Famous One Thousand Poems by Famous Poets

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Beautiful Nairn

...way Castle is well worthy of praise,
And to oblige all visitors there are open days,
When they can see the castle where one thousand warriors in all
Oft have assembled in the Earl of Randolph's Hall. 

And in conclusion I will say for good bathing Nairn is the best,
And besides its pleasant scenery is of historical interest;
And the climate gives health to many visitors while there,
Therefore I would recommend Nairn for balmy pure air....Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz


Beowulf (Modern English)

...od cups and pitchers,
dishes lying there, and precious swords,
rusty and eaten through, just as they had dwelt there
one thousand winters in the earth’s embrace.
Then was that enormous inheritance,
the gold of ancient men, wound with a spell,
so that no man would be allowed to touch
that hall of rings, unless God himself,
the Truth-King of Victories gave it to them who he wished
—he is the protector of men—to open up the hoard,
even to any human as seemed worthy to ...Read more of this...
by Anonymous,

Endymion: Book III

...--and they were palaces
Of silent happiness, of slumberous ease:
Long years of misery have told me so.
Aye, thus it was one thousand years ago.
One thousand years!--Is it then possible
To look so plainly through them? to dispel
A thousand years with backward glance sublime?
To breathe away as 'twere all scummy slime
From off a crystal pool, to see its deep,
And one's own image from the bottom peep?
Yes: now I am no longer wretched thrall,
My long captivity and moanings all
Ar...Read more of this...
by Keats, John

Fit the Fifth ( Hunting of the Snark )

...hree as the subject to reason about-- 
A convenient number to state-- 
We add Seven, and Ten, and then multiply out 
By One Thousand diminished by Eight. 


"The result we proceed to divide, as you see, 
By Nine Hundred and Ninety Two: 
Then subtract Seventeen, and the answer must be 
Exactly and perfectly true. 

"The method employed I would gladly explain, 
While I have it so clear in my head, 
If I had but the time and you had but the brain-- 
But much yet remains to be sa...Read more of this...
by Carroll, Lewis

Grif of the Bloody Hand

.... 

And now sir what is your terms with me,
Before I carry off Violet Evesham from the village of Brenchley;
Well Grif, one thousand marks shall be the pay,
'Tis agreed then cried Grif, and you shall enjoy her without delay. 

Then the bargains struck, uttered Grif, how many men will you require,
Come sir, speak, you can have all of my band if you desire;
Oh, thanks sir, replied Dubois, I consider four men will do,
That's to say sir, if the four men's courage be true. 

And t...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz


Her Story

...wearing fur coats, looking slightly careless. 
 "You're free, Miss, aren't you ? Care for delight? 
 Five hundred now. One thousand for the night". 

 I flared up. They took me for a prostitute. 
 My heart was jumping. What an attitude! 
 They want you, you're young, you're a whore! 
 Indignant, I said "Yes", instead of "No". 

 The other one, so "sweet and pure", 
 swaying his hips, looking aside, 
 said: "Have you got a friend, as rich as you are? 
 I, too, will take it. A...Read more of this...
by Voznesensky, Andrei

Jubilate Agno: Fragment B Part 3

...ar. 

For this is the twelfth day of the MILLENNIUM of the MILLENNIUM foretold by the prophets -- give the glory to God ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY -- 

For the Planet Mars is the word FORTITUDE. 

For to worship naked in the Rain is the bravest thing for the refreshing and purifying the body. 

For the Planet Jupiter is the WORD DISPENSATION. 

For Tully says to be generous you must be first just, but the voice of Christ is distribute at all events. 

For Kittim is ...Read more of this...
by Smart, Christopher

The Battle of Waterloo

...attacks Napoleon lost ten thousand men,
And left them weltering in their gore like sheep in a pen;
And the British lost one thousand men-- which wasn't very great,
Because the great Napoleon met with a crushing defeat. 

The advance of Napoleon on the right was really very fine,
Which was followed by a general onset upon the British line,
In which three hundred pieces of artillery opened their cannonade;
But the British artillery played upon them, and great courage displayed....Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The Hunting Of The Snark

...Three as the subject to reason about--
 A convenient number to state--
We add Seven, and Ten, and then multiply out
 By One Thousand diminished by Eight.

"The result we proceed to divide, as you see,
 By Nine Hundred and Ninety and Two:
Then subtract Seventeen, and the answer must be
 Exactly and perfectly true.

"The method employed I would gladly explain,
 While I have it so clear in my head,
If I had but the time and you had but the brain--
 But much yet remains to be sai...Read more of this...
by Carroll, Lewis

The Schooner Flight

...gave voice to one people's grief.
Open the map. More islands there, man,
than peas on a tin plate, all different size,
one thousand in the Bahamas alone,
from mountains to low scrub with coral keys,
and from this bowsprit, I bless every town,
the blue smell of smoke in hills behind them,
and the one small road winding down them like twine
to the roofs below; I have only one theme:
The bowsprit, the arrow, the longing, the lunging heart - 
the flight to a target whose aim we'...Read more of this...
by Walcott, Derek

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