I lived from 1841-1909. I was from England, and am in the English category.
Popular poetry
- Despairless! Hopeless! Quietly I wait
On these unpeopled tracks the happy close14 lines, 2 comments - “And there shall be no night there and they
need no candle, and neither light of the sun;27 lines - Dry light reverberates, colour withdrawing
Into a sky so white, sight cannot follow it.48 lines - The Love that speaks in word and kiss,
That dyes the cheek and fires the eye,19 lines - She scanned the record of Beethoven’s thought,
And made the dumb chords speak both clear and low,13 lines - By mead and marsh and sandhill clad with bent,
Soothed by the wistful musings of the wind22 lines - He comes to me like air on parching grass;
His eyes are wells where truth lives, found at last;14 lines
