History of the Twentieth Century (A Roadshow) (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
The Sun's in its orbit, yet I feel morbid.Act 1PrologueLadies and gentlemen and the day!All ye made of sweet human clay!Let ...
The Sun's in its orbit, yet I feel morbid.Act 1PrologueLadies and gentlemen and the day!All ye made of sweet human clay!Let ...
ARGUMENT.Cuthullin (general of the Irish tribes, in the minority of Cormac, king of Ireland) sitting alone beneath a tree, at ...
Richard, who now was half asleep,Roused, nor would longer silence keep;And sense like this, in vocal breath,Broke from his twofold ...
Remembering you is goodin prisonamid the newsof victory and deathas my fortieth year passes...Remembering you is goodyour handforgotten upon a ...
Wintertime, er Summertime, Of late years I notice I'm, Kindo'-like, more subjec' to What the _weather_ is. Now, you Folks 'at lives in town, I ...
I-The Song Of YouthThis is the song of youth,This is the cause of myself;I knew my father well and he ...
SIR:- You complain that I have asserted that a partiality for monarchy appeared in your conduct. This fact you deny, ...
An angry Black woman on the subject of the angry White man:We didn't always need affirmative actionWhen we broke this ...
Era.m cosselhatz, senhor,vos c'avetz saber e sen:una domna.m det s'amor,c'ai amada lonjamen;mas eras sai de vertatqu'ilh a autr'amic privat,ni anc ...
Behold! I am not one that goes to Lectures or the pow-wow ofProfessors.The elementary laws never apologise: neither do I ...
They are listening in the wires,in the walls, under the eavesin the wings of house martins,in the ears of old ...
My friend, late found, yet not the less approved,Thy zealous labours in the work belovedOf earnest teaching—'midst thy toils and ...
WHAT if the wind do howl without,And turn the creaking weather-vane;What if the arrows of the rainDo beat against the ...
"Come! Let us lay a lance in rest,And tilt at windmills under a wild sky!For who would live so petty ...
The blazing rays of sunshine, little by little, condense; and the South Wind, with its swirls of dust, returns and ...
INow farewell to you! you areOne of my dearest, whom I trust:Now follow you the Western star,And cast the old ...
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at --- Hall, North. A Modern Head--Dress, with a little Polite Conversation. What base ...
Mister Chairman; - er - ah - when We right-thinking business men Are treated with ...
Joseph Jones and Peter Dawking Strove in an election fight; And you'd think, to hear them talking, ...
Here's the criminal's friend, delightful evening:come like an accomplice, with a wolf's loping:slowly the sky's vast vault hides each feature,and ...
Doubting Thomas and loving John, Behind the others walking on: "Tell me now, John, dare you ...
A's my new policy called Annexation; B is the Bother it causes the nation. C is Lord Chelmsford, engaged with ...
I think a great deal too much fussHas been aroused 'mid all of us About this crude economist John T.And ...
" Much Madness is divinest Sense - To a discerning Eye - Much Sense - the starkest Madness - 'Tis ...
Since the majority of me Rejects the majority of you, Debating ends forwith, and we Divide. And sure of what ...
Claiming His name God's purpose for his life reading the ancient prophets the fulfillment of the Word And he sat ...
With these words, the majority opinion ends How sad, they are, how ignoble an assessment of failure on an awful ...
A fine line in the sand of import to find balance of equities costs yes, expenses no parsing subtleties of ...
I cannot spare water or wine, Tobacco-leaf, or poppy, or rose; From the earth-poles to the Line, All between that ...
Much MADNESS is divinest sense (Author) To a discerning eye Much sense the starkest madness. 'T' is the MAJORITY In ...
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