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 Light (23 Poems)
Wanderlieder (John Hay Poems)
I stand at the break of dayIn the Champs Elysees.The tremulous shafts of dawningAs they shoot o'er the Tuileries early,Strike ...
The Monks Of Basle (John Hay Poems)
I tore this weed from the rank, dark soilWhere it grew in the monkish time,I trimmed it close and set ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Advance Guard (John Hay Poems)
In the dream of the Northern poets, The brave who in battle dieFight on in shadowy phalanx In the field of the ...
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 Prairie (John Hay Poems)
The skies are blue above my head, The prairie green below,And flickering o'er the tufted grass The shifting shadows go,Vague-sailing, where the ...
Northward (John Hay Poems)
Under the high unclouded sunThat makes the ship and shadow one, I sail away as from the fortBooms sullenly the noonday ...
Mount Tabor (John Hay Poems)
On Tabor's height a glory came,And, shrined in clouds of lambent flame,The awestruck, hushed disciples sawChrist and the prophets of ...
How It Happened (John Hay Poems)
I pray you, pardon me, Elsie, And smile that frown awayThat dims the light of your lovely face As a thunder-cloud the ...
The Vision Of St. Peter (John Hay Poems)
To Peter by night the faithfullest came And said, "We appeal to thee!The life of the Church is in thy life; We ...
The Prayer Of The Romans (John Hay Poems)
Not done, but near its ending, Is the work that our eyes desired;Not yet fulfilled, but near the goal,Is the hope ...
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 ...
L’Amour Du Mensonge (John Hay Poems)
When I behold thee, O my indolent love, To the sound of ringing brazen melodies,Through garish halls harmoniously move, Scattering a scornful ...
Student-Song (John Hay Poems)
When Youth's warm heart beats high, my friend, And Youth's blue sky is bright,And shines in Youth's clear eye, my friend, Love's ...
Blondine (John Hay Poems)
I wandered through a careless world Deceived when not deceiving,And never gave an idle heart The rapture of believing.The smiles, the sighs, ...
After Heine: Countess Jutta (John Hay Poems)
The Countess Jutta passed over the RhineIn a light canoe by the moon's pale shine.The handmaid rows and the Countess ...
Expectation (John Hay Poems)
Roll on, O shining sun, To the far seas,Bring down, ye shades of eve, The soft, salt breeze!Shine out, O stars, and ...
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 ...
The Light Of Love (John Hay Poems)
Each shining light above us Has its own peculiar grace;But every light of heaven Is in my darling's face.For it is like ...