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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: HUMAN NATURE Matches Found: 176 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "CONDUCT, FR. THE MAHABHARATA", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Heed how thou livest. Do no act by day Last Line: Another and a happier life for thee Subject(s): Human Behavior;worship; Conduct Of Life;human Nature A COMMENT ON THE SCRIPTURE: 'IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD', JOHN, I,1, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the beginning was the word - saith john Last Line: That was in the beginning—is the end. Subject(s): Bible; Human Behavior; Life; Religion; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology A HOT DAY IN AGRIGENTO, by MOLLY PEACOCK Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Temples look like discarded alphabets. Subject(s): Thirst; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A KIND OF MUSIC, by MONA VAN DUYN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Irrelevance charactizes the behavior of our puppy Subject(s): Dogs; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A LENTEN CALL, by HILDA JOHNSON WISE Poem Text First Line: Twas the second of march, in the present year Last Line: To the world, the flesh and the devil. Subject(s): Devil; Human Behavior; Lent; Lust; Religion; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology A NEW LIFESTYLE, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: People in this town drink too much Subject(s): Coffee; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A NEW TEMPERANCE POEM, IN MEMORY OF MY DEPARTED PARENTS, WHO WERE, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My parents were sober living, and often did pray Last Line: And the people would have more peace in it to dwell Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drinks & Drinking; Human Behavior; Social Problems; Violence; Wine; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A PARABLE, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910) Poem Text First Line: With limbs at rest on the earth's green breast Last Line: The liberty they love. Subject(s): Freedom; Human Behavior; Nature; Liberty; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A PLAQUE FOR FOREST PARK, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The terrapin at times must surely tire Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY, by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Make me too brave to lie or be unkind Last Line: Let me be joy, be hope! Let my life sing! Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Leland, Mrs.; Pawtuxie Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology A RULE OF LIFE, by LUCIAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Use up thy store, for thou must die Last Line: Expense and thrift in balance fair. Alternate Author Name(s): Lucianus Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A SONG OF CONTRDICTIONS, by SAMUEL LAMAN BLANCHARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The passions, in festival meeting Last Line: And light in the desolate soul! Alternate Author Name(s): Blanchard, Laman Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A THOUGHT, by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If all the harm that women have done Last Line: To keep a small girl for the tenth of a year. Alternate Author Name(s): Stephen, J. K. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature A TIME PAST, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The old wooden steps to the front door Subject(s): Marriage; Family Life; Relationships; Past; Human Behavior; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Relatives; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature ACCOUNTABILITY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits Last Line: Viney, go put on de kittle, I got one o' mastah's chickens. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature ADVICE TO MY BEST BROTHER, COLONEL FRANCIS LOVELACE, by RICHARD LOVELACE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Frank, wilt live handsomely? Trust not too far Last Line: A cloudy tempest, and a too fair day. Subject(s): Advice; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES, by ANN PLATO Poem Text First Line: Day after day I sit and write Last Line: Be ever our desires. Subject(s): Advice; African Americans - Women; Human Behavior; Religion; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology AFTER HAYDN, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Speeding around in a little car Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature AN ESSAY ON MAN, by ALEXANDER POPE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Awake, my st. John! Leave all meaner things Last Line: And all our knowledge is, ourselves to know. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Mankind; Nature; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Human Race ANGER, by CESAR VALLEJO Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Anger which breaks a man into children Subject(s): Human Behavior; Psychoanalysis; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Psychoanalysts; Psychotherapy ANIMAL CAUTION, by CHASE TWICHELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whenever I touch the cairn Subject(s): Human Behavior; Children; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Childhood ANY WIFE, by ALBERTINE H. MILLER Poem Text First Line: It is the small familiar things that hurt Last Line: So faulty and so human, but so dear. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature APATHY, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Waking, you sag. Fatigue is different: the body, like steps Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature ARCHEOLOGIES, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I wonder about all the thoughts Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature ARRANGEMENTS, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I like a manuever that doesn't start in silence Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature ASPECTS OF ROBINSON, by WELDON KEES Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Robinson at cards at the algonquin Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature AT LONG LAST, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Late, late, the prize is drawn, the goal attained Last Line: Is never paid in vain. