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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: PROVERBS Matches Found: 45 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DUTCH PROVERB, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fire, water, woman, are man's ruin, / says wise professor vander bruin Last Line: And great thy wisdom, van der bruin! Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages AN ANCIENT PROVERB, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Remove away that blackning church Last Line: Youll quite remove the ancient curse Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Proverbs; Maxims; Adages AN OLD SAW NEWLY RENDERED, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Although nor wise nor deep in thought Last Line: Then toot your horn and row your own canoe. Subject(s): Canoes & Canoeing; Death; Pride; Proverbs; Dead, The; Self-esteem; Self-respect; Maxims; Adages APOTHEGM, by DANIEL GERARD HOFFMAN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is a proverb Subject(s): Proverbs AT EVENFALL, by ANSELM HOLLO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Recall enormous heave of moment Last Line: Always treat language like a dangerous toy Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Proverbs; Maxims; Adages CARIBBEAN PROVERBS POEMS, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source First Line: Good-boy' a fool nickname Subject(s): Proverbs CHINESE PROVERB, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The well-being of a people is like a tree Subject(s): Country Life; Proverbs CONCERNING KISSES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There's a jolly saxon proverb that it pretty much like this Last Line: "is to want a kiss, and take it" Variant Title(s): "if You Want A Kiss, Why, Take It; Subject(s): Kisses;proverbs; Maxims;adages COURTING AND PROVERBS, by W. E. P. FRENCH Poem Source First Line: When nora an' me was a-walkin' Subject(s): Courtship; Proverbs FEW OLD PROVERBS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If the oak is out before the ash Subject(s): Holidays; Proverbs; Trees IN THE BLIND, by SYDNEY LEA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: As in water face answers to face, the proverb says Last Line: Streaming down on each kindred face, %a light like grace Subject(s): Proverbs JOHNNY BOER, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Men fight all shapes and sizes as the racing horses run Last Line: And we'll be running after him with our little maxim gun. Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Boer War; Courage; Guns; Proverbs; South African War; Valor; Bravery; Maxims; Adages LYING 'MUSTS', by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A baby must cry to develop its lungs Last Line: We will change this old world into paradise! Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages MIXED PROVERBS, by DENNIS JOSEPH ENRIGHT Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Outside the restaurant, garish but inside delicious no doubt Last Line: To the woman who keeps the key to the wc. %the foreign devils fear the people. Now the circle's perf Subject(s): Proverbs OLD CHINESE RHYMING PROVERB, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: No lake is so still but that it has its wave Last Line: As I can't, you must take them as they are Subject(s): Proverbs OLD STORY, by DENNIS JOSEPH ENRIGHT Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: There were to be a thousand of them, buddhas or something Last Line: And innocuous proverb: 'easier to pull down than build up', %cocking our heads, unsure what to do wi Subject(s): Proverbs OLD WOMEN'S SAYINGS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Draw near and give attention Last Line: Of the olden time Subject(s): Death;proverbs;women; "dead, The;maxims;adages; PHEW, by DANNIE ABSE Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: Do you know that sumerian proverb Subject(s): Proverbs POEM FOR A POLISH PROVERB, by LISA MALINOWSKI STEINMAN Poem Source First Line: My grandmother in a field, caught by the woody hay Subject(s): Poland; Proverbs POET'S PROVERB, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Subject(s): Proverbs; Religion PRECEPTS OF ALFRED, by ALFRED Poem Text First Line: There sat, in the town of seaford, / full many a thane and lord Last Line: "methinks he shall rue it sore!" Alternate Author Name(s): Alfred The Great Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages PROVERB, by SYLVIA BING Poem Source First Line: Each man kills the thing he loves Last Line: Beside the corpse of my dead love Subject(s): Love; Proverbs PROVERB, by NAOMI LONG (WITHERSPOON) MADGETT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Believe not that all lovely things shall last Last Line: The foul weeds grow Subject(s): Proverbs PROVERB, by HANNAH MORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In men this blunder still you find Last Line: All think their little set, mankind. Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages PROVERB, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Can't put an old head on young shoulders.' no? Last Line: Can too. Come closer, dear. You do it so Subject(s): Proverbs PROVERB, by EMILY OTIS Poem Source First Line: It takes four hundred blows Subject(s): Proverbs PROVERB, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mud in a still puddle Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages PROVERB, by OCTAVIO PAZ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mud in a still puddle Last Line: Tomorrow dust %dancing in the streets Subject(s): Proverbs PROVERB, by PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Yit, by my self, I fynd this proverb perfyte Alternate Author Name(s): Virgil; Vergil Subject(s): Proverbs PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY, 2D SERIES: PORTRAIT OF A VICTORIAN AUTHOR, by MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yea: how dignified, and worthy, full of privilege and happiness Last Line: Their savour. Subject(s): Authors And Authorship; Proverbs; Maxims; Adages PROVERBS, by SIMONE LOUISE BENNETT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When ashes cowl dawg sleep in deh Alternate Author Name(s): Bennett, Louise Subject(s): Proverbs PROVERBS, by SUSAN PACKIE Poem Source First Line: Some of my best friends are Last Line: This is the way the world ends' %with the whimper of those denied %by the proverbists of their lives Subject(s): Proverbs PROVERBS, by EMMA CELIA ROOK Poem Source First Line: As by his notes, a bird is known Subject(s): Proverbs PROVERBS, by TOMAZ SALAMUN Poem Source First Line: 1. Tomaz salamun made the party blink, tamed it, dismantled it Last Line: 3. Tomaz salamun sleeps in the forest Subject(s): Proverbs PROVERBS, by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My good aunt bridget, spite of age Last Line: "whose motto's ""ne quid nimis." Subject(s): Faith; Proverbs; Wisdom; Belief; Creed; Maxims; Adages PROVERBS OF THE MIDLE WORLD, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The perfect swan upon the perfect lake Last Line: The courts of lust shall judge the innocent Subject(s): Conscience; Judges; Proverbs; Maxims; Adages RECIPROCATION, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One good nocturne Last Line: When she met chopin. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages SCOTTISH PROVERB, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Waly, waly! Bairns are bonny Subject(s): Mnemonics; Proverbs SCOTTISH PROVERB, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: He's a fool that marries at yule Subject(s): Mnemonics; Proverbs TANKA OF THE WISE, by HENRY HARRISON Poem Text First Line: It is possible Last Line: Tells an incredible tale. Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages TERMS, UNUSED ANTICIPATIONS, by GUY BENNETT Poem Source Last Line: The good required, %their proverb secret Subject(s): Knowledge; Poetry And Poets; Proverbs; Wisdom THE PROVERBS OF HENDYNGE, by HENDYNGE Poem Text First Line: Who would learn of wisdom's rede / let him take to hendynge heed Last Line: Grant us good ending. Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages TOMORROW, by JAMES BUCKHAM Poem Text First Line: King hassan, well beloved, was wont to say Last Line: Forget it, then—here lies the victor's way. Alternate Author Name(s): Pastnor, Paul Subject(s): Proverbs; Time; Maxims; Adages WAN LO TANKA, by HENRY HARRISON Poem Text First Line: Wan lo has made an / amazing discovery. Last Line: Laugh up their wide sleeves at both. Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages WORDLY WISE (8), by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: For every evil under the sun Last Line: If there be none, never mind it. Variant Title(s): Old Proverb Subject(s): Proverbs; Maxims; Adages |
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