Poems

The Sun, that seemed so mildly to retire,Flung back from distant climes a streaming fire,Whose blaze is now subdued to tender gleams,Prelude of night's approach with soothing dreams.Look round; of all the clouds not one is moving;'Tis the still hour of thinking, feeling, loving.Silent, and steadfast as the vaulted sky,The boundless plain of waters seems to lie:Comes that low … [Read more...] about On A High Part Of The Coast Of Cumberland – Easter Sunday, April 7 – The Author’s Sixty-Third Birthday, By: William Wordsworth

That noise that bursts and fluttersIs still there, but no longer takes the leadThe fog, my cold companion,Still persists, but slow-silent in retreat The calm, my constant craving,Is in sight, no longer out of reachMy soul can sense the stillnessAs I pause to appreciate the peace … [Read more...] about All Clear, By: Paul White

A Roman Master stands on Grecian ground,And to the people at the Isthmian GamesAssembled, He, by a herald's voice, proclaimsTHE LIBERTY OF GREECE: the words reboundUntil all voices in one voice are drowned;Glad acclamation by which air was rent!And birds, high-flying in the element,Dropped to the earth, astonished at the sound!Yet were the thoughtful grieved; and still that … [Read more...] about On A Celebrated Event In Ancient History, By: William Wordsworth

Your lute became supernaturally amaranthine.Its melody belonged to marvel of realm full muses.The tender Gods love you – Orpheus and your musing charm.And your homeland – worshipped each your dreamy song and ballads. Soft birds and dazzling animals – they overwatched at morns,with each magnificent, amusing and marvelous … [Read more...] about The Elegy to Orpheus, By: Pawel Markiewicz

Oh what a Wreck! how changed in mien and speech!Yet, though dread Powers, that work in mystery, spinEntanglings of the brain; though shadows stretchO'er the chilled heart reflect; far, far withinHers is a holy Being, freed from Sin.She is not what she seems, a forlorn wretch;But delegated Spirits comfort fetchTo Her from heights that Reason may not win.Like Children, She is … [Read more...] about Oh What A Wreck! How Changed In Mien And Speech!, By: William Wordsworth