Fall, Leaves, Fall – A Poem by Emily Brontë
Fall, Leaves, Fall by Emily Brontë Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;Lengthen night and shorten day;Every leaf speaks bliss to meFluttering from the autumn tree.I shall smile when wreaths of snowBlossom where the rose should grow;I shall sing when night’s decayUshers in a drearier day. Poems – by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell The peom […]
The Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Discover His Most Famous Poetry
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous poems have withstood the test of time, with him still regarded as one of the best poets of the Romantic era. Discover a list of seven of his most famous poems below, from the seminal The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to the opium-induced classic Kubla Khan. Coleridge’s Conversation Poems “Poetry: […]
To His Excellency General Washington – A Poem by Phillis Wheatley
To His Excellency General Washington A Poem by Phillis Wheatley Celestial choir! enthron’d in realms of light,Columbia’s scenes of glorious toils I write.While freedom’s cause her anxious breast alarms,She flashes dreadful in refulgent arms.See mother earth her offspring’s fate bemoan,And nations gaze at scenes before unknown!See the bright beams of heaven’s revolving lightInvolved in sorrows […]
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – By Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Argument How a Ship having passed the Line was driven by storms to the cold Country towards the South Pole; and how from thence she made her course to the tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean; and of the strange things that befell; and in what manner the Ancyent Marinere came back to his […]
The Lucy Poems by William Wordsworth – She dwelt among the untrodden ways
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways She dwelt among the untrodden waysBeside the springs of Dove,A Maid whom there were none to praiseAnd very few to love. A violet by a mossy stoneHalf-hidden from the Eye!—Fair, as a star when only oneIs shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could knowWhen Lucy ceased […]
Recuerdo – by Edna St. Vincent Millay
We were very tired, we were very merry—We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.It was bare and bright, and smelled like a stable—But we looked into a fire, we leaned across a table,We lay on a hill-top underneath the moon;And the whistles kept blowing, and the dawn came soon. We were […]
Over hill, over dale – By William Shakespeare
Over Hill, Over Dale A wood near Athens. A Fairy speaks. Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fireI do wander every where, Swifter than the moon’s sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green: The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be […]
To a Skylark – by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!Bird thou never wert,That from Heaven, or near it,Pourest thy full heartIn profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higherFrom the earth thou springestLike a cloud of fire;The blue deep thou wingest,And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightningOf the sunken sun,O’er which clouds are […]
Kubla Khan – A Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.So twice five miles of fertile groundWith walls and towers were girdled round;And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;And here were forests ancient […]
“Hope” is the thing with feathers – by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson, one of America’s most celebrated poets, has left an indelible mark on the literary world with her poignant and thought-provoking poetry. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830, Dickinson’s unique style and introspective themes have captivated readers for generations. Among her many cherished works, ‘Hope is the Thing with Feathers’ stands out as a […]
