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The Oxford Book of Short Poems [Paperback]

James Michie (Editor), P. J. Kavanagh (Editor)
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December 17, 1987
Memorable, witty, bawdy, profound--the short poem observes no limits except those of length. The verses collected in this anthology vary greatly in theme, style, and tone, but in each case brevity reveals the poet at his best.
The short poem is often overlooked in verse collections, where poets tend to be represented by their longer work. Defining "short" as any poem of under fourteen lines (in order to exclude the sonnet), the compilers of this anthology determined to see the effect of giving the short poem more breathing room, presenting it unencumbered by weightier poems. The discovery of a remarkable degree of self-confidence and eloquence in the genre more than justified their efforts.
Beside the great masters of the short poem--Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, and, in our own century, Yeats, Hardy, and Frost--many lesser-known poets are included. The anthologists sought to make their selections more than merely representative, yet most of the famous names can be found, from medieval to modern times: from Wordsworth to Whitman, from Shakespeare to Auden and Updike.

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The Mill by William Allingham
King Lot's Envoys by Drummond Allison
O Sheriffs by Drummond Allison
A Motet by John Amner
Below The Surface-stream by Matthew Arnold
Destiny by Matthew Arnold
At The Party by Wystan Hugh Auden
August 1968 by Wystan Hugh Auden
Base Words Are Uttered by Wystan Hugh Auden
Behold The Manly Mesomorth by Wystan Hugh Auden
Epitaph On A Tyrant by Wystan Hugh Auden
Gare Du Midi by Wystan Hugh Auden
The Lady Who Offers Her Looking-glass To Venus by Decimus Magnus Ausonius
Ever Present by Philip Ayres
The Spouse To The Beloved by William Baldwin
Epitaph For The Poet by George Barker
Not In The Poet Is The Poem Or by George Barker
The Village Coddled In The Valley by George Barker
To Her Lover's Complaint by Jane Barker
To My Nephew, J.b. by Clement Barksdale
A Comparison Of The Life Of Man by Richard Barnfield
Methinks 'tis Pretty Sport To Hear A Child by Thomas Bastard
Bridal Song by Francis Beaumont
Gnome by Samuel Beckett
Song by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
To The Noble Sir Francis Drake by Thomas Beedome
Discovery by Hilaire Belloc
The Early Morning by Hilaire Belloc
The False Heart by Hilaire Belloc
The Lost Lady: Song by William Berkley
He Resigns by John Berryman
King David Dances by John Berryman
Death Of King George V by John Betjeman
Remorse by John Betjeman
Casabianca by Elizabeth Bishop
Families by Thomas Blackburn
The Angel That Presided by William Blake
The Clod And The Pebble, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
Eternity by William Blake
Great Things Are Done by William Blake
Infant Joy, Fr. Songs Of Innocence by William Blake
Infant Sorrow, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
Mock On, Mock On! Voltaire, Rousseau by William Blake
An Old Maid Early, E'er I Knew by William Blake
The Question Answer'd by William Blake
The Sick Rose, Fr. Songs Of Experience by William Blake
To The Accuser Who Is The God Of This World: Epilogue by William Blake
Departure by Edmund Charles Blunden
Light [and Love] by Francis William Bourdillon
To My Dear And Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet
April, 1885 by Robert Seymour Bridges
Triolet by Robert Seymour Bridges
Song by Emily Jane Bronte
The Best [thing In The World] by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Among The Rocks Where The Blueberries Grow by Robert Browning
