Category: 19th century

19th century, America, American, Creole, Pierre Dalcour

February 1, 2023

Verse Written in the Album of Mademoiselle–

The evening star that in the vaulted skies Sweetly sparkles, gently flashes,
19th century, 20th century, African-American, America, American, American Poetry, E.W. Harper, Ellen Watkins Harper, Frances E. W. Harper, General, poet, Poetry, Uncategorized, United States, Victorian Era, Victorian Period

August 15, 2022

Songs for the People

by Ellen Watkins Harper Let me make the songs for the people, Songs for the old and young;Songs to stir like a battle-cry Wherever they are sung.Not for the clashing of sabres, For carnage nor for strife;But songs to thrill the hearts of men With more abundant life.Let me make the songs for the weary,…
19th century, 20th century, African-American, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poetry

August 14, 2022

In Summer

by Paul Laurence Dunbar Oh, summer has clothed the earthIn a cloak from the loom of the sun!And a mantle, too, of the skies’ soft blue,And a belt where the rivers run. And now for the kiss of the wind,And the touch of the air’s soft hands,With the rest from strife and the heat of…
19th century, 20th century, African-American, Paul Laurence Dunbar

August 13, 2022

“The Poet and His Song”

Read “The Poet and His Song” by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
19th century, 20th century, American Poetry, Black History, Celebration, modern poetry, United States, William Braithwaite

January 23, 2022

“Rhapsody”

“Are the entrance-place of wonders, Where dreams come in from the rush and din Like sheep from the rains and thunders.” — from “Rhapsody” by William Braithwaite
19th century, 20th century, Khalil Gibran, MIddle East, modern poetry, poet, Poetry, Uncategorized

December 3, 2021

“And When My Sorrow was Born” by Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931)

And every day for seven moons I proclaimed my Joy from the house-top—and yet no one heeded me. And my Joy and I were alone, unsought and unvisited.
19th century, 20th century, African-American, Otto Leland Bohanan

January 18, 2021

“The Washer-Woman” by Otto Leland Bohanan

“A GREAT swart cheek and the gleam of tears, The flutter of hopes and the shadow of fears,”
19th century, American Poetry, United States, Walt Whitman

June 8, 2019

“One’s-Self I Sing” by Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)

Here’s an excerpt from Walt Whitman’s #poem, entitled, “One’s-Self I Sing”: “Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest action form’d under the laws divine, The Modern Man I sing.”
19th century, Alfred Lord Tennyson, English, English poetry, European Poetry, Poetry, UK, United Kingodm, Victorian Era

January 31, 2019

“The Splendor Falls” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 – 1892)

Here’s an #excerpt from a #poem, entitled, “The Splendor Falls” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: O love, they die in yon rich sky, They faint on hill or field or river; Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow forever and forever.
19th century, English, English poetry, European Poetry, Love, Poetry, Victorian Era, women, women poets

January 7, 2019

“How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 – 1861)

Here is an #excerpt from a #poem, entitled, “How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ( #Sonnet43 )