AMY BRIDGEMAN - BEFORE him rolls the dark, relentless ocean; Behind him stretch the cold and barren sands; Wrapt in the mantle of his deep devotion Th...
THE CROSS-CURRENT THROUGH twelve stout generations New England blood I boast; The stubborn pastures bred them, The grim, uncordial coast, Sedate and p...
CANDLEMAS O HEARKEN, all ye little weeds That lie beneath the snow, (So low, dear hearts, in poverty so low!) The sun hath risen for royal deeds, A va...
SUNRISE ON MANSFIELDMOUNTAIN O SWIFT forerunners, rosy with the race! Spirits of dawn, divinely manifest Behind your blushing banners in the sky, Dari...
BURNT ARE THE PETALS OF LIFE BURNT are the petals of life as a rose fallen and crumbled to dust. Blackened the heart of the past is, ashes that must F...
FOUR FOUNTAINS AFTERRESPIGHI FRESH mists of Roman dawn; For water search the cattle; Faintlv on damp air sounds the shepherd's horn Above fountain...
TROPICS THE cretonne in your willow chair Shows through a zone of rosy air, A tree of parrots, agate-eyed, With blue-green crests and plumes of pride ...
TO HILDA OF HER ROSES ENOUGH has been said about roses To fill thirty thick volumes; There are as many songs about roses As there are roses in the wor...
DANDELION LITTLE soldier with the golden helmet, O What are you guarding on my lawn? You with your green gun And your yellow beard, Why do you stand s...
RED ROOSTER RED ROOSTER in your gray coop, O stately creature with tail-feathers red and blue, Yellow and black, You have a comb gay as a parade On yo...