Great poems

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At The Gate

© Edith Nesbit

THE monastery towers, as pure and fair

As virgin vows, reached up white hands to Heaven;

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Rain In My Heart

© Edgar Lee Masters

There is a quiet in my heart
Like on who rests from days of pain.
Outside, the sparrows on the roof
Are chirping in the dripping rain.

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The Sideboard

© Arthur Rimbaud

It is a high, carved sideboard made of oak.
The dark old wood, like old folks, seems kind;
Its drawers are open, and its odours soak
The darkness with the scent of strong old wine.

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I Live, I Die, I Burn, I Drown

© Delmira Agustini

I live, I die, I burn, I drown
I endure at once chill and cold
Life is at once too soft and too hard
I have sore troubles mingled with joys

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Of St. Francis and the Ass

© Katharine Tynan

Our father, ere he went

Out with his brother, Death,

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Yesterday and Today XII

© Khalil Gibran

The gold-hoarder walked in his palace park and with him walked his troubles

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Work chapter VII

© Khalil Gibran

Then a ploughman said, "Speak to us of Work."

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Jonah

© Thomas Parnell

Thus sung the king—some angel reach a bough
From Eden's tree to crown the wisest brow;
And now thou fairest garden ever made,
Broad banks of spices, blossom'd walks of shade,
O Lebanon! where much I love to dwell,
Since I must leave thee Lebanon, farewel!

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Two Wishes XI

© Khalil Gibran

In the silence of the night Death descended from God toward the earth

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Two Infants II

© Khalil Gibran

A prince stood on the balcony of his palace addressing a great multitude summoned for the occasion and said, "Let me offer you and this whole fortunate country my congratulations upon the birth of a new prince who will carry the name of my noble family, and of whom you will be justly proud

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The Schoolhouse On The Plain

© Joseph Furphy

On the geodetic line, where the parish boundaries join
At a level and interminable lane
You can see it there, alone, standing calmly on its own,
Like an iceberg in a solitary main.
It's a topographic base, and each near or distant place
Is located from the Schoolhouse on the Plain.

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The Widow and Her Son XXI

© Khalil Gibran

Night fell over North Lebanon and snow was covering the villages surrounded by the Kadeesha Valley, giving the fields and prairies the appearance of a great sheet of parchment upon which the furious Nature was recording her many deeds

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What The Heart Of The Poet Said To The 'Bulletin'

© Joseph Furphy

Tell me not in future numbers
That our thought becomes inane,
That our metre halts and lumbers,
When the Wattle blooms again.

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The Poet VIII

© Khalil Gibran

He is a link between this and the coming world.
He is
A pure spring from which all thirsty souls may drink.

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The Life of Love XVI

© Khalil Gibran


Dawn of Spring has unfolded her winter-kept garment
And placed it on the peach and citrus trees; and
They appear as brides in the ceremonial custom of
the Night of Kedre.

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The Dance To Death. Act IV

© Emma Lazarus

  The City Hall at Nordhausen.  Deputies and Burghers assembling.
  To the right, at a table near the President's chair, is seated
  the Public Scrivener.  Enter DIETRICH VON TETTENBORN, and HENRY
  SCHNETZEN with an open letter in his hand.

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The Farewell XXVIII

© Khalil Gibran

And now it was evening.

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The Heroic Enthusiasts - Part The Second =Fourth Dialogue=.

© Giordano Bruno


SEV. You will see the origin of the nine blind men, who state nine
reasons and special causes of their blindness, and yet they all agree in
one general reason and one common enthusiasm.

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Song of the Wave XVII

© Khalil Gibran


I steal swiftly from behind the
Blue horizon to cast the silver of
My foam upon the gold of his sand, and
We blend in melted brilliance.