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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BETRAYAL Matches Found: 64 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF HELL, by JOHN DAVIDSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A letter from my love today! Last Line: Hell raised a hoarse half-human cheer. Variant Title(s): Christmas Eve Subject(s): Betrayal; Deception; Heaven; Hell; Love; Marriage; Suicide; Paradise; Weddings; Husbands; Wives A MAN'S HEART: THE EARL AND THE GIRL, by CHARLES MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Westwood, sitting sadly by himself Last Line: And issued bulletins from day to day. Subject(s): Betrayal; Boys; Youth BALLADE: 19, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And if an eye may save or slay Last Line: Then fear not the eye to show the heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Betrayal; Eyes; Grief; Hearts; Sorrow; Sadness BETRAYAL, by ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The greatest delight, I sense Last Line: A god other than our own Subject(s): Betrayal; Women BETRAYAL, by ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The greatest delight, I sense Last Line: A god other than our own Subject(s): Betrayal; Women BETRAYALS/HADES, EURYDICE, ORPHEUS, by GREGORY ORR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She stood before his throne Last Line: Do not turn your back on her Subject(s): Eurydice (nymph); Mythology - Classical; Orpheus; Betrayal BETRAYED, by MARION HAYN Poem Text First Line: My thoughts thread back to tinsel days Last Line: But wintry winds wail at my door. Subject(s): Betrayal; May (month); Thought; Thinking BLIZZARD, by CARL PHILLIPS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After agony had left his body to find another, Subject(s): Betrayal; Relationships BODY'S BETRAYALS, by DEBORAH CUMMINS Poem Source First Line: Even for those of us discovering so late Last Line: No unexpected curve, no hidden exit Subject(s): Betrayal; Sickness BOOK, LAND, NIGHT, by SUSAN TICHY Poem Source First Line: Where trees stop and rock begins Last Line: And began to carry away the chips of bone Subject(s): Betrayal; Meditation; Poetry And Poets CATCHING THE DEVIL, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Not while her charms are still in flower Last Line: O lord, how false she was! Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Betrayal CHANGING STYLE, by BRENDAN KENNELLY Poem Source First Line: Our irish style is changing,' she said Last Line: It seems we prefer steel kicks in the head %to stabs in the back.' Subject(s): Betrayal; Ireland; Violence COMPLAINT, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Song, I am unused to you Last Line: I would not betray you. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Betrayal; Forgetfulness; Singing & Singers; Songs DIRE: 11. THE MODERATES, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She stood before her traitors bound and bare Last Line: February, 1870. Subject(s): Betrayal; Death; Nations; Dead, The DONAL OG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "o donal og, if you go oversea" Last Line: And my fear is great that you have taken god from me Subject(s): Betrayal EDWARD GRAVES, by ANDREW NELSON LYTLE Poem Text First Line: Here where the honey-suckle vines grow wan Last Line: The table set, and jane run off with a show. Subject(s): Betrayal; Love - Loss Of ELEGY: THE LAMENT OF EDWARD BLASTOCK; FOR RICHARD ROWLEY, by EDITH SITWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The pang of the long century of rains Last Line: Could I but know she was not this, -- not this! Subject(s): Betrayal; Blastock, Edward (d. 1738); Crime & Criminals ENEMY MINE, by PAMELA GEMIN Poem Source First Line: No enemies, not one %since connie pendergrast Last Line: The business of betrayal %and that makes me happy Subject(s): Betrayal; Enemies ENQUIRY, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Judas the disciple was Last Line: For the part we play? Subject(s): Apostles; Betrayal; Bible; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Disciples, Twelve EYES SO TRISTFUL, by DIEGO DE SALDANA Poem Source First Line: Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful Last Line: Say to what ye have betrayed me Subject(s): Betrayal FRIAR-BACON: LOVE-SUPPLANTER, by ROBERT GREENE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Edward, prince of wales. / lacy, earl of lincoln Last Line: Is not of force to bury thoughts of friends.... Subject(s): Betrayal; Courtship; Friendship - False Friends; Hearts; Love; Fair Weather Friends HAIKU, by SONIA SANCHEZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In a season of Last Line: Unapologetic Subject(s): Betrayal HARRY DALE AND OLAF CUBB, by J. E. LIDDLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two men I knew met in a pub Last Line: And out of it by coach that night. Alternate Author Name(s): Kodak; Liddle, John Edward Subject(s): Betrayal; Crime & Criminals; Escapes; Gold; Gold Mines & Miners; Fugitives HEARTLESS, by W. H. SMITH Poem Text First Line: I'm heartless, you say Last Line: But am I to blame? Subject(s): Betrayal HOLY SATURDAY, by JOHN BROOKS