The Moat House (Edith Nesbit Poems)
PART I IUNDER the shade of convent towers, Where fast and vigil mark the hours, From childhood ...
Edith Nesbit Poems on Beauty (21 Poems)
Absolution (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THREE months had passed since she had knelt before The grate of the confessional, and he, --The priest--had ...
Two Voices (Edith Nesbit Poems)
COUNTRY'SWEET are the lanes and the hedges, the fields made red with the clover, With tall field-sorrel, and ...
From The Portuguese (Edith Nesbit Poems)
IWhen I lived in the village of youthThere were lilies in all the orchards,Flowers in the orange-gardensFor brides to wear ...
August (Edith Nesbit Poems)
LEAVE me alone, for August's sleepy charm Is on me, and I will not break the spell; My ...
Out Of The Fulness Of The Heart The Mouth Speaketh (Edith Nesbit Poems)
In answer to those who have said that English Poetsgive no personal love to their country.ENGLAND, my country, austere in ...
The Spider Queen (Edith Nesbit Poems)
IN the deep heart of furthest fairyland Where foot of man has never trodden yet The enchanted portals ...
For The New Year (Edith Nesbit Poems)
FLUSHED with a crimson sunrise beauty, The fair new year its promise gave; Such dreams we had of ...
Christmas Hymn (Edith Nesbit Poems)
O CHRIST, born on the holy day, I have no gift to give my King; No flowers grow ...
The Husband Of To-Day (Edith Nesbit Poems)
EYES caught by beauty, fancy by eyes caught; Sweet possibilities, question, and wonder-- What did her smile say? ...
Absolution II (Edith Nesbit Poems)
UNBIND thine eyes, with thine own soul confer, Look on the sins that made thy life unclean, Behold ...
Vies Manquees (Edith Nesbit Poems)
A YEAR ago we walked the wood-- A year ago to-day; A blackbird fluttered round her ...
The Star (Edith Nesbit Poems)
I HAD a star to sing by, a beautiful star that led,But when I sang of its splendour the world ...
The Gift Of The Gods (Edith Nesbit Poems)
GIVE me thy dreams, she said, and I With empty hands and very poor, Watched my fair flowery ...
Prayer In Time Of War (Edith Nesbit Poems)
Now Death is near, and very near,In this wild whirl of horror and fear,When round the vessel of our StateRoll ...
Surrender II (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THE wild wind wails in the poplar tree, I sit here alone. ...
The Fields Of Flanders (Edith Nesbit Poems)
Last year the fields were all glad and gayWith silver daisies and silver may;There were kingcups gold by the river's ...
The Forest Pool (Edith Nesbit Poems)
LEAN down and see your little face Reflected in the forest pool, Tall foxgloves grow about the place, ...
The Invitation (Edith Nesbit Poems)
DELIA, my dear, delightful Lady, Time flies in town, you say, New gowns shine fresh as ...
In Hospital (Edith Nesbit Poems)
Under the shadow of a hawthorn brake,Where bluebells draw the sky down to the wood,Where, 'mid brown leaves, the primroses ...
The Beatific Vision (Edith Nesbit Poems)
OH God! if I do my dutyAnd walk in the thorny way,Will you pay me with heavens of beauty,Millions of ...