Category: England

England, English, English poetry, English Renaissance, Poetry, renaissance, William Shakespeare

January 6, 2019

“When, in Disgrace with Fortune and Men’s Eyes (or, ‘Sonnet 29’)” by William Shakespeare” (1564 – 1616)

Here’s an excerpt from a #poem by William #Shakespeare, entitled, “When in Disgrace, with Fortune and Men’s Eyes” (a.k.a, #Sonnet29):
20th century, A.E. Housman, England, English, English poetry, Victorian Era

December 26, 2018

“When I Was One-and-Twenty” by A.E. Housman

“…When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, “The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain…;”
19th century, England, English, English poetry, European Poetry, Uncategorized

December 19, 2018

“If—” by Rudyard Kipling

“If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss…;”
16th Century, England, English, English poetry, Sir Walter Raleigh

December 17, 2018

“Even Such Is Time” by Sir Walter Ralegh (or, Sir Walter Raleigh)

“…But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.”
19th century, D.H. Lawrence, England, English, English poetry, European Poetry, Uncategorized

September 11, 2018

“The Enkindled Spring” by D.H. Lawrence (1885 – 1930)

#Poetry by #DHLawrence— “…This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green, Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes,…”
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).”
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…