Classic Poetry

Distant Time

I know not from what distant timethou art ever coming nearer to meet me.Thy sun and stars can never keep…

8 months ago

Death

O thou the last fulfilment of life,Death, my death, come and whisper to me!Day after day I have kept watch…

8 months ago

Clouds and Waves

Mother, the folk who live up in the clouds call out to me-"We play from the time we wake till…

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Chain Of Pearls

Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neckwith my tears of sorrow.The stars have wrought their anklets…

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Benediction

Bless this little heart, this white soul that has won the kiss ofheaven for our earth.He loves the light of…

8 months ago

Baby’s World

I wish I could take a quiet corner in the heart of my baby's veryown world.I know it has stars…

8 months ago

Authorship

You say that father write a lot of books, but what he writes I don'tunderstand.He was reading to you all…

8 months ago

A Murmur in the Trees—to note

A Murmur in the Trees—to note—Not loud enough—for Wind—A Star—not far enough to seek—Nor near enough—to find—A long—long Yellow—on the…

9 months ago

A Mien to move a Queen

A Mien to move a Queen—Half Child—Half Heroine—An Orleans in the EyeThat puts its manner byFor humbler CompanyWhen none are…

9 months ago

A loss of something ever felt I

A loss of something ever felt I—The first that I could recollectBereft I was—of what I knew notToo young that…

9 months ago