Appearances by Robert Browning
Asolando: Bad Dreams by Robert Browning
Each More Melodious Note I Hear by Robert Browning
Home-thoughts, From The Sea by Robert Browning
Meeting At Night by Robert Browning
Parting At Morning by Robert Browning
To Edward Fitzgerald by Robert Browning
When I Vexed You (frm Ferishtah's Fancies) by Robert Browning
The Last Wish by Edward Robert Bulwer-lytton
The Shepherd Boy's Song [or, The Valley Of Humiliation] by John Bunyan
Upon The Snail by John Bunyan
Grace At Kirkcudbright by Robert Burns
On A Dog Of Lord Eglinton's by Robert Burns
Twa Bonny Lads by Robert Burns
Song by William Byrd
Answer To -'s Professsions Of Affection by George Gordon Byron
Fragment, On The Back Of The Poet's Ms. Of Canto I by George Gordon Byron
Lines Written Beneath A Picture by George Gordon Byron
Remember Thee! Remember Thee! by George Gordon Byron
So We'll Go No More A-roving by George Gordon Byron
Stanzas For Music (4) by George Gordon Byron
Heraclitus by Callimachus
The Compassionate Fool by Norman Cameron
Forgive Me, Sire, For Cheating Your Intent by Norman Cameron
She And I by Norman Cameron
Three Love Poems: 3. Shepherdess by Norman Cameron
Fishing-boats In Martigues by Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell
The Charm by Thomas Campion
O Come Quickly! by Thomas Campion
Sleep, Angry Beauty, Sleep, And Fear Not Me by Thomas Campion
Think'st Thou To Seduce Me by Thomas Campion
Thus I Resolve, And Time Hath Taught Me So by Thomas Campion
A Lady's Prayer To Cupid by Thomas Carew
Lips And Eyes by Thomas Carew
Of The Theme Of Love by Margaret Lucas Cavendish
Soule, And Body by Margaret Lucas Cavendish
Love's Epitaph by William Cavendish
Song (frm The Humorous Lovers) by William Cavendish
Bridal Song by George (1559-1634) Chapman
Bridal Song by George (1559-1634) Chapman
If Wishing For The Mystic Joys Of Love by Thomas Chatterton
Chaucers Wordes Unto Adam, His Own Scriveyn by Geoffrey Chaucer
Merciles Beaute; A Triple Roundel: 2. Rejection by Geoffrey Chaucer
Ecclesiastes by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Elegy In A Country Churchyard by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Be Frugal by Richard Thomas Church
Plea by John Ciardi
Birds' Nests by John Clare
Field Path by John Clare
Fragment by John Clare
Lines Written On A Very Boisterous Day In May 1844 by John Clare
Darkness by Arthur Hugh Clough
To Spend Uncounted Years Of Pain by Arthur Hugh Clough
I Saw A Stable by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
The Nurse's Lament by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
We Never Said Farewell by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
Apologia Pro Vita Sua by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
On Imitation by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Phantom by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A Sunset by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lesbia by William Congreve
Song by William Congreve
Song by William Congreve
Song by William Congreve
All Souls' Night by Frances Crofts Darwin Cornford
Childhood by Frances Crofts Darwin Cornford
A Comparison by William Cowper
My Birthday by George Crabbe
Black Tambourine by Harold Hart Crane
The Black Riders: 19 by Stephen Crane
The Black Riders: 3 by Stephen Crane
War Is Kind: 21 by Stephen Crane
On The Blessed Virgin's Bashfulness by Richard Crashaw
On The Miracle Of Loaves by Richard Crashaw
On The Miracle Of The Multiplied Loaves by Richard Crashaw
To The Infant Martyrs by Richard Crashaw
Upon The Body Of Our Blessed Lord, Naked And Bloody by Richard Crashaw
I Know A Man by Robert Creeley
Song by John Crowne
