Poems about frailer (21 Poems)

Steam-Launches on the Thames (James Kenneth Stephen Poems)

Henley, June 7, 1891.    Shall we, to whom the stream by right belongs,    Who travel silent, save, perchance, for songs;   Whose track's a ripple,—leaves the Thames a lake,   Nor frights the swan—scarce makes the rushes shake;   Who harmonize, exemplify, complete   And vivify a scene already sweet:   Who travel careless on, from lock to lock,   Oblivious that the world contains a clock,   With pace commensurate to our desires,  Propelled by other force than Stygian fire's;  Shall we be driven hence to leave a place  For these, who bring upon our stream disgrace:  The rush, the roar, the stench, the smoke, the steam,  The nightmare striking through our heavenly dream;  The scream as shrill and hateful to the ear  As when a peacock vents his rage and fear;  Which churn to fury all a glassy reach,  And heave rude breakers on a pebbly beach:  Which half o'erwhelm with waves our frailer craft,  While graceless shop-boys chuckle fore and aft:  Foul water-toadstools, noisome filth-stained shapes,  Fit only to be manned by dogs and apes:  Blots upon nature: scars that mar her smile:  Obscene, obtrusive, execrable, vile? (James Kenneth Stephen)

It Cannot Be (Manmohan Ghose Poems)

It cannot beRose, violet, lily,Their crushed life should retain,Flowers that recall thy sweetness be ensouled,And thou distil to nothing, thou ...

Aloha Oe (Don Blanding Poems)

It's more than just an easy word for casual good-bye;It's gayer than a greeting and it's sadder than a sigh;It ...

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