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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SIMPLICITY Matches Found: 67 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A HYMN ON SIMPLICITY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Jesu! Teach this heart of mine Last Line: "amen to my soul, - hallelujah to thee!" Subject(s): Simplicity A PRAYER, by ROBERT CREELEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Bless/something small Subject(s): Simplicity A SONG OF THE ROAD, by FRED G. BOWLES Poem Text First Line: I lift my cap to beauty Last Line: The simple are so great! Subject(s): Religion; Simplicity; Theology A SOUL'S REFLECTION, by MRS. GALE SPINK Poem Text First Line: They judged her common in her early youth Last Line: Dame nature's gift revealed a face divine. Subject(s): Faces; Simplicity; Ugliness A WREATH, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A wreathed garland of deserved praise Last Line: For this poore wreath, give thee a crown of praise. Subject(s): Simplicity ALL WE NEED, by DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS Poem Source First Line: Fortune a goddess is to fools alone Last Line: He that would more, is covetous, not wise Alternate Author Name(s): Juvenal Subject(s): Simplicity AS IT IS, by DORIANNE LAUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The man I love hates technology, hates Last Line: From some small, uncharted star. Subject(s): Love; Progress; Simplicity BEAUTIFUL ENDING, by ELISABETH MURAWSKI Poem Source First Line: What if we tried to keep it simple Last Line: And not as if our lives depended on it Subject(s): Simplicity COMMONPLACES, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A commonplace life,' we say, and we sigh Last Line: Of our commonplace lives makes his beautiful whole. Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan Subject(s): Religion; Simplicity; Theology CONTENTMENT, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Think'st thou the steed that restless roves Last Line: Of treasure in the skies? Subject(s): Contentment; Simplicity EDEN, by THOMAS TRAHERNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A learned and a happy ignorance Last Line: The glorious wonders of the deity. Subject(s): Bible; God; Religion; Simplicity; Theology EPICOENE; OR, THE SILENT WOMAN: FREEDOM IN DRESS, by BEN JONSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Still to be neat, still to be drest Last Line: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. Variant Title(s): Clerimont's Song;sweet Neglect;simplex Munditiis Subject(s): Art & Artists; Clothing & Dress; Cosmetics; Simplicity FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: 20. A HAPPY MARRIAGE, by THOMAS CAMPION Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jack and joan [or, jacke and jone], they think no ill Last Line: Securer lives the silly swain. Variant Title(s): Fortunati Nimium;rustic Joys Subject(s): Class Struggle; Country Life; Courts & Courtiers; Marriage; Simplicity; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Weddings; Husbands; Wives FIRST EPIGRAM: ON BEING CONTENTED WITH A LITTLE, by ANNE KILLIGREW Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We deem them moderate, but enough implore Last Line: A little give, I that enough will make. Alternate Author Name(s): Killegrew, Anne Subject(s): Simplicity FOLLY OF FINERY, by ANN TAYLOR Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Some poor little ignorant children delight Last Line: But quite a disgrace to be fine Subject(s): Simplicity; Vanity GIFTS, by LILLIAN M. HAGAR Poem Text First Line: I ask not your silver, I want not your gold Last Line: "the ""why"" of things, unseen and that grow." Subject(s): Nature; Simplicity; Wealth; Riches; Fortunes GOD GIVE ME JOY, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: God give me joy in the common things Last Line: God give me joy in the common things! Subject(s): Religion; Simplicity; Theology GOOD SHEPHERDS, by DAVID GARRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, come, my good shepherds, our flocks we must shear Last Line: And leave to fine folks to deceive and betray. Subject(s): Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Simplicity IF WRECKED UPON THE SHOAL OF THOUGHT, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Is safe - simplicity Variant Title(s): Poem: 1469; Poem: 150 Subject(s): Simplicity LIKE AN ODE, IN PRAISE OF SIMPLICITY, by RUTH MOON KEMPHER Poem Source First Line: Simple as a nude, ascending Last Line: Am simply you and I %all the world around us dies) Subject(s): Simplicity LITTLE THINGS, by JULIA A. FLETCHER CARNEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little drops of water Last Line: Like the heaven above. Subject(s): Simplicity LORD HEYGATE, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord heygate had a troubled face Last