Song by John Crowne
73 Poems: 12 by Edward Estlin Cummings
Buffalo Bill's by Edward Estlin Cummings
New Poems: 19 by Edward Estlin Cummings
No Time Ago by Edward Estlin Cummings
I Had Gone Broke by James Vincent Cunningham
In Innocence by James Vincent Cunningham
Interview With Doctor Drink by James Vincent Cunningham
One Desiring Me To Read, But Slept It Out, Wakening by George Daniel
A Remembrance Of My Friend Mr. Thomas Morley by John (1565-1618) Davies
All In June by William Henry Davies
D Is For Dog by William Henry Davies
I Am The Poet Davies, William by William Henry Davies
The Villain by William Henry Davies
Where Are The War Poets? by Cecil Day Lewis
Arrogance by Walter John De La Mare
Crazed by Walter John De La Mare
The Owl (1) by Walter John De La Mare
The Spotted Flycatcher by Walter John De La Mare
Preface To The Progress Of Learning by John Denham
Content by Robert Devereux
Drowning Is Not So Pitiful by Emily Dickinson
I Like A Look Of Agony by Emily Dickinson
I Stepped From Plank To Plank by Emily Dickinson
I'm Nobody! Who Are You by Emily Dickinson
It Dropped So Low In My Regard by Emily Dickinson
It Sounded As If The Streets Were Running by Emily Dickinson
My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close by Emily Dickinson
The Stimulus Beyond The Grave by Emily Dickinson
They Say That 'time Assuages' by Emily Dickinson
We Miss A Kinsman More by Emily Dickinson
Grieve Not, Dear Love by John Digby
Song by Robert Dodsley
The Computation by John Donne
The Expiration by John Donne
A Jet Ring Sent by John Donne
Epigram by Ernest Dowson
Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam by Ernest Dowson
Madrigal by William Drummond Of Hawthornden
Madrigal by William Drummond Of Hawthornden
To Chloris by William Drummond Of Hawthornden
Chorus On The New Years [or, Chorus To The Gods, Or, Song] by John Dryden
Mercury's Song To Phaedra [or, A Pair Well Matched] by John Dryden
Momus' Song To Mars (frm The Secular Masque) by John Dryden
Air by Lord North Dudley
Memories Of Verdun by Alan Dugan
A Modest Love by Edward Dyer
Fox by Clifford Dyment
For A Lamb by Richard Ghormley Eberhart
Cousin Nancy by Thomas Stearns Eliot
Character; Epigram by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Letters by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Limits by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Water by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let It Go by William Empson
Development by Dennis Joseph Enright
The Monuments Of Hiroshima by Dennis Joseph Enright
Song by George Etherege
A 14-year-old Convalescent Cat In The Winter by Gavin Ewart
Ending by Gavin Ewart
In Obitum Ben. Jons. by Mildmay Fane
In Praise Of Fidelia by Mildmay Fane
Occasioned By Seeing A Walk Of Bay Trees by Mildmay Fane
Nymph's Song (from Il Pastor Fido) by Richard Fanshawe
On Myself by Anne Finch
A Song by Anne Finch
Entreaty by Robert Stuart Fitzgerald
Nudus Redibo by Thomas Flatman
No Coward's Song by James Elroy Flecker
Invocation Of Silence by Richard Flecknoe
Invocation To Sleep by John Fletcher
Song Of The River-god [to Amoret] by John Fletcher
Hymn by Phineas Fletcher
Sidera Cadentia by Ford Madox Ford
Now Love Dies, Fr. The Broken Heart by John (1586-1639) Ford
Pitcher by Robert Francis
The Hounds by John Freeman
The Armful by Robert Frost
The Cow In Apple Time by Robert Frost
Dust Of Snow by Robert Frost
Fireflies In The Garden by Robert Frost
In Neglect by Robert Frost
The Line-gang by Robert Frost
A Mood Apart by Robert Frost
A Patch Of Old Snow by Robert Frost
Were I In Trouble by Robert Frost
During A Bombardment By V-weapons by Roy Fuller
The Hittites by Roy Fuller
