Dawn : Ella Wheeler Wilcox : : Morning Poems : :

Dawn : : By Ella Wheeler Wilcox : : : : : : : : : : : : Day’s sweetest moments are at dawn; 1Refreshed by his long sleep, the Light 2Kisses the languid lips of Night, 3Ere she can rise and hasten on. 4All glowing from his dreamless rest 5He holds her closelyContinue reading “Dawn : Ella Wheeler Wilcox : : Morning Poems : :”

Spring Morning : A E Housman : : Morning Poems : :

Spring Morning Star and coronal and bellApril underfoot renews,And the hope of man as wellFlowers among the morning dews. Now the old come out to look,Winter past and winter’s pains,How the sky in pool and brookGlitters on the grassy plains. Easily the gentle airWafts the turning season on;Things to comfort them are there,Though ’tis trueContinue reading “Spring Morning : A E Housman : : Morning Poems : :”

The Sun Rising : John Donne : : Morning Poems : :

Sun Rising BY JOHN DONNE Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus,Through windows, and through curtains call on us?Must to thy motions lovers’ seasons run? Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide Late school boys and sour prentices, Go tell court huntsmen that the king will ride, Call country ants to harvest offices,Love, all alike,Continue reading “The Sun Rising : John Donne : : Morning Poems : :”

Full many a glorious morning have I seen : Sonnet 33 : William Shakespeare : : Morning Poems : :

Full many a glorious morning have I seen 1Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye, 2Kissing with golden face the meadows green, 3Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; 4Anon permit the basest clouds to ride 5With ugly rack on his celestial face, 6And from the forlorn world his visage hide, 7Stealing unseen to west withContinue reading “Full many a glorious morning have I seen : Sonnet 33 : William Shakespeare : : Morning Poems : :”

A Medieval Morning Prayer ; Anonymous : : Morning Poems : :

A Medieval Morning Prayer : : Anonymous : : Jesu Lord, blyssed thou be,For all this nyght thou hast me kepeFrom the fend and his poste,Whether I wake or that I slepe. In grete deses and dedly synne,Many one this nyght fallyn has,That I my selve schuld have fallyn in,Hadyst thou not kepyd me withContinue reading “A Medieval Morning Prayer ; Anonymous : : Morning Poems : :”

December : By Various Poets : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

* The Poet’s Calender : December : : By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Riding upon the Goat, with snow-white hair, I come, the last of all. This crown of mine Is of the holly; in my hand I bear The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine. I celebrate the birth of the Divine, And theContinue reading “December : By Various Poets : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

Giant Night : Anne Waldman : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

Giant Night BY ANNE WALDMANAwake in a giant nightis where I am There is a river where my soul, hungry as a horse drinks beside me An hour of immense possibility flies by and I do nothing but sit in the present which keeps changing moment to moment How can I tell you my mindContinue reading “Giant Night : Anne Waldman : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

Raven : Edgar Allan Poe : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

The Raven : : BY EDGAR ALLAN POEOnce upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamberContinue reading “Raven : Edgar Allan Poe : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

A Beautiful December Day : Francis Duggan : ( 1 ) : : In This Beautiful And Sunny Land : Francis Duggan : ( 2 ) : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

A Beautiful December Day : : By Francis Duggan : : : : The magpies are warbling on the sunlit treesTheir music is carrying in the evening breezeThat blow from the sea through the park by the bayIt is such a beautiful December dayOf the beauty around me a poet would writeA poem for loversContinue reading “A Beautiful December Day : Francis Duggan : ( 1 ) : : In This Beautiful And Sunny Land : Francis Duggan : ( 2 ) : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

December William B Tappan : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :

DecemberBy William B. Tappan Farewell, December! cheerless as thou art,Arrayed in gloom, thou hast for me no smile;Thou canst not whisper pleasure to this heart,Thy aspect cannot life’s sad ills beguile.O’er thee, the sombre child of Winter, stern,Nature is weeping in funereal gloom;Cheerless the trophies that adorn thy urn;Cold are the rites that consecrate thyContinue reading “December William B Tappan : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”

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