English poetry

PoetsBiographiesPoems by ThemesRandom Poem
The Rating of PoetsThe Rating of Poems

Poem by George Pope Morris


Poetry


To me the world's an open book
 Of sweet and pleasant poetry;
I read it in the running brook
 That sings its way toward the sea.
It whispers in the leaves of trees,
 The swelling grain, the waving grass,
And in the cool, fresh evening breeze
 That crisps the wavelets as they pass.

The flowers below, the stars above,
 In all their bloom and brightness given,
Are, like the attributes of love,
 The poetry of earth and heaven.
Thus Nature's volume, read aright,
 Attunes the soul to minstrelsy,
Tinging life's clouds with rosy light,
 And all the world with poetry.



George Pope Morris


George Pope Morris's other poems:
  1. Life in the West
  2. Rhyme and Reason
  3. King Cotton
  4. The Ball-Room Belle
  5. Starlight Recollections


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • James McIntyre Poetry ("Poetry to us is given")
  • Claude McKay Poetry ("Sometimes I tremble like a storm-swept flower")
  • Florence Coates Poetry ("One spot of green, watered by hidden streams")
  • Mortimer Collins Poetry ("Ah, the most ancient time")
  • Lydia Sigourney Poetry ("Morn on her rosy couch awoke")
  • Marianne Moore Poetry ("I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle")
  • Arthur Ficke Poetry ("It is a little isle amid bleak seas")

    Poem to print Print

    1500 Views



    Last Poems


    To Russian version


  • Ðåéòèíã@Mail.ru

    English Poetry. E-mail eng-poetry.ru@yandex.ru