Short Poems Edition
Short Poems About Nature
48 short poems · under 12 lines · curated from the public-domain corpus
One-screen poems about nature — easy to read, easier to share. Each one is short enough to take in at a glance, with full text, line-by-line meaning, and historical context one click away.
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4-6.
A Covered Bridge at Lucerne
AGLAIA.
A HYMN.
A MIDSUMMER HOLIDAY, ASTROPHEL, A CHANNEL PASSAGE AND OTHER POEMS.
A MODERN ECLOGUE.
AN ARMY CORPS ON THE MARCH.
AND OTHER POEMS
A PASTORAL
APRIL
ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN
AUGUST
Auroral flushes: Like the first faint glimmerings of light in the
A VISION OF THE SEA.
BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS.
BANNER AND PENNANT.
Bayard Taylor's Lars: a Pastoral of Norway; and Other Poems.
Benedicite: An invocation of blessing. Imperative form of the
BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE.
Blinding anguish: An allusion to the death of his little
BRISTOL CHANNEL.
Build out its piers: The beams of light are like the piers or
BY GIL VICENTE
BY THE SEASIDE.
CANCELLED STANZA.
CAVALRY CROSSING A FORD.
CHILD.
CHORUS OF BIRDS.
CHORUS OF DRYADES.
CHORUS OF REEDS.
Compare _Al Fresco_, lines 34-39:
CONSOLATION
d'.
DCCC.LX.
DECEMBER
DISTANCE
Druid wood: The Druids were the aged priests of the Celts, who
EARLIER POEMS.
Earth gets its price, etc.: Notice the special meaning given to
Elder than the Day: Elder than the first Day. "And God called
FAREWELL TO NORTH DEVON.
FATHER.
FEBRUARY
FIRST SCHOLAR.
FOLK-SONGS.
FONTAINE-QUI-BOUT (f[)o]n'-t[=a]n-k[=e]-b[=o][=o]) a creek in
Forest-crypt: The crypt of a church is the basement, filled