A Memorial Poem; Illness Is To Reconcile Us To Death by Roy Fuller
Song by John Gay
Song by John Gay
The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons
On Himself, Upon Hearing What Was His Sentence by James (1612-1650) Graham
Impatient With Desire by George Granville
To Cloe by George Granville
At First Sight by Robert Ranke Graves
The Beach by Robert Ranke Graves
Cat-goddesses by Robert Ranke Graves
Flying Crooked by Robert Ranke Graves
In Her Only Way by Robert Ranke Graves
In Perspective by Robert Ranke Graves
On Dwelling by Robert Ranke Graves
She Is No Liar, Yet She Will Wash Away by Robert Ranke Graves
Caelica: 87 by Fulke Greville
One Of The Principal Causes Of War by Christopher Murray Grieve
After War by Ivor Gurney
The Escape by Ivor Gurney
Mements by Ivor Gurney
On The Night by Ivor Gurney
Song by John (1627-1656) Hall
The Fallow Deer At The Lonely House by Thomas Hardy
I Look Into My Glass by Thomas Hardy
The Lodging-house Fuchsias by Thomas Hardy
The Nettles by Thomas Hardy
On Sturminster Foot-bridge by Thomas Hardy
The Peace-offering by Thomas Hardy
The Pink Frock by Thomas Hardy
A Thunderstorm In Town by Thomas Hardy
To His Wife, For Striking Her Dog by John Harrington
Mother Of The Groom by Seamus Heaney
Song (from The Tempest) by Seamus Heaney
Song (from The Tempest) by Seamus Heaney
Seeing Her Dancing by Robert Heath
Avarice by Anthony Hecht
In A Glass Window, For Inconstancy by Edward Herbert
Inconstancy by Edward Herbert
Bitter-sweet by George Herbert
Church Lock And Key by George Herbert
Church-musick [church Music] by George Herbert
Sin [or, Sinne, Or Sion] (2) by George Herbert
Trinitie Sunday by George Herbert
A Wreath by George Herbert
The Coming Of Good Luck by Robert Herrick
Discontents In Devon by Robert Herrick
Dreams by Robert Herrick
His Desire by Robert Herrick
His Prayer To Ben Jonson by Robert Herrick
Impossibilities, To His Friend by Robert Herrick
Kisses Loathsome by Robert Herrick
Lovers How They Come And Part by Robert Herrick
No Coming To God Without Christ by Robert Herrick
The Silken Snake by Robert Herrick
To Daisies, Not To Shut Too Soon by Robert Herrick
To Fortune by Robert Herrick
To His Booke (12) by Robert Herrick
Upon Himself (3) by Robert Herrick
Upon Julia's Clothes by Robert Herrick
Upon Mistress Susanna Southwell Her Feet by Robert Herrick
An Epitaph by Thomas Heywood
As Lamps Burn Silent With Unconscious Light by Aaron Hill
A Useful Hint by Aaron Hill
The Bells Of Heaven by Ralph Hodgson
Reason Has Moons, But Moons Not Hers by Ralph Hodgson
The Bed by Alec Derwent Hope
(ash-boughs) by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Heaven-haven; A Nun Takes The Veil by Gerard Manley Hopkins
How Looks The Night by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Peace by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Rainbow by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Repeat That, Repeat by Gerard Manley Hopkins
She Schools The Flighty Pupils Of Her Eyes by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Crossing Alone The Nighted Ferry by Alfred Edward Housman
Eight O'clock by Alfred Edward Housman
The Fairies Break Their Dances by Alfred Edward Housman
The Hill Of His Undoing by Alfred Edward Housman
The Night Is Freezing Fast by Alfred Edward Housman
Revolution by Alfred Edward Housman
Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall by Alfred Edward Housman
Cat And Mouse by Edward James Hughes
Full Moon And Little Frieda by Edward James Hughes
Thistles by Edward James Hughes
Water by Edward James Hughes
Conversion by Thomas Ernest Hulme
The Embankment (the Fantasia Of A Fallen Gentleman On A Cold Night) by Thomas Ernest Hulme
