Bierce, A Horseman in the Sky |
A Horseman in the Skyby Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861, a soldier lay in a clump of laurel by the side of a road in Western Virginia. He lay at full lengt...
Posted by Belle on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:04:00 PST |
Shelley, Ozymandias |
Percy B Shelley
Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert ... Near them, on the sand, &nb...
Posted by Belle on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:54:00 PST |
Henry Wallis, The Death of Chatterton (1856) |
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Posted by Belle on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:26:00 PST |
George, Komm in den totgesagten Park |
Komm in den totgesagten Park
Komm in den totgesagten park und schau:Der schimmer ferner lächelnder gestade.Der reinen wolken unverhofftes blauErhellt die weiher und die bunten pfade.Dort nimm das tie...
Posted by Belle on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:21:00 PST |
Yeats, Stolen Child |
William Butler Yeats
The stolen childWHERE dips the rocky highlandOf Sleuth Wood in the lake,There lies a leafy islandWhere flapping herons wakeThe drowsy water rats;There we've hid our faery vats,Fu...
Posted by Belle on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:53:00 PST |
Yeats, The Lake Isle of Innisfree |
William Butler Yeats (18651939)The Lake Isle of Innisfree
I will arise and go now, and&n bsp;go to Innisfree,And a small cab in build&n...
Posted by Belle on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:43:00 PST |
Goethe, The Sorcerers Apprentice |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Good! The sorcerer, my old master
left me here alone today!
Now his spirits, for a change,
my own wishes shall obey!
Having memoriz...
Posted by Belle on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:09:00 PST |
Chatterton, Song from Aella |
SONG FROM ÆLLA
by: Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)
SING unto my roundelay,
O drop the briny tear with me;
Dance no more at holyday,
Like a running river be:
My love is dead,
Gone to his death-...
Posted by Belle on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:22:00 PST |
Tennyson, Lady of Shalott |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Lady of Shalott (1832) Part I On either side the river lieLong fields of barley and of rye,That clothe the wold and meet the sky;And thro' the field the road runs byTo ma...
Posted by Belle on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PST |
Rilke, Aus einer Sturmnacht |
Rilke, Aus einer SturmnachtDie Nacht, vom wachsenden Sturme bewegt, wie wird sie auf einmal weit - , als bliebe sie sonst zusammengelegt in die kleinlichen Falten der Zeit. Wo die Sterne ihr wehren, d...
Posted by Belle on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:13:00 PST |
