The Disciple (George MacDonald Poems)
I.The times are changed, and gone the dayWhen the high heavenly land,Though unbeheld, quite near them lay,And men could understand.The ...
George MacDonald Poems on Speaking (22 Poems)
A Book of Dreams: Part I (George MacDonald Poems)
1.I lay and dreamed. The master came In his old woven dress;I stood in joy, and yet in shame, Oppressed ...
The Homeless Ghost (George MacDonald Poems)
Still flowed the music, flowed the wine. The youth in silence went;Through naked streets, in cold moonshine, His homeward way ...
Willie’s Question (George MacDonald Poems)
I.Willie speaks.Is it wrong, the wish to be great,For I do wish it so?I have asked already my sister Kate;She ...
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 – September (George MacDonald Poems)
1.WE are a shadow and a shining, we!One moment nothing seems but what we see,Nor aught to rule but common ...
A Book Of Strife In The Form Of The Diary Of An Old Soul – July (George MacDonald Poems)
1.ALAS, my tent! see through it a whirlwind sweep!Moaning, poor Fancy's doves are swept away.I sit alone, a sorrow half ...
A Book Of Strife In The Form Of The Diary Of An Old Soul – May (George MacDonald Poems)
1.WHAT though my words glance sideways from the thingWhich I would utter in thine ear, my sire!Truth in the inward ...
The Mother Mary (George MacDonald Poems)
I.Mary, to thee the heart was givenFor infant hand to hold,And clasp thus, an eternal heaven,The great earth in its ...
The Diver (George MacDonald Poems)
From Schiller"Which of you, knight or squire, will darePlunge into yonder gulf?A golden beaker I fling in it—there!The black mouth ...
The Souls’ Rising (George MacDonald Poems)
See how the storm of life ascendsUp through the shadow of the world!Beyond our gaze the line extends,Like wreaths of ...
A Dream of Waking (George MacDonald Poems)
A child was born in sin and shame,Wronged by his very birth,Without a home, without a name,One over in the ...
The Widow of Nain (George MacDonald Poems)
Forth from the city, with the loadThat makes the trampling low,They walk along the dreary roadThat dust and ashes go.The ...
The Foolish Harebell (George MacDonald Poems)
A harebell hung her wilful head:"I am tired, so tired! I wish I was dead."She hung her head in the ...
Longing (George MacDonald Poems)
My heart is full of inarticulate pain,And beats laborious. Cold ungenial looksInvade my sanctuary. Men of gain,Wise in success, well-read ...
The Shadows (George MacDonald Poems)
My little boy, with smooth, fair cheeks,And dreamy, large, brown eyes,Not often, little wisehead, speaks,But hearing, weighs and tries."God is ...
Dorcas (George MacDonald Poems)
If I might guess, then guess I wouldThat, mid the gathered folk,This gentle Dorcas one day stood,And heard when Jesus ...
Morning Hymn (George MacDonald Poems)
O Lord of life, thy quickening voiceAwakes my morning song!In gladsome words I would rejoiceThat I to thee belong.I see ...
Galileo (George MacDonald Poems)
And yet it moves! Ah, Truth, where wert thou thenWhen all for thee they racked each piteous limb?Wert thou in ...
Shew Us The Father (George MacDonald Poems)
Shew us the Father. Chiming stars of space,And lives that fit the worlds, and means and powers,A Thought that holds ...
Confidence (George MacDonald Poems)
Lie down upon the ground, thou hopeless one!Press thy face in the grass, and do not speak.Dost feel the green ...
The Prophet (George MacDonald Poems)
Speak, Prophet of the Lord! We may not startTo find thee with us in thine ancient dress,Haggard and pale from ...