Guy Of The Temple (John Hay Poems)
Down the dim West slow fails the stricken sun,And from his hot face fades the crimson flushVeiled in death's herald-shadows ...
John Hay Poems on Joy & Excitement (17 Poems)
A Dream Of Bric-A-Brac (John Hay Poems)
I dreamed I was in fair Niphon.Amid tea-fields I journeyed on,Reclined in my jinrikishaw;Across the rolling plains I sawThe lordly ...
The Law Of Death (John Hay Poems)
The song of Kilvani: fairest sheIn all the land of Savatthi.She had one child, as sweet and gayAnd dear to ...
Too Late (John Hay Poems)
Had we but met in other days,Had we but loved in other ways,Another light and hope had shone On your life ...
My Castle In Spain (John Hay Poems)
There was never a castle seen So fair as mine in Spain:It stands embowered in green, Crowning the gentle slopeOf a hill ...
Banty Tim (John Hay Poems)
(Remarks of Sergeant Tilmon Joy to The White Man's Committee of SpunkyPoint, Illinois.)I reckon I git your drift, gents,-- You 'low ...
Una (John Hay Poems)
In the whole wide world there was but one,Others for others, but she was mine,The one fair woman beneath the ...
The Surrender Of Spain (John Hay Poems)
I.Land of unconquered Pelayo! land of the Cid Campeador!Sea-girdled mother of men! Spain, name of glory and power;Cradle of world-grasping ...
A Triumph Of Order (John Hay Poems)
A Squad of regular infantryIn the Commune's closing days,Had captured a crowd of rebelsBy the wall of Pere-la-Chaise.There were desperate ...
A Woman’s Love (John Hay Poems)
A sentinel angel sitting high in gloryHeard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:"Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!"I ...
Lese-Amour (John Hay Poems)
How well my heart remembersBeside these camp-fire embersThe eyes that smiled so far away,-- The joy that was November's. Her voice to ...
A Phylactery (John Hay Poems)
Wise men I hold those rakes of old Who, as we read in antique story,When lyres were struck and wine was ...
Lagrimas (John Hay Poems)
God send me tears!Loose the fierce band that binds my tired brain,Give me the melting heart of other years, And let ...
In A Graveyard (John Hay Poems)
In the dewy depths of the graveyard I lie in the tangled grass,And watch, in the sea of azure, The white cloud-islands ...
Remorse (John Hay Poems)
Sad is the thought of sunniest days Of love and rapture perished,And shine through memory's tearful haze The eyes once fondliest cherished.Reproachful ...
The Stirrup Cup (John Hay Poems)
My short and happy day is done,The long and dreary night comes on;And at my door the Pale Horse stands,To ...
Christine (John Hay Poems)
The beauty of the northern dawns, Their pure, pale light is thine;Yet all the dreams of tropic nights Within thy blue eyes ...