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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CANDLES Matches Found: 51 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CANDLE, by JOHN SUCKLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a thing which in the light Last Line: It leaves its moisture thick and thin. Subject(s): Candles A MEDITATION UPON HIS WAX CANDLE BURNING OUT, by EDWARD HERBERT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: While thy ambitious flame doth strive for height Last Line: Where faithful loving souls with joys are crown'd. Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord Subject(s): Candles ANY COUNTRY CHURCH, by AUSTIN PHILIPS Poem Text First Line: A shaft of sunlight strikes, shines through Last Line: And fellow-convicts 'neath one self-same sentence ... Death. Subject(s): Candles; Churches; Easter; Holidays; Humanity; Sabbath; Cathedrals; The Resurrection; Sunday BAYBERRY CANDLES, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear sweet, when dusk comes up the hill Last Line: To shine more clear, for love of you. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Candles; Love BEFORE I BEGIN, by MARK CONWAY Poem Source First Line: To start again in the candelabra Last Line: To be burned or to be the burning Subject(s): Candles; Relationships BEING WAKED OF MY SLEEP BY A SNUFF OF CANDLE WHICH OFFENDED ME, by HENRY KING (1592-1669) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Perhaps 'twas but conceit. Erroneous sense! Last Line: And kindle them to an eternal flame. Subject(s): Candles BIRTHDAYS, by TOMAZ SALAMUN Poem Source First Line: For my twenty-fifth birthday in the army Last Line: Smoked, and listened to tommy, the who. %maybe I'm writing this because it's so rainy Subject(s): Aging; Birthdays; Candles BLESSING THE LIGHTS, by ALTER ABELSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Silver candlesticks that beam Last Line: "shining, beaming, god, for thee." Subject(s): Candles; Jews; Sabbath; Judaism; Sunday BY CANDELIGHT, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is winter, this is night, small love --- Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Babies; Candles; Night; Infants; Bedtime CANDLE, by LEROY F. JACKSON Poem Source First Line: A candle, a candle Subject(s): Candles CANDLE, by BRAD LEITHAUSER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: According to %your point of view Last Line: The single fellow %who hunches darkly, %as though with shame, %there are the blue-yellow %center of Subject(s): Candles CANDLE FLOWERS, by MA RUYU Poem Source First Line: Silver candlelight suffuses window curtains Last Line: Possessing flame, it draws darting insects Subject(s): Candles CANDLE LIGHT, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hush, true love, as we sit and think Last Line: And we kiss by candle light! Subject(s): Candles; Love; Night; Sea; Soul; Wind; Winter; Bedtime; Ocean CANDLE LIGHTING, by LISA ROSENBERG Poem Source First Line: These candles waste fast Last Line: In the room by %our breath above them Subject(s): Candles; Light CANDLE LIGHTS, by EDNA ALLEN WRIGHT Poem Text First Line: When my windows blaze with light Last Line: They bring to me. Subject(s): Candles CANDLELIGHT, by HWANG KUMCHAN Poem Source First Line: Candlelight, %no sooner has its wick Last Line: The flowering moments %in a dance Subject(s): Candles CANDLELIGHT, by NORA HEFLEY MAHON Poem Text First Line: There is a potency in candlelight Last Line: That seem so hallowed by the watch they keep. Subject(s): Candles; Churches; Cathedrals CANDLES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Drop your offering in the box Last Line: "some one, entering in the dark, / later on, may see it shine" Subject(s): Candles CANDLES, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They are the last romantics, these candles Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Candles CANDLES, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They are the last romantics, these candles Last Line: The shadows stoop over like guests at a christening Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Candles CARLOS AMONG THE CANDLES, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How the solitude of this candle penetrates me Subject(s): Candles CHEER, by ANNYE LEWIS ALLISON Poem Text First Line: There is sleet and snow Last Line: And the fire on my hearth gleams red. Subject(s): Candles; Winter DAWN, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Blow out the candles, my little one Last Line: O I am cold, -- cold. Subject(s): Candles; Dawn; Death; Rivers; Sunrise; Dead, The ENTER THE DRAGON, by FRANCES SALOME ESPANA Poem Source First Line: I'll file my little horns sharp Last Line: I forgot to light the candle for %tonight Subject(s): Absence; Candles; Fathers; Prayer FLOATING CANDLES, by SYDNEY LEA Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You lit a firebrand Last Line: Such shinings on water %are fact. Or sublime