She Walks in Beauty

She walks in beauty like the night

of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that's best of dark and bright

meets in her aspect and her eyes:

Thus mellow'd to that tender light

which heaven to gaudy day denies.

 

One shade the more, one ray the less,

had half impair'd the nameless grace

which waves in every raven tress,

or softly lightens o'er her face -

where thoughts serenely sweet express

how pure, how dear their dwelling - place.

 

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,

so soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

the smiles that win, the tints that glow,

but tells in days of goodness spent,

a mind at peace with all below,

a heart whose love is innocent.

By George Gordon Byron

 

The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter  by Erza Pound 

While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead

I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.

You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse,

You walked about my seat, playing with blue plums.

And we went on living in the village of Chokan:

Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.

 

At fourteen I married My Lord you.

I never laughed, being bashful.

Lowering my head, I looked at the wall.

Called to, a thousand times, I never looked back.

 

At fifteen I stopped scowling,

I desired my dust to be mingled with yours

Forever and forever and forever.

Why should I climb the look out?

 

At sixteen you departed,

You went into far Ku-to-yen, by the river of swirling eddies,

And you have been gone five months.

The monkeys make sorrowful noise overhead.

 

You dragged your feet when you went out.

By the gate now, the moss is grown, the different mosses,

Too deep to clear them away!

The leaves fall early this autumn, in wind.

The paired butterflies are already yellow with August

Over the grass in the West garden;

They hurt me. I grow older.

If you are coming down through the narrows of the river Kiang,

Please let me know beforehand,

And I will come out to meet you

As far as Cho-fu-Sa.

Little bit of narcissism goin on here but this one I wrote is entitled "Arc in My Eyes"

 

 

It'll appeal to almost anyone you see

 

So why not go ahead and smile for me

 

But it can be hard to tell wether it's fake or true

 

But allow me to tell you something

 

About the smile of you

 

I see your face

 

And the memories come in

 

The arc of your lips

 

An incredible win

 

But when that arc turns down

 

Or otherwise a frown

 

You leave me in sorrow

 

Until I wait for tomorrow

 

When the next day comes

 

I see you once more

 

You turn towards me

 

That face I adore

Little bit of narcissism goin on here but this one I wrote is entitled "Arc in My Eyes"It'll appeal to almost anyone you seeSo why not go ahead and smile for meBut it can be hard to tell wether it's fake or trueBut allow me to tell you somethingAbout the smile of youI see your faceAnd the memories come inThe arc of your lipsAn incredible winBut when that arc turns downOr otherwise a frownYou leave me in sorrowUntil I wait for tomorrowWhen the next day comesI see you once moreYou turn towards meThat face I adore

 

 

 

That's really good 

Thinking of you where ever you are,

 

We pray for our sorrows to end,

And hope that our hearts will blend,

Now I will step forward to realize this wish,

 

And who knows,

Starting a new journey may not be so hard,

Or maybe it has already begun,

 

There are many worlds,

But they share the same sky,

One sky, one destiny.

Thinking of you where ever you are,

 

We pray for our sorrows to end,

And hope that our hearts will blend,

Now I will step forward to realize this wish,

 

And who knows,

Starting a new journey may not be so hard,

Or maybe it has already begun,

 

There are many worlds,

But they share the same sky,

One sky, one destiny.

 

 

 

Nice, I don't know why but it just seems so familiar lol jk

"The Human Abstract" by William Blake

 

Pity would be no moreIf we did not make somebody Poor;And Mercy no more could beIf all were as happy as we.And mutual fear brings peace,Till the selfish loves increase:Then Cruelty knits a snare,And spreads his baits with care.He sits down with holy fears,And waters the grounds with tears;Then Humility takes its rootUnderneath his foot.Soon spreads the dismal shadeOf Mystery over his head;And the Catterpiller and FlyFeed on the Mystery.And it bears the fruit of Deceit,Ruddy and sweet to eat;And the Raven his nest has madeIn its thickest shade.The Gods of the earth and seaSought thro' Nature to find this Tree;But their search was all in vain:There grows one in the Human Brain.

 

 

However, this is the best poem of all time:

 

so much dependsupona red wheelbarrowglazed with rainwaterbeside the whitechickens.    

"The Human Abstract" by William Blake

 

Pity would be no moreIf we did not make somebody Poor;And Mercy no more could beIf all were as happy as we.And mutual fear brings peace,Till the selfish loves increase:Then Cruelty knits a snare,And spreads his baits with care.He sits down with holy fears,And waters the grounds with tears;Then Humility takes its rootUnderneath his foot.Soon spreads the dismal shadeOf Mystery over his head;And the Catterpiller and FlyFeed on the Mystery.And it bears the fruit of Deceit,Ruddy and sweet to eat;And the Raven his nest has madeIn its thickest shade.The Gods of the earth and seaSought thro' Nature to find this Tree;But their search was all in vain:There grows one in the Human Brain.

