VI Her Courage When her soul flies to the predestined dancing-place (I have no speech but symbol, the pagan speech I made Amid the dreams of youth) le...
VII Her Friends bring her a Christmas Tree Pardon, great enemy, Without an angry thought We've carried in our tree, And here and there have bought...
God grant a blessing on this tower and cottage And on my heirs, if all remain unspoiled, No table or chair or stool not simple enough For shepherd lad...
WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLOOM'D 1 When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd, And the great star early droop'd in the western sky i...
2 O powerful western fallen star! O shades of night - O moody, tearful night! O great star disappear'd - O the black murk that hides the star! O c...
3 In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich gr...
4 In the swamp in secluded recesses, A shy and hidden bird is warbling a song. Solitary the thrush, The hermit withdrawn to himself, avoiding the sett...
5 Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities, Amid lanes and through old woods, where lately the violets peep'd from the ground, spottin...
6 Coffin that passes through lanes and streets, Through day and night with the great cloud darkening the land, With the pomp of the inloop'd flags...
The cat went here and there And the moon spun round like a top, And the nearest kin of the moon, The creeping cat, looked up. Black Minnaloushe stared...