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature AUTUMN LANDSCAPE, by HO XUAN HUONG Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Drop by drop rain slaps the banana leaves Last Line: Whoever sees this landscape is stunned. Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Human Behavior; Nature; Rivers; Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862); Vietnam; Wine; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature BALLADE OF WENCHES, by FRANCOIS VILLON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Peddle indulgences, as you may Last Line: Taverns and wenches, every whit. Alternate Author Name(s): Montcorbier, Francois De Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature BLEAK HOUSE, by IRA SADOFF Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Drunks in the courtyard, dung and driftwood Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature BRAIN CHILDREN, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The mother brain, through tidal ebb and flow Last Line: Immutable as deity itself! Subject(s): Children; Human Behavior; Childhood; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature CANT, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: What cant, oh, what hypocrisy Last Line: Get everlasting bliss! Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Hypocrisy; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature CHARLES AUGUSTUS FORTESCUE, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The nicest child I ever knew Last Line: Simply doing right. Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature CHOOSE, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The single clenched fist lifted and ready Last Line: For we meet by one or the other. Subject(s): Anger; Friendship; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature CLASSIC BALLROOM DANCES, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grandmothers who wring the necks Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature CONTRAST, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The world has many seas, mediterranean, atlantic, but Last Line: Mind to stand with the trees, one life with / the mountains Subject(s): Human Behavior; Nature; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature CONVERSATION WITH THREE WOMEN OF NEW ENGLAND, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The mode of the person becomes the mode of the world Subject(s): Human Behavior; Women; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature CRAWLING OUT AT PARTIES, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: My old reptile loves the scotch Last Line: The stagnant, sobering water. Subject(s): Animals; Human Behavior; Parties; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature DAYS, by ELIOT KAYS STONE Poem Text First Line: How can I tell which days have yielded fruit? Last Line: Shall on the last day bring me blame or praise? Subject(s): Day; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature DICKHEAD, by MICHAEL RYAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Alienation (social); Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature DIFFERENT MINDS, by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Some murmur when their sky is clear Last Line: Such rich provision made. Variant Title(s): Content [and Discord] Subject(s): Human Behavior; Service; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature DREAM ON, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Some people go their whole lives Subject(s): Dreams; Human Behavior; Nightmares; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature DRUNK, by GEORGE JAMES MICHALOPOULOS Poem Text First Line: The churl swings his caloused hands against the city's Last Line: The churl smiles and staggers. Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature DWARF AND GIANT, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As on through life's journey we go,day by day Last Line: "and dare for the right to say always, ""I can!" Subject(s): Human Behavior; Idleness; Life; Perseverance; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence END OF THE WORLD, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was young in school in switzerland, about the time of the boer Last Line: And the earth flourish long after mankind is out Subject(s): Doomsday; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature ENVY; A FRAGMENT, by JANE BOWDLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ye pleasing dreams of heavenly poesy Last Line: But transient still and vain are envy's wretched joys. Subject(s): Envy; False Accusations; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature EPISTLE TO HER FRIENDS AT GARTMORE, by SUSANNA BLAMIRE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My gartmore friends a blessing on ye Last Line: And just does nothing all the day!' Alternate Author Name(s): Muse Of Cumberland; Sukey, Miss Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature FABLE: THE BEAU AND THE VIPER, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All wise philosophers maintain Last Line: Be still, be humble, and adore!' Subject(s): Animals; Creation; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature FEAR, by MAUDE PERRY FAETH Poem Text First Line: Afraid / of dark? That putting out the light Last Line: But glad for every day, when in god's keeping. Subject(s): Fear; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature FEARE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Man must do well out of a good intent Last Line: Not for the servile feare of punishment. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature FOR A GIRL I KNOW ABOUT TO BECOME A WOMAN, by MILLER WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography Subject(s): Advice; Girls; Coming Of Age; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature FURTHER TOYS, by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The janitor washing the blackboard Last Line: Ripples across the sky overhead / brilliant afternoon Variant Title(s): Toys Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature GAUDEAMUS IGITUR, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come, no more of grief and dying! Last Line: We arise to be your masters. Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): Grief; Human Behavior; Sorrow; Sadness; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature HANS READING, HANS SMOKING, by LIAM RECTOR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother, poised around behavior, would say Subject(s): Reading; Smoking; Human Behavior; Family Life; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Relatives HARD WEATHER, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bursts from a rending east in flaws Last Line: The station for the flight of soul. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Nature; Weather; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature HERE AND NOW, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here, in the heart of the world Last Line: Here, should we labor and love. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature HOW THEY CONJUGATE 'TO HAVE', by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I met a man of aspect wise Last Line: "that men may have me,"" answers he." Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature HOW TO LIVE. WHAT TO DO, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Last evening the moon rose above this rock Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature I MADE MY BED, by ALICE LEE EDDY Poem Text First Line: Yes, I have made my bed; now I will lie Last Line: Perhaps you're wrong, -- perhaps, I like my bed. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IF, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: If you can keep your head when all about you Last Line: And -- which is more -- you'll be a man, my son! Subject(s): Fortitude; Human Behavior; Leadership; Maturity; Self-control; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IF MY HAND, by DAVID IGNATOW Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If my hand believes Last Line: Each death affirmative Subject(s): Human Behavior; Death; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Dead, The IF WE HAD BUT A DAY, by MARY LOWE DICKINSON Poem Text First Line: We should fill the hours with the sweetest things Last Line: If we had but a day. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Service; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IF YOU MADE GENTLER THE CHURLISH WORLD, by MAX EHRMANN Poem Text First Line: If you have spoken something beautiful Last Line: If you have made gentler the churlish world. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IN PRAISE OF DIVERSITY, by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since the ingenious earth began Alternate Author Name(s): Hayden, Charles, Mrs. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IN STRANGE EVENTS, by WILLIAM MEREDITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If the moon set, and all the stars, and still no meaning came, or Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Morris Subject(s): Human Behavior; Enemies; Hate; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature INSTEAD OF AN ANIMAL, by LESLIE SCALAPINO Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Seeing as I was willng to give up my seat for the person who said Subject(s): Breast Feeding; Love - Erotic; Human Behavior; Nursing (infants); Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IRONY, by THOMAS LUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Irony; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IT DON'T TAKE MUCH, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It don't take much to make men glad Last Line: That's all they need -- it don't take much. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IT TAKES ALL SORTS OF IN AND OUTDOOR SCHOOLING, by ROBERT FROST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: To get adapted to my kind of fooling Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature IT WASN'T ME, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I recall a miser's Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature LETTER TO A YOUNG POET, by ROBERT WRIGLEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: In the biographies of rilke, you get the feeling Subject(s): Rilke, Rainer Maria (1875-1926); Poetry & Poets; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature LIFE'S MIRROR, by MARY AINGE DE VERE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave Last Line: And the best will come back to you. Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Madeline Subject(s): Human Behavior; Virtue; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature LIVE BLINDLY; SONNET, by TRUMBULL STICKNEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Live blindly and upon the hour. The lord Last Line: And all his island shivered into flowers. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature LOVE AND HOW IT BECOMES IMPORTANT IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE, by MILLER WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: The man who tells you which is the whiter wash Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature LOVE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT BENT BACK, by CHARLES MARTIN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Being deceives, they believe: their existence Subject(s): City & Town Life; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature MAN'S MISSION, by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Human lives are silent teaching Last Line: So to love, and work, and die! Alternate Author Name(s): Speranza; Elgee, Jane Francesca; Wilde, William Robert Wills, Mrs. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature MCGONAGALL, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, thou demon drink, thou fell destroyer Last Line: That the abolition of strong drink is the only home rule. Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Human Behavior; Sickness; Social Problems; Violence; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Illness MORAL ESSAYS: EPISTLE 2. TO A LADY: OF THE CHARACTERS OF WOMEN, by ALEXANDER POPE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nothing so true as what you once let fall Last Line: To you gave sense, good humour, and a poet. Variant Title(s): An Epistle To A Lady: Of The Characters Of Women;epistle To A Lady Subject(s): Beauty; Blount, Martha (patty) (1690-1763); Character; Human Behavior; Inconsistency; Poetry & Poets; Women; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature MY FATHER'S FINGERNAILS, by ROBERT WRIGLEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the hardware store a young clerk Subject(s): Fathers & Sons; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature MYSELF, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have to live with myself, and so Last Line: Self-respecting and conscience free. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Self; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology MYSTERY, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We sow the glebe, we reap the corn Last Line: Soon large enough for death. Variant Title(s): Human Life's Mystery Subject(s): God; Life; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS: 27TH PRECEPT, by THOMAS RANDOLPH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Take thou no care how to defer thy death Last Line: I say he only was, he did not live. Subject(s): Health; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature NIGHT-MUSIC, by MURIEL RUKEYSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When those who can never again forgive themselves Subject(s): Night; Music & Musicians; Human Behavior; Bedtime; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature NOISE OF THE CITY, by ANDRE SPIRE Poem Text Last Line: And the beating of my heart. Subject(s): Cities; Human Behavior; Laughter; Men; Noises; Urban Life; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature NOW AND THEN, by JAMES SCHUYLER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Up from the valley Subject(s): Surgery, Plastic; Social Commentaries; Human Behavior; Social Classes; Cosmetic Sugery; Face Lifts; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Caste ON A TRAILWAYS BUS A MAN WHO HOLDS HIS HEAD STRAGELY SPEAKS TO THE SEAT NEXT TO HIM, by MILLER WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: I brought a book to make the time pass Subject(s): Buses; Human Behavior; Books; Social Commentaries; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Reading ON THE FALL OF MAN, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of man's obedience, while in eden blest Last Line: Right reason, scripture, and the love divine. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Mankind; Obedience; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Human Race OTHERWISE ELSEWHERE, by DAVID RIVARD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Somewhere over there the lawyer with a yellowish leaf in his hair; Subject(s): Human Behavior; Relationships; Social Commentaries; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature OVER AND OVER TUNE, by IOANNA CARLSEN Poem Text First Line: You could grow into it, / that sense of living like a dog Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature PAPER FISHES, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The paper carp Subject(s): Fish; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature PARADISE, by GREGORY ORR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Life is random as a rolled pair of dice Last Line: Love life's randomness: the rolled pair of dice. Subject(s): Chance; Heaven; Human Behavior; Life; Paradise; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature PEOPLE WHO EAT IN COFFEE SHOPS, by EDWARD FIELD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce Subject(s): Human Behavior; Food Habits; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature PLUSH, by HOWARD BUCK Poem Text First Line: How placidly the window goddesses Last Line: Of silks and furs and rugs and plush. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature POEM OUT OF CHILDHOOD, by MURIEL RUKEYSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry : Subject(s): Children; Youth; Comng Of Age; Human Behavior; Childhood; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature POEMS FROM LEFT, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There's something wrong that can't be salved Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Language; Human Behavior; Words; Vocabulary; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature POEMS FROM RIGHT, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Right as rain yoju are, rain that shrivels Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature PROLOGUE, by JUDY JORDAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In winter’s spider-eyed light strung through steam grates, the Last Line: Lover boy & philly boy. Wanna-be’s and gonna-be’s Subject(s): Drugs & Drug Abuse; Human Behavior; City & Town Life; Narcotics; Opium; Cocaine; Crack; Heroin; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature PROMISCUOUS, by WILLIAM MATTHEWS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mixes easily, dictionaries Alternate Author Name(s): Matthews, William Procter Subject(s): Language; Human Behavior; Words; Vocabulary; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature RECIPE FOR LIVING, by ALFRED GRANT WALTON Poem Text First Line: Some things a man must surely know Last Line: A faith in man, a trust in god. