A Discourse (Ralph Birchensha Poems)
Wonder to men, worlds glorie, mightie Lord,Earths monarch, Prince of thrones & powers all,Peerlesse for praise, famous in factes and ...
Wonder to men, worlds glorie, mightie Lord,Earths monarch, Prince of thrones & powers all,Peerlesse for praise, famous in factes and ...
How calm and beautiful the frosty nightHas stolen unnoticed like the hush of sleepO'er Grassmere-vale! Beneath the mellowing lightHow sinks ...
'Fairy!' the Spirit said, And on the Queen of Spells Fixed her ethereal eyes, 'I thank thee. Thou hast given A boon which I ...
SPEAK, ye stones, I entreat! Oh speak, ye palaces lofty!Utter a word, oh ye streets! Wilt thou not, Genius, awake?All ...
A STRONG and mighty Angel,Calm, terrible, and bright,The cross in blended red and blueUpon his mantle white!Two captives by him ...
I was not, at first, aware, that thou art so utterly inconstant-Thou makest a hundred vows a day, and still ...
When days are dark and spirits low,And hope desponding stands,What comfort these few words bestow,"My times are in thy hands."That ...
Now wouldst thou have a heart that tender is,A heart that forward is to close with bliss;A heart that will ...
Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race; Their footsteps drag far, far below the height, And, unprevailing by their utmost might, Seem ...
"Nearer, my God, to thee, E'en though a cross it be That raiseth me, Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to ...
"THOU hast evil And given place to the devil; Yet so cunningly thou concealest The thing which thou feelest, That ...
(June 21st, 1887) By the well, where the bullocks go Silent and blind and slow -- By the field where ...
Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns ; Take up thine eyes, which feed on earth ; Unfold thy forehead, ...
Immortal love, authour of this great frame, Sprung from that beautie which can never fade; How hath man parcel'd out ...
Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me: Still all my ...
Away, melancholy, Away with it, let it go. Are not the trees green, The earth as green? Does not the ...
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