Guy Of The Temple (John Hay Poems)
Down the dim West slow fails the stricken sun,And from his hot face fades the crimson flushVeiled in death's herald-shadows ...
John Hay Poems on Life (23 Poems)
Wanderlieder (John Hay Poems)
I stand at the break of dayIn the Champs Elysees.The tremulous shafts of dawningAs they shoot o'er the Tuileries early,Strike ...
The Monks Of Basle (John Hay Poems)
I tore this weed from the rank, dark soilWhere it grew in the monkish time,I trimmed it close and set ...
The Enchanted Shirt (John Hay Poems)
The King was sick. His cheek was red,And his eye was clear and bright;He ate and drank with kingly zest,And ...
Distichs (John Hay Poems)
I.Wisely a woman prefers to a lover a man who neglects her.This one may love her some day, some day ...
The Law Of Death (John Hay Poems)
The song of Kilvani: fairest sheIn all the land of Savatthi.She had one child, as sweet and gayAnd dear to ...
Too Late (John Hay Poems)
Had we but met in other days,Had we but loved in other ways,Another light and hope had shone On your life ...
My Castle In Spain (John Hay Poems)
There was never a castle seen So fair as mine in Spain:It stands embowered in green, Crowning the gentle slopeOf a hill ...
The Advance Guard (John Hay Poems)
In the dream of the Northern poets, The brave who in battle dieFight on in shadowy phalanx In the field of the ...
In The Firelight (John Hay Poems)
My dear wife sits beside the fire With folded hands and dreaming eyes,Watching the restless flames aspire, And wrapped in thralling memories.I ...
Una (John Hay Poems)
In the whole wide world there was but one,Others for others, but she was mine,The one fair woman beneath the ...
The Mystery Of Gilgal (John Hay Poems)
The darkest, strangest mysteryI ever read, or heern, or see,Is 'long of a drink at Taggart's Hall,-- Tom Taggart's of Gilgal.I've ...
The Prairie (John Hay Poems)
The skies are blue above my head, The prairie green below,And flickering o'er the tufted grass The shifting shadows go,Vague-sailing, where the ...
The Vision Of St. Peter (John Hay Poems)
To Peter by night the faithfullest came And said, "We appeal to thee!The life of the Church is in thy life; We ...
Amor Mysticus (John Hay Poems)
Let them say to my Lover That here I lie!The thing of His pleasure, His slave am I.Say that I seek Him Only ...
Quand-Meme (John Hay Poems)
I strove, like Israel, with my youth, And said, Till thou bestowUpon my life Love's joy and truth, I will not let ...
Lese-Amour (John Hay Poems)
How well my heart remembersBeside these camp-fire embersThe eyes that smiled so far away,-- The joy that was November's. Her voice to ...
A Phylactery (John Hay Poems)
Wise men I hold those rakes of old Who, as we read in antique story,When lyres were struck and wine was ...
Lagrimas (John Hay Poems)
God send me tears!Loose the fierce band that binds my tired brain,Give me the melting heart of other years, And let ...
Love’s Prayer (John Hay Poems)
If Heaven would hear my prayer, My dearest wish would be,Thy sorrows not to share But take them all on me;If Heaven ...
Esse Quam Videri (John Hay Poems)
The knightly legend of thy shield betraysThe moral of thy life; a forecast wise, And that large honor that deceit defies,Inspired ...
Remorse (John Hay Poems)
Sad is the thought of sunniest days Of love and rapture perished,And shine through memory's tearful haze The eyes once fondliest cherished.Reproachful ...
The Stirrup Cup (John Hay Poems)
My short and happy day is done,The long and dreary night comes on;And at my door the Pale Horse stands,To ...