poetry: 18th century

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angevin2 Apr 25, 2014 17:25

Sonnet: To the Poppy
Anna SewardWhile summer roses all their glory yield ( Read more... )

poetry: 18th century, sonnets, national poetry month 2014, poets: women, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 17, 2014 15:25

Holy Thursday (Songs of Experience)
William BlakeIs this a holy thing to see ( Read more... )

poetry: 18th century, national poetry month 2014, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 03, 2014 00:27

Lines Written During a Period of Insanity
William CowperHatred and vengeance, my eternal portion ( Read more... )

poetry: 18th century, national poetry month 2014, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 10, 2012 15:47

The Little Vagabond
William BlakeDear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold ( Read more... )

poetry: 18th century, national poetry month 2012, beer, religion, poetry

There's also a text of this poem with glosses here, so don't let the Scots put you off!

(Especially because you're going to get some Middle Scots later in the month. Mwahaha. ;) )

Address to the Devil
Robert Burns

O Prince, O chief of many throned pow'rs!
That led th' embattled seraphim to war!
(Milton, Paradise Lost)O thou! whatever title suit ( Read more... )

poetry: 18th century, national poetry month 2012, poetry: scots, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 07, 2011 01:32

Ah Sunflower
William Blake

Ah, sun-flower! weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime,
Where the traveller’s journey is done;

Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my sun-flower wishes to go.

( Read more... )

poetry: 18th century, national poetry month 2011, poetry

[poetry advent calendar] yesterday's poem

angevin2 Dec 05, 2010 21:36

Because I forgot!

The Winter's Walk
Samuel Johnson

Behold my fair, where-e'er we rove,
What dreary prospects round us rise,
The naked hills, the leafless grove,
The hoary ground, the frowning skies.

Nor only through the wasted plain,
Stern winter, is thy force confest,
Still wider spreads thy horrid reign,
I feel thy pow'r usurp my breast.

( Enliv'ning hope, and fond desire... )

poetry: 18th century, poetry advent calendar 2010, poetry

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angevin2 Apr 14, 2010 02:11

To a Mountain Daisy, On Turning One Down with the Plough in April - 1786
Robert Burns

Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r,
Thou's met me in an evil hour,
For I maun crush amang the stoure
Thy slender stem:
To spare thee now is past my pow'r,
Thou bonie gem.

Alas! it's no thy neebor sweet,
The bonie lark, companion meet ( Read more... )

poetry: 18th century, national poetry month 2010, poetry: scots, poetry

here, have some Christopher Smart

angevin2 Oct 26, 2009 19:20

For I bless God in the honey of the sugar-cane and the milk of the cocoa ( Read more... )

poetry: 18th century, mentally interesting, choirgeekery, music, poetry

[NPM] today's poem

angevin2 Apr 02, 2009 00:25

the_alchemist posted Jonathan Swift's The Lady's Dressing Room yesterday. So here's Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's riposte.

The Reasons That Induced Dr. Swift To Write a Poem Called "The Lady's Dressing-Room"
Lady Mary Wortley MontaguThe Doctor in a clean starched band ( Read more... )

poetry: 18th century, poets: women, national poetry month 2009, poetry