Category: European Poetry

20th century, America, American, American Poetry, Black History, Dream, European Poetry, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poetry, United States

February 1, 2019

“Dreams” by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 – 1906)

What dreams we have and how they flyLike rosy clouds across the sky;Of wealth, of fame, of sure success,Of love that comes to cheer and bless;And how they wither, how they fade,The waning wealth, the jilting jade –The fame that for a moment gleams,Then flies forever, -dreams, ah -dreams! O burning doubt and long regretO…
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 )
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…;”
15th Century, 16th Century, European Poetry, france, french, Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Uncategorized

November 1, 2018

“The Art of Poetry [an excerpt]” by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636 – 1711)

An Excerpt from a #Poem: “…One perfect whole, of all the pieces join’d. Keep your subject close, in all you say; Nor for a sounding Sentence ever stray.”
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…” ”
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).”
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.”