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 ...
John Hay Poems on Mind (11 Poems)
Israel (John Hay Poems)
When by Jabbok the patriarch waited To learn on the morrow his doom,And his dubious spirit debated In darkness and silence and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...