Poetry • Poets • Essays • Forums •

Poems about Sonnet

• Sonnet CCLXXXVII: "When distance severs us, and we become"

  When distance severs us, and we become
  As parting voyagers of divided lives,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLXXV: "Nothing is stable. Though the deeds we do"

  Nothing is stable. Though the deeds we do
  May bind the nations in a servile chain,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLXV: "As stands a statue on its pedestal"

  As stands a statue on its pedestal,
  Amidst the storms of civil mutiny,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLX: "The pearly vales that circled round her breast"

  The pearly vales that circled round her breast
  Were laced with azure veins; the roseate glow

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet CCXXXV: "O gentle frenzy, too supreme delight!"

  O gentle frenzy, too supreme delight!
  O acrid sweet, most blessed sum of ills!

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXVII: "Within the circle of my darling's charms"

  Within the circle of my darling's charms
  I stand as grimly as some ruin old,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet: XXXIII: "As some new ghost, that wanders to and fro"

  As some new ghost, that wanders to and fro
  By dreary Lethe, turns his vacant eyes,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XXXI: "'And miss the way to heaven!' My closing word"

  "And miss the way to heaven!" My closing word
  Is a reproachful echo in my ear;

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet XIII: "Perhaps in mercy is the future masked"

  Perhaps in mercy is the future masked.
  For who so hardy, if his fate were read,

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Pido la Canonización de Virgilio Piñera

  Poco interés presentan estas cosas
  para un Concilio, que otras más urgentes

  by Severo Sarduy 17 lines
• Sonnet CCCVII: "These blows of fate that shake our troubled life"

  These blows of fate that shake our troubled life,
  This long, long sorrow o'er our parted fate,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXXIX: "Again I touch thee, vexing instrument"

  Again I touch thee, vexing instrument,
  My hard and rarely-mastered Tuscan lute!

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLXIII: "O for my sake do you with fortune chide"

  "O for my sake do you with fortune chide"--
  I almost took sad Shakespeare's thought for mine,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLX: "The way I walk, an angel of God's throne"

  The way I walk, an angel of God's throne,
  The dearest, brightest, oft with drooping wings,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXLIII: "O let me break my slavehood! Link by link"

  O let me break my slavehood! Link by link
  I rend my gyves; not calmly, but with cries

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet LXXXV: "I know not if one beauty less or more"

  I know not if one beauty less or more
  This year hath left upon my darling's face,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXCVI: "I love thee, love thee! Let these words atone"

  I love thee, love thee! Let these words atone
  For all the others--for my jealous rage,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCXCIII: "As from his wrist the eager falconer"

  As from his wrist the eager falconer
  Tosses his hawk upon the windy sky,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLIX: "O, I am apt of others' charms to sing"

  O, I am apt of others' charms to sing.
  I had a mistress with a scarlet lip,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XVII: "Too full of rapture was this sunny day!"

  Too full of rapture was this sunny day!
  My senses ache from that through which they passed:

  by George Henry Boker 15 lines
• Sonnet XI: "If I should perish e'er I pen this line"

  If I should perish e'er I pen this line,
  And take my place with the forgotten dead,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXXXIV: "Darling, I kiss thee from thy slender feet"

  Darling, I kiss thee from thy slender feet
  Up to the curls around thy tender brow;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXXVIII: "There blew a breeze across the flowers, that said"

  There blew a breeze across the flowers, that said,
  "Love is the sweetest thing which mortals know!"

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CLXVIII: "If I were able to disclose thy charms"

  If I were able to disclose thy charms,
  And truly paint, as they appear to me,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLVII: "They at the altar pledge their formal vow"

  They at the altar pledge their formal vow,
  Then go, and straight forget that vow was made--

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLVI: "Know you a soul so white and inly pure"

  Know you a soul so white and inly pure
  That sin itself, committed by her hand,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CXLII: "I have been false for thy repose alone"

  I have heen false for thy repose alone,
  And the sweet cause half pardoned the offense,

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet XXXVIII: "The swell and glitter of this stately stave"

  The swell and glitter of this stately stave
  Are tinsel trappings of but little worth;

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet X: "A shame arose betwixt my love and me"

  A shame arose betwixt my Love and me.
  I am not worthy to be called her own.

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines
• Sonnet CCLXI: "She on the jealous gods' Olympian hill"

  She on the jealous gods' Olympian hill,
  Unrecognized as mortal, might have taken

  by George Henry Boker 13 lines

Poems about Sonnet

• Browse all categories
• Edit tag

Search poems

Search poets

Sign up for FREE

A free allpoetry.com account is required to comment and participate. It's fast and free!

Already a member?

Name
Password

What is Oldpoetry?

Learn from the poetic wisdom of the ages at Oldpoetry. Join the discussion, or apply to be an editor today.

Enjoy, Emulate, Admire.
→ Learn more

Categories

Childrens,  Eastern,  Erotica,  Humour,  Love,  Lyrics,  Mythology,  Nature,  Other,  Philosophy,  Sad,  Society,  Sonnet,  Spiritual,  Tribute,  War

Advertising Supported

Help    Random    Amazon    Terms of Use    Contact Us    Content Complaint
Our other sites: Poetry, Critical Poetry, Stories, Philosophy, Quotes. © Social Design