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Enjoyed :) The 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
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
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
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/
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
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
Enjoyed Tagore's poem :)
"Bring me all of your dreams," - Langston Hughes; The Dream Keeper... https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org...y/dream-keeper
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
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/
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
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
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
Wonderful story by Herr von Kleist :) A version of "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" is a favorite of mine to sing when I'm in the choir.
Joyce's gloomy poem is a gem.
"Hold fast to dreams" - Langston Hughes; Dreams... https://poets.org/poem/dreams
Dreams...true enough!
"IN tattered robes that hoard a glittering trace" THE INDIAN GIPSY by Sarojini Naidu
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...idu/poems/4569
Beautiful poem :)
"Joy, thou goddess, fair, immortal," - Friedrich Schiller; Hymn To Joy.... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...n-to-joy-30690