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Robert von Ranke Graves

24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985

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	Poem Title	First Lines	Period	# Lines	# Reads
1:	1915	I've watched the Seasons passing slow, so slow,		14	76
2:	A Ballad Of Nursery Rhyme	Strawberries that in gardens grow		64	137
3:	A Boy In Church	Gabble-gabble,... brethren,... gabble-gabble!		30	63
4:	A Child's Nightmare	Through long nursery nights he stood		41	77
5:	A Dead Boche	To you who'd read my songs of War		12	67
6:	A First Review.	Love, Fear and Hate and Childish Toys		16	68
7:	A Frosty Night.	Alice, dear, what ails you,		28	73
8:	A Lover Since Childhood	Tangled in thought am I,		18	74
9:	A Pinch Of Salt	When a dream is born in you		18	73
10:	A Rhyme Of Friends.	Listen now this time		80	56
11:	A Song For Two Children.	Make a song, father, a new little song,		16	87
12:	Advice To Lovers.	I knew an old man at a Fair		20	64
13:	After The Play.	Have you spent the money I gave you to-day?		52	66
14:	Allie.	Allie, call the birds in,		36	69
15:	An Old Twenty-Third Man	Is that the Three-and-Twentieth, Strabo mine,		26	66
16:	Apples And Water.	Dust in a cloud, blinding weather,		24	66
17:	Babylon	The child alone a poet is:		33	88
18:	Baloo Loo For Jenny.	Sing baloo loo for Jenny		24	66
19:	Brittle Bones.	Though I am an old man		40	69
20:	Careers	Father is quite the greatest poet		29	62
21:	Cherry-Time	Cherries of the night are riper		36	57
22:	Corporal Stare	Back from the line one night in June,		32	72
23:	Country At War.	And what of home, how goes it, boys,		38	60
24:	Dead Cow Farm	An ancient saga tells us how		12	61
25:	Dicky.	Oh, what a heavy sigh!		44	61
26:	Double Red Daisies	Double red daisies, they're my flowers,		20	69
27:	Escape	But I was dead, an hour or more.		36	70
28:	Faun	Here down this very way,		20	68
29:	Finland	Feet and faces tingle		11	68
30:	Fox's Dingle	Take now a country mood,		24	61
31:	Free Verse	I now delight		48	60
32:	Ghost Raddled.	Come, surly fellow, come! A song!"		24	71
33:	Give Us Rain.	Give us Rain, Rain," said the bean and the pea,		10	65
34:	Goliath And David	Yet once an earlier David took		46	68
35:	Hate Not, Fear Not.	Kill if you must, but never hate:		12	65
36:	Haunted.	Gulp down your wine, old friends of mine,		14	62
37:	Hawk And Buckle.	Where is the landlord of old Hawk and Buckle,		24	75
38:	Here They Lie.	Here they lie who once learned here		4	114
39:	I Wonder What It Feels Like To Be Drowned?	Look at my knees,		21	86
40:	I'd Love To Be A Fairy's Child	Children born of fairy stock		12	64
41:	In The Wilderness	Christ of His gentleness		30	61
42:	It's A Queer Time	It's hard to know if you're alive or dead		34	61
43:	Jane.	As Jane walked out below the hill,		21	80
44:	John Skelton	What could be dafter		50	72
45:	Jonah	A purple whale		34	67
46:	Letter To S.S. From Mametz Wood	I never dreamed we'd meet that day		89	59
47:	Lost Love	His eyes are quickened so with grief,		24	81
48:	Love And Black Magic	To the woods, to the woods is the wizard gone;		33	64
49:	Loving Henry.	Henry, Henry, do you love me?		24	64
50:	Manticor In Arabia.	Thick and scented daisies spread		28	63
51:	Marigolds	With a fork drive Nature out,		21	62
52:	Morning Phoenix	In my body lives a flame,		16	80
53:	Mr. Philosopher	Old Mr. Philosopher		28	63
54:	Nebuchadnezzar's Fall.	Frowning over the riddle that Daniel told,		20	62
55:	Neglectful Edward.	Edward back from the Indian Sea,		21	62
56:	Nine O'Clock.	Nine of the clock, oh!		16	171
