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 Love (36 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 ...
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 ...
Centennial (John Hay Poems)
A hundred times the bells of Brown Have rung to sleep the idle summers,And still to-day clangs clamoring down A greeting to ...
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 ...
Distichs (John Hay Poems)
I.Wisely a woman prefers to a lover a man who neglects her.This one may love her some day, some day ...
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 ...
In The Firelight (John Hay Poems)
My dear wife sits beside the fire With folded hands and dreaming eyes,Watching the restless flames aspire, And wrapped in thralling memories.I ...
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 ...
Ernst Of Edelsheim (John Hay Poems)
I'll tell the story, kissing This white hand for my pains:No sweeter heart, nor falser E'er filled such fine, blue veins.I'll sing ...
Miles Keogh’s Horse (John Hay Poems)
On the bluff of the Little Big-Horn,At the close of a woful day,Custer and his Three HundredIn death and silence ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Regardant (John Hay Poems)
As I lay at your feet that afternoon,Little we spoke,--you sat and mused,Humming a sweet old-fashioned tune,And I worshipped you, ...
Crows At Washington (John Hay Poems)
Slow flapping to the setting sunBy twos and threes, in wavering rows. As twilight shadows dimly close,The crows fly over Washington.Under ...
Liberty (John Hay Poems)
What man is there so bold that he should say"Thus, and thus only, would I have the sea"?For whether lying ...
Sinai And Calvary (John Hay Poems)
There are two mountains hallowed By majesty sublime,Which rear their crests unconquered Above the floods of Time.Uncounted generations Have gazed on them with ...
When The Boys Come Home (John Hay Poems)
There's a happy time coming, When the boys come home.There's a glorious day coming, When the boys come home.We will end the ...
Amor Mysticus (John Hay Poems)
Let them say to my Lover That here I lie!The thing of His pleasure, His slave am I.Say that I seek Him Only ...
Quand-Meme (John Hay Poems)
I strove, like Israel, with my youth, And said, Till thou bestowUpon my life Love's joy and truth, I will not let ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Love’s Prayer (John Hay Poems)
If Heaven would hear my prayer, My dearest wish would be,Thy sorrows not to share But take them all on me;If Heaven ...
On The Bluff (John Hay Poems)
O grandly flowing River!O silver-gliding River!Thy springing willows shiver In the sunset as of old;They shiver in the silenceOf the willow-whitened ...
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 ...