Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinsonwas an American poet who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 December 1869
CountryUnited States of America
friendship funny-best-friend book
Friends: people who borrow my books and set wet glasses on them.
autumn gold faces
The stillness of October gold Went out like beauty from a face.
tree fruit shakes
Shake the tree of life itself and bring down fruits unheard of.
children singing
Do you hear the children singing?
singing needs
Where's the need of singing now?
arlington youth seeing
Youth sees too far to see how near it is To seeing farther.
lying mean long
I mean you last as long as lies.
love wings arlington
Love must have wings to fly away from love, And to fly back again.
squares may wonder
I wonder more and more just where I may have come out if I had never seen Harvard Square.
spiritual block religion
The world is a kind of spiritual kindergarten where millions of bewildered infants are trying to spell "God" with the wrong blocks.
morning writing afternoon
This morning I deleted the hyphen from "hell-bound" and made it one word; this afternoon I redivided it and restored the hyphen.
years light messages
For through it all--above, beyond it all-- I know the far-sent message of the years, I feel the coming glory of the Light.
courage strong prayer
Ah, when shall come love's courage to be strong! Tell me, O Lord--tell me, O Lord, how long Are we to keep Christ writhing on the cross!
beauty death causes
And we who delve in beauty's lore Know all that we have known before Of what inexorable cause Makes Time so vicious in his reaping.