57:	Not Dead	Walking through trees to cool my heat and pain,		11	76
58:	Outlaws.	Owls: they whinney down the night,		36	82
59:	Pot And Kettle.	Come close to me, dear Annie, while I bind a lover's knot.		16	65
60:	Retrospect: The Jests Of The Clock.	He had met hours of the clock he never guessed before,		30	57
61:	Rocky Acres.	This is a wild land, country of my choice,		28	63
62:	Smoke-Rings	Most venerable and learned sir,		20	73
63:	Song: One Hard Look.	Small gnats that fly		24	65
64:	Sorley's Weather	When outside the icy rain		20	73
65:	Sospan Fach.	Four collier lads from Ebbw Vale		36	55
66:	Star-Talk	Are you awake, Gemelli,		40	82
67:	Strong Beer	What do you think		38	59
68:	Sullen Moods	Love, do not count your labour lost		36	60
69:	The "Alice Jean".	One moonlit night a ship drove in,		36	65
70:	The Assault Heroic	Down in the mud I lay,		50	65
71:	The Beacon.	The silent shepherdess,		24	59
72:	The Bough Of Nonsense	Back from the Somme two Fusiliers		36	63
73:	The Boy Out Of Church.	As Jesus and his followers		24	57
74:	The Caterpillar	Under this loop of honeysuckle,		24	54
75:	The Cottage	Here in turn succeed and rule		35	61
76:	The Cruel Moon	The cruel Moon hangs out of reach		12	54
77:	The Cupboard.	What's in that cupboard, Mary?		20	68
78:	The General Elliott	He fell in victory's fierce pursuit,		32	68
79:	The God Called Poetry.	Now I begin to know at last,		59	67
80:	The Lady Visitor In The Pauper Ward	Why do you break upon this old, cool peace,		8	67
81:	The Last Post	The bugler sent a call of high romance,		9	77
82:	The Leveller.	Near Martinpuisch that night of hell		20	63
83:	The Next War	You young friskies who today		44	80
84:	The Patchwork Bonnet	Across the room my silent love I throw,		25	66
85:	The Picture Book.	When I was not quite five years old		54	43
86:	The Pier-Glass	Lost manor where I walk continually		57	56
87:	The Poet In The Nursery	The youngest poet down the shelves was fumbling		30	54
88:	The Promised Lullaby.	Can I find True-Love a gift		22	61
89:	The Shivering Beggar	Near Clapham village, where fields began,		36	52
90:	The Spoilsport	My familiar ghost again		24	73
91:	The Three Drinkers.	Blacksmith Green had three strong sons,		16	71
92:	The Troll's Nosegay	A simple nosegay! was that much to ask?		18	60
93:	The Voice Of Beauty Drowned.	Cry from the thicket my heart's bird!		32	62
94:	The Well-Dressed Children.	Here's flowery taffeta for Mary's new gown:		16	50
95:	Thunder At Night.	Restless and hot two children lay		24	64
96:	To An Ungentle Critic	The great sun sinks behind the town		28	64
97:	To E.M., A Ballad Of Nursery Rhyme.	Strawberries that in gardens grow		64	64
98:	To Lucasta On Going To The War, For The Fourth Time	It doesn't matter what's the cause,		26	63
99:	To Robert Nichols	Here by a snowbound river		25	62
100:	Tom Taylor.	On pay-day nights, neck-full with beer,		33	66
101:	True Johnny.	Johnny, sweetheart, can you be true		36	63
102:	Two Fusiliers	And have we done with War at last?		18	68
103:	Vain And Careless.	Lady, lovely lady,		28	71
104:	When I'm Killed	When I'm killed, don't think of me		18	59

About:
Robert von Ranke Graves (also known as Robert Ranke Graves and most commonly Robert Graves) was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works. Graves' poems, together with his translations and innovative interpretations of the Greek myths, his memoir of his early life, including his role in the First World War, Goodbye to All That, and his historical study of poetic inspiration, The White Goddess—have never been out of print.

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