A Modern Apostle V (Constance Naden Poems)
SUMMER passed by, and Autumn; Winter came With grey cold days and black unpitying nights, And many children gathered round ...
Constance Naden Poems on Heaven (22 Poems)
A Modern Apostle II (Constance Naden Poems)
SMALL, fragile, and dark-eyed was Alan's mother, Of Highland blood; her solemn Saxon mate Had ne'er been able quite to ...
A Modern Apostle III (Constance Naden Poems)
ALAN had preached his sermon--grave, devout, Yet full of lightnings and electric shocks For tender souls who reckoned even doubt ...
The Story Of Clarice III (Constance Naden Poems)
HOW lightly men can love, how soon forget! I said--yet some there be not false or fickle: For one, the ...
The Astronomer (Constance Naden Poems)
WHITE, cold, and sacred is my chosen home, A seat for gods, a mount divine; And from the height of ...
The Priest’s Warning (Constance Naden Poems)
DOST long for sunrise?--quench the vain desire, And bar thy window 'gainst the eastern fire. Thy fathers dwelt content in ...
The Confession (Constance Naden Poems)
OH, listen, for my soul can bear no more; I crave not pardon; that I cannot win: Yet hear me, ...
The Pilgrim (Constance Naden Poems)
THERE was a land, where all men lived in dreams, Where heaven was hid by vapours, grey or gold; Yet ...
The Knight Of Toggenburg (Constance Naden Poems)
Translated From The German of Schiller."KNIGHT, with sister's love for brother, Dear to me thou art: Take this love, and ...
The Mystic’s Prayer (Constance Naden Poems)
MY God, who art the God of loneliness, Who, Life of human souls, art yet alone, Who, Lord of joy, ...
The Roman Philosopher To The Christian Priests (Constance Naden Poems)
WELL have ye spoken, but the words ye said Stir in my constant soul nor love, nor rage; Through you ...
Memory (Constance Naden Poems)
PRECIOUS glimpses through the future's curtain He may catch, who sees the past unveiled; Else, in seeking for a goal ...
The Sharing Of Earth (Constance Naden Poems)
Translated From The German of Schiller."TAKE ye the world," cried Zeus from Heaven's height, "Ye sons of men! I give ...
The Last Druid (Constance Naden Poems)
DESPAIRING and alone, Where mountain winds make moan, My days are spent: Each sacred wood and cave Is a forgotten ...
Books (Constance Naden Poems)
OH, fatal fruits, nurtured with tears and blood! To taste your richness, we have given youth, Unshadowed mirth, and calm ...
Night And Morning (Constance Naden Poems)
NIGHT.I LIFT to Heaven my longing eyes, Knowing that yonder tranquil moon Is bright for you in Spanish skies; And ...
Recompense (Constance Naden Poems)
THE wine-flushed monarch slept--but in his ear An angel breathed--"Repent; or choose the flame Quenchless." In dread he woke, but ...
The Agnostic’s Psalm (Constance Naden Poems)
OH Thou, who art the life of heaven and earth, Eternal Substance of all things that seem; Or but the ...
Prometheus And Pandora (Constance Naden Poems)
THESE pangs I bear through lingering centuries For slavish Man, in pity and in scorn; Glad, while by birds of ...
December, 1879 (Constance Naden Poems)
NOW is the Earth at rest from sun and storm; And stripped of all her gems and vestures gay, Gives ...
Starlight II (Constance Naden Poems)
MAN needs no dread unwonted Avatar The secrets of the heavenly host to show; From waves of light, their lustrous ...
Bury The Dead Thou Lovest (Constance Naden Poems)
Translated From The German of Carl Siebel.BURY the dead thou lovest, Deep, deep within thy heart; So shall they live ...