 

 

However, this is the best poem of all time:

 

so much dependsupona red wheelbarrowglazed with rainwaterbeside the whitechickens.    

 

 

 

That's great, really nice

Waiting for the Barbarians

 

What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum?
 
  The barbarians are due here today.
 
 
Why isn’t anything happening in the senate?
Why do the senators sit there without legislating?
 
  Because the barbarians are coming today.
  What laws can the senators make now?
  Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating.
 
 
Why did our emperor get up so early,
and why is he sitting at the city’s main gate
on his throne, in state, wearing the crown?
 
  Because the barbarians are coming today
  and the emperor is waiting to receive their leader.
  He has even prepared a scroll to give him,
  replete with titles, with imposing names.
 
 
Why have our two consuls and praetors come out today
wearing their embroidered, their scarlet togas?
Why have they put on bracelets with so many amethysts,
and rings sparkling with magnificent emeralds?
Why are they carrying elegant canes
beautifully worked in silver and gold?
 
  Because the barbarians are coming today
  and things like that dazzle the barbarians.
 
 
Why don’t our distinguished orators come forward as usual
to make their speeches, say what they have to say?
 
  Because the barbarians are coming today
  and they’re bored by rhetoric and public speaking.
 
 
Why this sudden restlessness, this confusion?
(How serious people’s faces have become.)
Why are the streets and squares emptying so rapidly,
everyone going home so lost in thought?
 
  Because night has fallen and the barbarians have not come.
  And some who have just returned from the border say
  there are no barbarians any longer.
 
 
And now, what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?
They were, those people, a kind of solution. 

 

Jabberwockey

 

 

Jabberwocky

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!'

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood a while in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

 

 

Also, here are some links to some other ones which are too long and large to place on this page.

 

Rime of the Ancient Mariner: http://www.online-literature.com/coleridge/646/

 

 

A Dream Within A Dream

 

Take this kiss upon the brow!

And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow-You are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been a dream;Yet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less gone?All that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream.I stand amid the roarOf a surf-tormented shore,And I hold within my handGrains of the golden sand-How few! yet how they creepThrough my fingers to the deep,While I weep- while I weep!O God! can I not graspThem with a tighter clasp?O God! can I not saveOne from the pitiless wave?Is all that we see or seemBut a dream within a dream?

Edgar Allan Poe

Edited March 26, 201312 yr by Xaon

 

A Dream Within A Dream

 

Take this kiss upon the brow!

And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow-You are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been a dream;Yet if hope has flown awayIn a night, or in a day,In a vision, or in none,Is it therefore the less gone?All that we see or seemIs but a dream within a dream.I stand amid the roarOf a surf-tormented shore,And I hold within my handGrains of the golden sand-How few! yet how they creepThrough my fingers to the deep,While I weep- while I weep!O God! can I not graspThem with a tighter clasp?O God! can I not saveOne from the pitiless wave?Is all that we see or seemBut a dream within a dream?

Edgar Allan Poe

 

 

 

I had to read this one for school a couple years ago, good choice I love Edgar Allan Poe

I had to read this one for school a couple years ago, good choice I love Edgar Allan Poe

He's my fav. I have this poem tattooed on the side of my ribs.

He's my fav. I have this poem tattooed on the side of my ribs.

 

 

 

Damn, Ouch that had to hurt

Damn, Ouch that had to hurt

Nah. I fell asleep.

Nah. I fell asleep.

 

 

 

That sounds like something I would do 

I am Sam

I am Sam
Sam I am

That Sam-I-am
That Sam-I-am!
I do not like
that Sam-I-am

Do you like
green eggs and ham

I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.
I do not like
green eggs and ham.

Would you like them
Here or there?

I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them
anywhere.
I do not like
green eggs and ham.
I do not like them,
Sam-I-am

Would you like them
in a house?
Would you like them
with a mouse?

I do not like them
in a house.
I do not like them
with a mouse.
I do not like them
here or there.
I do not like them
anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.


Would you eat them
in a box?
Would you eat them
with a fox?

Not in a box.
Not with a fox.
Not in a house.
Not with a mouse.
I would not eat them here or there.
I would not eat them anywhere.
I would not eat green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

Would you? Could you?
in a car?
Eat them! Eat them!
Here they are.

I would not ,
could not,
in a car

You may like them.
You will see.
You may like them
in a tree?
d not in a tree.
I would not, could not in a tree.
Not in a car! You let me be.

I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox
I do not like them in a house
I do mot like them with a mouse
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

A train! A train!
A train! A train!
Could you, would you
on a train?

Not on a train! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! Sam! Let me be!
I would not, could not, in a box.
I could not, would not, with a fox.
I will not eat them with a mouse
I will not eat them in a house.
I will not eat them here or there.
I will not eat them anywhere.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.


Say!
In the dark?
Here in the dark!
Would you, could you, in the dark?

I would not, could not,
in the dark.

Would you, could you,
in the rain?

