Famous Gatherings Poems by Famous Poets

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Champagne 1914-15

...n the anguish of atrocious hours 
Turned their last thoughts and closed their dying eyes, 

Rather when music on bright gatherings lays 
Its tender spell, and joy is uppermost, 
Be mindful of the men they were, and raise 
Your glasses to them in one silent toast. 

Drink to them -- - amorous of dear Earth as well, 
They asked no tribute lovelier than this -- - 
And in the wine that ripened where they fell, 
Oh, frame your lips as though it were a kiss....Read more of this...
by Seeger, Alan


Dream Song 10: There were strange gatherings. A vote would come

...There were strange gatherings. A vote would come
that would be no vote. There would come a rope.
Yes. There would come a rope.
Men have their hats down. "Dancing in the Dark"
will see him up, car-radio-wise. So many, some
won't find a rut to park.

It is in the occasions, that-”not the fathomless heart-”
the thinky death consists;
his chest is pinched. The enemy are sick,
and ...Read more of this...
by Berryman, John

Dream Song 171: Go ill-sped book and whisper to her or

...as stunned Henry yatters like a fool 
& maketh little sense. 
Say she is soft in speech, stately in walking, 
modest at gatherings, and in every thing 
declare her excellence. 

And forget not, when the rest is wholly done 
and all of her splendors opened, one by one, 
to add that she likes Henry, 
for reasons unknown, and fate has bound them fast 
one to another in linkages that last 
and that are fair to see....Read more of this...
by Berryman, John

Sing of the Banner at Day-Break

...again to the southern plantation, and again
 to
 California; 
Sweeping the whole, I see the countless profit, the busy gatherings, earned wages; 
See the identity formed out of thirty-eight spacious and haughty States (and many more to
 come;) 
See forts on the shores of harbors—see ships sailing in and out; 
Then over all, (aye! aye!) my little and lengthen’d pennant, shaped like a sword,
Runs swiftly up, indicating war and defiance—And now the halyards have rais’d
 it, 
Si...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt

Song of the Broad-Axe

...mountains, or by the little lakes, or on the
 Columbia,

Dwellers south on the banks of the Gila or Rio Grande—friendly gatherings, the characters
 and
 fun,

Dwellers up north in Minnesota and by the Yellowstone river—dwellers on coasts and off
 coasts,
Seal-fishers, whalers, arctic seamen breaking passages through the ice. 

The shapes arise! 
Shapes of factories, arsenals, foundries, markets; 
Shapes of the two-threaded tracks of railroads; 
Shapes of the sleepers of bridg...Read more of this...
by Whitman, Walt


Sonnet VI

...
A garret and a glimpse across the roofs 
Of clouds blown eastward over Notre Dame, 
The glad-eyed streets and radiant gatherings 
Where I drank deep the bliss of being young, 
The strife and sweet potential flux of things 
I sought Youth's dream of happiness among! 
It walks here aureoled with the city-light, 
Forever through the myriad-featured mass 
Flaunting not far its fugitive embrace, -- 
Heard sometimes in a song across the night, 
Caught in a perfume from the crowds...Read more of this...
by Seeger, Alan

The Growth of Love

...at ever thrusteth back
The fairest treasures of his ancient store,
Better with best confound, so he may pack
His greedy gatherings closer, more and more? 
Let the true Muse rewrite her sullied page,
And purge her story of the men of hate,
That they go dirgeless down to Satan's rage
With all else foul, deform'd and miscreate:
She hath full toil to keep the names of love
Honour'd on earth, as they are bright above. 

53
I heard great Hector sounding war's alarms,
Where thro' th...Read more of this...
by Bridges, Robert Seymour

When You Come

...come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.

Offering me, as to a child, an attic,
Gatherings of days too few.
Baubles of stolen kisses.
Trinkets of borrowed loves.
Trunks of secret words,

I cry....Read more of this...
by Angelou, Maya

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