Title/From Begins Poet The Fairie Queene And after him came next the chill December Edmund Spenser Marmion Heap on more wood, the wind is chill Sir Walter Scott Morte D’Arthur So all day long the noise of battle rolled Alfred Lord Tennyson The Oxen Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. Thomas Hardy Christmas at […]
Months
October Poems Index
Title/From Begins Poet The Faerie Queene Then came October full of merry glee Edmund Spenser Antony and Cleopatra Come, thou monarch of the vine, William Shakespeare 17th Century Round Hey nonny, no! Men are fools that wish to die! Anonymous John Barleycorn Willie brew’d a peck o’ malt, Robert Burns The Listeners ‘Is there anybody […]
November Poems Index
Title/From Begins Poet Song for St Cecelia’s Day From harmony, from heavenly harmony John Dryden Flight to Australia Orchestrate this theme, artificer-poet Cecil Day Lewis For the Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children Laurence Binyon Futility Move him into the sun – Wilfred Owen Anthem for Doomed Youth What passing-bells for those […]
July Poems Index
Title/From Begins Poet The Faerie Queene Then came hot July, boiling like to fire Edmund Spenser The Lion Strange spirit with inky hair, W J Turner Mowing There was never a sound beside the wood but one, Robert Frost The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, Samuel Taylor […]
May Poems Index
Title/From Begins Poet Song on a May Morning Now the bright morning star, Day’s harbinger, John Milton L’Allegro But come thou goddess fair and free, John Milton The Fairie Queene Then came fair May, the fairest maid on ground Edmund Spenser The Legend of Good Women And as for me, though than I konne but […]
March Poems Index
Title/From Begins Poet Faerie Queene First sturdy March, with brows full sternly bent Edmund Spenser Daffodils I wandered lonely as a cloud William Wordsworth Written in March The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, William Wordsworth To My Sister It is the first mild day of March William Wordsworth Lines Written in Early […]
February Poems Index
Title/From Begins Poet Parlement of Foules Now welcom somer, with thy sonne softe Geoffrey Chaucer Epithalamium Hail Bishop Valentine! whose day this is; John Donne The Faerie Queen And lastly came cold February, Edmund Spenser Still falls the rain Still falls the rain – Edith Sitwell A Sight In Camp A sight in camp in […]