Line: About this unimportant peer Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Furnishings; Simplicity; Wit & Humor MEANING OF SIMPLICITY, by YANNIS RITSOS Poem Source First Line: I hide behind simple things that you may find me Last Line: And it's then a word is true, when it insists on the encounter Subject(s): Language; Simplicity MEANING OF SIMPLICITY, by YANNIS RITSOS Poem Source First Line: I hide behind simple things so you'll find me Last Line: And that's when a word is true: when it insists on the meeting Subject(s): Language; Simplicity MOVING MY DWELLING: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Long I've wanted to dwell in south village Last Line: In rare writings we'll find a shared delight, %between us we'll work out problems of meaning Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Country Life; Simplicity MY CONFESSION, by ANNA MANLEY GALT Poem Text First Line: Some people want their sunsets Last Line: I'm glad my hair is gray! Subject(s): Contentment; Simplicity MY INSTRUCTIONS, by JAMES LAUGHLIN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Make it simple Last Line: It with a cold flame Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Simplicity NEW ENGLAND'S MOUNTAIN-CHILD, by FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where foams the fall - a tameless storm Last Line: New england's mountain-child! Alternate Author Name(s): Vane, Violet Subject(s): Children; Independence; Love; New England; Simplicity; Childhood NO IDLE GOLD, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: No idle gold - since this fine sun, my friend Last Line: Can teach me to be happy with the least. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Simplicity NULLA FIDES, by PATRICK CAREY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: For god's sake mark that fly Last Line: Honour destroy; burn worlds; devour up man. Subject(s): Simplicity ODE TO SIMPLICITY, by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O thou by nature taught Last Line: And all thy sons, o nature, learn my tale Subject(s): Simplicity ODES I, 38. AD MINISTRAM, by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear lucy, you know what my wish is Last Line: And tipple my ale in the shade. Alternate Author Name(s): Horace Variant Title(s): A Victorian Paraphrase Subject(s): Food & Eating; Simplicity ODES I, 38. ON THE SIMPLE LIFE, by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, lad, I loathe these persian pomps Last Line: Beneath the vine! Alternate Author Name(s): Horace Subject(s): Life; Simplicity PEAR, by SUSAN STEWART Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Believing each simple thing passes from a perception that is less clear Subject(s): Nature; Simplicity PEAR, by SUSAN STEWART Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Believing each simple thing passes from a perception that is less clear Last Line: And burn back to the ground Subject(s): Nature; Simplicity PLAINNESS [LLANEZA], by JORGE LUIS BORGES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The garden's grillwork gate Last Line: As a part of undeniable reality, %like stones of the road, like trees Subject(s): Reality; Simplicity PROUD SHANTIES, by WINIFRED WELLES Poem Text First Line: Shanties, silvering themselves along the beaches Last Line: It's plain that they feel capable of pearl. Alternate Author Name(s): Shearer, Harold H., Mrs. Subject(s): Houses; Simplicity RIGHT APPREHENSION, by THOMAS TRAHERNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Give but to things their true esteem Last Line: Wisdom and wealth couch'd in simplicity. Subject(s): Simplicity RURAL SIMPLICITY, by HENRY JAMES BYRON Poem Source First Line: Said I, oh, give me simplicity Last Line: Rather than passing my time %searching for 'simple rurality' Subject(s): Simplicity SALLY IN OUR ALLEY, by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of all the girls that are so smart Last Line: But not in our alley! Variant Title(s): The Ballad Of Sally In Our Alley Subject(s): Love; Simplicity SHE IS SO PRETTY, by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER Poem Text First Line: She is so pretty, the girl I love Last Line: Though she's so pretty, and I am so plain. Subject(s): Beauty; Love; Simplicity SIMPLE GIFTS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "'tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free" Last Line: "to turn, turn will be our delight" Subject(s): Freedom;shaker Hymn;simplicity; Liberty SIMPLE TASTES, by ARCHILOCHUS Poem Text First Line: I do not care for gyges' store of gold Last Line: I have no love. It lies far from my eyes. Alternate Author Name(s): Archilochos Subject(s): Simplicity SIMPLER TIMES, by STEPHEN ELLIOTT DUNN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The violent boys merely armed Last Line: Mobutu filled the secret, %underground jails Alternate Author