The Undying (John Freeman Poems)
In thin clear light unshadowed shapes go bySmall on green fields beneath the hueless sky.They do not stay for question, ...
John Freeman Poems on Beauty (20 Poems)
The Thorn (John Freeman Poems)
The days of these two years like busy antsHave gone, confused and happy and distressed, Rich, yet sad with aching wants, Crowded, ...
Merrill’s Garden (John Freeman Poems)
There is a garden where the seeded stems of thin long grass are bowedBeneath July's slow rains and heat and ...
Sweet England (John Freeman Poems)
I heard a boy that climbed up Dover's HillSinging _Sweet England_, sweeter for his song.The notes crept muffled through the ...
First Love (John Freeman Poems)
I"No, no! Leave me not in this dark hour,"She cried. And I,"Thou foolish dear, but call not dark this hour;What ...
The Fire (John Freeman Poems)
Near the house flowed, or paused, the black Canal,Edged by the timber piles so black and tall.From the rotten fence ...
The Shock (John Freeman Poems)
Thinking of these, of beautiful brief things,Of things that are of sense and spirit made, Of meadow flowers, dense hedges and ...
Happiness (John Freeman Poems)
I have found happiness who looked not for it. There was a green fresh hedge, And willows by the river side, And whistling ...
Evening Beauty: Blackfriars (John Freeman Poems)
Nought is but beauty weareth, near and far, Under the pale, blue sky and lonely star. This is that quick hour when ...
Nowhere, Everywhere (John Freeman Poems)
Flesh and blood, bone and skin,Are the house that beauty lives in.Formed in darkness, grown in lightAre they the substance ...
In Those Old Days (John Freeman Poems)
In those old days you were called beautiful,But I have worn the beauty from your face;The flowerlike bloom has withered ...
The Escape (John Freeman Poems)
Like one who runsFearful at night, he knows not why,Dreading the loneliness, yet shunsThe highway's casual company; Wherefore he hastes,The friendly ...
Discovery (John Freeman Poems)
Beauty walked over the hills and made them bright.She in the long fresh grass scattered her rainsSparkling and glittering like ...
I Have Never Loved You Yet (John Freeman Poems)
I have never loved you yet, if now I love.If Love was born in that bright April skyAnd ran unheeding ...
Wilder Music (John Freeman Poems)
Came the same cuckoo's cry All day across the mead.Flitted the butterfly All day dittering over my head.Came a bleak crawk-caw Between tall ...
The Candle (John Freeman Poems)
Time like a cloudHas risen from the EastAnd whelmed the sky overEven to the wide-arched West,Darkening the blue,Embrowning the early ...
Bring Your Beauty (John Freeman Poems)
Bring your beauty, bring your laughter, bring even your fears,Bring the grief that is, the joy that was in other ...
Recovery (John Freeman Poems)
Where are you going with eyes so dull,You whose eyes were beautiful,You whose hair with the light was gay,And now ...
Walking At Eve (John Freeman Poems)
Walking at eve I met a little childRunning beside a tragic-featured dame,Who checked his blitheness with a quick "For shame!"And ...
More Than Sweet (John Freeman Poems)
The noisy fire,The drumming wind,The creaking trees,And all that humOf summer airAnd all the long inquietudeOf breaking seas----Sweet and delightful ...