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 ...
When man first walked upright and soberly Reflecting as he paced to and fro,And no more swinging from wide tree to ...
At evening when the aspens rustled softAnd the last blackbird by the hedge-nest laughed,And through the leaves the moon's unmeaning ...
The pigeons, following the faint warm light,Stayed at last on the roof till warmth was gone,Then in the mist that's ...
In thin clear light unshadowed shapes go bySmall on green fields beneath the hueless sky.They do not stay for question, ...
ITo Thee, Most Holy, Most Obscure, light-hidden,Shedding light in the darkness of the mindAs gold beams wake the air to ...
The days of these two years like busy antsHave gone, confused and happy and distressed, Rich, yet sad with aching wants, Crowded, ...
When this burning fleshBurns down in Time's slow fire to a glowing ash;When these lips have utteredThe last word, and ...
When through our bodies our two spirits burnEscaping, and no more our true eyes turnOutwards, and no more hands to ...
I"No, no! Leave me not in this dark hour,"She cried. And I,"Thou foolish dear, but call not dark this hour;What ...
Happy are they whom men and women love,And you were happy as a river that flowsDown between lonely hills, and ...
Beneath the trees with heedful step and slow At night I go,Fearful upon their whispering to break Lest they awakeOut of those ...
So many were there talking that I heardNothing at first quite plain, as I sat down;Until from this man's gibe ...
Thinking of these, of beautiful brief things,Of things that are of sense and spirit made, Of meadow flowers, dense hedges and ...
Away, away--Through that strange void and vastBrimmed with dying day;Away,So that I feelOnly the windOf the world's swift-rolling wheel.See what ...
For the last time,The last, last time,The last ...All those last times have I lived through again,And every "last" renews ...
That other house, in the same crowded street,One red-tiled floor had, answering to my feet,And a bewildering garden all of ...
Nought is but beauty weareth, near and far, Under the pale, blue sky and lonely star. This is that quick hour when ...
In those old days you were called beautiful,But I have worn the beauty from your face;The flowerlike bloom has withered ...
All the night through I drankSleep like water or cool cider;Life flowed over and I sankDown below the night of ...
Like one who runsFearful at night, he knows not why,Dreading the loneliness, yet shunsThe highway's casual company; Wherefore he hastes,The friendly ...
So! the fierce acid licks the silver clean,Unwonted plain the superscription's seenRound the cleared head; the metal, virgin-bright,Shines a mild ...
He stands on the kerbWatching the street.He's always watching there,Listening to the beatOf time in the street,Listening to the thronging ...
I have never loved you yet, if now I love.If Love was born in that bright April skyAnd ran unheeding ...
No foreign tribute from a stranger-hand,Mother, I bring thee, whom not Heaven's songsWould as an alien reach.... Ah, but how ...
Following upon the faint wind's fickle courses A feather drifts and strays. My thought after her thought Floated--how many ways and days!She swayed ...
Now come,And I that moment will forget you.Sit hereAnd in your eyes I shall not see you.Speak, speakThat I no ...
Love me not lessYet ease me of this fever,That in my wondering heartBurns, sinks, burns again ever.Is it your loveIn ...
O, what insect is itThat burrows in the heart and fretsThe heart's near nerves,Leaving its uncleanStigmata in the mind serene,Making ...
How near I walked to Love,How long, I cannot tell.I was like the Alde that flowsQuietly through green level lands,So ...
I did not say, "Yes, we had better partSince love is over or must be suppressed."I did not say, "I'll ...
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