Out Of The East (John Freeman Poems)
When man first walked upright and soberly Reflecting as he paced to and fro,And no more swinging from wide tree to ...
John Freeman Poems on Fear (22 Poems)
Beechwood (John Freeman Poems)
Hear me, O beeches! YouThat have with ageless anguish slowly risenFrom earth's still secret prisonInto the ampler prison of aery ...
The Human Music (John Freeman Poems)
At evening when the aspens rustled softAnd the last blackbird by the hedge-nest laughed,And through the leaves the moon's unmeaning ...
Presage To Victory (John Freeman Poems)
IThen first I knew, seeing that bent grey head,How England honours all her thousand dead.Then first I knew how faith ...
The Song Of The Forest (John Freeman Poems)
ITo Thee, Most Holy, Most Obscure, light-hidden,Shedding light in the darkness of the mindAs gold beams wake the air to ...
The Thorn (John Freeman Poems)
The days of these two years like busy antsHave gone, confused and happy and distressed, Rich, yet sad with aching wants, Crowded, ...
First Love (John Freeman Poems)
I"No, no! Leave me not in this dark hour,"She cried. And I,"Thou foolish dear, but call not dark this hour;What ...
The Kite (John Freeman Poems)
It was a dayAll blue and lifting white,When I went into the fields with FrankTo fly his kite. The fields were ...
Rapture (John Freeman Poems)
If thou hast griefAnd passion vex the spirit that is in thee--There was a stony beachWhere the heat flickered and ...
Fear (John Freeman Poems)
There was a child that screamed,And if it was the gathering tingling dark,Or if it was the tingling silencesBetween few ...
Stone Trees (John Freeman Poems)
Last night a sword-light in the skyFlashed a swift terror on the dark.In that sharp light the fields did lieNaked ...
The Fear (John Freeman Poems)
Surely I must have ailed On that dark night,Or my childish courage failed Because there was no light;Or terror must have come With ...
The Bright Rider (John Freeman Poems)
All the night through I drankSleep like water or cool cider;Life flowed over and I sankDown below the night of ...
The Escape (John Freeman Poems)
Like one who runsFearful at night, he knows not why,Dreading the loneliness, yet shunsThe highway's casual company; Wherefore he hastes,The friendly ...
Let Me In (John Freeman Poems)
LET me in, let me in!O, I have seen, I have heardAt my window something strangeThreatening ill.-Come, fear nothing. 'Twas ...
The Unuttered (John Freeman Poems)
For so long and so long had I forgot, Serenely busiedWith thousand things; at whiles desire grew hot And my soul dizziedWith ...
Wilder Music (John Freeman Poems)
Came the same cuckoo's cry All day across the mead.Flitted the butterfly All day dittering over my head.Came a bleak crawk-caw Between tall ...
Bring Your Beauty (John Freeman Poems)
Bring your beauty, bring your laughter, bring even your fears,Bring the grief that is, the joy that was in other ...
I Am That Creature (John Freeman Poems)
I am that creature and creator who Loosens and reins the waters of the sea, Forming the rocky marge anon anew. I stir ...
The Wish (John Freeman Poems)
That you might happier be than all the rest,Than I who have been happy loving you,Of all the innocent even ...
Walking At Eve (John Freeman Poems)
Walking at eve I met a little childRunning beside a tragic-featured dame,Who checked his blitheness with a quick "For shame!"And ...
Under The Linden Branches (John Freeman Poems)
Under the linden branchesThey sit and whisper;Hardly a quiverOf leaves, hardly a lisp orSigh in the air.Under the linden branchesThey ...