Poems begining by S
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St. Andrew's Day
© John Keble
When brothers part for manhood's race,
What gift may most endearing prove
To keep fond memory its her place,
And certify a brother's love?
Sleep
© George MacDonald
Oh! is it Death that comes
To have a foretaste of the whole?
To-night the planets and the stars
Will glimmer through my window-bars
But will not shine upon my soul!
Sound O Water
© William Barnes
I born in town! oh no, my dawn
O' life broke here beside theäse lawn;
So the Eyes accostand sunder
© Emily Dickinson
So the Eyes accostand sunder
In an Audience
Stampedoccasionallyforever
So may Countenance
Sudden Chorus Of The Slain Warriors Is Heard From On High
© George Borrow
From the heavenly, clear, invisible, home
Our voices come:
Since I From Love
© Geoffrey Chaucer
Since I from Love escaped am so fat,
I ne'er think to be in his prison ta'en;
Since I am free, I count him not a bean.
Self-Employed: For Harvey Shapiro
© David Ignatow
I stand and listen, head bowed,
to my inner complaint.
Sleep
© Walter de la Mare
When all, and birds, and creeping beasts,
When the dark of night is deep,
From the moving wonder of their lives
Commit themselves to sleep.
Sable Island
© Joseph Howe
Dark Isle of Mourning-aptly art thou named,
For thou hast been the cause of many a tear;
Showing How Mr. Hiram Twine "Played Off" On Smith
© Charles Godfrey Leland
Vide licet. Dere vas a fillage whose vote alone vouldt pe
Apout enof to elegdt a man und give a mayority,
So de von who couldt "scoop" dis seddlement vouldt
make a lucky hit,
But dough dey vere Deutschers, von und all, dey all
go von on Schmit.
Sonnet XXXIII: My Cares Draw
© Samuel Daniel
My cares draw on mine everlasting night;
In horror's sable clouds sets my life's sun;
Sonnet 112: "Your love and pity doth the impression fill,..."
© William Shakespeare
Your love and pity doth the impression fill,
Which vulgar scandal stamped upon my brow;
Sonnet XV: The Photograph
© Christopher Pearse Cranch
Phoebus Apollo, from Olympus driven,
Lived at Admetus, tending herds and flocks:
Swallow
© Padraic Colum
HE knows Queen Lab, her isle,
And black, enormous Kaf,
The Swallow, and "Allah"
He cries
Song VII. - When bright Roxana treads the green
© William Shenstone
When bright Roxana treads the green,
In all the pride of dress and mien,
Averse to freedom, love, and play,
The dazzling rival of the day;
None other beauty strikes mine eye,
The lilies droop, the roses die.
St. Swithin's Chair
© Sir Walter Scott
On Hallow-Mass Eve, ere yon boune ye to rest,
Ever beware that your couch be bless'd;
Sign it with cross, and sain it with bead,
Sing the Ave, and say the Creed.
Summer
© Johannes Carl Andersen
And sleeps thy heart when flower and tree
Adorn the summer stillness?
Sonnet LXIV: Ardour And Memory
© Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The cuckoo-throb, the heartbeat of the Spring;
The rosebud's blush that leaves it as it grows
