to us a playground and a play.Paris was ours – its sudden green edged spacesAnd sweeping … Continue reading
Poem For A Christmas Broadcast (Anne Ridler Poems)
Woman s VoicePerhaps you find the angel most improbable?It spoke to men asleep, their minds ajarFor once to admit the entrance of a stranger.Few have heard voices, but all have made a journey:The mind moves, desiring dedication,Desiring to lay its … Continue reading
Self-Knowledge XVII (Khalil Gibran Poem)
And a man said, “Speak to us of Self-Knowledge.” And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart’s knowledge. You would know … Continue reading
Drug Trial (Craig Erick Chaffin Poem)
I Everyone has their own peculiar price, not quantifiable in currency. When my hypodermic grazed your vein, you confessed yours. It was not exorbitant so I withheld the serum a moment longer before pushing the plunger. II You saw rattlesnakes … Continue reading