Sidney Lanier image
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Born in February 3, 1842 / Died in September 7, 1881 / United States / English

Poems by Sidney Lanier

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At First. To Charlotte Cushman.

... Down by the way of Time to me:Or some least grace of the body of love, ...

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Baby Charley.

... Heaven-lights, I know, are beaming through ...

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Barnacles

... And hindereth me from sailing!Old Past let go, and drop i' the sea ...

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Clover

... A poet, thou: What worth, what worth, the whole of all thine art ...

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Control

... Of old the blind bard Herve sang so sweet ...

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Corn

... Soul homely, as thou art, yet rich in grace like thee, ...

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From The Flats.

... Swings o'er the slope, the oak's far-falling shade ...

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Hymns Of The Marshes.

... Drew over me out of the merciless miles of the plain, --Oh, now, unafraid, I am fain to face ...

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In Absence.

... -- When life's all love, 'tis life: aught else, 'tis naught ...

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In The Foam.

... Thy weak white arm his blows may thwart, ...

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Ireland.

... Send thee summer from their snow,Thus the main and cordial current ...

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Jones's Porvate Argyment

... Bankruptcy and the devil!"More corn! more corn! MUST plant less ground, ...

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June Dreams, In January

... Or trim-set in quaint gardener's fantasies:"And long June night-sounds crooned among the leaves, ...

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Laughter In The Senate

... The winds have brought him a strange sound ...

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Laus Mariae

... So twixt each morn and night rise salient heaps: ...