The Death Of The Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell
A War by Randall Jarrell
Well Water by Randall Jarrell
Ave Caesar by Robinson Jeffers
Eagle Valor, Chicken Mind by Robinson Jeffers
Answers by Elizabeth Jennings
If It Be True by Esther Johnson
Jealousy by Esther Johnson
Earine [or, The Shepherd's Love, Or, Aeglamour Seeks ...] by Ben Jonson
Freedom In Dress [or, Clerimont's Song, Or, Sweet Neglect] by Ben Jonson
The Gypsies Metamorphosed: Gipsy Song (2) by Ben Jonson
On My First Son by Ben Jonson
On Something That Walks Somewhere by Ben Jonson
On Spies by Ben Jonson
Song [or, Echo's Dirge For Narcissus] by Ben Jonson
To Fine Lady Would-be by Ben Jonson
Why I Write Not Of Love by Ben Jonson
A Wish by Ben Jonson
Women Men's Shadows by Ben Jonson
The Baby by Kalidasa
Leave Them Alone by Patrick Kavanagh
Praying by Patrick Joseph Gregory Kavanagh
To Fanny Brawne by John Keats
Last Child by X. J. Kennedy
Nude Descending A Staircase by X. J. Kennedy
Sic Vita by Henry (1592-1669) King
Sonnet by Henry (1592-1669) King
In A Parlor Containing A Table by Galway Kinnell
Look, You Have Cast Out Love (frm Plain Tales From The Hills by Rudyard Kipling
There Is A Tide (frm Plain Tales From The Hills/kidnapped) by Rudyard Kipling
A Child by Mary Lamb
Death Stands Above Me by Walter Savage Landor
Dirce by Walter Savage Landor
Had We Two Met by Walter Savage Landor
Ireland by Walter Savage Landor
Plays by Walter Savage Landor
As Bad As A Mile by Philip Larkin
Days by Philip Larkin
Home Is So Sad by Philip Larkin
Water by Philip Larkin
Glory by David Herbert Lawrence
I Am Like A Rose by David Herbert Lawrence
Intimates by David Herbert Lawrence
Piano by David Herbert Lawrence
To Women, As Far As I'm Concerned by David Herbert Lawrence
What Would You Fight For by David Herbert Lawrence
Invasion Summer by Laurie Lee
Factory Windows Are Always Broken by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
The Leaden-eyed by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
What The Moon Saw by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
Song by Richard Lovelace
To Lucasta, [on] Going To The Wars by Richard Lovelace
Sixty-eighth Birthday by James Russell Lowell
Lady Ralegh's Lament by Robert Lowell
Stars And Planets by Norman Maccaig
The Ear by Frederick Louis Macneice
Figure Of Eight by Frederick Louis Macneice
Night Club by Frederick Louis Macneice
Precursors by Frederick Louis Macneice
Snow by Frederick Louis Macneice
Tractatus by Derek Mahon
On A Young Man And An Old Man by Edward May
The Adversary by Phyllis Mcginley
The Temptations Of Saint Anthony by Phyllis Mcginley
Trinity Place by Phyllis Mcginley
Fragments Of A Lost Gnostic Poem Of The 12th Century by Herman Melville
In The Pauper's Turnip-field by Herman Melville
Monody by Herman Melville
Iambic Feet Considered As Honorable Scars by William Meredith
A Renewal by James Ingram Merrill
Beside The Bed by Charlotte Mew
'i Am The Way' by Alice Meynell
Mother by Alice Meynell
The Rainy Summer by Alice Meynell
To My Daughter by James Michie
Song (frm The Witch) by Thomas Middleton
Never May The Fruit Be Plucked by Edna St. Vincent Millay
To A Young Poet by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The True Encounter by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Song: 2. A Queen Of English Shepherds by John Milton
Riddle by Adrian Mitchell
Epitaph On A Wife by Francis Burdett Money-coutts
A Face by Marianne Moore
I May, I Might, I Must by Marianne Moore
A Jellyfish by Marianne Moore
Poetry (revised Version) by Marianne Moore
Song by Thomas Moore
To - (2) by Thomas Moore
To Miss -- by Thomas Moore
Venetian Air by Thomas Moore
An Argument by Thomas More
How Many Miles To Babylon? by Mother Goose
