Poems by Stephen Vincent Benet
Nightmare For Future Reference
... Eat and mate And go back to the earth after that, and that's all right ...
Portrait Of A Baby
... So, as he slept, his hands clenched tighter, ...
Music
... . . . And my friend swung round on his stool, and from gods we were men, ...
Hands
... My brother's hands are long and fine, ...
For Those Who Are As Right As Any
... "Slay." "And, when we have slain them all, we will build for men ...
To Rosemary
... These alone. Not with running horses, ...
The Innovator
... - Well, half the town WAS wrecked, no doubt - ...
For All Blasphemers
... There were planets in his liquor-can ...
Portrait Of Young Love
... Or what you looked like when you were quite young ...
Ode To The Austrian Socialists
... . . . They had hidden arms against need but they could not find them ...
Thomas Jefferson
... Hidden away? "I was a giver, ...
Rain After A Vaudeville Show
... . . Like dragons' eyes the street-lamps suddenly gleamed, ...
Nightmare Number Three
... There wont be so much real difference--honest, there wont-- ...
A Nonsense Song
... Gentle-curled as young cloudlings, sweet-fragrant as bay ...
Dinner In A Quick Lunch Room
... Such are my thoughts as - clang! crash! bang! - I brood ...
