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 (51 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 ...
Night In State Street (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Art thou he?-The seer and sage, the hero and lover-yea,The man of men, then away from the haughtydayCome with me!Ho-ho! ...
For A Child (Harriet Monroe Poems)
E. H. M.Nov. 17th, 1890-Feb. 13th, 1904Still he lies,Pale, wan, and strangely wise.Under the white coverletHe lies here sleeping yet,Though ...
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 Turbine (Harriet Monroe Poems)
To W. S. M.Look at her-there she sits upon her throneAs ladylike and quiet as a nun!But if you cross ...
The Hotel (Harriet Monroe Poems)
The long resounding marble corridors, theshining parlors with shining women inthem.The French room, with its gilt and garlandsunder plump little ...
Two Capitals-1910 (Harriet Monroe Poems)
MoscowWhite Moscow of the pearly towers,And golden domes for praise,And chiming hours!Red Moscow of the Kremlin walls,And bloody battle ways,And ...
To Idleness (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Sweet Idleness, you linger at the doorTo lead me down through meadows cool with shade-Down to the brook, over whose ...
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 ...
The Shadow-Child (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Why do the wheels go whirring round,Mother, mother?Oh, mother, are they giants bound,And will they growl forever?Yes, fiery giants underground,Daughter, ...
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 ...
The Humming-Bird (Harriet Monroe Poems)
What a boom! boom!Sounds among the honeysuckles!Saying, "Room! room!Hold your breath and mind your knuckles!"And a fairy birdling brightFlits like ...
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 ...
On The Train (Harriet Monroe Poems)
ITHE lady in front of me in the car,With little red coils close over her ears,Is talking with her friend;And ...
The Night-Blooming Cereus (Harriet Monroe Poems)
FLOWER of the moon!Still white is her brow whom we worshiped on earth long ago;Yea, purer than pearls in deep ...
On The Porch (Harriet Monroe Poems)
As I lie roofed in, screened in,From the pattering rain,The summer rain-As I lieSnug and dry, And hear the birds ...
A Play Festival In Ogden Park (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Oh gay and shining June time!Oh meadow brave and bright,Abloom with little children,All tossing in the light!They dance and circle ...
At Twilight (Harriet Monroe Poems)
You are a painter-listen-I'll paint you a picture too!Of the long white lights that glistenThrough Michigan Avenue;With the red lights ...
The Meeting (Harriet Monroe Poems)
The ox-team and the automobileStood face to face on the long red road,The long red road was narrowAt the turn ...
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 ...
Myself (Harriet Monroe Poems)
What am I? I am Earth the mother,With all her nebulous memories;And the young Day, and Night her brother,And every ...
The Tower (Harriet Monroe Poems)
He built a tower for all to see,With sun-washed gardens planted wide.And there with pomp of pageantry,With men-at-arms and minstrelsyAnd ...
In Tuolumne Meadows (Harriet Monroe Poems)
I Love to sit in the sunAnd watch the foaming LyellLeap over its granite bed.I love these days that runOn ...
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 Pine At Timber-Line (Harriet Monroe Poems)
What has bent you,Warped and twisted you,Torn and crippled you?What has embittered you,O lonely tree?You search the rocks for a ...
April — North Carolina (Harriet Monroe Poems)
Would you not be in Tryon Now that the spring is here,When mocking-birds are praising The fresh, the blossomy year?Look — on ...
A Power-Plant (Harriet Monroe Poems)
The Fisk Street turbine power station in ChicagoThe invisible wheels go softly round and round-Light is the tread of brazen-footed ...