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Tam o’ Shanter
Today’s poem is an epic written by Robert Burns in 1790. In it Burns paints an unforgettable picture of the drinking class in a Scotch town called Ayr.
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Boot and Saddle
Today’s poetry was written by Robert Browning and was published in A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895 in 1895. Boot and Saddle Boot, saddle, to horse, and away! Rescue my Castle, before the hot day Brightens the blue from its silvery grey, (Chorus) “Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!” Ride past the suburbs, asleep as you’d say; […]
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At Galway Races
Today’s horse racing poetry was written by W. B. Yeats and published in Responsibilities and Other Poems in 1916.
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Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known
Today’s bit of horse in poetry was composed by William Wordsworth in 1798. While it isn’t about horses, they do play a part in the tale he weaves. Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known Strange fits of passion have I known: And I will dare to tell, But in the lover’s ear alone, What […]
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Arabian Horse Proverb
Today’s bit of horse isn’t actually poetry – it’s only one line. However it is one incredibly poetic line and one worth sharing.
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Bless The Hoss
Today’s horse poetry is quick and lively, written by James Whitcomb Riley. I’m not sure when he wrote this, but he lived from 1849-1916.
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All in Green My Love Went Riding
Today’s poetry was written by E.E. Cummings and published in Tulips and Chimneys in 1923. This poem is thought to be an allusion to Chaucer’s The Knights Tale. All in Green My Love Went Riding All in green went my love riding on a great horse of gold into the silver dawn. four lean hounds […]
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Steeds, Steeds, What Steeds
Today’s poetic bit is an excerpt from Dead Souls written by Nikolai V. Gogol in 1842.
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How the Old Horse Won the Bet
Today’s poetry is one with a sense of humor, written by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1876.
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Another Mazeppa Excerpt
Today’s horse poem is another excerpt from Mazeppa written by Lord Byron in 1819. It’s a long poem and I’ve got another bit to share next week.
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Horse Loving Exerpt From Mazeppa
Today’s inspirational poem is an excerpt from Mazeppa written by Lord Byron in 1819. It’s a long poem and I’ve got another bit to share next week.
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Four Things Greater Than All Things Are
Today’s horse poetry is two amazing lines from The Ballad of the King’s Jest, a much longer piece written in 1890 by Rudyard Kipling.