Love Poems – Page 2801
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“My minde to me a kingdom is”
My minde to me a kingdom is; / Such perfect joy therein I finde / As farre exceeds all earthly blisse … -
To One who had scoffed at the Poet’s Poverty
From the Latin by Charles Abraham Elton / YES,—I am poor, Callistratus! I own; / And so was ever; yet not quite unknown, … -
Of a Contented Spirit
When all is done and said, in the end this shall you find: / He most of all doth bathe in bliss that hath a quiet mind; / And, clear from worldly cares, to dream can be content … -
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever”
From “Endymion,” Book I. / A THING of beauty is a joy forever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never … -
The Sower and his Seed
He planted an oak in his father’s park / And a thought in the minds of men, / And he bade farewell to his native shore, … -
Æsop
He sat among the woods; he heard / The sylvan merriment; he saw / The pranks of butterfly and bird, … -
The Poet of Nature
From “Festus” / HE had no times of study, and no place; / All places and all times to him were one. … -
Above the Clouds
’MID white Sierras, that slope to the sea, / Lie turbulent lands. Go dwell in the skies, / And the thundering tongues of Yosemitè … -
The Poet’s Impulse
From “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage,” Canto III. / SKY, mountains, river, winds, lake, lightnings! ye / With night, and clouds, and thunder, and a soul … -
Impression
In these restrained and careful times / Our knowledge petrifies our rhymes; / Ah! for that reckless fire men had …
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