Fair Summer Droops by Thomas Nashe
Fair Summer Droops by Thomas Nashe
Casting by Howard Nemerov
Death Of God by Howard Nemerov
A Negro Cemetery Next To A White One by Howard Nemerov
An Old Picture by Howard Nemerov
Weather Ear by Norman Nicholson
Arms And The Boy by Wilfred Owen
Meditation 8 by Philip Pain
Constancy Rewarded by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
Magna Est Veritas by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
The Revelation by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
The Spirit's Epochs by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
Ad Coelum by William Pattison
The Grave Of Love by Thomas Love Peacock
Bethsabe's Song [or, Bethsabe Bathing] by George Peele
Song To The Tune Of Adieu, Phillis by Katherine Philips
Miniature by Eden Phillpotts
Barren Woman by Sylvia Plath
Frog Autumn by Sylvia Plath
Epigram by Alexander Pope
Epigram Engraved On The Collar Of A Dog by Alexander Pope
Epigram Explained By Carruthers To Refer To The Large Sums by Alexander Pope
A Hymn Written In Windsor Forest by Alexander Pope
Inscriptio by Alexander Pope
Lines Added To Wycherley's Poems: 1. On Dullness by Alexander Pope
On A Certain Lady At Court by Alexander Pope
On A Lady Who P-ssed At The Tragedy Of Cato by Alexander Pope
Verses To Mr. C by Alexander Pope
The Garden by Ezra Pound
The Lake Isle by Ezra Pound
The Wind In The Tree by Frank Templeton Prince
Democritus And Heraclitus by Matthew Prior
The Insatiable Priest by Matthew Prior
Les Estreines by Matthew Prior
A Letter To Lady [miss] Margaret-cavandish-holles-harley, When A Child by Matthew Prior
When Thou Must Home by Sextus Propertius
To His Soul by Publius Aelius Hadrianus
Of Common Devotion by Francis Quarles
On Change Of Weathers by Francis Quarles
On Zacheus by Francis Quarles
The Author's Epitaph, Made By Himself [himselfe] by Walter Raleigh
On The Life Of Man by Walter Raleigh
To His Son by Walter Raleigh
Come From Thy Palace by Thomas Randolph
Emily Hardcastle, Spinster by John Crowe Ransom
The Double Autumn by James Reeves
The Stone Gentleman by James Reeves
Exit by Edwin Arlington Robinson
An Old Story by Edwin Arlington Robinson
The Lovers by William Robert Rodgers
War Time by William Robert Rodgers
Words by William Robert Rodgers
Dolor by Theodore Roethke
Night Crow by Theodore Roethke
Old Florist by Theodore Roethke
Wish For A Young Wife by Theodore Roethke
What Would I Give by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Aspecta Medusa by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Memory by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Melancholy Conceit by Samuel Rowlands
Melancholy Conceit by Samuel Rowlands
The Outcast by George William Russell
To ---- by Thomas Rymer
On Dorinda by Charles (1637-1706) Sackville
Cool Tombs by Carl Sandburg
Base Details by Siegfried Sassoon
Blighters by Siegfried Sassoon
Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon
The General by Siegfried Sassoon
In Me, Past, Present, Future Meet by Siegfried Sassoon
Life, Fr. The Abbot by Walter Scott
Lucy Ashton's Song by Walter Scott
Lucy Ashton's Song, Fr. The Bride Of Lammermoor by Walter Scott
Ariel's Song (1) [or, Dirge] [or, A Sea Dirge]. Fr. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Ariel's Song (2), Fr. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Feste's Song (1), Fr. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The Pedlar's Song (2) [or, Song Of Autolycus] by William Shakespeare
Song by William Shakespeare
Song: A Merry Heart [or, The Footpath Way] by William Shakespeare
Lines To A Reviewer by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Song by Percy Bysshe Shelley
