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 Time (26 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 ...
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 ...
Judgment Day (John Freeman Poems)
When through our bodies our two spirits burnEscaping, and no more our true eyes turnOutwards, and no more hands to ...
The Stars In Their Courses (John Freeman Poems)
And now, while the dark vast earth shakes and rocksIn this wild dream-like snare of mortal shocks,How look (I muse) ...
The Unloosening (John Freeman Poems)
Winter was weary. All his snows were failing--Still from his stiff grey head he shook the rimeUpon the grasses, bushes ...
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 ...
The Body (John Freeman Poems)
When I had dreamed and dreamed what woman's beauty was,And how that beauty seen from unseen surely flowed,I turned and ...
Waking (John Freeman Poems)
Lying beneath a hundred seas of sleepWith all those heavy waves flowing over me,And I unconscious of the rolling nightUntil, ...
Time From His Grave (John Freeman Poems)
When the south-west wind cameThe air grew bright and sweet, as though a flameHad cleansed the world of winter. The ...
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 ...
The Herd (John Freeman Poems)
The roaming sheep, forbidden to roam far,Were stayed within the shadow of his eye.The sheep-dog on that unseen shadow's edgeMoved, ...
The Kestrel (John Freeman Poems)
In a great western wind we climbed the hillAnd saw the clouds run up, ride high and sink;And there were ...
Stone Trees (John Freeman Poems)
Last night a sword-light in the skyFlashed a swift terror on the dark.In that sharp light the fields did lieNaked ...
The Lime Tree (John Freeman Poems)
That lime tree on the distant rising ground(If it was a lime tree) showed her yellow leavesAbove the renewed green ...
Let Me In (John Freeman Poems)
LET me in, let me in!O, I have seen, I have heardAt my window something strangeThreatening ill.-Come, fear nothing. 'Twas ...
The Idiot (John Freeman Poems)
He stands on the kerbWatching the street.He's always watching there,Listening to the beatOf time in the street,Listening to the thronging ...
Beyond The Barn (John Freeman Poems)
I rose up with the sunAnd climbed the hill.I saw the white mists runAnd shadows runDown into hollow woods.I went ...
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 ...
I Am That Creature (John Freeman Poems)
I am that creature and creator who Loosens and reins the waters of the sea, Forming the rocky marge anon anew. I stir ...
Once There Was Time (John Freeman Poems)
Let no tears fall If then they fell not.If eyes told nothing, Now let them tell not.Once there was time For words, looks ...
Waiting (John Freeman Poems)
Rich in the waning light she satWhile the fierce rain on the window spat.The yellow lamp-glow lit her face,Shadows cloaked ...
Travelling (John Freeman Poems)
They talked of old campaigns, nineteen-fourteenAnd Mons and watery Yser, nineteen-fifteenAnd Neuve Chapelle, 'sixteen, 'seventeen, 'eighteenAnd after. And they grumbled, ...
Alone And Cold (John Freeman Poems)
Do not, O do not use me As you have used others.Better you did refuse me: You have refused others.Better, far better ...
Childhood Calls (John Freeman Poems)
Come over, come over the deepening river,Come over again the dark torrent of years,Come over, come back where the green ...