Harry Wilmans (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
I was just turned twenty-one,And Henry Phipps, the Sunday-school superintendent,Made a speech in Bindle's Opera House."The honor of the flag ...
Poems about opera (21 Poems)
An E’nbrugh Dream (Douglas J Fraser Poems)
I had an unco dream the ither nicht:I dreamt the Castle and the Castle RockHad disappeared - clean vanished frae ...
Just Once (Anne Sexton Poems)
Just once I knew what life was for.In Boston, quite suddenly, I understood;walked there along the Charles River,watched the lights ...
Flossie Cabanis (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
From Bindle's opera house in the villageTo Broadway is a great step.But I tried to take it, my ambition firedWhen ...
L’Ala Sul Mare (Gabriele D Annunzio Poems)
Ardi, un'ala sul mare ? solitaria.Ondeggia come pallido rottame.E le sue penne, senza pi? legame,sparse tremano ad ogni soffio d'aria.Ardi, ...
A Lady (Amy Lowell Poem)
You are beautiful and faded Like an old opera tune Played upon a harpsichord; Or like the sun-flooded silks Of ...
The Meaning of Their Song (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
Joining the melody, swaying in the pew on the night, silent night the holy night of the birth Advent, come ...
The Inner Workings of the Song (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
The words of the poetry the love, given by God like the inner workings of the song the story of ...
The Critick and the Writer of Fables (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poem)
Weary, at last, of the Pindarick way, Thro' which advent'rously the Muse wou'd stray; To Fable I descend with soft ...
I think I was enchanted (Emily Dickinson Poem)
I think I was enchanted When first a sombre Girl -- I read that Foreign Lady -- The Dark -- ...
I cannot dance upon my Toes (Emily Dickinson Poem)
I cannot dance upon my Toes -- No Man instructed me -- But oftentimes, among my mind, A Glee possesseth ...
A feather from the Whippoorwill (Emily Dickinson Poem)
A feather from the Whippoorwill That everlasting -- sings! Whose galleries -- are Sunrise -- Whose Opera -- the Springs ...
Mary (Edgar Bowers Poem)
The angel of self-discipline, her guardian Since she first knew and had to go away From home that spring to ...
Part 6 of Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan Poem)
THE HUNCHBACK TROUT The creek was made narrow by little green trees that grew too close together. The creek was ...
Bishop Blougram’s Apology (Robert Browning Poems)
NO more wine? then we'll push back chairs and talk. A final glass for me, though: cool, i' faith! We ...
The Last Ride Together (Robert Browning Poem)
I. I said---Then, dearest, since 'tis so, Since now at length my fate I know, Since nothing all my love ...
My First Affair With That Older Woman (Charles Bukowski Poems)
when I look back now at the abuse I took from her I feel shame that I was so innocent, ...
Just Once (Anne Sexton Poems)
Just once I knew what life was for. In Boston, quite suddenly, I understood; walked there along the Charles River, ...
The Victor Dog (James Merrill Poems)
Bix to Buxtehude to Boulez, The little white dog on the Victor label Listens long and hard as he is ...
Harry Wilmans (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
I was just turned twenty-one, And Henry Phipps, the Sunday-school superintendent, Made a speech in Bindle's Opera House. "The honor ...
Flossie Cabanis (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
From Bindle's opera house in the village To Broadway is a great step. But I tried to take it, my ...