To - (1) by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Waning Moon by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Lines Written On A Window At The Leasowes by William Shenstone
The Dream by Edward Sherburne
The Magdalen by Edward Sherburne
Fie On Love by James Shirley
Song To The Masquers by James Shirley
Like Those Sick Folks by Philip Sidney
Sonnet: 6 by Philip Sidney
A Birthday Poem by James Simmons
Easter by Charles Hubert Sisson
Money by Charles Hubert Sisson
Bells Of Grey Crystal by Edith Sitwell
Though Ye Suppose by John Skelton
Fancy: A Madrigal by Jonathan Smedley
The Lads Of The Village by Florence Margaret Smith
Lady 'rogue' Singleton by Florence Margaret Smith
Love Me by Florence Margaret Smith
The Murderer by Florence Margaret Smith
American Primitive by William Jay Smith
The Soldier's Wife by Robert Southey
Faith And Works by Muriel Sarah Spark
Interior by John Collings Squire
Trim's Song: The Fair Kitchen-maid (frm The Funeral) by Richard Steele
A Glass Of Beer by James Stephens
Anecdote Of The Jar by Wallace Stevens
The Death Of A Soldier by Wallace Stevens
Men Made Out Of Words by Wallace Stevens
Five Poems Of Innocence And Experience: The Demolition by Anne Stevenson
Sous-entendu by Anne Stevenson
I Am A Hunchback by Robert Louis Stevenson
5. by Trumbull Stickney
On Chloris Walking In The Snow by William Strode
Shall I Repine by Jonathan Swift
At The Cavour by Arthur Symons
Isolaton by Arthur Symons
Maquillage by Arthur Symons
Venice by Arthur Symons
Dread by John Millington Synge
On An Island by John Millington Synge
The Choice by Nahum Tate
A Dedication by Alfred Tennyson
The Eagle; A Fragment by Alfred Tennyson
Frater Ave Atque Vale by Alfred Tennyson
From Sorrow Sorrow Yet Is Born by Alfred Tennyson
The New Year by Alfred Tennyson
Somebody Being A Nobody by Alfred Tennyson
Postscript To A Pettiness by Arthur Seymour John Tessimond
Poem by Dylan Thomas
Twenty-four Years Remind The Tears Of My Eyes by Dylan Thomas
Cock-crow by Philip Edward Thomas
She Had A Name by Philip Edward Thomas
Tall Nettles by Philip Edward Thomas
Thaw by Philip Edward Thomas
The Watchers by Philip Edward Thomas
Ire by Ronald Stuart Thomas
At Lord's [cricket Ground] by Francis Thompson
The End Of It by Francis Thompson
Heaven And Hell by Francis Thompson
For Though The Eaves Were Rabbeted by Henry David Thoreau
Light-winged Smoke, Icarian Bird by Henry David Thoreau
On The Sun Coming Out In The Afternoon by Henry David Thoreau
They Made Me Erect And Lone by Henry David Thoreau
Keeping Endless Holiday by Titus Petronius Niger
Christian Ethics: Delights And Pleasures by Thomas Traherne
To An Old Gentlewoman, That Painted Her Face by George Turberville
As Life What Is So Sweet by Anonymous
England by Anonymous
Hail, Queen Of Heaven by Anonymous
He That Hath No Mistress by Anonymous
I Have Been A Foster by Anonymous
I Saw A Peacock by Anonymous
Inordinate Love by Anonymous
Love Is A Secret Feeding Fire by Anonymous
Love Me Not For Comely Grace by Anonymous
Madrigal by Anonymous
Madrigal by Anonymous
Mary, Remember Me At My Last Day by Anonymous
My Mother Said by Anonymous
The Old Man's Complaint by Anonymous
Omnes Gentes Plaudite by Anonymous
Peace Maketh Plenty by Anonymous
The Philosopher by Anonymous
The Rivers Till And Tweed by Anonymous
Says Tweed To Till by Anonymous
Song by Anonymous
Song by Anonymous
A Sparrow-hawk Proud by Anonymous
Thou Sleepest Fast by Anonymous
A Thought On Human Life by Anonymous
Three Score And Ten by Anonymous
Thyrsis, Sleepest Thou by Anonymous
Thyrsis, Sleepest Thou by Anonymous
Western Wind (1) by Anonymous
The Wise Virgin by Anonymous
Upon Shaving Off One's Beard by John Updike
Good Appetite by Mark Van Doren
