Dreams poems
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A Poem, Addressed to the Lord Privy Seal, on the Prospect of Peace
© Thomas Tickell
To The Lord Privy SealContending kings, and fields of death, too long,Have been the subject of the British song
The Castle of Indolence: Canto I
© James Thomson
The Castle hight of Indolence,And its false luxury;Where for a little time, alas!We liv'd right jollily.
V. The Soldier
© Rupert Brooke
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
In Memoriam A. H. H. OBIIT MDCCCXXXIII [all 133 poems]
© Alfred Tennyson
[Preface] Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace,Believing where we cannot prove;
The Conquerors
© Taylor Edward Robeson
As falcons from their native eyry soar,So, tired with weight of their disdainful woes,Rovers and captains out of Palos rose,To daring, brutish dreams mad to the core.
Morbidezza
© Arthur Symons
White girl, your flesh is liliesUnder a frozen moon,So still isThe rapture of your swoonOf whiteness, snow or lilies.
Atalanta in Calydon: A Tragedy (complete text)
© Algernon Charles Swinburne
Tous zontas eu dran. katthanon de pas anerGe kai skia. to meden eis ouden repei
Pugnax Gives Notice
© Starnino Carmine
He’s done with it, the tridents and tigers,the manager’s greed, the sumptuous bedsof noble women who please their own moods
From the Life
© Stallworthy Jon
"All this takes place on a hilly island in the Mediterranean," Picasso said
Answer to an Invitation to Dine at Fishmongers Hall
© Smith Sydney
Much do I love, at civic treat,The monsters of the deep to eat;To see the rosy salmon lying,By smelts encircled, born for frying;And from the china boat to pour,On flaky cod, the flavour'd shower
Shakespeare's Sonnets: When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see
© William Shakespeare
When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see,For all the day they view things unrespected,But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,And darkly bright, are bright in dark directed
Romeo and Juliet (excerpts): O then I see Queen Mab hath been with you
© William Shakespeare
O then I see Queen Mab hath been with you
Hamlet (excerpts): To be or not to be, that is the question
© William Shakespeare
To be or not to be, that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous Fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end them
Youth and Calm
© Matthew Arnold
'Tis death! and peace, indeed, is here,
And ease from shame, and rest from fear.
Flight into Reality
© Rowley Rosemarie
Dedicated to the memory of my best friend Georgina, (1942-74)and to her husband Alex Burns and their childrenNulles laides amours ne belles prison -Lord Herbert of Cherbury
