Still enjoying the noble verses of the legend of Albion. As the poem is long I am reading it by parts. Enjoyed also this 18th century.
collection.
A poem by a poet with the name beginning with "X":
"Death always takes the shape". "Nocturne: The Bedroom" by Xavier Villaurrutia.
https://allpoetry.com/Xavier-Villaurrutia
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
I hadn't the patience to read Keats' epic; I added the audio recording because that's what I used to better enjoy the poem. Yes, the collection is quite nice too
A rather morose poem... enjoyed; also the analysis!
"Ye ancients of the earth, beneath whose shade" - Letitia Elizabeth Landon; The Cedars of Lebanon... https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/poe...-of-lebanon-2/
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
re Keats: I'll remember not to post to long poems.
"The Cedars of Lebanon". Love this kind of poetry.
"Today I reach the zenith of my life,"."The Zenith " by Hamish Mann
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/zenith/
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Lol... long poems are fine, I'll just find a video or audio version
War=glory... nuh-uh; another soldier/poet senselessly cut down. (sigh)
"Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night" - Edward Fitzgerald; The Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam Of Naishapur... https://eliteskills.com/c/7246
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
The Rubayat looks interesting and complex, but IŽll have to read it later.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Editing not possible.
So:
"Beauteous is it in the summer-night, and calm"."Charlemagne and The Bridge of Moonbeams" by Emanuel Geibel
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...moonbeams.html
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Enjoyed very much... a fanciful blessing by the spectre Charlemagne! Parker is whispering to me about the possibility of a "________ On The Bridge of Moonbeams” in the near future... I'll wait and see what she has in mind
"Creatures there are in life of such keen sight" - Francesco Petrarca; Sonnet XVII... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...net-xvii-28412
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Petrarca- enjoyed the comparison with the moth.
"Dawn takes the everlasting skies"."A Cemetery in France" by Edwin Curran
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...in-france.html
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
"The dawn now takes it up the sky on wings / And in the song of every bird it sings, / The dead, the dead--gone on their wanderings."
"Even she too dead! all languor on her brow," - Walter De La Mare; Imogen... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...e/imogen-33529
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tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
"Imogen" - wonderful images! Enjoyed.
"Fair lake, so picturesque in space,". "Greenwood Lake" by Isaac McLellan
http://www.poetryatlas.com/poetry/po...wood-lake.html
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Beautiful lake back in the 19th century; I wonder if it is still as accessible. Enjoyed
"Gather, O gather," - Percy Bysshe Shelley; Cancelled Stanza... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...d-stanza-31376
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Enjoyed but found the title curious.
"Had a birthday yesterday".The Birthday Party by Madison Julius Cawein
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...ay-party-11637
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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