Name(s): Dunn, Stephen Subject(s): Change; Simplicity SIMPLICITY, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How happy is the little stone Last Line: In casual simplicity. Subject(s): Simplicity; Stones; Granite; Rocks SO GRAVEN, by JOSEPHINE MILES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Simplicity so graven hurts the sense. Subject(s): Simplicity SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Is a dime on the sidewalk Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Happiness; Nature; Simplicity SONGS OF MY CARES: 33, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: One more day, then one more evening Last Line: All my life I have walked on thin ice, %and none understands how this heart seethes Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Simplicity SONGS OF MY CARES: 6, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: I have heard of count dong-ling's melons Last Line: One may spend a life in commoner's clothes, %put no trust in stipends and popularity Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Simplicity SONNETS ATTEMPTED IN THE MANNER OF CONTEMPORARY WRITERS: 2, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh I do love thee, meek simplicity Last Line: All very simple, meek simplicity! Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Simplicity SUITE ON AUTUMN THOUGHTS, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: The time passed in life's century Last Line: Tell him he'll find %me utterly drunk by the eastern hedge Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341); Pleasure; Simplicity TABULA RASA, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There, an evening star, there again. Above Last Line: The slate is clean. Here therefore is my kiss Subject(s): Simplicity THE BROOK, by RAFAEL MARIA DE MENDIVE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Laugh of the mountain! - lyre of bird and tree! Last Line: Thou shun'st the haunts of man, to dwell in limpid fount! Subject(s): Simplicity THE COMMON THINGS, by BARBARA YOUNG Poem Text First Line: I have a cup of common clay Last Line: Where all green growing things have birth. Subject(s): Simplicity THE ENTHUSIAST, OR, THE LOVER OF NATURE, by JOSEPH WARTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ye green-robed dryads, oft at dusky eve Last Line: Grace the soft warbles of her honied voice. Subject(s): Nature; Simplicity THE GLUTTON, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fat, pamper'd porus, eating for renown Last Line: No fashion's dupe, no powerful passion's slave. Subject(s): Disease; Food & Eating; Gluttony; Pleasure; Simplicity THE OULD PLAID SHAWL, by FRANCIS ARTHUR FAHY Poem Text First Line: Not far from old kinvara, in the merry month of may Last Line: That little irish cailin in her ould plaid shawl. Subject(s): Simplicity THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 102, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I retired to the edge of a forest Last Line: Of bobbing ducks on the waves Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Farm Life; Simplicity; Agriculture; Farmers THE WANTS OF MAN, by JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Man wants but little here below Last Line: The mercy of my god. Subject(s): Contentment; Labor & Laborers; Simplicity; Work; Workers THE WOODS, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Finally the woods / are stripped down Last Line: Glades for the deer. Subject(s): Change; Forests; Nature; Simplicity; Woods THEY, by MARVIN BELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My destiny has been to prune one tree Subject(s): Simplicity; Trees THEY, by MARVIN BELL Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My destiny has been to prune one tree Subject(s): Simplicity TO SIMPLICITY, by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fair village nymph, ah! May I meet Last Line: And all the spells of fashion fail. Alternate Author Name(s): Betham, Mary Matilda; Edwards, Matilda B.; Edwards, B. M. Subject(s): Fashion; Simplicity VERSES LEFT ON A LADY'S TOILETTE, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why will young flavia, all-accomplisht fair Last Line: Who tire with gems and silks the dazled eyes. Subject(s): Beauty; Grace; Simplicity; Vanity; Women WHY I DO NOT CARE, by BETH PIRSCH Poem Text First Line: My outside self is just as homely Last Line: To show my happiness. Subject(s): Indifference; Simplicity; Women WISHES, by A. C. CHILD Poem Text First Line: Some may wish for city streets, jewels or silken gowns Last Line: God granting these, before I die, I'd ask no more of life. Subject(s): Simplicity; Wishes YOU SIMPLY CAN'T, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: You can't be sick of living when you're working with Last Line: You simply can't. Subject(s): Simplicity |
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