Moonlight (John Kenyon Poems)
Not alway from the lessons of the schools, Taught evermore by those who trust them not, Though in fine phrase tricked out, ...
John Kenyon Poems (75 Poems)
Pretence. Part II – The Library (John Kenyon Poems)
ARGUMENT. REFUGE IN A LIBRARY. CONVERSE WITH BOOKS.-POLEMICAL WRITERS.-POETS- BOOKS READ OVER AGAIN. THE WORLDLY CONTINUALLY TAKES PLACE OF THE ...
Dorchester Amphitheatre . (John Kenyon Poems)
By Rome's old amphitheatre I stood, Still pretty perfect, on the Weymouth road, Within some half a mile of Dorchester. There had I ...
The Streams (John Kenyon Poems)
Two streams there were, two streams from separate founts, Both beautiful to see, and one-most holy; (From Siloa this, and this from ...
The Gods Of Greece (John Kenyon Poems)
Ye Gods of Greece! Bright Fictions! when Ye ruled, of old, a happier race, And mildly bound rejoicing men In bonds of Beauty ...
Silchester (John Kenyon Poems)
My travels' dream and talk for many a year, At length I view thee, hoary Silchester! Pilgrim long vowed; now only hither ...
Shrine Of The Virgin – Part II (John Kenyon Poems)
She cometh to the seaward shrine, A mother, with her children three; And they have made the holy sign, And they have dropped ...
Grammarye (John Kenyon Poems)
"Argantyr! awake-awake-Hervor bids thy slumbers fly.Magic chords around thee break;Argantyr! reply-reply." In vain had they striven-those Beldames three- With all their might ...
Destiny (John Kenyon Poems)
"Strange Power! mysterious Destiny! Thou who dost love to sit, alone, With moveless lip, and brooding eye, Close beside the' eternal throne; When from ...
To Mary Anning (John Kenyon Poems)
Thee, Mary! first 'twas lightning struck, And then a water-vat half drowned; But I can't think 'twas mere blind luck Twice left for ...
The Neglected Wife (John Kenyon Poems)
They tell me that my face is fair, That sunny smiles are on my cheek- Yet sorrow hath been busy there, For many ...
To Isaac Walton (John Kenyon Poems)
Walton! dear Angler! when, a school-freed boy, Of varnished rod and silken tackle proud, I sought the brooks, or by some still ...
Growing Attachment (John Kenyon Poems)
With the freshness and placid sensations of morning, As yet all unconscious of hope or of plan, (Sweet gleams through thin hazes ...
The Travelled Oyster (John Kenyon Poems)
An oyster, upon oozy bed, Like his forefathers, born and bred, It chanced, was wafted far and wide By force of wind and ...
Music (John Kenyon Poems)
Awake, thou Harp! with music stored, Awake! and let me feel thy power; Fling forth, in turn, from every chord, The thronging notes ...
Astronomy (John Kenyon Poems)
Lucinda! Lucinda! why all this abstraction? May astronomy hold no communion with mirth? Stars-comets-eclipses have these such attraction To steal you from our ...
Reverie (John Kenyon Poems)
Oh! blest it is by blazing hearth, With many a well-loved friend beside, And harp, and wine, and graceful mirth, To mock December's ...
On A Dog (John Kenyon Poems)
Thy happy years of deep affection past, Cartouche! our faithful friend, rest here-at last. We loved thee for a love man scarce ...
Experimentum Crucis (John Kenyon Poems)
With different colour glows each ray That joins to feed the solar day. Yet, each commingling as they pass, They lose distinction in ...
For The Sister’s Album (John Kenyon Poems)
Soft lays, that dwell on lips and eyes. Long since with me have had their day; At fifty, hearts grow cold or ...
The Two Harps (John Kenyon Poems)
I tarried on the strains to hang Outfloating from yon ancient trees; Strains from two airy harps, that rang Responsive to the minstrel ...
To A Female Friend, (John Kenyon Poems)
RETURNING TO AMERICA. Lady! you ask a farewell verse; Reluctant I obey. Far, gladlier far, would we rehearse Some rhyme to bid thee stay. For, ...
The Joy Of Grief (John Kenyon Poems)
"In vain you touch that answering wire, Attuned to softest notes of peace; Not all the soothings of the lyre Can bid a ...
Written In A Country Churchyard (John Kenyon Poems)
Oh! how I hate the cumbrous pride Of plume and pall and scutcheon'd hearse, And all the rank and ready tide Of venal ...
Casa Mia (John Kenyon Poems)
"Casa mia, casa mia,Per piccina che tu sia,Tu mi pari una badia." Thou wert born where huge Missouri, Rushing heretofore alone, Bears to ...
Truth (John Kenyon Poems)
"Truth may lie fossil in some cave, no doubt;But 'twere a mad success to win her out." Rhymed Plea for ...
Love (John Kenyon Poems)
"Mother! I've seen a little boy With curling locks and eyes of blue; They seemed the very eyes for joy, Though wet with ...
Champagne Rose – II (John Kenyon Poems)
Praise who will the duller liquor Juice of Portugal or Spain; Fill for me with lighter-quicker- Fill for me with Rose Champagne. See the ...
Love In Disguise (John Kenyon Poems)
Unscathed through Beauty's thorny ways Be mine, I said, henceforth to rove; Too long hath Love consumed my days, But now I shut ...
To Louisa C-, For Her Album (John Kenyon Poems)
Life is an Album; and my free Imagination loves to look And read, with happy augury, Thy life's as yet scarce opened book. And ...