Archive for the 'English Poetry' Category


I Am Not Alone by Gabriela Mistral

The night, it is deserted from the mountains to the sea. But I, the one who rocks you, I am not alone…

Thought Of You by Sara Teasdale

I thought of you and how you love this beauty, And walking up the long beach all alone I heard the waves breaking in measured thunder As you and I once heard their monotone…

The Garret by Ezra Pound

Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers…

The Seeker by Lucy Maud Montgomery

I sought for my happiness over the world, Oh, eager and far was my quest; I sought it on mountain and desert and sea, I asked it of east and of west…

Blindness by George William Russell

Our true hearts are forever lonely: A wistfulness is in our thought: Our lights are like the dawns which only Seem bright to us and yet are not…

Love is Enough by William Morris

Love is enough: though the World be a-waning, And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining…

She Dried Her Tears by Emily Bronte

She dried her tears and they did smile To see her cheeks’ returning glow How little dreaming all the while That full heart throbbed to overflow…