Subject(s): Candles HAMRA NIGHT, by SAADI YOUSSEF Poem Source First Line: A candle in a long street Last Line: A candle in my hands Alternate Author Name(s): Youssef, Saddi; Yusuf, Sa'di Subject(s): Candles; Light I LIFT MY CANDLE, by ELLEN ANDERSON Poem Text First Line: I lift my candle as a shield Last Line: Go slinking off in shame. Subject(s): Candles; God; Night; Bedtime INDIRECT LIGHTING, by ALICE CONE PERRY Poem Text First Line: We carry each a trembling flame Last Line: I might mistake it for the sun. Subject(s): Candles; Light; Sun LOVE, by HELEN LOUISE WELSHIMER Poem Text First Line: You wanted love - not love that I could give Last Line: It may be they will last until you come. Subject(s): Candles LUBBERLU, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Green were her eyes, - yellow were her eyes Last Line: Over the hills and away. Subject(s): Bible; Candles; Churches; Eyes; Jesus Christ; Lips; Cathedrals MENORAH, by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We've read in legends of the books of old Last Line: "and keeps me what I am today in every clime." Subject(s): Candles; Israel; Jews; Judah (bible); Synagogues; Judaism MY CANDLE, by ELINOR WYLIE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My candle burns ate both ends Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs. Subject(s): Candles; Sleep; Peace MY CANDLE MOST ABSURDLY SMALL, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Full Text Last Line: And so I love its friendly light Subject(s): Candles ON A CANDLE (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Of all inhabitants on earth Subject(s): Candles; Riddles RIDDLE: 16, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There a large old woman sat Last Line: "wrinkled, but running over with fat" Subject(s): Candles;riddles RIDDLE: A CANDLE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little nancy etticoat / in a white petticoat Last Line: The shorter she grows. Variant Title(s): The Candle Subject(s): Candles; Riddles SAVING TALLOW, by BARBARA GUEST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Visible tallow of the hurricane night Subject(s): Candles SCENE, by RUTH GLASCOTT Poem Text First Line: The voices lulled on covering the air with weight Last Line: And these were only two white candles. Subject(s): Candles; Reunions SISTER MARY APPASSIONATA LECTURES 8TH GRADE: ON NATURE OF THE CANDLE, by DAVID CITINO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It stands to reason. Wax crafted by bees Last Line: Of our brief wisdom lingering in the room Subject(s): Candles; Christianity; Religion THE CANDLE, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: The life and death I once did mark Last Line: Converts ye candles into starrs. Subject(s): Candles; Christianity; Faith; Humanity; Youth; Belief; Creed THE CANDLE, by KATHERINE MANSFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: By my bed, on a little round table Last Line: The three dreams started singing a little song. Alternate Author Name(s): Murry, John Middleton, Mrs.; Beauchamp, Kathleen Subject(s): Candles; Night; Bedtime THE CANDLE A SAINT, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Green is the night, green kindled and appareled Subject(s): Green (color); Candles; Saints THE CATHEDRAL, by CLAUDE HOUGHTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My heart is a cathedral vast where thou Last Line: And over all thy spirit broods supreme. Subject(s): Candles; Churches; Prayer; Public Worship; Cathedrals; Church Attendance THE LAST WORSHIPPER, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Broken and shattered Last Line: The dying gods cannot wholly die. Subject(s): Candles; Death; Heaven; Prayer; Worship; Dead, The; Paradise THE VISITOR, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Forget? I had forgotten Last Line: If she's to come no more. Subject(s): Candles; Death; Forgetfulness; Hearts; Dead, The TO CLARE, CANDLE-WISHES, by EDWARD V. KILLEEN JR. Poem Text First Line: A birthday cake with tapers bright Last Line: My candle-wish to you. Subject(s): Aging; Birthdays; Cakes; Candles TWO VASES, by GERALD STERN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She was a darling with her roses and I Last Line: My eyes with the rough cloth, for I love her Subject(s): Candles; Light VALLEY CANDLE, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My candle burned alone in the immense valley Subject(s): Candles VESPERS, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Last night, at sunset Last Line: I should have understood their burning. Subject(s): Candles WHAT THE BLIND MAN SAW, by MARK R. LITTLETON Poem Source First Line: As he lay dying, he told me Last Line: I will light it soon, %but not yet Subject(s): Blindness; Candles; Death WORDLY WISE (5), by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To make your candles last for aye Last Line: Says honest john boldero. Subject(s): Candles |
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