The Human Music (John Freeman Poems)
At evening when the aspens rustled softAnd the last blackbird by the hedge-nest laughed,And through the leaves the moon's unmeaning ...
John Freeman Poems on Life (17 Poems)
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, ...
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, ...
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 ...
Fulfilment (John Freeman Poems)
Happy are they whom men and women love,And you were happy as a river that flowsDown between lonely hills, and ...
Talk (John Freeman Poems)
So many were there talking that I heardNothing at first quite plain, as I sat down;Until from this man's gibe ...
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 ...
The Bright Rider (John Freeman Poems)
All the night through I drankSleep like water or cool cider;Life flowed over and I sankDown below the night of ...
On A Piece Of Silver (John Freeman Poems)
So! the fierce acid licks the silver clean,Unwonted plain the superscription's seenRound the cleared head; the metal, virgin-bright,Shines a mild ...
The Caves (John Freeman Poems)
Like the tide—knocking at the hollowed cliffAnd running into each green cave as if In the cave's night to keep Eternal motion ...
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 ...
The Unuttered (John Freeman Poems)
For so long and so long had I forgot, Serenely busiedWith thousand things; at whiles desire grew hot And my soul dizziedWith ...
You That Were (John Freeman Poems)
You that wereHalf my life ere life was mine;You that on my shape the signSet of yours;You that my young ...
Happy Death (John Freeman Poems)
Bugle and battle-cry are still, The long strife's over;Low o'er the corpse-encumbered hill The sad stars hover.It is in vain, O stars! ...
Prayer To My Lord (John Freeman Poems)
If ever Thou didst love me, love me now, When round me beat the flattering vans of life, Kissing with rapid breath ...
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 ...
Dark And Strange (John Freeman Poems)
When first Love came, then was I but a boySwept with delirium of undreamt joy.Now Love comes to a man ...