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Poems by title, S

“Sailing To Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats

“Sailing To Byzantium” by William Butler Yeats (1928)

“The Sailor Boy” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Poems of Sailors and Seafarers: “The Sailor Boy” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1861)

“A Sailor’s Song” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Poems of Sailors and Seafarers: “A Sailor’s Song” by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1913)

“St. Crispin’s Day speech,” by William Shakespeare

Poems of War: “St. Crispin’s Day speech,” from Henry V by William Shakespeare (1599)

“Salutation” by Ezra Pound

“Salutation” by Ezra Pound (1913)

“Say over again, and yet...” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love Poems: Sonnet 21 from Sonnets from the Portuguese (“Say over again, and yet once over again...”) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850)

“The Schoolboy” by William Blake

Summer Poems: “The Schoolboy” by William Blake (from <i>Songs of Experience</i>, 1794)

“Scots Wha Hae” by Robert Burns

“Scots Wha Hae” by Robert Burns (1793)

“The Seafarer” by Ezra Pound

“The Seafarer” by Ezra Pound (1912)

“Sea Fever” by John Masefield

Poems of Sailors and Seafarers: “Sea Fever” by John Masefield (1902)

“The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats

“The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats (1920)

“The Secret of the Sea” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poems of Sailors and Seafarers: “The Secret of the Sea” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1850)

“The Selkirk Grace” by Robert Burns

Poems for Thanksgiving Day: “The Selkirk Grace” by Robert Burns (1794)

“September, 1918” by Amy Lowell

“September, 1918” by Amy Lowell (1919)

“Sestina” by Algernon Charles Swinburne

“Sestina” by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1872)

“Sestina: Altaforte” by Ezra Pound

“Sestina: Altaforte” by Ezra Pound (1909)

“Sestina of the Tramp-Royal” by Robert Louis Stevenson

“Sestina of the Tramp-Royal” by Robert Louis Stevenson (1896)

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?...” by William Shakespeare

Summer Poems: Sonnet 18 (“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?...”) by William Shakespeare (1609)

“She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways” by William Wordsworth

“She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways” by William Wordsworth (1799)

“She Walks in Beauty” by George Gordon, Lord Byron

“She Walks in Beauty” by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1815)

“Shiloh: A Requiem (April 1862)” by Herman Melville

Poems of War: “Shiloh: A Requiem (April 1862)” by Herman Melville (1866)

“Shortcut Through the Storm” by Robert Savino

Winter Poems: “Shortcut Through the Storm” by Robert Savino

“The Sick Rose” by William Blake

“The Sick Rose” by William Blake (from Songs of Experience, 1794)

“Signs of the Times” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Poems for Thanksgiving Day: “Signs of the Times” from Lyrics of Lowly Life by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1896)

“Silent Solstice (Winter Becomes Maine)” by Denis Dunn

Winter Poems: “Silent Solstice (Winter Becomes Maine)” by Denis Dunn

“The Sisters” by Amy Lowell

“The Sisters” by Amy Lowell (1922)

“The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke

Poems of War: Text of Sonnet V., “The Soldier” from the sonnet sequence 1914 by Rupert Brooke (1915)

“The Soldier's Return: A Ballad” by Robert Burns

“The Soldier’s Return: A Ballad” by Robert Burns (1793)

“The Solitary Reaper” by William Wordsworth

“The Solitary Reaper” by William Wordsworth (1803)

“A something in a summer’s day” by Emily Dickinson

Summer Poems: “A something in a summer’s day” (#122) by Emily Dickinson

“Song” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Song” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1828)

“Song” by Edgar Allan Poe

“Song” by Edgar Allan Poe (1827)

“Song for All Seas, All Ships” by Walt Whitman

Poems of Sailors and Seafarers: “Song for All Seas, All Ships” from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1871)

“A Song for New Year’s Eve” by William Cullen Bryant

Poems for the New Year: “A Song for New Year’s Eve” by William Cullen Bryant (1859)

“Song for the Wandering Jew” by William Wordsworth

“Song for the Wandering Jew” by William Wordsworth (1800)

“Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman

“Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass, 1900)

“Song of the Old Mother” by William Butler Yeats

Poems for Mothers: “Song of the Old Mother” by William Butler Yeats (1899)

“The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats

“The Song of Wandering Aengus” by William Butler Yeats (1899)

Sonnet 14 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love Poems: Sonnet 14 from Sonnets from the Portuguese (“If thou must love me, let it be for nought...”) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850)

Sonnet 21 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love Poems: Sonnet 21 from Sonnets from the Portuguese (“Say over again, and yet once over again...”) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850)

Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love Poems: Sonnet 43 from Sonnets from the Portuguese (“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...”) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850)

Sonnet 44 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Love Poems: Sonnet 44 from Sonnets from the Portuguese (“Belovèd, thou hast brought me many flowers...”) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850)

Sonnet 100 by Lord Brooke Fulke Greville

Halloween Poems: Sonnet 100 by Lord Brooke Fulke Greville (1633)

Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

Summer Poems: Sonnet 18 (“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?...”) by William Shakespeare (1609)

Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare

Autumn Poems: Sonnet 73 (“That time of year thou mayst in me behold...”) by William Shakespeare (1609)

Sonnet 97 by William Shakespeare

Winter Poems: Sonnet 97 - “How like a winter hath my absence been...” by William Shakespeare (1609)

Sonnet 98 by William Shakespeare

Poems for Spring: Sonnet 98 (“From you have I been absent in the spring...”) by William Shakespeare (1609)

“Sonnets are full of love” by Christina Rossetti

Poems for Mothers: “Sonnets are full of love” by Christina Rossetti (1881)

“So We’ll Go no More a Roving” by George Gordon, Lord Byron

“So We’ll Go no More a Roving” by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1830)

“Spring” by Dorothea Grossman

Poems for Spring: “Spring” by Dorothea Grossman (2007)

“Spring” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Poems for Spring: “Spring” by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918)

“Spring” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poems for Spring: “Spring” by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1921)

“Spring,” song by William Shakespeare

Spring Poems: “Spring,” song from Love’s Labors Lost by William Shakespeare (1598)

“Spring” by Bill Vartnaw

Poems for Spring: “Spring” by Bill Vartnaw (2008)

“The Spring” by Thomas Carew

Poems for Spring: “The Spring” by Thomas Carew (1640)

“Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Autumn Poems: “Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918)

“Spring 1946” by Ingrid Toth

Poems for Spring: “Spring 1946” by Ingrid Toth (2007)

“Spring Carol” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Poems for Spring: “Spring Carol” by Robert Louis Stevenson (1918)

“Spring Day” by Amy Lowell

Poems for Spring, Prose Poems: “Spring Day” by Amy Lowell (1916)

“Spring Morning” by A.E. Housman

Poems for Spring: “Spring Morning” by A.E. Housman (1922)

“Spring On School Street. Somerville, Mass.” by Doug Holder

Poems for Spring: “Spring On School Street. Somerville, Mass.” by Doug Holder (2008)

“Spring Quiet” by Christina Rossetti

Poems for Spring: “Spring Quiet” by Christina Rossetti (1847)

“Spring Rain,” “Spring Air” and Four Haiku by Matsuo Basho

Poems for Spring: “Spring Rain” “Spring Air” and Four More Haiku by Matsuo Basho (c. 1680)

“Spring, the Sweet Spring” by Thomas Nashe

Spring Poems: “Spring, the Sweet Spring” from Summer’s Last Will and Testament, by Thomas Nashe (1600)

“A Spring View” by Tu Fu

Spring Poems: “A Spring View” by Tu Fu (c. 750), translated by Witter Bynner

“Spring Vow” by Larissa Shmailo

Poems for Spring: “Spring Vow” by Larissa Shmailo (2007)

“Stanzas for Music” by George Gordon, Lord Byron

“Stanzas for Music” by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1815)

“The Stolen Child” by William Butler Yeats

“The Stolen Child” by William Butler Yeats (1889)

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

Winter Poems: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost (1923)

“Storm and Sunlight” by Siegfried Sassoon

Storm Poems: “Storm and Sunlight” by Siegfried Sassoon (1918)

“Storm Ending” by Jean Toomer

Storm Poems: “Storm Ending” by Jean Toomer (1922)

“Storm-Racked” by Amy Lowell

Storm Poems: “Storm-Racked” by Amy Lowell (1914)

Storm speech on the heath from King Lear by William Shakespeare

Storm Poems: Storm speech on the heath from King Lear by William Shakespeare (1623)

“Sumer Is Icumen In”

Summer Poems: “Sumer Is Icumen In” (Anonymous medieval lyric, usually sung as a round, c. 1250)

“Summer” by John Clare

Summer Poems: “Summer” by John Clare (1865)

“Summer” by Amy Lowell

Summer Poems: “Summer” by Amy Lowell (1912)

“Summer” by Alexander Pope

Summer Poems: “Summer,” from The Second Pastoral by Alexander Pope (1709)

“Summer in the South” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Summer Poems: “Summer in the South” by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1903)

“The Summer Rain” by Henry David Thoreau

Summer Poems: “The Summer Rain” by Henry David Thoreau (1842)

“Summer Sun” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Summer Poems: “Summer Sun” from <i>A Child’s Garden of Verses</i> by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)

“Summer: Three Ways” by Dorothea Grossman

Summer Poems: “Summer: Three Ways” by Dorothea Grossman (2008)

“Summer — we all have seen —” by Emily Dickinson

Summer Poems: “Summer — we all have seen —” (#1386) by Emily Dickinson

“Sunday” by Margaret James

Poems for Spring: “Sunday” by Margaret James (2007)

“Sweet and Bitter” by Barbara Reiher-Meyers

Winter Poems: “Sweet and Bitter” by Barbara Reiher-Meyers

“Sweet Summer” by Wayne Jarus

Summer Poems: “Sweet Summer” by Wayne Jarus (2008)

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