Patience (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) Be patient with you? When pain's iron bars Their rivets tighten, stern To bend and break their victims... continue reading
Petals (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) Life is a stream On which we strew Petal by petal the flower of our heart continue reading
Song (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) Oh! To be a flower Nodding in the sun, Bending, then upspringing As the breezes run; Holding up A scent-brimmed cup, Full of summer's fragrance to the summer sun. continue reading
Summer (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) Some men there are who find in nature all Their inspiration, hers the sympathy Which spurs them on to any great endeavor, To them the fields and woods are closest friends, And they hold dear communion with the hills; The voice of waters soothes them with its fall, And the great winds bring healing in their sound. continue reading
Taxi, The (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum. continue reading
To A Friend (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) The world is full of rude awakenings And heaven-born castles shattered to the ground, Yet still our human longing vainly clings To a belief in beauty through all wrongs. continue reading
Two Lacquer Prints (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) Once, in the sultry heat of midsummer, An Emperor caused the miniature mountains in his garden continue reading
Venetian Glass (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) At intervals you cross my path and bring The deep solemnity of passing years. For you I have shed bitter tears, for you I have relinquished that for which my heart Cried out in selfish longing... continue reading
Venus Transiens (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) For me, You stand poised In the blue and buoyant air, cinctured by bright winds, Treading the sunlight. continue reading
Vintage (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) I will mix me a drink of stars, -- Large stars with polychrome needles, Small stars jetting maroon and crimson, Cool, quiet, green stars. continue reading
