Glass (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
O Man! what Inspiration was thy Guide, Who taught thee Light and Air thus to divide; To let in all ...
O Man! what Inspiration was thy Guide, Who taught thee Light and Air thus to divide; To let in all ...
Lingo of birds was easier than lingo of peasants- they were elusive, though, the birds, for excellent reasons. He thought ...
cocooned in thermal underwear thick overcoat, scarf and woolly hat to withstand the biting mountain air in the valley below ...
Higher far, Upward, into the pure realm, Over sun or star, Over the flickering Dæmon film, Thou must mount for ...
Relax. This won't last long. Or if it does, or if the lines make you sleepy or bored, give in ...
Dim, as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wand'ring travellers, Is reason to the soul; and ...
Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly; ...
When you thanked me for the day I felt ashamed, I couldn't say it wasn't much because it was for ...
I asked my Dad about the War when I was very young, he said it happened a long, long time ...
You could see the signs which said that possums came at night and fed upon this tree, they left their ...
I was schooled well before he died, able at least to feel what others felt when their fathers were deceased. ...
You lift the lid in awe, a seat and lid upon an inside stall where you can go, quite unlike ...
It is an abhorrent thing, this incarceration of your vulnerability, profoundly cruel in the way you were beaten to your ...
The years of my youth, my sensual life -- how clearly I see their meaning now. What needless repentances, how ...
"Lord, being dark," I said, "I cannot bear The further touch of earth, the scented air; Lord, being dark, forewilled ...
The Barrister's Dream They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; ...
"AND did you really walk," said I, "On such a wretched night? I always fancied Ghosts could fly - If ...
The Landing "Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each ...
Dedication Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea. Girt with ...
Love took chambers on our street Opposite to mine; On his door he tacked a neat, Clearly lettered sign. Straightway ...
I. THE GARDEN. ABOVE the city hung the moon, Right o'er a plot of ground Where flowers and orchard-trees were ...
To the cities I came in a time of disorder That was ruled by hunger. I sheltered with the people ...
How blest the land that counts among Her sons so many good and wise, To execute great feats of tongue ...
What body can be ploughed, Sown, and broken yearly? But she would not die, she vowed, But she has, nearly. ...
THE PUDDING MASTER OF STANLEY BASIN Tree, snow and rock beginnings, the mountain in back of the lake promised us ...
When, by decree of the supreme power, The Poet appears in this annoyed world, His mother, blasphemous out of horror ...
I. She should never have looked at me If she meant I should not love her! There are plenty ... ...
NO more wine? then we'll push back chairs and talk. A final glass for me, though: cool, i' faith! We ...
AMANG the trees, where humming bees, At buds and flowers were hinging, O, Auld Caledon drew out her drone, And ...
Chorus.-Ca'the yowes to the knowes, Ca' them where the heather grows, Ca' them where the burnie rowes, My bonie Dearie. ...
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