Poetry

Often I’ve heard the Wind sigh By the ivied orchard wall, Over the leaves in the dark night, Breathe a sighing call, And faint away in the silence, While I, in my bed, Wondered, ‘twixt dreaming and waking, What it said. Nobody knows what the Wind is, Under the height of the sky, Where the [...]

Continue Reading Walter de la Mare – NOBODY KNOWS POEM

There lived a sage in days of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore; But wondered much and sorrowed more Because it hung behind him. He mused upon this curious case, And swore he’d change the pigtail’s place, And have it hanging at his face, Not dangling there behind him. Said he, “The mystery I’ve [...]

Continue Reading William M. Thackeray – A TRAGIC STORY POEM

In the other gardens And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail! Pleasant summer over And all the summer flowers; The red fire blazes, The grey smoke towers. Sing a song of seasons! Something bright in all! Flowers in the summer, Fires in the fall!

Continue Reading ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON – AUTUMN FIRES POEM

Across the German Ocean, In a country far from our own, Once, a poor little boy, named Gottlieb, Lived with his mother alone. They dwelt in the part of a village Where the houses were poor and small, But the home of little Gottlieb, Was the poorest one of all He was not large enough [...]

Continue Reading ALICE AND PHOEBE CARY – LITTLE GOTTLIEB POEM

The Tree’s early leaf buds were bursting their brown; “Shall I take them away?” said the Frost, sweeping down. “No, leave them alone Till the blossoms have grown,” Prayed the Tree, while he trembled from rootlet to crown. The Tree bore his blossoms, and all the birds sung: “Shall I take them away?” said the [...]

Continue Reading Bjornstjerne Bjornson – THE TREE POEM

LET DOGS DELIGHT TO BARK AND BITE. Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For ’tis their nature too. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other’s eyes. ISAAC WATTS.

Continue Reading ISAAC WATTS – LET DOGS DELIGHT TO BARK AND BITE POEM

I saw a ship a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea; Her masts were of the shining gold, Her deck of ivory; And sails of silk, as soft as milk, And silver shrouds had she. And round about her sailing, The sea was sparkling white, The waves all clapped their hands and sang To see so fair [...]

Continue Reading GABRIEL SETOUN – ROMANCE POEM

The winds have blown more bitter Each darkening day of fall; High over all the house-tops The stars are far and small I wonder, will my fir-tree Be green in spite of all? O grief is colder–colder Than wind from any part; And tears of grief are bitter tears, And doubt’s a sorer smart! But [...]

Continue Reading Josephine Preston Peabody – THE FIR-TREE POEM