Faith (Edith Nesbit Poems)
A wallGray and tall,And a sky of gray,And a twilight cold;And that is allThat my eyes behold.But I know that ...
Edith Nesbit Poems on Light (51 Poems)
The Glow-Worm To Her Love (Edith Nesbit Poems)
BENEATH cool ferns, in dewy grass, Among the leaves that fringe the stream, I hear the feet of ...
Song Of Long Ago (Edith Nesbit Poems)
LONG ago, long ago, When the hawthorn buds were pearly And the birds sang, late and early, All ...
In Sanctuary (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THE young Spring air was strong like wine, The sky reflected in your eyes Was of a blue ...
The Egoists (Edith Nesbit Poems)
TWO strangers, from opposing poles,Meet in the torrid zone of Love:And their desire seems set aboveThe limitation of their souls.This ...
Summer Song (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THERE are white moon daisies in the mist of the meadowWhere the flowered grass scatters its seeds like spray,There are ...
The Day Of Judgment (Edith Nesbit Poems)
When the bearing and doing are over,And no more is to do or bear,God will see us and judge usThe ...
Through The Wood (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THROUGH the wood, the green wood, the wet wood, the light wood, Love and I went maying a ...
Love Well The Hour (Edith Nesbit Poems)
HEART of my heart, my life and light, If you were lost what should I do? I dare ...
In The Enchanted Tower (Edith Nesbit Poems)
THE waves in thunderous menace break Upon the rocks below my tower, And none will dare ...
The Maiden’s Prayer (Edith Nesbit Poems)
SPRING, pretty Spring, what treasure do you bring to me?Green grass and buttercups, cherry-bloom and may?Sunshine to be glad with ...
The Eternal (Edith Nesbit Poems)
Your dear desired grace,Your hands, your lips of red,The wonder of your perfect faceWill fade, like sweet rose-petals shed,When you ...
Raison D’Etre (Edith Nesbit Poems)
O WEARY night, O weary day,When heart's delight is far away!What is the day? A frame of blueThe vacant-glaring sun ...
Bridal Eve (Edith Nesbit Poems)
GOOD-NIGHT, my Heart, my Heart, good-night--Oh, good and dear and fair,With lips of life and eyes of lightAnd roses in ...
Windflowers (Edith Nesbit Poems)
When I was little and goodI walked in the dappled woodWhere light white windflowers grew,And hyacinths heavy and blue.The windflowers ...
Age To Youth (Edith Nesbit Poems)
Sunrise is in your eyes, and in your heartThe hope and bright desire of morn and May.My eyes are full ...
Silence (Edith Nesbit Poems)
So silent is the world to-nightThe lamp gives silence out like light,The latticed windows open wideShow silence, like the night, ...
The Guardian Angel (Edith Nesbit Poems)
WHEN my good-nights and prayers are said And I am safe tucked up in bed, I know my guardian angel ...
The Last Defeat (Edith Nesbit Poems)
Across the field of dayIn sudden blazon layThe pallid bar of goldBorne on the shield of day.Night had endured so ...
Song IV (Edith Nesbit Poems)
I HEAR the waves to-nightPiteously calling, callingThough the lightOf the kind moon is falling,Like kisses, on the seaThat calls for ...
A Tragedy (Edith Nesbit Poems)
Among his books he sits all day To think and read and write; He does not smell the new-mown hay, ...