Famous Silkworm Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Silkworm poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous silkworm poems. These examples illustrate what a famous silkworm poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...br> ‘The wind was high
north of the White King City, by the fields
of whistling barley under cuckoo sky,'
where, as the silkworm drew her silk, Li Po
spun out his thoughts of us. ‘Endless as silk'
(he said) ‘these poems for lost loves, and us,'
and, ‘for the peachtree, blooming in the ditch.'
Here is the divine loneliness in which
we greet, only to doubt, a voice, a word,
the smoke of a sweetfern after frost, a face
touched, and loved, but still unknown, and then
a bo...Read more of this...
by
Aiken, Conrad
...a Serpent bless Him, who ordaineth strength in babes to the confusion of the Adversary.
Let Huldah bless with the Silkworm -- the ornaments of the Proud are from the bowells of their Betters.
Let Susanna bless with the Butterfly -- beauty hath wings, but chastity is the Cherub.
Let Sampson bless with the Bee, to whom the Lord hath given strength to annoy the assailant and wisdom to his strength.
Let Amasiah bless with the Chaffer -- the top of the tree...Read more of this...
by
Smart, Christopher
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