Category: British Poetry

18th Century, Augustan Period, British Poetry, European Poetry, James Thomson, Uncategorized

September 11, 2018

“Rule Britannia” by James Thomson (1700 – 1748)

“…Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak. “Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves…” ”
20th century, British Poetry, England, English, English poetry, European Poetry, Literature, Poetry, UK, Uncategorized, United Kingodm, women, women poets

September 7, 2018

“Clowns’ Houses” by Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964)

“Blind are those houses, paper-thin Old shadows hid therein, With sly and crazy movements creep Like marionettes, and weep. ”
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).”
20th century, British Poetry, English poetry, European Poetry, Literature, Poetry, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, women, women poets

September 7, 2018

“By Candlelight” by Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964)

#Poetry by #EdithSitwell— “Silence crowned this optimism— Not a sound and not a wail: But the fire (lush leafy vales) Watched the angry feathers fly.”
18th Century, Alexander Pope, British Poetry, Christian, Christianity, Religion and Spirituality, Uncategorized

January 1, 2016

“The Christian to His Dying Soul”

O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
American, British Poetry, Edgar Alrbert Guest, English poetry, European Poetry, United Kingdom

August 16, 2015

“He Who Serves” by Edgar Albert Guest

He has not served who gathers gold, Nor has he served, whose life is told In selfish battles he has won, Or deeds of skill that he has done; But he has served who now and then Has helped along his fellow men. The world needs many men today; Red-blooded men along life’s way, With…
African-American, American, Black History, British Poetry, Paul Laurence Dunbar

August 9, 2015

“Ships That Pass In The Night” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing; I look far out into the pregnant night, Where I can hear a solemn booming gun And catch the gleaming of a random light, That tells me that the ship I seek is passing, passing. My tearful eyes my soul’s deep hurt are glassing; For…
18th Century, British Poetry, Celebration, England, English, English poetry, European Poetry, UK, United Kingodm

July 31, 2015

“The Lamb” by William Blake

Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed, By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made…
American, British Poetry, Edgar Alrbert Guest, English poetry, European Poetry

July 27, 2015

“Things Work Out” by Edgar Albert Guest

Because it rains when we wish it wouldn’t, Because men do what they often shouldn’t, Because crops fail, and plans go wrong- Some of us grumble all day long. But somehow, in spite of the care and doubt, It seems at last that things work out. Because we lose where we hoped to gain, Because…
British Poetry, William Blake

June 28, 2015

“A Divine Image” by William Blake

Cruelty has a Human Heart And Jealousy a Human Face Terror the Human Form Divine And Secrecy, the Human Dress The Human Dress, is forged Iron The Human Form, a fiery Forge. The Human Face, a Furnace seal’d The Human Heart, its hungry Gorge.