Out Of The East (John Freeman Poems)
When man first walked upright and soberly Reflecting as he paced to and fro,And no more swinging from wide tree to ...
John Freeman Poems on Pain (18 Poems)
Beechwood (John Freeman Poems)
Hear me, O beeches! YouThat have with ageless anguish slowly risenFrom earth's still secret prisonInto the ampler prison of aery ...
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 ...
Presage To Victory (John Freeman Poems)
IThen first I knew, seeing that bent grey head,How England honours all her thousand dead.Then first I knew how faith ...
The Song Of The Forest (John Freeman Poems)
ITo Thee, Most Holy, Most Obscure, light-hidden,Shedding light in the darkness of the mindAs gold beams wake the air to ...
The Visit (John Freeman Poems)
I reached the cottage. I knew it from the cardHe had given me--the low door heavily barred,Steep roof, and two ...
To The Heavenly Power (John Freeman Poems)
When this burning fleshBurns down in Time's slow fire to a glowing ash;When these lips have utteredThe last word, and ...
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 ...
Comfortable Light (John Freeman Poems)
Most comfortable Light,Light of the small lamp burning up the night,With dawn enleagued against the beaten dark;Pure golden perfect spark;Or ...
The Fall (John Freeman Poems)
From that warm height and pure, The peak undreamed of out of heavy air Rising to heaven more strange and rare;From that ...
The Last Time (John Freeman Poems)
For the last time,The last, last time,The last ...All those last times have I lived through again,And every "last" renews ...
Ten o’Clock No More (John Freeman Poems)
The wind has thrownThe boldest of trees down.Now disgraced it lies,Naked in spring beneath the drifting skies,Naked and still.It was ...
The Fear (John Freeman Poems)
Surely I must have ailed On that dark night,Or my childish courage failed Because there was no light;Or terror must have come With ...
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 ...
Vision And Echo (John Freeman Poems)
I have seen that which sweeter is Than happy dreams come true.I have heard that which echo is Of speech past all ...
Happy is England Now (John Freeman Poems)
There is not anything more wonderfulThan a great people moving towards the deepOf an unguessed and unfeared future; norIs aught ...
In That Dark Silent Hour (John Freeman Poems)
In that dark silent hourWhen the wind wants power,And in the black heightThe sky wants light,Stirless and blackIn utter lack,And ...
When Childhood Died (John Freeman Poems)
I can recall the day When childhood died.I had grown thin and tall And eager-eyed.Such a false happiness Had seized me then;A child, ...