Monody (Herman Melville Poems)
To have known him, to have loved him After loneness long;And then to be estranged in life, And neither in the wrong;And ...
Poems about fir-trees (21 Poems)
The Kalevala – Rune XX (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE BREWING OF BEER.Now we sing the wondrous legends,Songs of wedding-feasts and dances,Sing the melodies of wedlock,Sing the songs of ...
The Kalevala – Rune III (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
WAINAMOINEN AND YOUKAHAINEN.Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel,Passed his years in full contentment,On the meadows of Wainola,On the plains of Kalevala,Singing ever wondrous ...
The Kalevala – Rune XVIII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE RIVAL SUITORSWainamoinen, old and truthful,Long considered, long debated,How to woo and win the daughterOf the hostess of Pohyola,How to ...
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 Kalevala – Rune XXIX (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE ISLE OF REFUGE.Lemminkainen, full of joyance,Handsome hero, Kaukomieli,Took provisions in abundance,Fish and butter, bread and bacon,Hastened to the Isle ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXXI (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KULLERWOINEN SON OF EVIL.In the ancient times a motherHatched and raised some swans and chickens,Placed the chickens in the brushwood,Placed ...
The Kalevala – Rune II (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
WAINAMOINEN'S SOWING.Then arose old Wainamoinen,With his feet upon the island,On the island washed by ocean,Broad expanse devoid of verdure;There remained ...
The Kalevala – Rune XXXII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
KULLERVO AS A SHEPHERD.Kullerwoinen, wizard-servantOf the blacksmith, Ilmarinen,Purchased slave from Untamoinen,Magic son with sky-blue stockings.,With a head of golden ringlets,In ...
The Kalevala – Rune XIV (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
DEATH OF LEMMINKAINEN.Lemminkainen, much disheartened,Deeply thought and long considered,What to do, what course to follow,Whether best to leave the wild-mooseIn ...
The Sword Of The Tomb : A Northern Legend (Felicia Dorothea Hemans Poems)
Voice of the gifted elder time!Voice of the charm and the Runic rhyme!Speak! from the shades and the depths disclose,How ...
One Yard of Earth (Douglas Alexander Stewart Poems)
Darwin, that diffident wise patient manWho proved that men were monkeys as they are,When working out how apes and men ...
The Silence (Emile Verhaeren Poems)
Ever since ending of the summer weather.When last the thunder and the lightning broke,Shatt'ring themselves upon it at one stroke,The ...
Dickens In Camp (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
Above the pines the moon was slowly drifting,The river sang below;The dim Sierras, far beyond, upliftingTheir minarets of snow.The roaring ...
Devil’s Swing (Fyodor Sologub Poems)
Over the rushing river Where shaggy fir-trees stand, The devil himself is pushingMy swing with furry hand.Pushing, he laughs away, ...
October (Francis Sherman Poems)
October's peace hath fallen on everything.In the far west, above the pine-crowned hill,With red and purple yet the heavens thrill—The ...
The Cremona Violin (Amy Lowell Poem)
Part First Frau Concert-Meister Altgelt shut the door. A storm was rising, heavy gusts of wind Swirled through the trees, ...
Hiawatha’s Lamentation (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
In those days the Evil Spirits, All the Manitos of mischief, Fearing Hiawatha's wisdom, And his love for Chibiabos, Jealous ...
I Remember, I Remember (Thomas Hood Poem)
I Remember, I Remember I remember, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun ...
While Someone Telephones (Elizabeth Bishop Poem)
Wasted, wasted minutes that couldn't be worse, minutes of a barbaric condescension. --Stare out the bathroom window at the fir-trees, ...
Salut au Monde. (Walt Whitman Poems)
1 O TAKE my hand, Walt Whitman! Such gliding wonders! such sights and sounds! Such join'd unended links, each hook'd ...