Festus – III (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Follows a starry nightWhere in the talk of man and spirit we seeForeproven, the all--grasping mind's inordinate loveFor marvels, mysteries, ...
Follows a starry nightWhere in the talk of man and spirit we seeForeproven, the all--grasping mind's inordinate loveFor marvels, mysteries, ...
WINTER _We, whom God sets a task, Striving, who ne'er attain, We are the curst!--who ask Death, and still ask in vain. We, whom God ...
Recited at the Century Club, New York: Twelfth Night. 1906Come all ye good Centurions and wise men of the times,You've ...
So, sit you down in a straight-backed chair, with your pipe and your wife content,And cross your knees with your ...
It is true, that even in the best-run stateSuch things will happen; it is true,What's done is done. The law, ...
I never knew the earth had so much gold- The fields run over with it, and this hill Hoary and old, Is young ...
This figure here before you is a Macaroni Man, Who is built, as you may notice, on a most ingenious ...
LONG I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me-O if I could but obtain knowledge! Then my lands engrossed me-Lands ...
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