Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VILLANELLE, WITH STEVENSON'S ASSISTANCE, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The world is so full of a number of things Last Line: I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Praise | ||||||||
THE world is so full of a number of things Like music and pictures and statues and plays, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. We've winters and summers and autumns and springs, We've Aprils and Augusts, Octobers and Mays The world is so full of a number of things. Though minor the key of my lyrical strings, I change it to major when paeaning praise: I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. Each morning a myriad wonderments brings, Each evening a myriad marvels conveys, The world is so full of a number of things. With pansies and roses and pendants and rings, With purples and yellows and scarlets and grays, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. So pardon a bard if he carelessly sings A solo indorsing these Beautiful Days The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRAISE PREMATURE by SAMUEL BISHOP ON GIFTS FOR GRACE by BERNADETTE MAYER AFTERTHOUGHTS OF DONNA ELVIRA by CAROLYN KIZER OUR DEATHLESS DEAD by EDWIN MARKHAM SIR JOHN CHIVERTON: DEDICATORY STANZAS. by WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12. A RENUNCIATION by THOMAS CAMPION TO MY HONORED FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD by JOHN DRYDEN PRAISE OF LITTLE WOMEN by JUAN RUIZ LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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