Poem 76 - 100 days of poetry
The untold want, by life and land ne’er granted,
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.
A Farewell – Poem by Lord Tennyson
Poem 75 - 100 days of poetry
Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea
Thy tribute wave deliver:
No more by thee my steps shall be,
For ever and for ever. Continue reading "A Farewell – Poem by Lord Tennyson"
A World for Love – John Clare
Poem 74 - 100 days of poetry
Oh, the world is all too rude for thee, with much ado and care;
Oh, this world is but a rude world, and hurts a thing so fair;
Was there a nook in which the world had never been to sear,
That place would prove a paradise when thou and Love were near. Continue reading "A World for Love – John Clare"
There is no Frigate like a Book – Poem by Emily Dickinson
Life – by Charlotte Brontë
Poem 72 - 100 days of poetry
Life, believe, is not a dream
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,
But these are transient all;
If the shower will make the roses bloom,
O why lament its fall? Continue reading "Life – by Charlotte Brontë"
Adam’s Curse – Poem by William Butler Yeats
Poem 71 — 100 days of poetry
We sat together at one summer’s end,
That beautiful mild woman, your close friend,
And you and I, and talked of poetry. Continue reading "Adam’s Curse – Poem by William Butler Yeats"
Echo — Poem by Christina Rossetti
Poem 70 - 100 days of poetry
Come to me in the silence of the night;
Come in the speaking silence of a dream;
Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright
As sunlight on a stream;
Come back in tears,
O memory, hope, love of finished years. Continue reading "Echo — Poem by Christina Rossetti"
Stanzas for Music – Poem by Lord Byron
Poem 69 - 100 days of poetry
There be none of Beauty's daughters
With a magic like thee;
And like music on the waters
Is thy sweet voice to me: Continue reading "Stanzas for Music – Poem by Lord Byron"
In the Deep Nights – Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke
Poem 68 - 100 days of poetry
In the deep nights I dig for you, O Treasure!
To seek you over the wide world I roam,
For all abundance is but meager measure
Of your bright beauty which is yet to come. Continue reading "In the Deep Nights – Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke"
