Violet Poems

Violet Poems

Al Aaraf, by Edgar Allan Poe

I O! Nothing earthly save the ray
(Thrown ...

The City in the Sea, by Edgar Allan Poe

Lo! Death has reared himself a throne
In a s...

Eulalie, by Edgar Allan Poe

I dwelt alone
In a world of moan,
And my sou...

The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered,...

To Helen, by Edgar Allan Poe

I saw thee onceonce onlyyears ago:
I must not...

Each and All, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Little thinks, in the field, yon red-cloaked ...

May-Day, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring,
Wi...

Woodnotes I, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

1 When the pine tosses its cones
To the song ...

Sonnet 99: The Forward Violet Thus Did I Chide , by William Shakespeare

The forward violet thus did I chide:
"Sweet th...

Sonnet Xcix , by William Shakespeare

The forward violet thus did I chide:
Sweet th...

Sonnet Xii , by William Shakespeare

When I do count the clock that tells the time, ...

The Procreation Sonnets , by William Shakespeare

I

From fairest creatures we desire increase,
...

The Fire Sermon, by T. S. Eliot

THE river's tent is broken: the last fingers of...

What the Thunder Said, by T. S. Eliot

After the torchlight red on sweaty faces
After...

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, by Walt Whitman

1 Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face...

A Prairie Sunset, by Walt Whitman

Shot gold, maroon and violet, dazzling silver...

Song of Myself, by Walt Whitman

1 I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And...

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, by Walt Whitman

1 When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd,
...

She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways, by William Wordsworth

She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the ...

Adeline, by Alfred Tennyson

1 Mystery of mysteries,
Faintly smiling Ade...

The Gardener's Daughter; or, the Pictures, by Alfred Tennyson

This morning is the morning of the day,
When ...

Pelleas and Ettarre, by Alfred Tennyson

King Arthur made new knights to fill the gap
L...

Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere, by Alfred Tennyson

Like souls that balance joy and pain,
With te...

Who Can Say?, by Alfred Tennyson

Who can say
Why To-day
To-morrow will be yest...