Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Sonnet - To Tartar, A Terrier Beauty
Snowdrop of dogs, with ear of brownest dye,Like the last orphan leaf of naked treeWhich shudders in black autumn; though by thee,Of hearing careless..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Song From The Second Brother
STREW not earth with empty stars,Strew it not with roses,Nor feathers from the crest of Mars,Nor summer's idle posies.'Tis not the primrose-sandalled..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Old Adam, The Carrion Crow
Old Adam, the carrion crow,The old crow of Cairo;He sat in the shower, and let it flowUnder his tail and over his crest;And through every..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
The Rosy Hour
And in that rosy rosy hour,When bird sang out and scented flower,Came words to me from heaven above:'Awake, young heart, awake and love!'
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Lines Written In A Blank Leaf Of The ‘prometheus Unbound’
Write it in gold - a Spirit of the sun,An Intellect ablaze with heavenly thoughts,A soul with all the dews of pathos shining,Odorous with love, and..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
A Cypress-Bough, And A Rose-Wreath Sweet ( Song )
Act IV, scene iiiA cypress-bough and a rose-wreath sweet,A wedding robe, and a winding-sheet,A bridal bed and a bier.Thine be the kisses, maid,And..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Song: Yes, Mary Ann
Yes, Mary Ann, I freely grant,The charms of Henry's eyes I see;But while I gaze, I something want,I want those eyes -- to gaze on me.And I allow, in..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
A Ho! A Ho! (Song )
Act II Scene ii, lines 26-55A ho! A ho!Love's horn doth blow,And he will out a-hawking go.His shafts are light as beauty's sighs,And bright as..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
To Sea! To Sea!
TO sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;The wanton water leaps in sport,And rattles down the pebbly shore;The dolphin wheels, the sea-cow snorts,And unseen..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Resurrection Song.
Thread the nerves through the right holes;Get out of my bones, you wormy souls.Shut up my stomach, the ribs are full;Muscles be steady and ready to..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
If Thou Wilt Ease Thine Heart
IF thou wilt ease thine heartOf love, and all its smart,-Then sleep, dear, sleep!And not a sorrowHang any tear on your eyelashes;Lie still and..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Another
Tis a moon-tinted primrose, with a wellOf trembling dew; in its soft atmosphere,A tiny whirlwind of sweet smells, doth swellA lady bird; and when no..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Dream-Pedlary
IF there were dreams to sell, What would you buy?Some cost a passing bell; Some a light sigh,That shakes from Life's fresh crownOnly a rose-leaf..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Song From The Waters
Act I, scene iv, lines 259-72The swallow leaves her nest,The soul my weary breast;But therefore let the rainOn my graveFall pure; for why..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
A Clock Striking Midnight
Hark to the echo of Time’s footsteps; goneThise moments are into the unseen graveOf ages. Thy have vanished nameless. None,While they are deep under..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Song
HOW many times do I love thee, dear? Tell me how many thoughts there be In the atmosphere Of a new-fall'n year,Whose white and sable hours..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
To Night
So thou art come again, old black-winged night,Like an huge bird, between us and the sun,Hiding, with out-stretched form, the genial light;And still..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
The Last Man
By heaven and hell, and all the fools between them,I will not die, nor sleep, nor wink my eyes,But think myself into a god; old DeathShall dream he..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Songs From “death’s Jest-Book” Ii - Dirge
IF thou wilt ease thine heartOf love and all its smart,Then sleep, dear, sleep;And not a sorrowHang any tear on your eye-lashes;Lie still and..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Song From The Ship
To sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;The wanton water leaps in sport,And rattles down the pebbly shore;The dolphin wheels, the sea-cows snort,And unseen..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Ballad Of Human Life
When we were girl and boy together,We toss'd about the flowersAnd wreath'd the blushing hoursInto a posy green and sweet.I sought the youngest..
© Thomas Lovell Beddoes
The Quiet Revolution
Innovation does not shout,It whispers softly all about.It bends the rules, it breaks the line,It turns a thought into design.Celebrate the quiet..
© National Creativity Day
Hands and Heart
Hands that build and hearts that dream,Create more than the eye can seem.A chair, a song, a simple phrase,Transforming ordinary days.Each act of..
© National Creativity Day
The Endless Room
Step inside the mind’s vast hall,Where nothing’s rigid, nothing small.Ideas float like whispered tunes,Dancing under unseen moons.National Creativity..
© National Creativity Day
Colors of the Mind
Not all art is painted bright,Not all songs are sung at night.Creativity hides in subtle ways,In quiet words and gentle praise.Celebrate the forms..
© National Creativity Day