WHEELWRIGHT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Am I, in truth, the judas who betrays? Last Line: Rise christ! Give these feet wings! My need is exigent. Subject(s): Betrayal; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Judah (bible); Jesus Christ - Crucifixion I HAVE BEEN IN GREAT DISTRESS, by BEATRITZ DE DIA Poem Source Alternate Author Name(s): Beatriz De Dia; Beatritz De Die; Dia, Countess Of Subject(s): Betrayal; Women's Rights JEANNE, by REMY DE GOURMONT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Shepherdess born in lorraine Last Line: Jeanne d'arc, set wrath in our hearts. Subject(s): Betrayal; Shepherds & Shepherdesses JUDAS TREES, by RICHARD FOERSTER Poem Source First Line: Is this the emblem for betrayal Last Line: Saying breath-of-love, if I can Subject(s): Apostles; Betrayal; Bible; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Repentance LAST BETRAYAL, by GUIDO GOZZANO Poem Source First Line: Sweet sadness, you were never far to seek Last Line: Nothing more sad than to be sad no more Subject(s): Betrayal LEIPSYDRION, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "ah, leipsydrion, thou hast betrayed them" Last Line: Stout fighters of no common clay Subject(s): Betrayal;soldiers LITTLE CUCKOLD, by RUTH HERSCHBERGER Poem Source First Line: The cuckold with her smiling face Last Line: Prays no harm may come to these Subject(s): Betrayal; Friendship; Sin LOSSES, by WINIFRED LUCAS Poem Text First Line: In every battle something dies Last Line: Hurt with the thing that anger smote. Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs. Subject(s): Betrayal; Fights; Love - Complaints LOUVAIN, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bleeding and torn, ravished with sword and flame Last Line: Shrived by the sacred sorrow of louvain. Subject(s): Betrayal; Faith; France; Future Life; God; Martyrs; Belief; Creed; Retribution; Eternity; After Life LOVE'S ARROW POISONED, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come lift your head from that sad pillow, lady Last Line: Was folded in a pannier. Subject(s): Betrayal; Brothers; Love; Murder; Parents; Poisons & Poisoning; Punishment; Revenge; Sea; Sisters; Suicide; Half-brothers; Parenthood; Ocean LOVE'S MASQUERADES: LOVE, THE TRAITOR, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS Poem Text First Line: And there was one came reeling from carouse Last Line: Leaving his life-blood blackening from his breast. Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri Subject(s): Betrayal; Love MAC'S HALF-CASTE, by E. S. EMERSON Poem Text First Line: Mac's half-caste wife was all the talk Last Line: And back to her old wild haunts go. Alternate Author Name(s): White, Milky Subject(s): Aborigines, Australian; Betrayal; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives MARK ATHERTON, by FREDERICK GODDARD TUCKERMAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Of one who went to do deliberate wrong Last Line: And treachery answered so with treachery. Subject(s): Kidnapping; Betrayal; Vengeance; Native Americans MICK DOOLEY'S PANTS, by GEORGE ESSEX EVANS Poem Text First Line: They brought a boy from tallaran to run mick dooley's tracks Last Line: "next time you want-um tracker, boss—don't get mick dooley's gin!" Subject(s): Aborigines, Australian; Betrayal; Hunting; Hunters NOW I HAVE LEARNED, by GUY-CHARLES CROS Poem Text First Line: Now I have learned what women mean by love Last Line: But who at length will crush the head of woman? Subject(s): Betrayal; Disappointment; Learning; Women ON A ROCOCO CRUCIFIX, by JOHN BROOKS WHEELWRIGHT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Guarded by bursts of glory, golden rays Last Line: While god groaned in the dark night of his soul? Subject(s): Betrayal; Cavalry; Crucifixion; God; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Judah (bible); Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology POWELL'S REVENGE, by F. C. URQUHART Poem Text First Line: Swiftly the messenger had sped Last Line: That here was ... Powell's revenge. Subject(s): Aborigines, Australian; Betrayal; Murder; Revenge ROMANCE, by CONRAD AIKEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The last farewells were said, friends hurried ashore Last Line: Ere it goes down to darkness, whence it came! . . . Subject(s): Betrayal; Boats; Death; Happiness; Lies; Love; New York City; Youth; Dead, The; Joy; Delight; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple ROSE MARY, by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of her two fights with the beryl-stone Last Line: We, cast forth from the beryl? Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Betrayal; Tragedy SEA WITCH OF BILLINGSGATE TO HER BETRAYER, by SUZANNE OWENS Poem Source First Line: I can see you, black ballamy, through Last Line: Joined. Watch for the glimpse of my heels Subject(s): Betrayal; Legends SONG: 76, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Defamed guiltiness by silence unkept Last Line: From doing amiss, will I live again. