Retirement Poems
Retirement
John Lindley - GRANDAD AND A PRAMLOAD OF CLOCKS
Wheeling them in,the yard gate at half-mast with its ticking hinge,the tin bucket with a hairnet of webs,the privy door ajar,the path.- Retirement poems.
Robert Lowell - Homecoming
What was is . . . since 1930;the boys in my old gangare senior partners. They start upbald like baby birdsto embrace retirement.At.- Retirement poems.
Barry Tebb - INSPIRATION FROM A VISITATION OF MY MUSE
Memories bursting like tears or wavesOn some lonely Adriatic shoreBeating again and againThreshings of green sea foamFlecked like the.- Retirement poems.
Jean De La Fontaine - King Candaules And The Doctor Of Laws
IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring;As proof, Candaules' story we will bring;In folly's scenes the king was truly great:His.- Retirement poems.
Barry Tebb - LEEDS 2002
What ghosts hauntThese streets of perpetual night?Riverbanks fractured with splinters of glass condominiumsFor nouveam riche merchant.- Retirement poems.
Mary Dar Robinson - Ode To Beauty
EXULTING BEAUTY,phantom of an hour, Whose magic spells enchain the heart, Ah ! what avails thy fascinating pow'r, Thy thrilling smile,.- Retirement poems.
Anne Kingsmill Finch - On Myselfe
Good Heav'n, I thank thee, since it was design'dI shou'd be fram'd, but of the weaker kinde,That yet, my Soul, is rescu'd from the.- Retirement poems.
Philip Freneau - On Retirement
A HERMIT'S house beside a stream With forests planted round,Whatever it to you may seemMore real happiness I deem Than if I were a.- Retirement poems.
Edwin Arlington Robinson - On The Way
NOTE.—The following imaginary dialogue between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, which is not based upon any specific incident in.- Retirement poems.
John Milton - Paradise Lost: Book 09
No more of talk where God or Angel guest With Man, as with his friend, familiar us'd, To sit indulgent, and with him partake Rural.- Retirement poems.
John Milton - Paradise Regained: The Fourth Book
Perplexed and troubled at his bad successThe Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hopeSo oft,.- Retirement poems.
Samuel Coleridge - Reflections On Having Left A Place Of Retirement
Low was our pretty Cot : our tallest RosePeep'd at the chamber-window. We could hearAt silent noon, and eve, and early morn,The Sea's.- Retirement poems.
William Cowper - Retirement
Far from the world, O Lord, I flee,From strife and tumult far;From scenes where Satan wages stillHis most successful war.The calm retreat,.- Retirement poems.
Anne Bronte - Retirement
O, let me be alone a while,No human form is nigh.And may I sing and muse aloud,No mortal ear is by. Away! ye dreams of earthly bliss,Ye.- Retirement poems.
Henry Vaughan - Retirement
Fresh fields and woods! the Earth's fair face, God's foot-stool, and man's dwelling-place. I ask not why the first BelieverDid love.- Retirement poems.
Marriott Edgar - Sam Goes To It
Sam Small had retired from the Army,In the old Duke of Wellington's time,So when present unpleasantness started,He were what you might.- Retirement poems.
Wang Wei - Song Of An Old General
When he was a youth of fifteen or twenty, He chased a wild horse, he caught him and rode him, He shot the white-browed mountain tiger,.- Retirement poems.
Jean De La Fontaine - The Devil In Hell
HE surely must be wrong who loving fears;And does not flee when beauty first appears.Ye FAIR, with charms divine, I know your fame;No.- Retirement poems.
Jean De La Fontaine - The Dog
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold.Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold.To this the god of love has oft recourse,When.- Retirement poems.
William Cowper - The Task: Book IV, The Winter Evening (excerpts)
Hark! 'tis the twanging horn! O'er yonder bridge,That with its wearisome but needful lengthBestrides the wintry flood, in which the.- Retirement poems.
Andrew Marvell - Upon The Hill And Grove At Bill Borow
To the Lord Fairfax.See how the arched Earth does hereRise in a perfect Hemisphere!The stiffest Compass could not strikeA line more.- Retirement poems.
Henry Vaughan - Upon The Priory Grove, His Usual Retirement
Hail sacred shades! cool, leavy House! Chaste treasurer of all my vows, And wealth! on whose soft bosom laid My love's fair steps I.- Retirement poems.
