Festus – XXVIII (Philip James Bailey Poems)
In such timeAs it takes to turn a leaf, we are in heaven;Making our way among the wheeling worlds,Millions of ...
In such timeAs it takes to turn a leaf, we are in heaven;Making our way among the wheeling worlds,Millions of ...
Fingal, returning from an expedition which he had made into the Roman province, resolved to visit Cathulla, king of Inistore, ...
IThe bland many-eyed wallsof skyscrapers and the modestin-between brownstone housesshall not bruise the thrust of his rapier spiritrather the artist ...
I. Joy, when it once doth so excessive grow, That it all Bounds of Reason doth or'e-flow, Draws ever after't, as we daily ...
Of the Implements for Walking the Streets,and Signs of the Weather.Through winter streets to steer your courses aright,How to walk ...
O Welcome simply soothing treasure!In midst o' pain my lanely pleasure!Tutor'd by thee, and whispering leisure, I quit the thrang,And, wrapt ...
You, who the sweets of rural life have known,Despise the ungrateful hurry of the town;In Windsor groves your easy hours ...
No more at dewy dawn, or setting sun,The blackbird's song floats mellow down the dale;Mute is the lark, or soars ...
ARGUMENT.Conlath was the youngest of Morni's sons, and brother to the celebrated Gaul. He was in love with Cuthona, the ...
So friend of mine 'tis thy birthday morn, And friends with fair gifts around thee come,Outside the circle I stand forlorn, My ...
ALOFT he guards the starry folds Who is the brother of the star;The bird whose joy is in the wind Exulteth in ...
The eyeless labourer in the night,the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,builds for its resurrection day---silent and swift and deep from ...
IF only one could read the score of a situation:Take in with the heart the inevitabilitiesWhich the mind's eye foresees-Its ...
HATH not man at his noblest An air of something more than man? -- A hint of grace immortal, Born ...
The winds that blow about the world (Said Old George Jones)See here all hope to ruin hurled,See there triumphant flags ...
-- Coronado Beach, California, March, 1905 In a hotel room by the sea, the Master Sits brooding on the continent ...
Send but a song oversea for us, Heart of their hearts who are free, Heart of their singer, to be ...
Part 1 WHAT dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs, What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things, I sing -- This ...
But anxious cares the pensive nymph oppress'd, And secret passions labour'd in her breast. Not youthful kings in battle seiz'd ...
A Poem upon the Death of His Late Highness the Lord Protector That Providence which had so long the care ...
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