Stanza & Story

Tag: poem

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, 20th century, American Poetry, Nonsense Poetry, Poetry, Uncategorized, United States

November 2, 2018

“Cinq Ans Apres” by Frank Gelette Burgess (1866 – 1961)

Ah, yes, I wrote the “Purple Cow”— I’m Sorry, now, I wrote it; But I can tell you Anyhow I’ll Kill you if you Quote it!
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.”
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. ”
20th century, American Poetry, Elinor Morton Wylie, General, Literature, Poetry, United States, women, women poets

September 7, 2018

“Fire and Sleet and Candlelight” by Elinor Morton Wylie (1885 – 1928)

“Fire and Sleet and Candlelight” by ELINOR MORTON WYLIE For this you’ve striven Daring, to fail: Your sky is riven Like a tearing veil. For this, you’ve wasted Wings of your youth; Divined, and tasted Bitter springs of truth. From sand unslakèd Twisted strong cords, And wandered naked Among trysted swords. There’s a word unspoken,…
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, American, American Poetry, Elinor Wylie, Literature, Poetry, Uncategorized, United States, women, women poets

September 3, 2018

“Bells in the Rain” by Elinor Wylie (1885 – 1928)

“Peace falls unheeded on the dead Asleep; they have had deep peace to drink; Upon a live man’s bloody head It falls most tenderly, I think.”
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.”