Poems begining by D
/ page 31 of 94 /Day's Rain Is Done
© Alexander Pushkin
Day's rain is done. The rainy mist of night
Spreads on the sky, leaden apparel wearing,
Dolly Varden
© Francis Bret Harte
Dear Dolly! who does not recall
The thrilling page that pictured all
Dogs
© Ellis Parker Butler
Dogs is mighty useful beasts
They might seem bad at first
They might seem worser right along
But when they're dead
They're wurst.
Dat Gal o' Mine
© James Weldon Johnson
Skin as black an' jes as sof' as a velvet dress,
Teeth as white as ivory well dey is I guess.
Eyes dat's jes as big an' bright as de evenin' star;
An' dat hol' some sort o' light lublier by far.
Duty Surviving Self-Love, The Only Sure Friend Of Declining Life. A Soliloquy
© Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Unchanged within, to see all changed without,
Is a blank lot and hard to bear, no doubt.
Yet why at others' Wanings should'st thou fret?
Then only might'st thou feel a just regret,
Dil Grafta Hi Sahi
© Ahmad Faraz
دل گِرفتہ ہی سہی بزم سجا لی جائے
یادِ جاناں سے کوئی شام نہ خالی جائے
Dans l'ombre
© Victor Marie Hugo
LE VIEUX MONDE
Ô flot, c'est bien. Descends maintenant. Il le faut.
Jamais ton flux encor n'était monté si haut.
Mais pourquoi donc es-tu si sombre et si farouche ?
Diplomacy
© Paul Laurence Dunbar
TELL your love where the roses blow,
And the hearts of the lilies quiver,
Dolce Far Niente
© Peter McArthur
Before Jove's throne, upon Olympus stretched
With hands beneath my head, with careless eyes
Exploring the vasty, vaulted heavens, I'd munch
The rustic straw, or in the fatted form
Of some church-going citizen would yawn
While Hermes or Apollo spake.
Do not fret, do not cry, do not tax...
© Boris Pasternak
Do not fret, do not cry, do not tax
Your last strength, and your heart do not torture.
You're alive, you're inside me, intact,
As a buttress, a friend, an adventure.
Den CXXXVIII. Salme kan kaldes Taksigelse for daglig Godt
© Anders Arrebo
Mod alle Folk til Liv og Sjæl
gød Gud, vor Herre daglig vel;
Dirge
© Herman Melville
Stay, Death, Not mine the Christus-wand
Wherewith to charge thee and command:
Drifting
© Paul Hamilton Hayne
I HAVE settled at last, in a sombre nook,
In the far-off heart of the Norland hills,
There's a dark pine forest before my gates,
And behind is the voice of rills
Del Seminario
© Ramon Lopez Velarde
Hoy que la indiferencia del siglo me desola
sé que ayer tuve dones celestes de continuo,
y con los ejercicios de Ignacio de Loyola
el corazón sangraba como al dardo divino.
Dungog
© Henry Kendall
HERE, pent about by office walls
And barren eyes all day,
Tis sweet to think of waterfalls
Two hundred miles away!
Don't Drive Me Away
© Louisa May Alcott
"Don't drive me away,
But hear what I say:
Bad men want the gold;
They will steal it to-night,
And you must take flight;
So be quiet and busy and bold."
Description of a Tropical Island
© Charles Harpur
Behold an Indian isle, reposed
Upon the deeps enamoured breast,