Wheeling them in,the yard gate at half-mast with its ticking hinge,the tin bucket with a hairnet of webs,the privy door ajar,the path.- Retirement poems.
Robert Lowell - Homecoming
What was is . . . since 1930;the boys in my old gangare senior partners. They start upbald like baby birdsto embrace retirement.At.- Retirement poems.
Barry Tebb - INSPIRATION FROM A VISITATION OF MY MUSE
Memories bursting like tears or wavesOn some lonely Adriatic shoreBeating again and againThreshings of green sea foamFlecked like the.- Retirement poems.
Jean De La Fontaine - King Candaules And The Doctor Of Laws
IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring;As proof, Candaules' story we will bring;In folly's scenes the king was truly great:His.- Retirement poems.
Barry Tebb - LEEDS 2002
What ghosts hauntThese streets of perpetual night?Riverbanks fractured with splinters of glass condominiumsFor nouveam riche merchant.- Retirement poems.
Mary Dar Robinson - Ode To Beauty
EXULTING BEAUTY,phantom of an hour, Whose magic spells enchain the heart, Ah ! what avails thy fascinating pow'r, Thy thrilling smile,.- Retirement poems.
Anne Kingsmill Finch - On Myselfe
Good Heav'n, I thank thee, since it was design'dI shou'd be fram'd, but of the weaker kinde,That yet, my Soul, is rescu'd from the.- Retirement poems.
Philip Freneau - On Retirement
A HERMIT'S house beside a stream With forests planted round,Whatever it to you may seemMore real happiness I deem Than if I were a.- Retirement poems.
Edwin Arlington Robinson - On The Way
NOTE.—The following imaginary dialogue between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, which is not based upon any specific incident in.- Retirement poems.
John Milton - Paradise Lost: Book 09
No more of talk where God or Angel guest With Man, as with his friend, familiar us'd, To sit indulgent, and with him partake Rural.- Retirement poems.
John Milton - Paradise Regained: The Fourth Book
Perplexed and troubled at his bad successThe Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hopeSo oft,.- Retirement poems.
Samuel Coleridge - Reflections On Having Left A Place Of Retirement
Low was our pretty Cot : our tallest RosePeep'd at the chamber-window. We could hearAt silent noon, and eve, and early morn,The Sea's.- Retirement poems.
William Cowper - Retirement
Far from the world, O Lord, I flee,From strife and tumult far;From scenes where Satan wages stillHis most successful war.The calm retreat,.- Retirement poems.
Anne Bronte - Retirement
O, let me be alone a while,No human form is nigh.And may I sing and muse aloud,No mortal ear is by. Away! ye dreams of earthly bliss,Ye.- Retirement poems.
Henry Vaughan - Retirement
Fresh fields and woods! the Earth's fair face, God's foot-stool, and man's dwelling-place. I ask not why the first BelieverDid love.- Retirement poems.
Marriott Edgar - Sam Goes To It
Sam Small had retired from the Army,In the old Duke of Wellington's time,So when present unpleasantness started,He were what you might.- Retirement poems.
Wang Wei - Song Of An Old General
When he was a youth of fifteen or twenty, He chased a wild horse, he caught him and rode him, He shot the white-browed mountain tiger,.- Retirement poems.
Jean De La Fontaine - The Devil In Hell
HE surely must be wrong who loving fears;And does not flee when beauty first appears.Ye FAIR, with charms divine, I know your fame;No.- Retirement poems.
Jean De La Fontaine - The Dog
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold.Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold.To this the god of love has oft recourse,When.- Retirement poems.
William Cowper - The Task: Book IV, The Winter Evening (excerpts)
Hark! 'tis the twanging horn! O'er yonder bridge,That with its wearisome but needful lengthBestrides the wintry flood, in which the.- Retirement poems.
Andrew Marvell - Upon The Hill And Grove At Bill Borow
To the Lord Fairfax.See how the arched Earth does hereRise in a perfect Hemisphere!The stiffest Compass could not strikeA line more.- Retirement poems.
Henry Vaughan - Upon The Priory Grove, His Usual Retirement
Hail sacred shades! cool, leavy House! Chaste treasurer of all my vows, And wealth! on whose soft bosom laid My love's fair steps I.- Retirement poems.
