Robert Louis Stevenson To Mrs. Will. H. Low.From UnderwoodsEven in the bluest noonday of July,There could not run the smallest breath of windBut all the quarter sounded like a wood;And in the chequered silence and aboveThe hum of city cabs that sought the Bois,Suburban ashes shivered into song.A patter and a chatter and a chirpAndContinue reading “To Mrs. Will H Low : Robert Louis Stevenson : : July Poems: : Months Poems : :”
Tag Archives: Occasional Poems
Inniskeen Road: July Evening : : Patrick Kavanagh : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :
Inniskeen Road: July EveningThe bicycles go by in twos and threes –There’s a dance in Billy Brennan’s barn to-night,And there’s the half-talk code of mysteriesAnd the wink-and-elbow language of delight.Half-past eight and there is not a spotUpon a mile of road, no shadow thrownThat might turn out a man or woman, notA footfall tapping secreciesContinue reading “Inniskeen Road: July Evening : : Patrick Kavanagh : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :”
London in July : Amy Levy : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :
London In July : : by Amy Levy ( 1861 – 1889 ): What ails my senses thus to cheat?What is it ails the place,That all the people in the streetShould wear one woman’s face? The London trees are dusty-brownBeneath the summer sky;My love, she dwells in London town,Nor leaves it in July. O variousContinue reading “London in July : Amy Levy : : July Poems : : Months Poems : :”
“June” ( 5 Poems ) : Sarojini Naidu : Eliza & Sara Wolcott : John Burroughs : Annette Wynne : Lottie Brown Allen : :
June Sunset Here shall my heart find its haven of calm,By rush-fringed rivers and rain-fed streamsThat glimmer thro’ meadows of lily and palm.Here shall my soul find its true reposeUnder a sunset sky of dreamsDiaphanous, amber and rose.The air is aglow with the glint and whirlOf swift wild wings in their homeward flight,Sapphire, emerald, topaz,Continue reading ““June” ( 5 Poems ) : Sarojini Naidu : Eliza & Sara Wolcott : John Burroughs : Annette Wynne : Lottie Brown Allen : :”
June Thunder : Louis MacNeice : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :
June Thunder : : : : by Louis Macneice : : : : : : The Junes were free and full, driving through tinyRoads, the mudguards brushing the cowparsley,Through fields of mustard and under boldly embattledMays and chestnuts Or between beeches verdurous and voluptuousOr where broom and gorse beflagged the chalkland–All the flare and gustoContinue reading “June Thunder : Louis MacNeice : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :”
June Rain : Richard Aldington : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :
June Rain : : By Richard Aldington : : : : June Rain Hot, a griffin’s mouth of flame, 1The sun rasped with his golden tongue 2The city streets, till men and walls shrivelled; 3The dusty air stagnated. 4 At the third noon a wind rippled, 5A wide sea silently breaking; 6A thick veil ofContinue reading “June Rain : Richard Aldington : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :”
June Night : Sara Teasdale : : June Poems : Months Poems : :
June Night : : by Sara Teasdale : : : : OH Earth, you are too dear to-night,How can I sleep while all aroundFloats rainy fragrance and the farDeep voice of the ocean that talks to the ground?Oh Earth, you gave me all I have,I love you, I love you,—oh what have IThat I canContinue reading “June Night : Sara Teasdale : : June Poems : Months Poems : :”
Adlestrop : Edward Thomas : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :
Adlestrop : : by Edward Thomas : : : : Yes, I remember Adlestrop –The name, because one afternoonOf heat the express-train drew up thereUnwontedly. It was late June. The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.No one left and no one cameOn the bare platform. What I sawWas Adlestrop – only the name And willows,Continue reading “Adlestrop : Edward Thomas : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :”
Confessions : Robert Browning : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :
Confessions : : By ROBERT BROWNING : : : : What is he buzzing in my ears?“Now that I come to die,Do I view the world as a vale of tears?”Ah, reverend sir, not I! What I viewed there once, what I view againWhere the physic bottles standOn the table’s edge,—is a suburb lane,With aContinue reading “Confessions : Robert Browning : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :”
The Shepheardes Calendar: June : Edmund Spenser : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :
The Shepheardes Calender: JuneNote on this Renascence Editions text: This edition is copyright © The University of Oregon; it is distributed for scholarly and nonprofit purposes only. Risa S. Bear Iune.[Woodcut for June] Ægloga Sexta. A R G V M E N T. THis Æglogue is wholly vowed to the complayning of Colins ill successeContinue reading “The Shepheardes Calendar: June : Edmund Spenser : : June Poems : : Months Poems : :”