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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Author: davidson, donald Matches Found: 33 Davidson, Donald Poet's Biography 8 poems available by this author AUNT MARIA AND THE GOURDS Poem Text First Line: Aunt maria, to whom all doors are open Subject(s): Aunts CENSORED Poem Text Subject(s): Censorship POT MACABRE Poem Text Subject(s): Witchcraft & Witches PRIE-DIEU Poem Text First Line: Of what sins have you made confession here Subject(s): Books & Reading; Beauty TEACH ME Poem Text First Line: Teach me, old world, your passion of slow change THE AMULET Poem Text First Line: Thou twist of gold, woven so curiously Subject(s): Charms (magic) THE HOUSE OF THE SUN Poem Text First Line: The doorways of the sun were closed; Subject(s): Sun THE TIGER-WOMAN Poem Text First Line: The tiger-woman came to me Subject(s): Women Davidson, Donald (grady) Poet's Biography 25 poems available by this author AFTERNOON CALL First Line: An old witch went a-walking ALL FOOLS' CALENDER Poem Text First Line: In january dread the ice Last Line: There'll be nothing to remember. Subject(s): Moths AVALON First Line: There was glory on the windy street DRUMS AND BRASS Poem Text First Line: Bring trumpet throats that are big with a gust of moons Last Line: Till the untold morning be come and the dancers be fled. Subject(s): Drums; Musical Instruments; Trumpets ECCLESIASTICUS Poem Text First Line: I saw ecclesiasticus Last Line: And thanked the mercy of the lord. EPITHALAMION Poem Text First Line: Come now, though muses are not left to sing Last Line: And wake, my love, for still it is our bridal day Subject(s): Wedding Song; Epithalamium EPITHALAMION First Line: Come now, though muses are not left to sing Subject(s): Wedding Song JASPER Poem Text First Line: If jasper saw a silver crescent declining Last Line: "let the songs I knew speed warm to your utterance." Subject(s): Death; Funerals; Dead, The; Burials JOE CLISBY'S SONG First Line: What did my old song say? JOHN DARROW Poem Text First Line: John darrow felt a coolness / across the streak of sun Last Line: That never must be told. LEE IN THE MOUNTAINS, 1865-1870 Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: Walking into the shadows, walking alone Last Line: Unto all generations of the faithful heart Subject(s): Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870) LEE IN THE MOUNTAINS, 1865-1870 First Line: Walking into the shadows, walking alone Last Line: Unto all generations of the faithful heart Subject(s): Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870) LINES FOR A TOMB First Line: Recite the dangers chiselled on this face LONG STREET First Line: Pacing the long street where is no summer ON A RELICA OF THE PARTHENON First Line: Why do they come? What do they seek? Last Line: Regret of men who slew their past %raised up this bribe against their fate OUTLAND PIPER First Line: I heard strange pipes when I was young PAVANE First Line: There shall be touching of hands REDIVIVUS First Line: Thin lips can make a music SANCTUARY First Line: You must remember this when I am gone Last Line: The last enchanted white deer come to drink SOUTHWARD RETURNING First Line: To you, virginia, tennessee SPOKEN AT A CASTLE GATE Poem Text First Line: Before you touch the bolt that locks this gate Last Line: Perhaps you'll find, -- but never come back again. Subject(s): Castles; Dreams; Nightmares TALL MEN, SELS. TIGER-WOMAN UTTERANCE First Line: I am not what my lips explain WOLF First Line: The flour-barrels, cracker-boxes, cans |
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