THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower On earth was never sown; This Child I to myself will take; She shall...
'TWAS a death-bed summons, and forth I went By the way of the Western Wall, so drear On that winter night, and sought a gate—— The hom...
O MY trade it is the rarest one, Simple shepherds all—— My trade is a sight to see; For my customers I tie, and take 'em up on high, A...
CHANGE and chancefulness in my flowering youthtime, Set me sun by sun near to one unchosen; Wrought us fellowly, and despite divergence, Friends inter...
Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art! Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes. Why preyest thou thus upon the poet's heart Vulture wh...
THOU wast that all to me love For which my soul did pine —— A green isle in the sea love A fountain and a shrine All wreathed with fairy f...
Lo! 't is a gala night Within the lonesome latter years! An angel throng bewinged bedight In veils and drowned in tears Sit in a theatre to see A ...
HEAR the voice of the Bard Who present past and future sees; Whose ears have heard The Holy Word That walk'd among the ancient trees; Calling the ...
PIPING down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant glee On a cloud I saw a child And he laughing said to me: 'Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So...
THE lovely lass o' Inverness Nae joy nor pleasure can she see; For e'en to morn she cries Alas! And aye the saut tear blin's her e'e: ...