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Best Famous Slowest Poems

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Written by James Whitcomb Riley | Create an image from this poem

Who Bides His Time

 Who bides his time, and day by day 
Faces defeat full patiently, 
And lifts a mirthful roundelay, 
However poor his fortunes be,-- 
He will not fail in any qualm 
Of poverty -- the paltry dime 
It will grow golden in his palm, 
Who bides his time.
Who bides his time -- he tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet, Joy runs to meet him, drawing near; The birds are hearalds of his cause; And, like a never-ending rhyme, The roadsides bloom in his applause, Who bides his time.
Who bides his time, and fevers not In the hot race that none achieves, Shall wear cool-wreathen laurel, wrought With crimson berries in the leaves; And he shall reign a goodly king, And sway his hand o'er every clime With peace writ on his signet-ring, Who bides his time.


Written by Dorothy Parker | Create an image from this poem

Salomes Dancing-Lesson

 She that begs a little boon
(Heel and toe! Heel and toe!)
Little gets- and nothing, soon.
(No, no, no! No, no, no!) She that calls for costly things Priceless finds her offerings- What's impossible to kings? (Heel and toe! Heel and toe!) Kings are shaped as other men.
(Step and turn! Step and turn!) Ask what none may ask again.
(Will you learn? Will you learn?) Lovers whine, and kisses pall, Jewels tarnish, kingdoms fall- Death's the rarest prize of all! (Step and turn! Step and turn!) Veils are woven to be dropped.
(One, two, three! One, two, three!) Aging eyes are slowest stopped.
(Quietly! Quietly!) She whose body's young and cool Has no need of dancing-school- Scratch a king and find a fool! (One, two, three! One, two, three!)
Written by Emily Dickinson | Create an image from this poem

You cannot put a Fire out --

 You cannot put a Fire out --
A Thing that can ignite
Can go, itself, without a Fan --
Upon the slowest Night --

You cannot fold a Flood --
And put it in a Drawer --
Because the Winds would find it out --
And tell your Cedar Floor --
Written by Emily Dickinson | Create an image from this poem

I think the longest Hour of all

 I think the longest Hour of all
Is when the Cars have come --
And we are waiting for the Coach --
It seems as though the Time

Indignant -- that the Joy was come --
Did block the Gilded Hands --
And would not let the Seconds by --
But slowest instant -- ends --

The Pendulum begins to count --
Like little Scholars -- loud --
The steps grow thicker -- in the Hall --
The Heart begins to crowd --

Then I -- my timid service done --
Tho' service 'twas, of Love --
Take up my little Violin --
And further North -- remove.

Book: Shattered Sighs