Selected American and British Poems
The Rivulet
by Lucy Larcom
A poem in which the speaker describes a rivulet in his/her commands to it.
A poem in which the speaker describes a rivulet in his/her commands to it.
O how thy worth with manners may I sing
Thy tones are silver melted into sound,
This poem expresses the problem many people have with getting up when it is dark in the morning and going to bed in the evening when it is still light outside.
I am the mother of sorrows,
Come, essay a sprightly measure,
"Out of the sunshine and out of the heat,"
"Ring out, ye bells!, All Nature swells"
"Men may sing of their Havanas, elevating to the stars"
"W’en de clouds is hangin’ heavy in de sky,"
Carol is befriended by Maud Dyer, who proceeds to ridicule Nat Hick's assistant tailor, Erik Valborg.
"These are the days of elfs and fays:"
WHILE others chant of gay Elysian scenes,
I have not told my garden yet
I sit upon the old sea wall,
A visit to the butcher's shop provides Black Beauty with further insight as to the conditions that drivers and horses face in the course of their duties.
"Place this bunch of mignonette"
Albert prepares his home for the Count of Monte Cristo.
The Emperor learns to appreciate the nightingale.
"I ‘ve been watchin’ of ‘em, parson,"
"Oh, the poets may sing of their Lady Irenes,"
"I done got ‘uligion, honey, an’ I ’s happy ez a king;"
Portia sends a servent to the Senate before talking with the Soothsayer.
Heart not so heavy as mine