The Book of Hours (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke) The Book of Hours By Rainer Maria Rilke The Book of A Monk's Life I live my life in circles that grow wide And endlessly unroll, I ma…
When I Read the Book (Poem by Walter Whitman) When I Read the Book By Walter Whitman When I read the book, the biography famous, And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man’s life? And…
A Book (Poem by Emily Dickinson) A Book By Emily Dickinson He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was dust…
The Dedication to A Book (Poem by William Butler Yeats) The Dedication to A Book of Stories Selected From the Irish Novelists By William Butler Yeats There was a green branch hung with many a …
A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears and Some Books (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears and Some Books By Robert Lee Frost Old Davis owned a solid mica mountain In Dalton that would some day make hi…
Shut Not Your Doors (Poem by Walter Whitman) Shut Not Your Doors By Walter Whitman Shut not your doors to me proud libraries, For that which was lacking on all your well-fill’d shelves, yet nee…
The Book-Worms (Poem by Robert Burns) The Book-Worms By Robert Burns Through and through the inspir’d leaves, Ye maggots, make your windings; But oh! respect his lordship’s taste, …
The Publisher (Poem by C. J. Dennis) The Publisher By C. J. Dennis I'd like to be a publisher, And publish massive tomes Written in a massive style by blokes with massive domes — S…