Dance Of The Seasons (Harriet Monroe Poems)
I-SpringAllegroWake ! wake !Out of the snow and the mist,In rain-wet wind-blown gauzeOf amber and amethyst,Cometh Spring like a girl.Trembling ...
Harriet Monroe Poems on Love (13 Poems)
From the “Commemoration Ode” (Harriet Monroe Poems)
WASHINGTONWHEN dreaming kings, at odds with swift paced time, Would strike that banner down,A nobler knight than ever writ or rhyme With ...
Our Canal (Harriet Monroe Poems)
To Colonel Goethals and the Other Laborers in the Canal ZoneIn lazy laughing Panama-O flutter of ribbon 'twixt the seas!-The ...
The Childless Woman (Harriet Monroe Poems)
O Mother of that heap of clay, so passive on your breast,Now do you stare at death, woman, who yesterday ...
A Letter To One Far Away (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Dear Wanderer-The sky is gray,With flecks of blueThe clouds rush over.A bird is singingFar away,And butterfliesTaste of the clover.Under the ...
Love Songs (Harriet Monroe Poems)
II LOVE my life, but not too wellTo give it to thee like a flower,So it may pleasure thee to ...
Nancy Hanks (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Prairie child,Brief as dew,What winds of wonderNourished you?Rolling plainsOf billowy green,Far horizons,Blue, serene;Lofty skiesThe slow clouds climb,Where burning starsBeat out ...
The Inner Silence (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Noises that strive to tearEarth's mantle soft of airAnd break upon the stillness where it dwells:The noise of battle and ...
The Mockery (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Sometimes I laugh-what else can a man doWho does not know ? This little ego hereBraving the void, this fleck ...
Washington (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Oh, hero of our younger race!Great builder of a temple new!Ruler, who sought no lordly place!Warrior who sheathed the sword ...
The Water Ouzel (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Little brown surf-bather of the mountains!Spirit of foam, lover of cataracts, shaking your wings in falling waters!Have you no fear ...
In The Beginning (Harriet Monroe Poems)
WHEN sunshine met the wave, Then love was born;Then Venus rose to save A world forlorn.For light a thousand wings Of joy ...
New-Born (Harriet Monroe Poems)
She is so wee,So wise and dearHer eyes can see,Her ears can hear,The flowers that growBelow the snow,The birds that ...