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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: DRAGONS Matches Found: 43 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DRAGON'S LAMENT, by JACK PRELUTSKY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I’m tired of being a dragon Last Line: I guess I’ll just terrify you Subject(s): Dragons A STORY OF DOOM: BOOK 3, by JEAN INGELOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Above the head of great methuselah Last Line: I cry against thee; thou art worst of all.' Subject(s): Children; Dragons; God; Heaven; Methuselah; Childhood; Paradise BEOWULF, by UNKNOWN+184 Poem Source First Line: What lo! We have heard tell of the grandeur of the kings Last Line: Most genial to his leeds; %and most desirous of praise Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF, by UNKNOWN+184 Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF, by UNKNOWN+184 Poem Source First Line: So. The spear-danes in days gone by Last Line: Kindest to his people and keenest to win fame Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF, by UNKNOWN+184 Poem Source First Line: Lo, praise of the prowess of people-kings Last Line: Of men he was the mildest and most beloved %to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF, by UNKNOWN+184 Poem Source First Line: Listen! %the fame of danish kings Last Line: The most just to his people, the most eager for fame Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF, SELS., by UNKNOWN+184 Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF, SELS., by UNKNOWN+184 Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF, SELS., by UNKNOWN+184 Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF, SELS., by UNKNOWN+184 Poem Source Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF, SELS., by UNKNOWN+184 Poem Source First Line: Such is the grief of the grey-haired man Last Line: The one he has lost; there is too much room %in castle & country Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Grief; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters BEOWULF: HROTHGAR ANSWERED, by UNKNOWN+184 Poem Source First Line: Hrothgar answered -- helm of the shield-danes Last Line: Linked mail-corselets -- if you live to return Subject(s): Civilization, Germanic; Death; Dragons; Heroism; Legends, Norse; Monsters CASUALTIES: 21. THE BEAST, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Long pronounced in tumult underground Last Line: For brother to hurl against brother Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P. Subject(s): Brothers; Dragons; Fights; Monsters DRAGON AND THE UNICORN: 2, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The art of worldly wisdom Last Line: Man, eagle, bull, and lion Subject(s): Dragons; France; Unicorns DRAGON AND THE UNICORN: 3, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Zoroaster long ago %said poetry presents us Last Line: Ever saw growing on the trees Subject(s): Dragons; Italy; Unicorns DRAGON AND THE UNICORN: 4, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over switzerland broods the Last Line: Love who moves the sun and other stars Subject(s): Dragons; Religion; Unicorns DRAGON AND THE UNICORN: 5, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: New york a grey haze with flights of Last Line: Across immeasurable distance Subject(s): Cities; Dragons; Unicorns DRAGON OF THE UNICORN: 1, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And what is love?' said pilate Last Line: The dragon and the unicorn Subject(s): Dragons; Love; Unicorns DRAGON'S HOARD, by JOHN RONALD RENEL TOLKIEN Poem Source Poet Analysis First Line: There was an old dragon under grey stone Last Line: His teeth were knives, and of horn his hide, %but iron tore him, and his flame died Subject(s): Dragons DRAGONS, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dragons are not the only beasts Last Line: May be very much to your advantage Subject(s): Dragons DRAGONS, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dragons are not the only beasts Last Line: May be very much to your advantage Subject(s): Dragons FROM THE JAPANESE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: O chaser of the dragon-flies at play Last Line: Have run! Subject(s): Dragons;japan;sons; Japanese GOLDEN DRAGON, by BRUCE BOND Poem Source First Line: The fish by the fortune cookies Last Line: To the sweet remains Subject(s): Dragons; Future Life I CHASED A DRAGON THROUGH THE WOODS, by JACK PRELUTSKY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And omniously roared Subject(s): Dragons JABBERWOCKY, by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Last Line: And the mome raths outgrabe. Alternate Author Name(s): Carroll, Lewis Subject(s): Dragons; Nonsense KOMODO, by CAROL FROST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The flight of a white cockatoo from tamarind to tamarind Last Line: Thde blazing cockatoo, the pink, lightless, inner tissues of the baron Subject(s): Komodo Dragons; Lizards KOMODO DRAGON, by TERESE SVOBODA Poem Source First Line: You can get there only from kuala lumpur, not timor Last Line: We are lucky, however, to believe everything wild %tastes like chicken, except ourselves Subject(s): Indonesia; Komodo Dragons; Lizards; Tourists O TO BE A DRAGON, by MARIANNE MOORE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I, like solomon Subject(s): Wishes; Dragons; Bible; Dragons; Religion; Theology O TO BE A DRAGON, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I, like solomon Subject(s): Bible; Dragons; Religion; Theology O TO BE A DRAGON, by MARIANNE MOORE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I, like solomon Last Line: A symbol of the power of heaven-of silkworm %size or immense; at times invisible. %felicitous phenom Subject(s): Bible; Dragons; Religion SACRED EPIGRAM: ON THE DRAGON FALLING, by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go, vainly ferocious beast; far off the golden stars Last Line: There is no need for such a long climb to the pit Subject(s): Dragons SAINT GEORGE & THE DRAGON, by RON DE MARIS Poem Source First Line: Even if the dragon could alter the scene Last Line: Much as you might hold a poodle Subject(s): Dragons SERIOUS OMISSION, by JOHN CHIPMAN FARRAR Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I know that there are dragons Subject(s): Dragons SMALL DRAGON, by BRIAN PATTEN Poem Source First Line: I've found a small dragon in the woodshed Last Line: But I want instead to see %if you yourself will pass this way Subject(s): Dragons THE BEGGAR, by SAUNDERS WHITELAW Poem Text First Line: The old sea-fog, in a tattered veil Last Line: With the plum's white beauty overspread. Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Dragons THE DRAGON, by FEODOR KUZMICH TETERNIKOV Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Evil dragon in the zenith fiercely glowing Last Line: Thou shalt fade, thou evil dragon, thou shalt perish. Alternate Author Name(s): Sologub, Fedor (fyodor) Subject(s): Dragons; Evil; Imagination; Fancy THE DRAGON AND THE UNICORN: 3, SELECTION, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Zoroaster long ago / said poetry presents us Subject(s): Dragons; Italy; Unicorns; Italians THE DRAGON AND THE UNICORN: 4, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over switzerland broods the Subject(s): Dragons; Religion; Unicorns; Theology THE DRAGON AND THE UNICORN: 5, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: New york a grey haze with flights of Subject(s): Cities; Dragons; Unicorns; Urban Life THE DRAGON OF THE UNICORN: 1, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And what is love?' said pilate Subject(s): Dragons; Love; Unicorns WAKING THE DRAGON, by ANN S. GOLDSMITH Poem Source First Line: The grand imperial imbibers were tanking up Last Line: From the fiery core, the dragon rose, lashing its tail Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Dragons WHEN I CAME BACK TO FLEET STREET, by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: All that they leave of rebels %rot high on temple bar Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterton, G. K. Subject(s): Dragons |
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