California (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Was it the sigh and shiver of the leaves?Was it the murmer of the meadow brook,That in and out the ...
Was it the sigh and shiver of the leaves?Was it the murmer of the meadow brook,That in and out the ...
COMMENCEMENT POEM, WRITTEN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, JUNE, 1876."INTO the balm of the clover,Into the dawn and the dew,Come, ...
The World sweeps by! It is the end of Time!Nay, not the end, for Time can have no end:A cycle ...
In ended days, a child, I trod thy sands,The sands unbuilded, rank with brush and brierAnd blossom-chased the sea-foam on ...
IAt BethlehemShepherds, what of the night?'Dark, dark and cold;Snow upon field and fold,Wind that is fierce and wild!But over the ...
THE Daffodil sang: '' Darling of the sunAm I, am I, that wearHis colors everywhere."The Violet pleaded soft, in undertone:'' ...
"WHAT gift hast thou for Me,The Crucified for thee?"No worthy thing:Nor song, nor praise, nor tears,From all these many years,Jesus, ...
WHAT do I owe the years, that I should bringGreen leaves to crown them King?Blown, barren sands, the thistle, and ...
THERE fell a King! Not king alone in blood,Nor royal throne by right of which he reigned,But by the royalty ...
(CALIFORNIA POPPY.)Thy satin vesture richer is than loomsOf Orient weave for raiment of her kings,Not dyes of olden Tyre, not ...
The stars that sang in Time's awakening,Send each to each upon their golden roundA messenger, to hold the chords profoundUnbroken ...
Lady Moon, Lady Moon,whither art thou sailing,Threading past the ships of nightupon the ether-tide?'I follow him within whose breastLove's fire ...
His was the lowliest lot of allThat fell to mortal birth:A Babe within a manager laid,Nor gold nor treasure worth;With ...
Fair on your hills, my City,Fair as the Queen of old,Supreme in her seven-hilled splendor-You, from your Gate of Gold,Facing ...
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