Poems by André Breton
The Spectral Attitudes
... watched over myself and my thoughts like a night watchman in an immense factory Keeping watch alone ...
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
... but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: ...
There was a Boy
... Mute—looking at the grave in which he lies! ...
The Simplon Pass
... Tumult and peace, the darkness and the light— ...
A Slumber did my Spirit Seal
... Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, ...
London, 1802
... Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: ...
Nutting
... And dragged to earth both branch and bough, with crash ...
from The Prelude: Book 2: School-time (Continued)
... fast asleep The Labourer, and the old Man who had sate, ...
Extempore Effusion upon the Death of James Hogg
... but why, O'er ripe fruit, seasonably gathered, ...
Sonnets from The River Duddon: After-Thought
... Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, ...
Ode to Duty
... reached a point where I am not only able to do right, but am unable to do anything but what is right ...
On the Extinction of the Venetian Republic
... Men are we, and must grieve when even the Shade ...
On the Departure of Sir Walter Scott from Abbotsford, for Naples
... While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, ...
Resolution and Independence
... And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters ...
A Poet! He Hath Put his Heart to School
... must laugh By precept only, and shed tears by rule ...
