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 Heaven (27 Poems)
Tekel (Edith Nesbit Poems)
WHEN on the West broke light from out the East, Then from the splendour and the shame of ...
Absolution (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THREE months had passed since she had knelt before The grate of the confessional, and he, --The priest--had ...
At The Gate (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THE monastery towers, as pure and fairAs virgin vows, reached up white hands to Heaven;The walls, to guard the hidden ...
The Singing Of The Magnificat (Edith Nesbit Poems)
A LEGENDIN midst of wide green pasture-lands, cut through By lines of alders bordering deep-banked streams, Where bulrushes ...
A Song Of Parting (Edith Nesbit Poems)
DEDICATIONQUEEN of my Life, who gave me for my song The richest crown a poet ever wore, Since ...
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 ...
The Three Kings (Edith Nesbit Poems)
WHEN the star in the East was lit to shineThe three kings journeyed to Palestine;They came from the uttermost parts ...
The Ballad Of The White Lady (Edith Nesbit Poems)
SIR GEOFFREY met the white lady Upon his marriage morn, Her eyes were blue as cornflowers are, ...
The ghost Bereft (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THE poor ghost came through the wind and rain And passed down the old dear road again. Thin cowered the ...
The Stolen God–Lazarus To Dives (Edith Nesbit Poems)
We do not clamour for vengeance,We do not whine for fear;We have cried in the outer darknessWhere was no man ...
The Will To Live (Edith Nesbit Poems)
SINCE Faith is a veil that has nothing behind it,And Hope wanders lost where no mortal can find it,Since Love ...
The Sphinx (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THIS mystery of golden hair, Of eyes and lips and bosom fair, Is not--if one could really see-- Mere flesh ...
The Mother’s Prayer (Edith Nesbit Poems)
This was my little sonWho leapt and laughed on my knee:Body we made with love,Soul made with love by Thee.This ...
Mary Of Magdala (Edith Nesbit Poems)
Mary of Magdala came to bed;There were no soft curtains round her head;She had no mother to hold of worthThe ...
When! (Edith Nesbit Poems)
WHEN I am young again I'll hoard my bliss, Nor deem that inexhaustible it is, Remembering old age comes after ...
Christmas Hymn (Edith Nesbit Poems)
O CHRIST, born on the holy day, I have no gift to give my King; No flowers grow ...
Work (Edith Nesbit Poems)
WHEN I am busying about,Sewing on buttons, tapes, and strings,Hanging the week's wet washing outOr ironing the children's things,Sweeping and ...
Magnificat (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THIS is Christ's birthday: long ago He lay upon His Mother's knee, Who kissed and blessed Him soft ...
The Monk (Edith Nesbit Poems)
WHEN in my narrow cell I lie, The long day's penance done at last, I see the ghosts ...
Invocation (Edith Nesbit Poems)
The Spirit of Darkness, the Prince of the Power of the Air,The terror that walketh by night, and the horror ...
The Temptation (Edith Nesbit Poems)
YOU bring your love too late, dear, I have no love to buy it,I spent my love on worthless toys, ...
Over And Undone (Edith Nesbit Poems)
IF one might hope that when we say farewell To life, we two might but be one at ...
The Old Dispensation (Edith Nesbit Poems)
O THOU, who, high in heaven,To man hast givenThis clouded earthly lifeAll storm and strife,Blasted with ice and fire,Love and ...
Indiscretion (Edith Nesbit Poems)
RED tulip-buds last night caressed The sacred ivory of her breast. She met me, eager to divine What gold-heart bud ...
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 ...
Values (Edith Nesbit Poems)
Did you deceive me? Did I trustA heart of fire to a heart of dust?What matter? Since once the world ...