I would not, could not, in the rain.
Not in the dark. Not on a train,
Not in a car, Not in a tree.
I do not like them, Sam, you see.
Not in a house. Not in a box.
Not with a mouse. Not with a fox.
I will not eat them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere!

You do not like
green eggs and ham?

I do not
like them,
Sam-I-am.

Could you, would you,
with a goat?

I would not,
could not.
with a goat!

Would you, could you,
on a boat?

I could not, would not, on a boat.
I will not, will not, with a goat.
I will not eat them in the rain.
I will not eat them on a train.
Not in the dark! Not in a tree!
Not in a car! You let me be!
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox.
I will not eat them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I do not like them here or there.
I do not like them ANYWHERE!

I do not like
green eggs
and ham!

I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.

You do not like them.
SO you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may I say.

Sam!
If you will let me be,
I will try them.
You will see.

Say!
I like green eggs and ham!
I do!! I like them, Sam-I-am!
And I would eat them in a boat!
And I would eat them with a goat...
And I will eat them in the rain.
And in the dark. And on a train.
And in a car. And in a tree.
They are so good so good you see!

So I will eat them in a box.
And I will eat them with a fox.
And I will eat them in a house.
And I will eat them with a mouse.
And I will eat them here and there.
Say! I will eat them ANYWHERE!

I do so like
green eggs and ham!
Thank you!
Thank you,
Sam-I-am

I am Sam

 

I am Sam

Sam I am

 

That Sam-I-am

That Sam-I-am!

I do not like

that Sam-I-am

 

Do you like

green eggs and ham

 

I do not like them,

Sam-I-am.

I do not like

green eggs and ham.

 

Would you like them

Here or there?

 

I would not like them

here or there.

I would not like them

anywhere.

I do not like

green eggs and ham.

I do not like them,

Sam-I-am

 

Would you like them

in a house?

Would you like them

with a mouse?

 

I do not like them

in a house.

I do not like them

with a mouse.

I do not like them

here or there.

I do not like them

anywhere.

I do not like green eggs and ham.

I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

 

 

Would you eat them

in a box?

Would you eat them

with a fox?

 

Not in a box.

Not with a fox.

Not in a house.

Not with a mouse.

I would not eat them here or there.

I would not eat them anywhere.

I would not eat green eggs and ham.

I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

 

Would you? Could you?

in a car?

Eat them! Eat them!

Here they are.

 

I would not ,

could not,

in a car

 

You may like them.

You will see.

You may like them

in a tree?

d not in a tree.

I would not, could not in a tree.

Not in a car! You let me be.

 

I do not like them in a box.

I do not like them with a fox

I do not like them in a house

I do mot like them with a mouse

I do not like them here or there.

I do not like them anywhere.

I do not like green eggs and ham.

I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

 

A train! A train!

A train! A train!

Could you, would you

on a train?

 

Not on a train! Not in a tree!

Not in a car! Sam! Let me be!

I would not, could not, in a box.

I could not, would not, with a fox.

I will not eat them with a mouse

I will not eat them in a house.

I will not eat them here or there.

I will not eat them anywhere.

I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

 

 

Say!

In the dark?

Here in the dark!

Would you, could you, in the dark?

 

I would not, could not,

in the dark.

 

Would you, could you,

in the rain?

 

I would not, could not, in the rain.

Not in the dark. Not on a train,

Not in a car, Not in a tree.

I do not like them, Sam, you see.

Not in a house. Not in a box.

Not with a mouse. Not with a fox.

I will not eat them here or there.

I do not like them anywhere!

 

You do not like

green eggs and ham?

 

I do not

like them,

Sam-I-am.

 

Could you, would you,

with a goat?

 

I would not,

could not.

with a goat!

 

Would you, could you,

on a boat?

 

I could not, would not, on a boat.

I will not, will not, with a goat.

I will not eat them in the rain.

I will not eat them on a train.

Not in the dark! Not in a tree!

Not in a car! You let me be!

I do not like them in a box.

I do not like them with a fox.

I will not eat them in a house.

I do not like them with a mouse.

I do not like them here or there.

I do not like them ANYWHERE!

 

I do not like

green eggs

and ham!

 

I do not like them,

Sam-I-am.

 

You do not like them.

SO you say.

Try them! Try them!

And you may.

Try them and you may I say.

 

Sam!

If you will let me be,

I will try them.

You will see.

 

Say!

I like green eggs and ham!

I do!! I like them, Sam-I-am!

And I would eat them in a boat!

And I would eat them with a goat...

And I will eat them in the rain.

And in the dark. And on a train.

And in a car. And in a tree.

They are so good so good you see!

 

So I will eat them in a box.

And I will eat them with a fox.

And I will eat them in a house.

And I will eat them with a mouse.

And I will eat them here and there.

Say! I will eat them ANYWHERE!

 

I do so like

green eggs and ham!

Thank you!

Thank you,

Sam-I-am

 

OMG Mind Blown best poem ever