EnjoyedThe last 3-lines summed the poem up for me:
"Of the people still clear echoed the soul of the song,
And to whom from without appeared, in life, the great godhead,
Whom the bard of these days scarcely can feel in his breast."
"Torn is each virtue from its earthly throne" - Francesco Petrarca; Sonnet VII. La gola e 'l sonno e l' oziose piume. / To a Friend, Encouraging Him to Pursue Poetry.... https://www.poetrycat.com/francesco-petrarca/sonnet-vii
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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
Wise Petrarca. Preferred the second translation by Nott.
"Under the snow in the dark and the cold,"The Tendril's Faith by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...ls-faith-32279
"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
Delightful poem with unusual characters
"Vivid with love, eager for greater beauty" - Sara Teasdale; From The Woolworth Tower... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...rth-tower-1795
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
From The Woolworth Tower... Beautiful poem about the nightly view of the city.
"Women reminded him of lilies and roses."Thoughts after Ruskin (1967) by Elma Mitchell
https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poe...-after-ruskin/
"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
Glad for the explanation on who Rushkin was... saved googling. An intense poem about the intense work women do on a daily basis... God bless.
Hopefully not a duplicate: (nope, looks good, it's my last "x" poem though... have to REALLY dig)
"X was once a great king Xerxes," - Edward Lear; Alphabet Poem: Letter X... https://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabudd...s/x/lear-x.htm
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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
No, not a duplicate. Interesting X poem.
"Ah, these jasmines, these white jasmines!" The First Jasmines by Rabindranath Tagore
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...ore/poems/2297
"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 Tagore's poem
"Bring me all of your dreams," - Langston Hughes; The Dream Keeper... https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org...y/dream-keeper
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
Charming poem:The Dream Keeper...
" Calm on the breast of Loch Maree" The Well Of Loch Maree by John Greenleaf Whittier
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...och-maree-6167
"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
A druids haunt turned into a holy place of healing: "And blest is he who on his way / That fount of healing findeth!"
"Don't allow the lucid moment to dissolve" - Adam Zagajewski; Don't Allow the Lucid Moment to Dissolve... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-...t-to-dissolve/
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
Beatiful modern poem, 'Don't Allow the Lucid Moment to Dissolve.."
A bit late but still in time:
"Each year cometh with all his days," New Year by Abram Joseph Ryan
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...new-year-30274
"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 the Christmas/New Year season poem
"From harmony, from heavenly harmony" - John Dryden; A Song For St Cecilia's Day, 1687.... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-dryde...lias-day1-1687
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
Reminds me of a story about music and the Holy Cecilia.
https://biblioklept.org/2014/05/16/s...ch-von-kleist/
''Gaunt in gloom," Nightpiece by James Joyce
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...yce/poems/2466
"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
Wonderful story by Herr von Kleist
Joyce's gloomy poem is a gem.
"Hold fast to dreams" - Langston Hughes; Dreams... https://poets.org/poem/dreams
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
Dreams...true enough!
"IN tattered robes that hoard a glittering trace" THE INDIAN GIPSY by Sarojini Naidu
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...idu/poems/4569
"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 poem
"Joy, thou goddess, fair, immortal," - Friedrich Schiller; Hymn To Joy.... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...n-to-joy-30690
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
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