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Title	Poet	Year Written	Collection	Body
The Sifting of Peter	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1827	English	A Folk-Song “Behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat.”—LUKE xxii. 31. IN Saint Luke’s Gospel we are told How Peter in the days of old Was sifted; And now, though ages intervene, Sin is the same, while time...
The Silence of the Hills	William Prescott Foster	1873	English	The Windy forest, rousing from its sleep, Voices its heart in hoarse Titanic roar; The ocean bellows from its rocky shore; The cataract, that haunts the rugged steep, Makes mighty music in its headlong leap; The clouds have voices, and the rivers pour...
The Siller Croun	Susanna Blamire		English	“and ye sail walk in silk attire, And siller hae to spare, Gin ye ’ll consent to be his bride, Nor think o’ Donald mair.” O, wha wad buy a silken goun Wi’ a puir broken heart? Or what ’s to me a siller croun Gin frae my love I...
The Singer (Pushkin)			English	Did you hear beyond the grove the night voice Of the singer of love who sings of his sadness? In the morning, when the fields were silent, It was the plaintive and simple sound of the pipe. ...
The Singer of One Song	Henry Augustin Beers		English	He sang one song and died—no more but that: A single song and carelessly complete. He would not bind and thresh his chance-grown wheat, Nor bring his wild fruit to the common vat, To store the acid rinsings, thin and flat, Squeezed from the press or...
The Singer of One Song	Henry Augustin Beers		English	He sang one song and died—no more but that: A single song and carelessly complete. He would not bind and thresh his chance-grown wheat, Nor bring his wild fruit to the common vat, To store the acid rinsings, thin and flat, Squeezed from the press or...
The Sirens’ Song	William Browne	1611	English	From the “Inner Temple Masque” STEER hither, steer your wingèd pines, All beaten mariners: Here lie undiscovered mines, A prey to passengers; Perfumes far sweeter than the best That make the phœnix urn and nest: Fear not...
The Sister of Charity	Gerald Griffen	1823	English	She once was a lady of honor and wealth; Bright glowed in her features the roses of health; Her vesture was blended of silk and of gold, And her motion shook perfume from every fold: Joy revelled around her, love shone at her side, And gay was her smile as...
The Sisters	John Banister Tabb		English	The waves forever move; The hills forever rest: Yet each the heavens approve, And Love alike hath blessed A Martha’s household care, A Mary’s cloistered prayer.
The Skeleton at the Feast	James Jeffrey Roche		English	We summoned not the Silent Guest, And no man spake his name; By lips unseen our Cup was pressed, And mid the merry song and jest, The Uninvited came. Wise were they in the days of old, Who gave the Stranger place; And when the...
The Skeleton in Armor	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1827	English	“speak! speak! thou fearful guest! Who, with thy hollow breast Still in rude armor drest, Comest to daunt me! Wrapt not in Eastern balms, But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms, Why dost thou haunt me?” Then...
The Skeleton in Armor	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	1827	English	“SPEAK! 1 speak! thou fearful guest! Who, with thy hollow breast Still in rude armor drest, Comest to daunt me! Wrapt not in Eastern balms, But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms, Why dost thou haunt me?” ...
The Skies can't keep their secret!			English	The Skies can't keep their secret! They tell it to the Hills — The Hills just tell the Orchards — And they — the Daffodils! A Bird — by chance — that goes that way — Soft overhears the whole — If I...
The Skilful Listener	John Vance Cheney		English	The skilful listener, he, methinks, may hear The grass blades clash in sunny field together, The roses kissing, and the lily, whether It joy or sorrow in the summer’s ear, The jewel dew-bells of the mead ring clear When morning lightly moves them in June...
The Sky is low — the Clouds are mean.			English	The Sky is low — the Clouds are mean. A Travelling Flake of Snow Across a Barn or through a Rut Debates if it will go — A Narrow Wind complains all Day How some one treated him Nature, like Us is...
The Skylark	James Hogg	1790	English	BIRD of the wilderness, Blithesome and cumberless, Sweet be thy matin o’er moorland and lea! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place,— O, to abide in the desert with thee! Wild is thy lay and loud Far in the...
The Sleep	Elizabeth Barrett Browning	1826	English	“He giveth his belovèd sleep.” —PSALM cxxvii. 2. OF all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar, Among the Psalmist’s music deep, Now tell me if that any is, For gift or grace, surpassing this,— “He giveth his belovèd...
The Sleeper	Edgar Allan Poe	1829	English	At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly dripping, drop by drop, Upon the quiet mountain-top, Steals drowsily and musically Into the...
The Sleeping Beauty	Alfred, Lord Tennyson		English	From “The Day Dream” YEAR after year unto her feet, She lying on her couch alone, Across the purple coverlet, The maiden’s jet-black hair has grown; On either side her trancèd form Forth streaming from a braid of pearl; The slumberous...
The Smack in School	William Pitt Palmer		English	A District school, not far away, Mid Berkshire hills, one winter’s day, Was humming with its wonted noise Of threescore mingled girls and boys; Some few upon their tasks intent, But more on furtive mischief bent, The while the master’s downward...