A Winter’s Tale For The Little Ones. (Gerald Massey Poems)
A MERRY sound of clapping hands, A call to see the sight;And lo! the first soft snow-flakes fall,So exquisitely virginal:'Tis my ...
Gerald Massey Poems (47 Poems)
When Christie Comes Again (Gerald Massey Poems)
WHEN the merry spring-tide Floods all the land;Nature hath a Mother's heart, Gives with open hand;Flowers running up the lane Tell us May ...
For Christie’s Sake (Gerald Massey Poems)
UPON us falls the shadow of night, And darkened is our day!My Love will greet the morning light Four hundred miles away.God ...
Our White Dove (Gerald Massey Poems)
A WHITE Dove out of glory flew, White as the whitest shape of Grace That nestles in the soft embraceOf heaven when ...
Christie’s Poor Old Gran (Gerald Massey Poems)
No green age, beautiful to see, Hath Poor Old Gran!No ripe life mellowed goldenly Hath Poor Old Gran!One by one we have ...
The Nabob’s Double (Gerald Massey Poems)
HAS Man a spirit that's more than breath,A spirit that walks in sleep or in death;Shakes off at will its ...
Egypt (Gerald Massey Poems)
EGYPT! how I have dwelt with you in dreams,So long, so intimately, that it seemsAs if you had borne me; ...
Christie’s Portrait (Gerald Massey Poems)
YOUR tiny picture makes me yearn; We are so far apart!My Darling, I can only turn And kiss you in my heart.A ...
News Of Christie (Gerald Massey Poems)
WE read your Letters! no word lost; All, all is remember(Gerald Massey)
Poor Ellen (Gerald Massey Poems)
'TIS hard to die in Spring-time, When, to mock our bitter need,All life around runs over In its fullness without heed:New life ...
Jerusalem The Golden (Gerald Massey Poems)
JERUSALEM the Golden! I weary for one GleamOf all thy glory folden In distance and in dream!My thoughts, like Palms in Exile, Climb ...
The Diakka (Gerald Massey Poems)
YOU are the Merry men, dwarfs of soul,Who can get your hand through the tiniest hole,And make your bells jingle ...
True Poets (Gerald Massey Poems)
TRUE Poets conquer Glory-do not woo It; do not beg their way to Fame;Nor at her skirts in private bend and ...
Our Wee White Rose (Gerald Massey Poems)
All in our marriage gardenGrew, smiling up to God,A bonnier flower than everSucked the green warmth of the sod;O, beautiful ...
The Life Beyond (Gerald Massey Poems)
ALTHOUGH its features fade in light of unimagined bliss,We have shadowy revealings of the Better World in this.A little glimpse, ...
Hymn Of The Present (Gerald Massey Poems)
NOT only in old days He bowed The heavens and came clown;We, too, were shadowed by the cloud, We saw the glory ...
A Cry In The Night (Gerald Massey Poems)
DARK, dark the night, and tearfully I grope, Lost in the Shadows, feeling for the way,But cannot find it. Here's no ...
Faith And Fact (Gerald Massey Poems)
THERE is no gleam of glory gone, For those who read in Nature's Book; No lack of triumph in their lookWho stand ...
Sleep-Walking (Gerald Massey Poems)
Oft in the night I am with you, Dear!I lean and listen your breathing to hear;Little you dream of any ...
Gone Before (Gerald Massey Poems)
ONE of God's own Darlings was my bosom's nestling Dove, With her looks of love and sunshine, and her voice so rich ...
At Eventide (Gerald Massey Poems)
FATHER in Heaven, we seek Thy faceWhen darkness is our dwelling-place.Our foolish hearts, that daily roam,Would nightly nestle with Thee ...
They Sang A New Song (Gerald Massey Poems)
GATHER round the Table, When the day is done;Lay the Electric Cable That weds two Worlds in one.We have found the passage Past ...
Poor Man’s Sunday (Gerald Massey Poems)
WE thank Thee, Lord, for one day To look Heaven in the face!The Poor have only Sunday; The sweeter is the grace.'Tis ...
The Hidden Life (Gerald Massey Poems)
WE are not only where we seemTo live, but in some Astral gleamDwell also in a world of dream!Some heavenward ...
Desolate (Gerald Massey Poems)
he Day goes down red darkling, The moaning waves dash out the light,And there is not a star of hope sparkling On ...
Rest (Gerald Massey Poems)
SLOW step by step, day after day,I journey on my homeward way;And darkly dream the Land of LightIs drawing near, ...
His Banner Over Me (Gerald Massey Poems)
SURROUNDED by unnumbered Foes,Against my soul the battle goes!Yet though I weary, sore-distressed,I know that I shall reach my Rest: I ...
The Divine Likeness (Gerald Massey Poems)
SPIRIT Divine, we yearn and striveWithin our souls to keep alive Some likeness of Thy love!But 'tis at best a glimpse, ...
Flower And Fruit (Gerald Massey Poems)
THE flower you placed within my button-holeHas faded; but there lives within my soulAnother rose, unfolding hour by hour-Your beauty's ...
At Last (Gerald Massey Poems)
A FEW more Meetings on the Deep, And partings on the shore;And then in Heaven at last we keep Our tryst for ...