Festus – XXX (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Thence earthward tending, first we make the sun;Where, as at rest in light, a mediate point,A bright effect original of ...
Thence earthward tending, first we make the sun;Where, as at rest in light, a mediate point,A bright effect original of ...
LAY THE FIRST THE DEATH OF BRUCEThere is darkness in the chamber,There is silence by the hearth,For pale, and cold, ...
How, Providence? and yet a Scottish crew?Then Madam Nature wears black patches too!What, shall our nation be in bondage thusUnto ...
Oh! did you observe the Black Canon pass,And did you observe his frown?He goeth to say the midnight mass,In holy ...
Below, the tawny Tagus sweptPast royal gardens, breathing balm;Upon his couch the monarch slept;The world was still; the night was ...
What charms you have, from what high race you sprung,Have been the pleasing subjects of my song:Unskill'd and young, yet ...
What woe is thine, pale mother?—sayWhat grief devours thy heart? For ayeThy looks averted shun the day,And midnight sees thee ...
She has gone for ever from earth away, Yet those tiny fingers haunt me still;In the silent night, when the moons ...
FOR every sin that comes before the light,And leaves an outward blemish on the soul,How many, darker, cower out of ...
THE day and night are symbols of creation,And each has part in all that God has made;There is no ill ...
Not since Wren's Dome has whispered with man's prayer Have angels leaned to wonder out of Heaven At such uprush of intercession ...
On the next morrow, early, rose the king; And sat upon his throne: at his right hand, The heroic queen: ...
The tyrant Dionys to seek, Stern Moerus with his poniard crept; The watchful guard upon him swept;The grim king marked ...
I"Toil! toil! toil!"What curse is this sent from the hand of God,That man must work till placed beneath the sod, ...
Father, I gave my gold and gear, Cattle and goods full tale,To save my soul from utter dark: ...
We look in the mirror in the face of our neighbor for similarities, kinship noting differences that which sets us ...
On God's grace whether we are aware or not His grace has already been given an unmerited free gift on ...
How Long Lord must my people wander How long Lord will we be in exile How long Lord will the ...
The tyrant Dionys to seek, Stern Moerus with his poniard crept; The watchful guard upon him swept; The grim king ...
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