Somnium Mystici (George MacDonald Poems)
A Microcosm In Terza RimaI.Quiet I lay at last, and knew no moreWhether I breathed or not, so worn I ...
George MacDonald Poems on Kiss (20 Poems)
A Book Of Strife In The Form Of The Diary Of An Old Soul – October (George MacDonald Poems)
1.REMEMBER, Lord, thou hast not made me good.Or if thou didst, it was so long agoI have forgotten—and never understood,I ...
Love’s Ordeal (George MacDonald Poems)
Hear'st thou that sound upon the window pane?Said the youth softly, as outstretched he layWhere for an hour outstretched he ...
Little Boy Blue (George MacDonald Poems)
Little Boy Blue lost his way in a wood—Sing apples and cherries, roses and honey:He said, "I would not go ...
Abu Midjan (George MacDonald Poems)
If I sit in the dustFor lauding good wine,Ha, ha! it is just:So sits the vine!Abu Midjan sang as he ...
Within and Without: Part V: A Dramatic Poem (George MacDonald Poems)
AND do not fear to hope. Can poet's brainMore than the Father's heart rich good invent?Each time we smell the ...
A Book Of Strife In The Form Of The Diary Of An Old Soul – November (George MacDonald Poems)
1.THOU art of this world, Christ. Thou know'st it all;Thou know'st our evens, our morns, our red and gray;How moons, ...
A Book Of Strife In The Form Of The Diary Of An Old Soul – August (George MacDonald Poems)
1.SO shall abundant entrance me be givenInto the truth, my life's inheritance.Lo! as the sun shoots straight from out his ...
The Clock of The Universe (George MacDonald Poems)
A clock aeonian, steady and tall,With its back to creation's flaming wall,Stands at the foot of a dim, wide stair.Swing, ...
The Mistletoe (George MacDonald Poems)
Kiss me: there now, little Neddy,Do you see her staring steady?There again you had a chance of her!Didn't you catch ...
The Girl That Lost Things (George MacDonald Poems)
There was a girl that lost things—Nor only from her hand;She lost, indeed—why, most things,As if they had been sand!She ...
Songs of the Spring Days (George MacDonald Poems)
I.A gentle wind, of western birthOn some far summer sea,Wakes daisies in the wintry earth,Wakes hopes in wintry me.The sun ...
The Woman That Was A Sinner (George MacDonald Poems)
His face, his words, her heart awoke;Awoke her slumbering truth;She judged him well; her bonds she broke,And fled to him ...
The Children’s Heaven (George MacDonald Poems)
The infant lies in blessed easeUpon his mother's breast;No storm, no dark, the baby seesInvade his heaven of rest.He nothing ...
Little Elfie (George MacDonald Poems)
I have a puppet-jointed child,She's but three half-years old;Through lawless hair her eyes gleam wildWith looks both shy and bold.Like ...
Baby (George MacDonald Poems)
Where did you come from, baby dear?Out of the everywhere into here.Where did you get those eyes so blue?Out of ...
Greitna, Father (George MacDonald Poems)
Greitna, father, that I'm gauin,For fu' well ye ken the gaet;I' the winter, corn ye're sawin,I' the hairst again ye ...
Song of the Saints and Angels (George MacDonald Poems)
January 26, 1885Gordon, the self-refusing,Gordon, the lover of God,Gordon, the good part choosing,Welcome along the road!Thou knowest the man, O ...
Sonnet: A. M. D. (George MacDonald Poems)
Methinks I see thee, lying straight and low,Silent and darkling, in thy earthy bed,The mighty strength in which I trusted, ...
Song of The Waiting Dead (George MacDonald Poems)
With us there is no gray fearing,With us no aching for lack!For the morn it is always nearing,And the night ...