A Contrast (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
I wandered in a garden-square, By pathways walled with straight-clipt yew,And over-arched by jasmine fair, ...
I wandered in a garden-square, By pathways walled with straight-clipt yew,And over-arched by jasmine fair, ...
Far above us where a jayScreams his matins to the day,Capped with gold and amethyst,Like a vapour from the forgeOf ...
THE stars know a secret They do not tell; And morn brings a message Hidden well. There's a blush on ...
Some Rainbow-coming from the Fair!Some Vision of the World Cashmere-I confidently see!Or else a Peacock's purple TrainFeather by feather-on the ...
The parrot, screeching, flew out into the darkness,Circled three times above the upturned facesWith a great whir of brilliant outspread ...
Three seasons only in his calendar My love has counted. First came opening spring, When love put forth, a weak ...
How empty seems the town now you are gone! A wilderness of sad streets, where gaunt walls Hide nothing to ...
Full of wrath was Hiawatha When he came into the village, Found the people in confusion, Heard of all the ...
Many thousand glittering motes Crowd forward greedily together In trembling circles. Extravagantly carousing away For a whole hour rapidly vanishing, ...
Only on me, the lonely one, The unending stars of the night shine, The stone fountain whispers its magic song, ...
His eyes are quickened so with grief, He can watch a grass or leaf Every instant grow; he can Clearly ...
All is quiet in the house, girls asleep, slowing down the only sound my fingers clicking these words the purr ...
Pillows of light, white snow Atop the raspberry bramble At the back of the yard The edge of the wild ...
It snowed in spring on earth so dry and warm The flakes could find no landing place to form. Hordes ...
When I go up through the mowing field, The headless aftermath, Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew, Half closes ...
Some Rainbow -- coming from the Fair! Some Vision of the World Cashmere -- I confidently see! Or else a ...
(A Virginia Legend.) The Planting of the Hemp. Captain Hawk scourged clean the seas (Black is the gap below the ...
Henry's pelt was put on sundry walls where it did much resemble Henry and them persons was delighted. Especially his ...
The parrot, screeching, flew out into the darkness, Circled three times above the upturned faces With a great whir of ...
Remember midsummer: the fragrance of box, of white roses And of phlox. And upon a honeysuckle branch Three snails hanging ...
If an inaudible whistle blown between our lips can send him home to us, then silence is perhaps the sound ...
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