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 ...
Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems (136 Poems)
From Living Waters (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
COMMENCEMENT POEM, WRITTEN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, JUNE, 1876."INTO the balm of the clover,Into the dawn and the dew,Come, ...
The Captive Of The White City (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
FLOWER of the foam of the wavesOf the beautiful inland sea, -White as the foam that lavesThe ships of the ...
The Singer Of The Sea (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
IN MEMORY OF CELIA THAXTER.There is shadow on the sea!And a murmur, and a moan,In its muffled monotone,Like a solemn ...
Lucifer (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
The World sweeps by! It is the end of Time!Nay, not the end, for Time can have no end:A cycle ...
Le Chemin De L’ecole (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
A meadow greenly carpeted,A strip of woodland, brown and cool,Through which the wandering pathway ledUnto the village school:The little pathway ...
The Road To School (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
A MEADOW greenly carpeted;A strip of woodland, brown and cool,Through which the wandering pathway ledUnto the village school:The little pathway ...
Midwinter East And West (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
No flower in all the land -No leaf upon the tree,Blossom, or bud, or fruit,But an icy fringe instead;And the ...
A Song Of The Summer Wind (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
BALMILY, balmily, summer wind,Sigh through the mountain passes;Over the sleep of the beautiful deep,Over the woods' green masses -Ripple the ...
The Vision Of Saint Francis (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Francis D' Assisi, gentlest Saint of Saint's,Within his garden where the roses grewThat knew no thorn, slept from a wearinessOf ...
With A Wreath Of Laurel (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
O WINDS, that ripple the long grass!O winds, that kiss the jeweled sea!Grow still and lingering as you passAbout this ...
Redemption (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Most fair is Earth!This side sweet Heaven, I think, no thing more fairThan the still faceShe turns to her white ...
Oblivion (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
BEYOND the flight of hours,Beneath the rooted flowers,Where winter rain, nor showersOf April, fall;Where days that say "Alas!"Forget to come, ...
Portola Speaks (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
I have dreamed of San Francisco all the way-Francis d' Assisi! Seeking Monterey,That hides itself among these strangenesses-Leading now here, ...
Regret (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Mine, to loose or to hold,I held it, thus, in my hand.Mine, to fetter or free-Which should it be?Dear little ...
Passed (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
(H. C.)Where in the unknown way,Sister, now standsThy soul-who yesterdayWith us joined hands?Where lies thy land unseen,O Warden Death?With just ...
Millennium (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
THE night falls, heavy with the coming storm!Far out, the ocean frets against the bar,And the cloud-legions, gathering force and ...
Helen Hunt Jackson (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
WHAT songs found voice upon those lips, What magic dwelt within the pen,Whose music into silence slips, Whose spell lives not again!For ...
Cupid Kissed Me (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Took a walk together;O, how beautiful the wayThrough the blooming heather!Far-off bells rang matin-chimes,Birds sang, silver-voicing,And our happy hearts beat ...
“In ended days, a child, I trod thy sands” (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
In ended days, a child, I trod thy sands,The sands unbuilded, rank with brush and brierAnd blossom-chased the sea-foam on ...
Fruitionless (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
AH! little flower, upspringing, azure-eyed, The meadow-brook beside, Dropping delicious balms Into the tender palmsOf lover-winds, that woo with light caress, In still ...
The Coming (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
I GATHERED flowers the summer long;I dozed the days on sunny leas,And wove my fancies into song,Or dreamed in aimless ...
My Kindred (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
I grow aweary of my kind-Its petty aims, its creedsThat cripple mind and soul, and blindThe heart to trust needs;Aweary ...
The Night Watch (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
IAt BethlehemShepherds, what of the night?'Dark, dark and cold;Snow upon field and fold,Wind that is fierce and wild!But over the ...
When the grass shall cover me (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
When the grass shall cover me,Head to foot where I am lying; When not any wind that blows, Summer blooms nor winter ...
In Adversity (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Friends whom I feasted in my luxury,In sorrow turned from me.A hundred servitors, that once did waitUpon my high estate,Me ...
Longfellow (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
Pleasant as sound of falling rain amongThe summer leaves, and the sweet as after rainThe moist earth is when the ...
Marah (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
"THE song were sweeter and betterIf only the thought were glad."Be hidden the chafe of the fetter,The scars of the ...
A Perfect Day (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
I WILL be glad to - day: the sunSmiles all adown the land;The lilies lean along the way;Serene on either ...
To-Day’s Singing (Ina Donna Coolbrith Poems)
WEAVE me a rhyme to-day:No pleasant roundelay,But some vague, restless yearning' of the heartShaped with but little artTo broken numbers, ...