Read full poem →Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire,
Hum half a tune, tell stories to the 'squire;
Up to her godly garret after seven,
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Poetry examples for “stories”
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Read full poem →As a wind sets in with the autumn that blows from the region of
stories,
Blows with a perfume of songs and of memories beloved from a boy,
Read full poem →On them some Romane cast similitude,
Tell them of Liberty, the Stories fine,
Until you all grow Consuls in your wine.
Read full poem →“The fellahs them, you know how it is when we get
tight. All night boozing and swapping stories.”
Read full poem →He was as indefatigable a writer of prose as of poetry;
short stories, novels, criticism, essays and some short plays
poured from his pen. His published works, exclusive of
Read full poem →MartHa Fintry, born 1828, author of the Else
Series; twenty-two volumes of young peoples’ stories.
Read full poem →You don't act natural. You have lost your laugh.
You haven't told me any stories. You
Just lie there half asleep. What's on your mind?
Read full poem →My courage and my virtue given reward.
Now, I should pass on poems, and on stories,
Creations of free souls. It was not so.
Read full poem →The framework of the plot of the _Faerie Queene_ is vast and loosely put
together. There are six main stories, or legends, and each contains several
digressions and involved episodes. The plan of the entire work, which the
Read full poem →Among the things told by Indians to white men are
many stories. Some are stories about Indian customs
and how they started. Some are stories about gods and