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Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson
epub |eng | 2010-10-25 | Author:Alfred Tennyson [Tennyson, Alfred]

1345 ‘Lancelot, my Lancelot, thou in whom I have Most joy and most affiance, for I know What thou hast been in battle by my side, And many a time ...
( Category: British & Irish April 4,2020 )
Idylls of the King and a New Selection of Poems by Alfred Tennyson
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Alfred Tennyson [Tennyson, Alfred]

Then Sir Lavaine did well and worshipfully; He bore a knight of old repute to the earth, And brought his horse to Lancelot where he lay. He up the side, ...
( Category: British & Irish April 4,2020 )
Poems by Sextus Propertius
epub |eng | 2018-02-15 | Author:Sextus Propertius [Propertius, Sextus]

‘Guilty as charged, Propertius – but I won’t hound you. I ruled your books – you gave me a long run. I swear by the Fates, whose thread can’t be ...
( Category: Love Poems April 4,2020 )
Space Struck by Paige Lewis
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Paige Lewis [Lewis, Paige]

Sometimes, I look past him to watch infomercials, where hollow-cheeked women shove apples into self- cleaning juicers. I invite men over, but they spend the night asking questions he won’t ...
( Category: United States April 4,2020 )
For the Ride by Alice Notley
epub |eng | 2020-03-03 | Author:Alice Notley [Notley, Alice]

X THE STUPID BATTLE Parts one says, One thinks haven’t considered all the suggestions, yet— requests, remember? How to change it, how ones jabber, for the best. One keeps getting ...
( Category: Love Poems April 4,2020 )
Ledger by Jane Hirshfield
epub |eng | 2020-03-10 | Author:Jane Hirshfield [Hirshfield, Jane]

INTERRUPTION: AN ASSAY Sometimes you took the shape of an unseen mosquito, sometimes of illness. Presumed most of the time to be passing, yet importunate as a toddler who demanded ...
( Category: United States April 4,2020 )
The Iliad (Trans. Caroline Alexander) by Homer
epub |eng | 2016-07-25 | Author:Homer [Homer]

14.ILIÁDOS Ξ Now the shouting did not escape the notice of Nestor, although he was drinking, and to the son of Asclepius he addressed winged words: “Take thought, noble Machaon, ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical April 4,2020 )
In the Lateness of the World by Carolyn Forché
epub |eng | 2020-03-10 | Author:Carolyn Forché [Forché, Carolyn]

THE GHOST OF HEAVEN 1. Sleep to sleep through thirty years of night, a child herself with child, for whom we searched through here, or there, amidst bones still sleeved ...
( Category: Death, Grief & Loss April 4,2020 )
The Death of Sitting Bear by N. Scott Momaday
epub |eng | 2020-01-20 | Author:N. Scott Momaday

Appearances 1 I know Of certain things: An advancing glacier. A stallion on the skyline At dusk, a snake skin On a long golden dune. 2 Below A canyon rim ...
( Category: Nature April 4,2020 )
Complete Poetical Works of a E Housman by A E Housman
mobi |eng | 2017-12-09 | Author:A E Housman

The Essays University College, London, — where Housman worked as a professor for over twenty years A sketch of Housman, 1906 SWINBURNE The publication, in 1866, of the late Mr ...
( Category: British & Irish April 4,2020 )
Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper by William Cowper
mobi |eng | 2018-04-02 | Author:William Cowper

As some fleet hound close-threatening flank or haunch 390 Of boar or lion, oft as he his head Turns flying, marks him with a steadfast eye, So Hector chased the ...
( Category: Epic April 4,2020 )
Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
mobi |eng | 2016-02-01 | Author:Thomas Hood

But before your own picture arrives at that pitch, While the lights are still light, and the shadows, though rich, More transparent than ebony shutters, Never minding what Black-Arted critics ...
( Category: British & Irish April 4,2020 )
Complete Poetical Works of Charlotte Smith by Charlotte Smith
mobi |eng | 2018-10-01 | Author:Charlotte Smith

CHAPTER IX MR SOMERIVE threw himself into a chair, and, clasping his hands eagerly together, exclaimed, ‘Good God! what is to be done now?’ ‘Nothing, my dear Sir,’ replied Orlando, ...
( Category: Love Poems April 4,2020 )
Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt
azw3 |eng | 2016-07-29 | Author:Leigh Hunt

TANCRED AND CLORINDA. Argument. The Mussulman Amazon Clorinda, who is beloved by the Christian chief Tancred, goes forth in disguise at night to burn the battering tower of the Christian ...
( Category: Love Poems April 4,2020 )
Epigrams (Modern Library Classics) by Martial
azw3 |eng | 2011-10-26 | Author:Martial

57 Does it surprise you, my dear poet friend, That when I ask you round to dine I send Some lines of verse? Though Jupiter has his fill Of nectar ...
( Category: Medieval April 4,2020 )

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