Poems by Stephen Vincent Benet
Litany for Dictatorships
... For those growers of wheat who were shot by their own wheatstacks, ...
The Retort Discourteous
... I have rocked your thronesbut your fight is won ...
Western Wagons
... We've broken land and cleared it, but we're tired of where we are ...
John James Audobon
... 1780-1851 Some men live for warlike deeds, ...
American Names
... And the tea and the laurels had stood all night, ...
The Ballad Of William Sycamore [1790-1871]
... They were right, tight boys, never sulky or slow, ...
Bad Dream
... How they spoke, how the mere breath ...
Three Day's Ride
... " My love drooped low on the black mare's back, ...
Illa
... Nevertheless, O Death, be humble in claiming ...
Nightmare, With Angels
... hand was a woven, wire basket, full of seeds, small metallic and shining like the seeds of portulaca ...
Operation
... "I'll just remove Youth, Health and Love," he said, ...
Campus Sonnets: Talk
... Till the whole world seems small and bright to hold - ...
Daniel Boone
... 1735-1820 When Daniel Boone goes by, at night, ...
In A Glass Of Water before Retiring
... slumbering bird's white breast ...
The Congressmen Came Out To See Bull Run
... They brought their speeches and their picnic-lunch, ...