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Betrayal; Forgiveness; Guilt; Trust; Clemency SONGS OF MY CARES: 2, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: Two maidens roamed by river's shore Last Line: How can a bond strong as metal and stone %change in only a day to parting pain? Subject(s): Betrayal; Han River, China; Nymphs SPRECHSTIMME (COUNTESS OF DIA), by ANNE WALDMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mouth down at sides Subject(s): Art & Artists; Betrayal; Deception; Love; Poetry & Poets; Singing & Singers; Women - Writers SPRECHSTIMME (COUNTESS OF DIA), by ANNE WALDMAN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mouth down at sides Last Line: What need his guns Subject(s): Art And Artists; Betrayal; Deception; Love; Poetry And Poets; Singing And Singers; Women - Writers THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): MEDEA BETRAYED, by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS Poem Text First Line: Jason, what scheme is framed, what's laid in store Last Line: Your winking scorn, all covenants you plot!' Alternate Author Name(s): Apollonius Of Rhodes Subject(s): Betrayal THE BABES IN THE WOOD; OR, THE NORFOLK TRAGEDY, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When we were all little and good Last Line: (of fat catalogues) heap'd up by robins! Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas Subject(s): Betrayal; Inheritance And Sucession; Uncles THE BALLAD OF THE JUDAS TREE, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The blossom is on the judas tree Last Line: The frost that burns eternally. Subject(s): Betrayal; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Sin THE BRIDE'S TRAGEDY, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now eve has strewn the sun's wide billowy couch Last Line: Dies. Subject(s): Betrayal; Bigamy; Brides; Capital Punishment; Conscience; Courts & Courtiers; Debt; Deception; Family Life; Grief; Guilt; Insanity; Love; Marriage; Murder; Secrets; Suicide; Tragedy; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Q THE CELLAR, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I want my father to stop sending me down there Last Line: Yet another cry for mercy. Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Antwerp, Belgium; Betrayal; Cellars; Duty; Fathers & Daughters; Food Habits; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Penance; Potatoes; Shame; Survival; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Basements; Shoah; Judaism THE DEATH OF BEN HALL, by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Ben hall was out on the lachlan side Last Line: Than go where that traitor went. Alternate Author Name(s): Ogilvie, Will Henry Subject(s): Betrayal; Crime & Criminals; Hunting; Murder; Punishment; Hunters THE IMPROVISATORE: LEOPOLD, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The battle is over; the dews of the fog Last Line: The storm was hushed. Men tell not where he went. Subject(s): Adoption; Betrayal; Blood; Clergy; Death; Despair; Evil; Loss; Love; Violence; War; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The THE JEALOUS ROSE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "ravish thy beauty, o wind, o breeze" Last Line: "where the storms abide, / scatter my petals wide" Subject(s): Betrayal;flowers THE MODERN JUDAS, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: The type has never perished from the earth Last Line: And dark design of his satanic ways. Subject(s): Apostles; Betrayal; Bible; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Disciples, Twelve THE MOTHER OF JUDAS, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: O'er her dear babe she leaned with watchful care Last Line: "forgive them for they know not what they do""?" Subject(s): Apostles; Betrayal; Bible; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Disciples, Twelve THE TRAITOR, by PAUL FORT Poem Text First Line: Fain would I drive away the image of the spring. Each day of lilacs Last Line: Thee? Subject(s): Betrayal; Hearts; Sin; Spring THE TRAITOR, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Judas am I, or peter Last Line: And my love looking at me! Subject(s): Betrayal; Faces; Fate; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Love; Night; Peter, Saint (c. 64 A.d.); Silver; Destiny; Bedtime THE VOLUNTEER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: When fivepence a solid meal cannot supply Last Line: "some merciful volley then shatters a leg, / and his crutches procure him permission to beg" Subject(s): Betrayal;heroism;hunger;patriotism; Heroes;heroines THE VOW-BREAKER, by HENRY KING (1592-1669) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When first the magic of thine eye Last Line: Will blow out day, and waken death. Subject(s): Betrayal TORRISMOND; AN UNFINISHED DRAMA, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who has seen torrismond, my son, to-night? Last Line: Torris. Then here's an end of life. Subject(s): Abandonment; Betrayal; Courts & Courtiers; Fathers & Sons; Longing; Love; Loyalty; Pleasure; Politics & Government; Desertion; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens VOICES OFT BETRAY, by BEULAH WINDLE SCALLIN Poem Text First Line: Haughty purple grackle, strutting Last Line: You rank higher seen than heard. Subject(s): Betrayal |
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