The cottage hearth beams warm and bright,The candles gaily glow;The stars emit a kinder lightAbove the drifted snow. Down from the sky a magic stealsTo glad the passing year,And belfries sing with joyous peals,For Christmastide is here!-H.P. Lovecraft
Poems
Poetry – The Nightmare Song (from ‘Iolanthe’)
When you're lying awakeWith a dismal headache,And repose is taboo'd by anxiety,I conceive you may useAny language you chooseTo indulge in, without impropriety; For your brain is on fireThe bedclothes conspireOf usual slumber to plunder you:First your counterpane goes,And uncovers your toes,And your sheet slips demurely from under you; Then the blanketing tickles—You feel like … Continue reading Poetry – The Nightmare Song (from ‘Iolanthe’)
Poem – “The Beginnings”
It was not part of their blood,It came to them very lateWith long arrears to make good,When the English began to hate. They were not easily moved,They were icy-willing to waitTill every count should be proved,Ere the English began to hate. Their voices were even and low,Their eyes were level and straight.There was neither sign … Continue reading Poem – “The Beginnings”
Poetry – Yes, It’s THAT One
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door—Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I … Continue reading Poetry – Yes, It’s THAT One
Poetry – “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,Dropping from the veils of the morning to … Continue reading Poetry – “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
Poem – “The Arrow and the Song”
I shot an arrow into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;For, so swiftly it flew, the sightCould not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;For who has sight so keen and strong,That it can follow the flight of song? Long, … Continue reading Poem – “The Arrow and the Song”
Poem – “Napoleon”
'What is the world, O soldiers?It is I:I, this incessant snow,This northern sky;Soldiers, this solitudeThrough which we goIs I.'-Walter de la Mare
Poem – “October” (Repost)
Note: I posted this one about this time last year, but it is so fitting for the month that I think I'll make it an annual thing. Mellow-faced, with eyes of faery, wistful clad in tinted leaves,See the brown October tarry by the golden rows of sheaves;Oak & acorn in his garland, fruit & wineskin … Continue reading Poem – “October” (Repost)
Poem – “The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon”
There is an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill,And there they brew a beer so brownThat the Man in the Moon himself came down one night to drink his fill. The ostler has a tipsy cat that plays a five-stringed fiddle;And up and down he saws his bowNow squeaking high, now … Continue reading Poem – “The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon”
Poem – “Epigram for Wall Street”
I'll tell you a plan for gaining wealth,Better than banking, trade or leases —Take a bank note and fold it up,And then you will find your money in creases!This wonderful plan, without danger or loss,Keeps your cash in your hands, where nothing can trouble it;And every time that you fold it across,'Tis as plain as … Continue reading Poem – “Epigram for Wall Street”
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