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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: HAUNTED HOUSES Matches Found: 33 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A HEART-HAUNTED HOME, by JANE BARLOW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At lisnamaine, since thither he comes no more Last Line: Let so his eyes be dark, his heart be cold. Subject(s): Absence; Haunted Houses; Mothers & Sons; Shadows; Solitude; Separation; Isolation; Loneliness BALLADE, by JOHN WOLCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Couldst thou look into mine heart Last Line: Banish spectre forms away. Alternate Author Name(s): Pindar, Peter; Wolcot, John Subject(s): Haunted Houses; Imagination; Fancy BIG, SPOOKY HOUSE, by DONNA WASHINGTON Poem Source First Line: Once there was a man Last Line: He was a gone man! Subject(s): Ghosts; Haunted Houses; Supernatural EMPTY HOUSE, by RUSSELL HOBAN Poem Source First Line: Where the lone wind on the hilltop Last Line: In the dark of the moon %when the clock sings no-time night Subject(s): Ghosts; Haunted Houses; Supernatural GHOST HOUSE, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I dwell in a lonely house I know Last Line: As sweet companions as might be had. Subject(s): Haunted Houses; Supernatural GHOST HOUSE [OR, SUDANESE GHOST HOUSE], by TERESE SVOBODA Poem Source First Line: The ghost house holds up Last Line: That rises [or, we see rising] over us Subject(s): Haunted Houses GHOST-HOUSE, by EMILY RANDLE Poem Text First Line: Shadows of coolness haunt this hilltop home Last Line: How shall this silentness be comforted? Subject(s): Haunted Houses HAUNTED, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY Poem Text First Line: My little child, how can you stand Last Line: And held these fingers all night long. Subject(s): Children; Ghosts; Haunted Houses; Supernatural; Childhood HAUNTED CHAMBERS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In the old and ruined mansion Last Line: Are forever more at rest Subject(s): Haunted Houses;memory HAUNTED HOUSE, by GLENN WARD DRESBACH Poem Text First Line: Deserted, it stands in a cup Last Line: By some lost loveliness? Subject(s): Haunted Houses HAUNTED HOUSE, by EDYTHE HOPE GENEE Poem Text First Line: I don't know why I came; it haunts me so! Last Line: The things about this place that haunt me so! Subject(s): Haunted Houses; Mystery HAUNTED HOUSE, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here was a place where none would ever come Subject(s): Haunted Houses HAUNTED HOUSE, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here was a place where none would ever come Last Line: Between us and the chimney, long before %our time. So townsmen said who found her there Subject(s): Haunted Houses HAUNTED HOUSE, by VALERIE TAYLOR Poem Source First Line: There's a ghost at my door Last Line: Before the ghosts tear me apart %with their hungry teeth Subject(s): Haunted Houses HAUNTED HOUSE, by JUANITA BROWN TOBIN Poem Source First Line: The rail fence is falling down Last Line: Honey runs down the side of the house Subject(s): Haunted Houses HAUNTED HOUSE, by VALERIE WORTH Poem Source First Line: Its echoes Subject(s): Haunted Houses; Supernatural HAUNTED VILLAGE, by SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little wistful shades, when dusk was nearing Last Line: Sunk in dreams, and smiling in their sleep. Subject(s): Haunted Houses IN THE CARLYLE HOUSE, CHELSEA, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Up the steep stair they clatter to each room Last Line: Place for her golden bulbs within the ground. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Chelsea, Massachusetts; Haunted Houses; Houses IN THE OLD HOUSE, by JOAN (DELANO) AIKEN Poem Source First Line: House silent grandchildren put to bed Subject(s): Haunted Houses; Supernatural SOUTHERN MANSION, by ARNA BONTEMPS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Poplars are standing there still as death Subject(s): African Americans; Haunted Houses; Southern States; Supernatural; Negroes; American Blacks; South (u.s.) SOUTHERN MANSION, by ARNA BONTEMPS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Poplars are standing there still as death Last Line: They have broken roses down %and poplars stand there still as death Subject(s): African Americans; Haunted Houses; Southern States; Supernatural THE HAUNTED HOUSE, by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Upon a little rise it stands alone Last Line: A fragrance as of roses fills the air. Subject(s): Haunted Houses THE HAUNTED HOUSE, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The shadows sit and stand about its door Last Line: O'er the haunted house. Subject(s): Haunted Houses THE HAUNTED HOUSE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: See'st thou yon gray, gleaming hall Last Line: Haunted still her place must be! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Haunted Houses THE HAUNTED HOUSE, by RUBIN KANE Poem Text First Line: Twas many years ago, but still Last Line: The mighty lord -- his name is dear. Subject(s): Haunted Houses THE HAUNTED HOUSE, by RON PADGETT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Put a coin on the doorstep. Gears begin Last Line: Fades back into the house. Subject(s): Haunted Houses THE HAUNTED HOUSE; A ROMANCE, by THOMAS HOOD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams Last Line: The place is haunted! Subject(s): Haunted Houses THE HAUNTED PALACE, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: In the greenest of our valleys / by good angels tenanted Last Line: And laugh -- but smile no more. Subject(s): Castles; Ghosts; Grief; Haunted Houses; Insanity; Mysticism; Supernatural; Sorrow; Sadness; Madness; Mental Illness THE HAUNTED RUIN, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY Poem Text First Line: The place, untouched by vice or crime Last Line: And joins the phantoms there. Subject(s): Desolation; Haunted Houses THE OLD CASTLE ON THE HILL, by BORGHILD BREKKE ZANINI Poem Text First Line: Surrounded by poplars, it stands there still Last Line: The night is gone, not a ghost remains. Subject(s): Castles; Ghosts; Haunted Houses; Supernatural THE TOWER OF ERCILDOUNE, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a stillness on the night Last Line: Except to lead us nearer heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Buildings & Builders; Desolation; Haunted Houses; Scotland; Walls THE WITCH, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Her hair was gold and warm it lay Last Line: Between the twilight and the sea. Subject(s): Evil; Haunted Houses; Spells; Witchcraft & Witches WINTER MORNING, by FLORENCE E. VON WIEN Poem Text First Line: The morning's in a frivolous mood! Last Line: The morning's in a frivolous mood! Subject(s): Death; Haunted Houses; Skeletons; Dead, The |
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