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You promise heavens free from strife, Pure truth, and perfect change of will; But sweet, sweet is this human life, So sweet, I fain would breathe it still;
Page of poem "Holy Willie's Prayer" is a poem by Robert Burns.It was written in 1785 and first printed anonymously in an eight-page pamphlet in 1789. [1] It is considered the greatest of all Burns' satirical poems, one of the finest satires by any poet, [2] and a withering attack on religious hypocrisy.
Richard Thomas Church CBE (26 March 1893 – 4 March 1972) was an English writer, poet and critic; he also wrote novels and verse plays, and three volumes of autobiography. Early life [ edit ]
"A Song for Simeon" is a 37-line poem written in free verse. The poem does not have a consistent pattern of meter. The lines range in length from three syllables to fifteen syllables. Eliot uses end rhyme sporadically in 21 lines of the poem, specifically: [1] [2] and, hand, stand, and land (in lines 1, 3, 5, 7) poor and door (lines 10 and 12)
To the Daisy (third poem) 1802 "Bright Flower! whose home is everywhere," Poems of the Fancy (1815–32); Poems of Sentiment and Reflection (1837–) 1807 The Green Linnet 1803 "Beneath these fruit-tree boughs that shed" Poems of the Fancy: 1807 Yew-trees 1803 "There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale," Poems of the Imagination: 1815
Her poetry was inspired by family and church themes, and included hymns and sacred texts. She worked in several fields including book reviewing, story writing, and verse making. For a quarter of a century, Sangster was known by the public as a writer, beginning as a writer of verse, and combining later the practical work of a critic and journalist.
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Sunday Morning" is a poem from Wallace Stevens' first book of poetry, Harmonium. Published in part in the November 1915 issue of Poetry , then in full in 1923 in Harmonium , it is now in the public domain.