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature RED BRICKS AND CAMPHOR TREES, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A mandolin from the madhouse Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature REVERIE IN OPEN AIR, by RITA DOVE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I acknowledge my status as a stranger Last Line: But news of a breeze Subject(s): Air; Calm; Human Behavior; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature ROUND, by TOM SLEIGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Somebody's alone in his head, somebody's a kid, Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature SAME AS YOUJ, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: I put my pants on one day at a time. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature SISTER MARY APPASSIONATA LECTURES THE SCIENCE CLASS: FOSSILS, PHYSICS, by DAVID CITINO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Fossil bones, splintered bits of pelvis Last Line: By rubbing it across the heart. Subject(s): Christianity; Fossils; Human Behavior; Schools; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Students SONNET: 2, by JOHN SUCKLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of thee (kind boy) I ask no red and white Last Line: No matter by what hand or trick. Variant Title(s): Truth In Love Subject(s): Human Behavior; Love; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature SPENDRIFT, by BLOSSOM BENNETT Poem Text First Line: The golden hours that april brought are spent Last Line: Should learn to choose more wisely when I buy. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature STAR TEACHERS, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Even as a bird sprays many-coloured fires Last Line: Are stars and deeps within. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Light; Stars; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature STOP ME!, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stop me, good people! Don't you see Last Line: Help, shame, caution, love, wisdom, and all! Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE 'OTHER MAN', by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If every man would do the things the 'other man' should do Last Line: "if every man would think himself to be the ""other man." Subject(s): Brotherhood; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE ANSWER, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Then what is the answer?- not to be deluded by dreams. Last Line: Or drown in despair when his days darken Subject(s): Integrity; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE AUTHOR'S MANNER OF LIVING, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On rainy days I dine alone Last Line: I pay my club, and so god b' y' -- Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE BLAME, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You blame yourself Last Line: Is it the sun's fault that we cannot bear his rays? Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE BLIND GIRL, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Kind christians, pray list to me Last Line: From drinking either whisky, rum, or gin. Subject(s): Blindness; Child Molesting; Drinks & Drinking; Grief; Human Behavior; Visually Handicapped; Child Abuse; Wine; Sorrow; Sadness; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE BROKEN BALANCE, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The people buying and selling, consuming pleasures, talking in the archways, Last Line: The arteries and walk in triumph on the faces Subject(s): Earth; Human Behavior; Progress; World; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE CALL, by THOMAS OSBERT MORDAUNT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Last Line: Is worth an age without a name. Variant Title(s): The Reply Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE CHAIN OF EVENTS, by CLYDE G. SPEAR Poem Text First Line: Down, down into that pit they slip Last Line: Prevent our reaching for the moon! Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE CHANGES, by ROBERT CREELEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: People don't act Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE CHOICE, by JOHN POMFRET Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If heaven the grateful liberty would give Last Line: All men would wish to live and die like me Subject(s): Contentment; Human Behavior; Love; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE CONFESSION, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I haven't always acted good Last Line: "and I'm your god, and you're my man." Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE COURAGE TO BE NEW, by ROBERT FROST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hear the world reciting Last Line: And their courage to be new Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE DANCE, by JOHN SUCKLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Love, reason, hate, did once bespeak Last Line: So love and folly were in hell. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE DOOR, by ROBERT CREELEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: It is hard going to the door Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE FUTURE VERDICT, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How will our unborn children scoff at us Last Line: "cry ""o what fools were we!" Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE HAPPY WARRIOR, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who is the happy warrior? Who is he Last Line: That every man in arms should wish to be. Variant Title(s): Character Of The Happy Warrior Subject(s): Human Behavior; Soldiers; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE HEART UPON THE SLEEVE, by ELINOR WYLIE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear heart, behold you bound Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs. Subject(s): Hearts; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE HIVE, by ELLEN BRYANT VOIGT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: To do something with it: to make something of it Subject(s): Family Life; Human Behavior; Relatives; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE HUMAN LINCOLN, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: God sometimes sends Last Line: Beneath the sod. Subject(s): God; Human Behavior; Humanity; Man-woman Relationships; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Male-female Relations THE INNOCENTS, by CHASE TWICHELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The watcher guarded the innocent one Subject(s): Self; Human Behavior; Coming Of Age; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE LION AND THE DOG, by ROBERT CREELEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let who think of what they will Subject(s): Lions; Dogs; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE LITTLE MAN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A little man dwelt in a little town Last Line: A little worm is working on him now Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life;human Nature THE LONG DAY, by BILLY COLLINS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the morning I ate a banana Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE MEASURE OF A MAN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Not - 'how did he die?' but - 'how did he live?' Last Line: "but -- ""how many were sorry when he passed away?" Subject(s): Human Behavior;truth;virtue; Conduct Of Life;human Nature THE OAK, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Live thy life / young and old Last Line: Naked strength. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Human Behavior; Oak Trees; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT, by RANDALL JARRELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twice you have been around the world Last Line: Woman, that is Subject(s): Human Behavior; Travel; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Journeys; Trips THE PATH OF LIFE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When first to youth's enchanted eyes Last Line: And bid thy heart be gay. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE, by THOMAS LUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Hate the people of this village Subject(s): Villages; Hate; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE PERFECT LIFE, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Who knows the perfect life on earth? Last Line: And not inflict it on another? Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE PILGRIM SOUL, by MATHILDE BLIND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Through the winding mazes of windy streets Last Line: That all who beheld him were born once again. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Mankind; Human Behavior; Human Race; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE ROVER, by LOUISE AYRES GARNETT Poem Text First Line: The day is full of busy-ness Last Line: And make me sleep till day? Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE SEASON, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And must I wear a silken life Last Line: Would never do for me. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If this world's friends might see but once Last Line: Till the white-winged reapers come! Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology THE SLEEPING CITY, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A princess in the eastern tale Last Line: Its latest life beyond recall. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Sin; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology THE STORY OF MY LIFE, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Enthused I went to yale, enthused Subject(s): Human Behavior; Wit & Humor; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE SUMMER HOUSE, by JEAN VALENTINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She took his hand Subject(s): Human Behavior; Books; Solitude; Love; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Reading; Loneliness THE SUMMONS, by THEODORE ROETHKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now all who love the best Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE TWO WALLETS, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why humankind should ever be Last Line: The hinder pocket with our own. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE UNCHANGEABLE, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though I within these last two years of grace Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): World War I; Human Behavior; First World War; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE UNCONCERNED; SONG, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now that the world is all in a maze Last Line: And keep himself safe from the noise of gun. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE WAY IT IS, by MARK STRAND Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I lie in bed Subject(s): Modern Life; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE WAY OF THE WORLD, by GEORGE FREDERICK CAMERON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We sneer and we laugh with the lip Last Line: Very well! There is somewhere a nemesis waiting for you. Subject(s): Desire; Human Behavior; Self-righteousness; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE WAY TO LIVE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A man and a woman got married one day Last Line: And if we can't get on we may think it strange Subject(s): Human Behavior;marriage; Conduct Of Life;human Nature;weddings;husbands;wives THE WILD HORSE, by MARY ANN BROWNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Broad are the palms, whose boughs Last Line: Of human tyranny is on the earth. Alternate Author Name(s): Gray, James, Mrs.; Gray, Mary Anne Browne Subject(s): Animal Rights; Animals; Horses; Human Behavior; Animal Abuse; Vivisection; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE WILL TO LIVE, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Since faith is a veil that has nothing behind it Last Line: Still one can go and pick daisies with molly! Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE WIND BLOWETH WHERE IT LISTETH, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Live like the wind, he said, 'unfettered' Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THE WORLD'S A BUBBLE, by POSEIDIPPUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The world's a bubble, and the life of man Last Line: Not to be borne, or being borne to dye. Alternate Author Name(s): Posidippus; Poseidippos Subject(s): Human Behavior; Life; Marriage; Mortality; Peace; War; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Weddings; Husbands; Wives THE WRONG MAN, by JANE BARLOW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where wild-heaped rubble o'erpeers the pit-mouth black Last Line: A be t'roight mon for yo' an' no mistake.' Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Death; Habits; Human Behavior; Social Problems; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Dead, The; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THERE ARE THOSE WHO LOVE TO GET DIRTY, by GARY SYNDER Poem Full Text Poet's Biography Subject(s): Human Behavior; Tea; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THIS IS LIVING, by LUCILLE IREDALE CARLESON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I said: / I shall write poignant bitter words Last Line: But then -- this is living! Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THOUGHTS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF HUMAN NATURE, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Strong passions draw, like horses that are strong Last Line: As god's unerring spirit shall inspire. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature THREE STEPS, by KATHARINE LEE BATES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three steps there are our human life must climb Last Line: As touches the white rose and mystic dove. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature TIME OF DISTURBANCE, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The best is, in war or faction or ordinary vindictive Last Line: To strike dead than strike often. It is better not to strike Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature TO S-----D (2), by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You all your youth observed the golden rule Last Line: Mine is the flesh the bones may be your share Subject(s): Bible; Human Behavior; Mythology; Stothard, Thomas (1755-1834); Conduct Of Life; Human Nature TOO HUMAN, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How many are strong enough to reject riches? Last Line: And the scourge of need. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature TRANSPOSITION, by AGNES MOORE FRYBERGER Poem Text First Line: I forget his name; but, oh, his smile Last Line: And put the cobbler in the music store? Subject(s): Human Behavior; Retail Trade; Shoes; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Stores; Shops; Shopkeepers; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers TRUE GREATNESS, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How sad that all great things are sad Last Line: With baby flowers at his feet. Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature TWELVE ARTICLES, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lest it may more quarrels breed Last Line: And continue special friends. Subject(s): Friendship; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature UNCONSCIOUS, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The winds, the stars, and the skies though Last Line: Nor heeds the fire in his hearth and home. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): God; Human Behavior; Nature; Nature - Religious Aspects; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature UNTIL DEATH, by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Make me no vows of constancy, dear friend Last Line: But while I live, be true! Subject(s): Fidelity; Human Behavior; Faithfulness; Constancy; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature URBAN GALLERY, by RACHEL WETZSTEON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the wind invades the treetops Subject(s): Human Behavior; City & Town Life; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature VERSES: THE THIRD BOY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Crime in a poet, sirs, to steal a thought?' Last Line: Sluggishly saunt'ring forth, makes none of them his own. Subject(s): Crime & Criminals; Human Behavior; Plagiarism; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature VISIONS IN VERSE: 1. SLANDER, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My lovely girl, I write for you Last Line: And skulk'd away to shun the light. Subject(s): Defamation; Human Behavior; Slander; Libel; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature VISIONS IN VERSE: 8. LIFE, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let not the young my precepts shun Last Line: The genius suddenly withdrew. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Life; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature WHAT I LIVE FOR, by GEORGE LINNAEUS BANKS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I live for those who love me, / whose hearts are kind and true Last Line: And the good that I can do. Variant Title(s): Why Do I Live;my Aim Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Service; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology WHAT LOVES, TAKES AWAY, by ELEANOR WILNER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If the nose of the pig in the market of firenze Alternate Author Name(s): Wilner, Eleanor Rand Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature WINNERS AND LOSERS, by BOYCE HOUSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Men born in little towns Last Line: You get the same total? Subject(s): Adventure & Adventurers; Human Behavior; Prudence; Success; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Caution WORLDLY PLACE, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Even in a palace, life may be led well! Last Line: "the aids to noble life are all within." Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature |
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