The Darkling ThrushBY THOMAS HARDYI leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-grey,And Winter’s dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day.The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres,And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires. The land’s sharp features seemed to be The Century’s corpse outleant,His cryptContinue reading “The Darkling Thrush : Thomas Hardy : : Winter Poems : :”
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Autumn : T E Hulme : : Autumn Poems : :
AutumnBY T. E. HULMEA touch of cold in the Autumn night—I walked abroad,And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedgeLike a red-faced farmer.I did not stop to speak, but nodded,And round about were the wistful starsWith white faces like town children. Hulme in his 1908 poem, Autumn sets up a delicate relationship between theContinue reading “Autumn : T E Hulme : : Autumn Poems : :”
To Autumn : John Keats : : Autumn Poems : :
To Autumn BY JOHN KEATSSeason of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazelContinue reading “To Autumn : John Keats : : Autumn Poems : :”
Bouquet Of ( Short ) Rain Poems : :
The Rainbow : Walter De La Mare : ( 1 ) : : The Rainbow : Christina Rossetti : ( 2 ) : : Some Rainbow Coming From The Fair : Emily Dickinson : ( 3 ) : : Rainbow Poems ( Bouquet ) : :
(2) : : The Rainbowby Christina RossettiBoats sail on the rivers,And ships sail on the seas;But clouds that sail across the skyAre prettier than these. There are bridges on the rivers,As pretty as you please;But the bow that bridges heaven,And overtops the trees,And builds a road from earth to sky,Is prettier far than these. (3)Continue reading “The Rainbow : Walter De La Mare : ( 1 ) : : The Rainbow : Christina Rossetti : ( 2 ) : : Some Rainbow Coming From The Fair : Emily Dickinson : ( 3 ) : : Rainbow Poems ( Bouquet ) : :”
The World Is Too Much With Us : William Wordsworth : : Sonnet : : Nature Poems : :
The World Is Too Much with Us The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending we lay waste our powers;Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,The winds that will be howling at all hours,AndContinue reading “The World Is Too Much With Us : William Wordsworth : : Sonnet : : Nature Poems : :”
The Kingfisher : W H Davies : : Rainbow Poems : :
The Kingfisher : By William Henry Davies : ( July 3 , 1871 – September 26 , 1940 ). : : : : : : It was the Rainbow gave thee birth,And left thee all her lovely hues; 2 And, as her mother’s name was Tears,So runs it in my blood to choose 4For hauntsContinue reading “The Kingfisher : W H Davies : : Rainbow Poems : :”
On This Long Storm The Rainbow Rose : Emily Dickinson : : Rainbow Poems : :
Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924. Part Four: Time and Eternity V ON this long storm the rainbow rose, On this late morn the sun; The clouds, like listless elephants, Horizons straggled down. The birds rose smiling in their nests, 5The gales indeed were done; Alas! how heedless were the eyes On whom the summerContinue reading “On This Long Storm The Rainbow Rose : Emily Dickinson : : Rainbow Poems : :”
A Drop Fell On The Apple Tree : : Emily Dickinson : : Rain Poems : :
Summer Shower : Emily Dickinson ( 1830 – 1886 ) : : “A Drop Fell On The Apple Tree” is a wonderfully evocative Poem speaking of the joy on arriving of the rain to the dry Summer land and an inter – relationship with the rest of the world. Little rain “A Drop On TheContinue reading “A Drop Fell On The Apple Tree : : Emily Dickinson : : Rain Poems : :”
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