Civilisation (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
One moment mankind rides the crested wave,A moment glorious, beyond recall;And then the wave, with slow and massive fall,Obliterates the ...
Arthur Henry Adams Poems on World (24 Poems)
The Minstrel (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
An Incident in One Act.PERSONS. THE KING, THE QUEEN, EARL ATHULF, THE MINSTREL.Heralds, Pages, Men-at-Arms, Sentries. TIME: THE PAST.SCENE:Night in ...
The Coming Of Te Rauparaha. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
BLUE, the wreaths of smoke, like drooping bannersFrom the flaming battlements of sunsetHung suspended; and within his whareHipe, last of ...
The Brave Days To Be. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
I looked far in the future; down the dimEcholess avenue of silent years,And through the cold grey haze of Time ...
The Anarchist. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
THE dawn hangs heavy on the distant hill,The darkness shudders slowly into light;And from the weary bosom of the nightThe ...
Bereft. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
FOR nine drear nights my darling has been dead;And ah, dear God! I cannot dream of her!Now I shall see ...
And Yet – : (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
THEY drew him from the darkened room,Where, swooning in a peace profound,Beneath a heavy fragrance drownedHer grey form glimmered in ...
The Australian (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
ONCE more this Autumn-earth is ripe, Parturient of another type. While with the Past old nations merge His ...
The Four Queens (Maoriland). (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
Wellington.HERE, where the surges of a world of seaBreak on our bastioned walls with league-long sweep,Four fair young queens their ...
The Wonderful Aussie Waler (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
When Allenby's Army smashed the TurkWho was the bloke who did all the workThe Aussie knows and he'll tell you ...
Blossom. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
A LONE rose in a garden burned - a quivering flame,But yesterday blindly from out the bud it came;And now ...
Fleet Street (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
BENEATH this narrow jostling street, Unruffled by the noise of feet, Like a slow organ-note I hear The pulses ...
The Goal. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
ON the grey levels of the plain of lifeWhen, slowly swirled,The moving hills of morning mistHedged in the world -While ...
A Woman’s Farewell. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
SO with this farewell kiss I taste at lastThe all of life; the Future and the PastUpon your dear lips ...
Love And Life. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
I.AS some faint wisp of fragrance, floating wide -A pennant-perfume on the evening air -From a walled garden, flower-filled and ...
To The Best Of Women, My Mother (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
I would give it all up at a word from you, Mother o' mine!But the strife has begunThat I dare ...
The World Has Grown So Grey. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
THE world has grown so grey, love,The weary world so wide;And autumn seems to stay, love -'T was autumn when ...
The Storm And The Bush. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
THERE are only two things in the world -The storm in the air and the stretch of green leaves;The flesh ...
On The Sands. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
ALL the air was tranced and the sea was stilled,And we stood and dreamed of a world to be.When it ...
Civilization (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
One moment mankind rides the crested wave, A moment glorious, beyond recall; And then the wave, with slow and massive ...
The New Woman. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
THE stone that all the sullen centuries,With sluggish hands and massive fingers rude,Against the sepulchre of womanhoodHad sternly held, she ...
In Hyde Park. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
The white mist walks between the treesIn silver gown;Her mystic floating draperiesThe branches drown;And lurking there with eager leerAnd wonder ...
A Child. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
Little wisp of wonderment,All the world your doll!Hugging it in huge content,Little wisp of wonderment;Life has only laughter sent -Everything ...
The Reaper. (Arthur Henry Adams Poems)
The world is drowsy, the winds asleep,On the sward of the sky the star-blossoms peep,And the grey Moon moves with ...