Category: Victorian Era

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, 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 )
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…;”

Category: Victorian Era

Songs for the People

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

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

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