Pygmalion (Grace Greenwood Poems)
THE sculptor paused before his finished work, -A wondrous statue of divinest mould.Like Cytherea's were the rounded limbs,The hands, in ...
Grace Greenwood Poems on Soul (21 Poems)
Ariadne (Grace Greenwood Poems)
DAUGHTER Of Crete, how one brief hour,E'en in thy young love's early morn,Sends storm and darkness o'er thy bower, -O ...
Dreams (Grace Greenwood Poems)
THERE was a season when I lovedThe calm and holy night, -When, like yon silvery evening star,Just trembling on our ...
The Gold-Seeker (Grace Greenwood Poems)
'T was upon a Southern desert, and beneath a burning sky,That a pilgrim to the gold-clime sunk, o'erwearied, down to ...
Proem (Grace Greenwood Poems)
SOME poet dreams come to the soulIn mystic beauty clad,Unearthly in their loveliness,So exquisitely sad.Shadowy and dim and cloud-like thingsFloating ...
Spirit Longings (Grace Greenwood Poems)
I LOOK upon 1ife's glorious things,The deathless themes of song,The grand, the proud, the beautiful,The wild, the free, the strong,And ...
The Poet Of To-Day (Grace Greenwood Poems)
WHAT siren joy from thy high trust hath won thee,0 Poet of to-day? - thou still unheard,Though struggling nations cast ...
A Fragment (Grace Greenwood Poems)
THOU darest not love me! - thou canst only seeThe great gulf set between us. Hadst thou love,'T would bear ...
Darkened Hours (Grace Greenwood Poems)
WITH folded arms and drooping headI stand, my heart's blest goal unwon,My soul's high purpose unattained;But life, but life goes ...
The Leap From The Long Bridge (Grace Greenwood Poems)
AN INCIDENT AT WASHINGTON.A woman once made her escape from the slave-prison, which stands midway between the Capitol and the ...
To A Bereaved Friend (Grace Greenwood Poems)
THY Mary hath gone from thee; - thou hast foldedFor the last time her dear form to thy breast,And on ...
I Never Will Grow Old (Grace Greenwood Poems)
O, NO, I never will grow old;Though years on years roll by,And silver o'er my dark brown hair,And dim my ...
Constance (Grace Greenwood Poems)
THE tropic stars are looking downUpon the midnight deep;The wind blows fresh, as on our courseRight gallantly we sweep;For thee ...
The Last Gift (Grace Greenwood Poems)
I LEAVE thee, love! In vain hast thouThe God of life implored;My clinging soul is torn from thine,My faithful, my ...
A Lay (Grace Greenwood Poems)
THE glorious queen of heaven, who flingsHer royal radiance round me now,As with clasped hands and upturned browI watch her ...
To One Afar (Grace Greenwood Poems)
O'STRONG and pure of soul! - O earnest-hearted!Like stranger-pilgrims at some way-side shrineHave we two met, and mingled faith, and ...
Reconciliation (Grace Greenwood Poems)
YES, all is well. The cloud hath passed awayThat hung above our friendship's path awhile;For truth hath pierced it with ...
To A Poet (Grace Greenwood Poems)
TENDER and pale the young moon shone, -The time of dreams stole o'er the earth,Stilling the greenwood's sounds of mirth,Hushing ...
Valentine To Helen Irving (Grace Greenwood Poems)
AGAIN thou comest like a star of brightness, -As pure and tender, as serene and fair;I bear thy tones of ...
To Miss A. C. L – (Grace Greenwood Poems)
THY life is like a fountain clear, upspringingBeside the weary way I'm treading now;I love to linger near, and feel ...
Valentine To Mr. Giles (Grace Greenwood Poems)
A CLASSIC heaven of old thy soul, -Song, grace, and fire divine;But the heaven of a purer faith,That Christian heart ...