The Chapel of the Hermits (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
"I do believe, and yet, in grief,I pray for help to unbelief;For needful strength aside to layThe daily cumberings of ...
"I do believe, and yet, in grief,I pray for help to unbelief;For needful strength aside to layThe daily cumberings of ...
And now it was evening.And Almitra the seeress said, "Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit that ...
A fairy ringDrawn in the crimson of a battle-plain —From whose weird circle every loathsome thing And sight and sound of ...
Strong pinions bore Safi, the dreamer, Through the dazzle and whirl of a race,And the earth, raying up in confusion, Like a ...
I HAD a haunting thought at Easter-tide,Musing between the twilight and the dawn,Of our dear Lord and Friend, who, having ...
WITH Mary, ere dawn, in the garden,I stand at the tomb of the Lord;I share in her sorrowing wonder;I hear ...
Shade of Herrick, Muse of Locker,Help me sing of Knickerbocker!Boughton, had you bid me chantHymns to Peter Stuyvesant,Had you bid ...
SHOW me your God the doubter cries.I point him out the smiling skies;I show him all the woodland greens;I show ...
How dare you question Him, or doubt,With proof conclusive all about?What basis has your faith and hopeIf grave and death ...
OH ye kindly nymphs, who dwell 'mongst the rocks and the thickets,Grant unto each whatsoe'er he may in silence desire!Comfort ...
When the Stabber's speech had ended,And his presents all were gathered,And his pipe the chiefs had all smoked,Four young chiefs ...
Gentle brother, answer truly, Tell what you be.But, I pray, tax not unduly Your sagacitee.Is your brand u-ni-fi-cation -Is't, or ...
No one can know the potential,Of a life that is committed to win;With courage - the challenge it faces,To achieve ...
OH ye kindly nymphs, who dwell 'mongst the rocks and the thickets, Grant unto each whatsoe'er he may in silence ...
And now it was evening. And Almitra the seeress said, "Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit ...
If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the ...
When all the stars are sown Across the night-blue space, With the immense unknown, In silence face to face. We ...
Though the unseen may vanish, though insight fails And doubter and downcast saint Join in the same complaint, What holy ...
Of love, logic, and libido I cryingly thank you, god, ever, for making me a doubter with millions of insteads ...
When young I was an Atheist, Yea, pompous as a pigeon No opportunity I missed To satirize religion. I sneered ...
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