Today’s horse poetry is by Jean de La Fontaine and it was published in The Fables of La Fontaine in the late 1600’s.
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The Fly-Away Horse
Today’s horse poetry is by Eugene Field and it was published in Poems of Childhood in 1904.
The Horse Wounded in Battle
Today’s horse poetry is by James Henry Leigh Hunt and I’m not sure when it was published but he lived from 1784-1859.
Paul Revere’s Ride
Today’s horse poetry is by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published in Tales of a Wayside Inn in 1863.
Evening
Today’s horse poetry is by Friedrich von Schiller and I’m not sure when it was published but he lived from 1759-1805.
Calm is all Nature as a Resting Wheel
Today’s horse poetry is by William Wordsworth and was published in The Complete Poetical Works in 1888.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Today’s horse poetry is by Robert Frost and was published in The Poetry of Robert Frost in 1923.
Many People Come to Visit and Bring Wine After I Fell Off My Horse, Drunk
Today’s bit of horse poetry is by far the oldest I’ve shared so far. It was written by the Chinese poet Du Fu (a.k.a. Tu Fu) who lived from 712 to 770 AD.
Strathcona’s Horse
Today’s horse poetry is by William Henry Drummond and was published in The Poetical Works of William Henry Drummond in 1912.
Canterbury Tales – The Reeve
Perhaps one of the oldest bits of horses in poetry I’ve featured, this is a section of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (written at the end of the 14th century) titled The Reeve.
Canterbury Tales – The Monk
Perhaps one of the oldest bits of horses in poetry I’ve featured, this is a section of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (written at the end of the 14th century) titled The Monk.
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Excerpt from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
Today’s bit of horse isn’t actually a poem, but I thought it belonged anyway. It’s an excerpt from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There written by Lewis Carroll in 1871.