Category: 19th century

19th century, American Poetry, Hilda Doolittle, Imagist, Uncategorized, women poets

September 10, 2018

“Evening” by Hilda Doolittle (1886 – 1961)

“Evening” by Hilda Doolittle The light passes from ridge to ridge, from flower to flower— the hepaticas, wide-spread under the light grow faint— the petals reach inward, the blue tips bend toward the bluer heart and the flowers are lost. The cornel-buds are still white, but shadows dart from the cornel-roots— black creeps from root to…
19th century, American Poetry, Hilda Doolittle, Imagist, Uncategorized, United States, women poets

September 10, 2018

“Cities” by Hilda Doolittle (1886 – 1961)

“…So he built a new city, ah can we believe, not ironically but for new splendour constructed new people to lift through slow growth to a beauty unrivalled yet— …”
19th century, African-American, America, American, American Poetry, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Harlem Renaissance, Uncategorized, women poets

September 10, 2018

“Quest” by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 – 1966)

Quest BY GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON The phantom happiness I sought O’er every crag and moor; I paused at every postern gate, And knocked at every door; In vain I searched the land and sea, E’en to the inmost core, The curtains of eternal night Descend—my search is o’er.
19th century, African-American, America, American, American Poetry, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Harlem Renaissance, Uncategorized, women, women poets

September 10, 2018

“My Little Dreams by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 – 1966)

My Little Dreams BY GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON I’m folding up my little dreams Within my heart tonight, And praying I may soon forget The torture of their sight. For time’s deft fingers scroll my brow With fell relentless art— I’m folding up my little dreams Tonight, within my heart.
19th century, france, Frederic Mistral, french, Uncategorized

September 8, 2018

“Mirèio” by Frédéric Mistral (1830 – 1914)

“…Yet on that ravaged tree thou savest oft Some little branch inviolate aloft, Tender and airy up against the blue, Which the rude spoiler cannot win unto: Only the birds shall come and banquet there, When, at St. Magdalene’s, the fruit is fair…”
19th century, American, American Poetry, British Poetry, England, English, English poetry, European Poetry, Literature, Poetry, UK, Uncategorized, United Kingodm

September 7, 2018

“What the Goose-Girl Said About the Dean” by EDITH SITWELL (1887 – 1964)

“Whence he lies snoring like the moon Clownish-white all afternoon. Beneath the trees’ arsenical Sharp woodwind tunes; heretical— Blown like the wind’s mane (Creaking woodenly again).”
19th century, American Poetry, Eugene Field, Literature, Poetry, Uncategorized, United States

September 2, 2018

“Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” by Eugene Field (1850–1895)

“The old moon laughed and sang a song, As they rocked in the wooden shoe, And the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew.”
19th century, American Poetry, Dream, Poetry, Uncategorized

June 17, 2018

“I was born upon they bank, river” by Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)

“I was born upon thy bank, river” by Henry David Thoreau I was born upon thy bank, river, My blood flows in thy stream, And thou meanderest forever At the bottom of my dream.
19th century, American, American Poetry, Poetry, Uncategorized, women, women poets

March 9, 2018

“The Watcher” by SARAH JOSEPHA HALE (1788 – 1879)

The Watcher BY SARAH JOSEPHA HALE The night was dark and fearful, The blast swept wailing by; A Watcher, pale and tearful, Look’d forth with anxious eye; How wistfully she gazes– No gleam of morn is there! And then her heart upraises Its agony of prayer! Within that dwelling lonely, Where want and darkness reign,…
19th century, Alfonsia Storni, Hispanic, Latin America, Poetry, Uncategorized, women, women poets

March 8, 2018

“I Am Going To Sleep” by ALFONSIA STORNI (1892 – 1938)

“…so you’ll forget . . . Thank you. Oh, one request: if he telephones again tell him not to keep trying for I have left . . . ”