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 ...
Down the dim West slow fails the stricken sun,And from his hot face fades the crimson flushVeiled in death's herald-shadows ...
I tore this weed from the rank, dark soilWhere it grew in the monkish time,I trimmed it close and set ...
When by Jabbok the patriarch waited To learn on the morrow his doom,And his dubious spirit debated In darkness and silence and ...
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 dream of the Northern poets, The brave who in battle dieFight on in shadowy phalanx In the field of the ...
My dear wife sits beside the fire With folded hands and dreaming eyes,Watching the restless flames aspire, And wrapped in thralling memories.I ...
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 ...
On the bluff of the Little Big-Horn,At the close of a woful day,Custer and his Three HundredIn death and silence ...
On Tabor's height a glory came,And, shrined in clouds of lambent flame,The awestruck, hushed disciples sawChrist and the prophets of ...
A sentinel angel sitting high in gloryHeard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:"Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!"I ...
To Peter by night the faithfullest came And said, "We appeal to thee!The life of the Church is in thy life; We ...
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, ...
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 ...
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