The Eclipse by Henry Vaughan
A Doubtful Choice by Edward De Vere
To Chloris, Upon A Favour Received by Edmund Waller
To One Married To An Old Man by Edmund Waller
Phillis's Resolution by William (1663-1707) Walsh
To His False Mistress by William (1663-1707) Walsh
The Power Of Interval by John Byrne Leicester Warren
Old Triton Time Responds To Every Mood by Vernon Watkins
The Monument by Samuel Wesley
On Butler's Monument [in Westminster] by Samuel Wesley
Ah Poverties, Wincings, And Sulky Retreats by Walt Whitman
Are You The New Person Drawn Toward Me? by Walt Whitman
A Clear Midnight by Walt Whitman
The Last Invocation by Walt Whitman
A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman
Old War-dreams by Walt Whitman
Reconciliation by Walt Whitman
Sometimes With One I Love by Walt Whitman
To The Pending Year by Walt Whitman
All's Well by John Greenleaf Whittier
Soul's Liberty by Anna Wickham
On The Death Of Squire Christopher, A ... Fat Sportsman by John Wigson
Epistemology by Richard Wilbur
Mind by Richard Wilbur
Parable by Richard Wilbur
Piazza Di Spagna, Early Morning by Richard Wilbur
The Proof by Richard Wilbur
Symphony In Yellow by Oscar Wilde
The Hard Listener by William Carlos Williams
A Sort Of A Song by William Carlos Williams
Grecian Kindness: A Song by John Wilmot
A Rodomontade On His Cruel Mistress by John Wilmot
A Song (2) by John Wilmot
To My More Than Meritorious Wife by John Wilmot
My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold by William Wordsworth
She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways by William Wordsworth
To A Child, Written In Her Album by William Wordsworth
The Lady's Resolve by Mary Wortley Montagu
De Morte by Henry Wotton
Portrait by Judith Wright
The Enemy Of Life by Thomas Wyatt
Honesty by Thomas Wyatt
Lux, My Fair Falcon by Thomas Wyatt
Throughout The World by Thomas Wyatt
To A Lady To Answer Directly With Yea Or Nay by Thomas Wyatt
Who Hath Heard by Thomas Wyatt
Wyatt Being In Prison, To Brian by Thomas Wyatt
Cold-blooded Creatures by Elinor Wylie
Let No Charitable Hope by Elinor Wylie
All Things Can Tempt Me by William Butler Yeats
The Choice by William Butler Yeats
A Coat by William Butler Yeats
The Cold Heaven by William Butler Yeats
Death by William Butler Yeats
The Great Day by William Butler Yeats
Paudeen by William Butler Yeats
Spilt Milk by William Butler Yeats
A Thought From Propertius by William Butler Yeats
A Woman Young And Old: 5. Consolation by William Butler Yeats
Ba Cottage by Andrew (1885-1971) Young
A Dead Mole by Andrew (1885-1971) Young
In Teesdale by Andrew (1885-1971) Young
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author


About the Editors:
James Michie is a poet and translator whose works include The Odes of Horace, Possible Laughter, and The Fables of La Fontaine.
P.J. Kavanaugh is the author of five novels and five volumes of poetry. He also edited Collected Poems of Ivor Gurney and The Bodley Head G.K. Chesterton.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 17, 1987)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0192820737
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192820730
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,038,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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I discovered this book at the public library twenty years ago, and have loved it ever since. All the poems in it are very short, twelve lines or less, yet as you'll find if you read it, how much truth, emotion and beauty can be conveyed in a very few lines! Anyone who loves poetry or literature will love this book.
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