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Sweet Peril by George MacDonald

                   Sweet Peril Alas, how easily things go wrong! A sigh too much, or a kiss too long, And there follows a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again.  Alas, how hardly t… more →

The Bard on the Hill

Sweet Peril by George MacDonald — 1 comment

thebardonthehill wrote 10 hours ago:                    Sweet Peril Alas, how easily things go wrong! A sigh too much, or a kiss too long … more →

Tags: M-N, alas how easily things go wrong, George MacDonald, kiss too long, Poems, Poetry, sigh too much, Sweet Peril

Portrait Of Young Love by Stephen Vincent Benet

thebardonthehill wrote 2 days ago: (Photo credit: Wikipedia)               Portrait Of Young Love If you were with me – as you’re not, … more →

Tags: A-B (by poet name), bard on the hill, Poems, Poetry, Portrait Of Young Love, Stephen Vincent Benet

The Throstle by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

thebardonthehill wrote 4 days ago: (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   The Throstle “Summer is coming, summer is coming.    I know it, I k … more →

Tags: T-V, Alfred Lord Tennyson, bard on the hill, light leaf love again, Nest, Poems, Poetry, Song, Summer is Coming

Sonnet XXIII by William Shakespeare — 2 comments

thebardonthehill wrote 6 days ago:                      Sonnet XXIII As an unperfect actor on the stage Who with his fear is put beside … more →

Tags: s, 23, bard on the hill, learn to read what silent love hath writ, Poems, Poetry, Sonnet XXIII, to hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit, unperfect actor on the stage

The Song Of The Brook by Alfred, Lord Tennyson — 4 comments

thebardonthehill wrote 2 weeks ago: The Song Of The Brook I come from haunts of coot and hern,    I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out … more →

Tags: T-V, Alfred Lord Tennyson, bard on the hill, I come from haunts of coot and hern, join the brimming river, make a sudden sally, Men May Come And Men May Go, Poems, Poetry

I'd Rather Be by Emily Dickinson

thebardonthehill wrote 2 weeks ago:         I”d Rather Be I would not paint – a picture – I’d rather be the One Its bright impossibility … more →

Tags: C-D, bard on the hill, Emily Dickinson, I would not be a poet, I'd Rather be..., paint, Poems, Poetry, talk like Cornets

Cotton Mather by Stephen Vincent Benet

thebardonthehill wrote 2 weeks ago: Cotton Mather (Feb. 12, 1663 – Feb. 13, 1728), (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Cotton Mather Grim Co … more →

Tags: A-B (by poet name), Poetry, bard on the hill, Poems, Cotton Mather, Stephen Vincent Benet, Salem Witch Trials, puritan

Delight In Disorder by Robert Herrick — 4 comments

thebardonthehill wrote 2 weeks ago:     Delight In Disorder A sweet disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness: A lawn about … more →

Tags: E-H, Poetry, bard on the hill, Poems, Robert Herrick, delight in disorder, dress, Clothes, rumpled

A Song by Percy Bysshe Shelley

thebardonthehill wrote 3 weeks ago:                 A Song I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden; Thou needest not fear mine; My spirit is to … more →

Tags: s, ... a song, bard on the hill, I fear thy kisses gentle maiden, innocent is the heart's devotion, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poems, Poetry, thou needest not fear mine

Bright Star! Would I Were Steadfast by John Keats

thebardonthehill wrote 3 weeks ago: Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art – Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night, And wat … more →

Tags: I-L, Poetry, sonnet, John Keats, bard on the hill, Poems, Bright Star Would I Were Steadfast, so live ever or else swoon to death

A Poison Tree by William Blake

thebardonthehill wrote 4 weeks ago: (Photo credit: Jan Mehlich via Wikipedia)             A Poison Tree  I was angry with my friend: I t … more →

Tags: A-B (by poet name), a poison tree, bard on the hill, Foe, I told my wrath did end, I was angry with my friend, Poems, Poetry, William Blake

The Reverie Of Poor Susan by William Wordsworth — 1 comment

thebardonthehill wrote 1 month ago: William Wordsworth (Photo credit: Wikipedia)                 The Reverie of Poor Susan At the c … more →

Tags: W-Z, Poetry, William Wordsworth, bard on the hill, Poems, The Reverie of Poor Susan, at the corner of Wood Street, Lothbury, Cheapside

Boston Police Tweet — 2 comments

thebardonthehill wrote 1 month ago: Boston police tweet: “CAPTURED!!! THE HUNT IS OVER. THE SEARCH IS DONE. THE TERROR IS OVER. AN … more →

Tags: A-B (by poet name), Poetry, bard on the hill, Poems, Boston Police Tweet, Captured, hunt is over, Terror, justice has won

The Star by Jane Taylor — 2 comments

thebardonthehill wrote 1 month ago: (Photo credit: Acerview54 via Wikipedia)               The Star Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I … more →

Tags: poems for children, T-V, Poetry, Poems, Song, Children, The Star, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder What You Are

Bethsabe's Song by George Peele

thebardonthehill wrote 1 month ago: Bethsabe’s Song Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet air, Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my whit … more →

Tags: O-R, Poetry, bard on the hill, Poems, Bethsabe's Song, George Peele, hot sun cool fire, black shade, fair nurse

Dying Speech Of An Old Philosopher by Walter Savage Landor — 4 comments

thebardonthehill wrote 1 month ago:     Dying Speech Of An Old Philosopher  I strove with none, for none was worth my strife: … more →

Tags: I-L, Poetry, bard on the hill, Poems, Walter Savage Landor, dying speech of an old philosopher, fire of life, Last Words

The Only Ghost by Emily Dickinson — 2 comments

thebardonthehill wrote 1 month ago:   The Only Ghost  The only Ghost I ever saw Was dressed in Mechlin – so – He wore no sandal on … more →

Tags: C-D, Poetry, Emily Dickinson, bard on the hill, Poems, The Only Ghost, Mechlin, stepped like flakes of snow

Forgiveness by John Greenleaf Whittier — 1 comment

thebardonthehill wrote 1 month ago: Forgiveness My heart was heavy, for its trust had been Abused, its kindness answered with foul wrong … more →

Tags: W-Z, Poetry, bard on the hill, Poems, John Greenleaf Whittier, Forgiveness, Sabbath Day, common sorrow grave, like a mighty wave

The Hour-Glass by Ben Jonson

thebardonthehill wrote 1 month ago: photo by S. Sepp            The Hour-Glass  Do but consider this small dust    Here running in the g … more →

Tags: I-L, Poetry, Ben Jonson, bard on the hill, Poems, the hourglass, ashes of lovers find no rest, mistress flame, playing like a fly


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