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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: PHOENIX (MYTHICAL BIRD) Matches Found: 32 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` BIRTH AND BURIAL OF THE PHOENIX, by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Phoenix, child of death Last Line: Live, sweet wonder, live %and be sufficient unto yourself Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) CLIMBING PHOENIX TERRACE AT CHIN-LING, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The phoenix birds once frolicked on phoenix terrace Last Line: I do not see ch'ang-an I grieve Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) IDEA: 16. AN ALLUSION TO THE PHOENIX, by MICHAEL DRAYTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mongst all the creatures in this spacious round Last Line: So you of time shall live beyond the end. Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) MUTATIONS OF THE PHOENIX: 7, by HERBERT READ Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Phoenix, bird of terrible pride Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) NEWS OF THE PHOENIX, by ARTHUR JAMES MARSHALL SMITH Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: They say the phoenix is dying, some say dead Last Line: As a precautionary measure, whether he did or not. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, A. J. M. Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) ON CLIMBING IN NAN-KING TO THE TERRACES OF THE PHOENIXES, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Phoenixes that played here once, so that the place was named for them Last Line: I do not see ch'ang-an and I grieve Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) ON THE PHOENIX, by JEAN ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come, phoenix, come, if such a bird there be Last Line: Except at pindar's well. Alternate Author Name(s): Adam, Jean Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) PHOENIX, by JAMES VINCENT CUNNINGHAM Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: More than the ash stays you from nothingness Last Line: Your mute voice on the crystal embers flinging Alternate Author Name(s): Cunningham, J. V. Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) PHOENIX, by ROBERT (1) FISHER Poem Source First Line: The phoenix in its flight Last Line: And a phoenix may come to rest Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) PHOENIX, by MATTI MEGGED Poem Source First Line: The phoenix %who returns time and again Last Line: And return %with wings scorched Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) PHOENIX, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Deep in the study Last Line: And when it's hatched, %out pops itselve Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) PHOENIX AND THE TORTOISE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Webs of misery spread in the brain Last Line: Of ten thousand thousand years Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird); Turtles PHOENIX OF MOZART, by CLAUDE VIGEE Poem Source First Line: Arisen from what childhood %the bird of origins? Last Line: Revolve their strange fires Subject(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791); Phoenix (mythical Bird) PHOENIX SELF-BORN, by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The cubs of bears a living lump appear Alternate Author Name(s): Ovid Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) PHOENIX, SELS., by CYNEWULF Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: When stars are hid in the western wave, dimmed at dawn Last Line: Singing and caroling to greet the sun Alternate Author Name(s): Cynwulf Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) PICTURES OF TRAVEL: THE BALTIC, PART 2: 8. THE PHOENIX, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There comes a bird who hath flown from the west-ward Last Line: She loves him! She loves him! Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) RENEWAL, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As the young phoenix, duteous to his sire Last Line: To the enchanting miracles of change. Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper) Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird); Fortitude THE CITY OF CHOAN, by LI PO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The phoenix are at play on their terrace Last Line: And I am sad. Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) THE PHOENIX, by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: By feathers green, across casbeen Last Line: And are with gazing most content. Alternate Author Name(s): Benson, A. C. Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) THE PHOENIX, by HAFEZ Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My phoenix long ago secured Last Line: Of allah's love his soul. Alternate Author Name(s): Hafiz, Kwaja Shams Al-din Muhammad; Hafiz Of Shiraz; Hafez, Mohammad Shams Od-din Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) THE PHOENIX ANALYSED, by BEN JONSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now, after all, let no man Last Line: But a bare type and figure. Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) THE PHOENIX AND THE TORTOISE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Webs of misery spread in the brain Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird); Turtles; Tortoises THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let the bird of loudest lay Last Line: For these dead birds, sigh a prayer. Subject(s): Doves; Legends; Love; Phoenix (mythical Bird); Wedding Song; Epithalamium THE PHOENIX REBORN FROM ITS ASHES, by LOUIS ARAGON Poem Text First Line: On love it has been written Last Line: On night no one at all has had anything to say. Subject(s): Fire; Firefighters; Phoenix (mythical Bird); Rebirth THE PHOENIX TO MRS. BUTTS, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a bird rise from the east Last Line: Then it flies on glancing wing Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Phoenix (mythical Bird) THE PHOENIX, FR. NEPENTHE, by GEORGE DARLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O blest unfabled incense tree Last Line: A thirstier minstrel drew in me! Variant Title(s): The Song Of The Phoenix Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird) THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 109, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mandarin ducks roost for the night Last Line: They don't usurp the phoenix's lake Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Ducks; Phoenix (mythical Bird); Mallards; Drakes THE THIRD SERMON ON THE WARPLAND, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The earth is a beautiful place Last Line: You could make music too / the blackblues Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Jazz; Music & Musicians; Phoenix (mythical Bird) THE ZIZ, by JOHN HOLLANDER Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is the ziz? Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Phoenix (mythical Bird); Ziz (mythical Bird) THREE RIDDLES FROM SYMPHOSIUS, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My death is life; when born, I am unmade Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird); Riddles; Mythology YOU MUST DRIVE TO PHOENIX, by MILES WAGGENER Poem Source First Line: I'm sorry. Turn off your air conditioner. I know Last Line: And into a row of thick trees enter Subject(s): Driving And Drivers; Phoenix (mythical Bird) ZIZ, by JOHN HOLLANDER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What is the ziz? Last Line: We are blind to, a birdhood %to cover the head of the sky Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Phoenix (mythical Bird); Ziz (mythical Bird) |
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