The Sphinx Of The Tuileries (John Hay Poems)
Out of the Latin Quarter I came to the lofty doorWhere the two marble Sphinxes guard The Pavilion de Flore.Two Cockneys stood ...
John Hay Poems (72 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
To Flora (John Hay Poems)
When April woke the drowsy flowers, And vagrant odors thronged the breeze,And bluebirds wrangled in the bowers, And daisies flashed along the ...
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 ...
On Pitz Languard (John Hay Poems)
I stood on the top of Pitz Languard,And heard three voices whispering low,Where the Alpine birds in their circling wardMade ...
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, ...
Boudoir Prophecies (John Hay Poems)
One day in the Tuileries,When a southwest Spanish breezeBrought scandalous news of the Queen,The fair proud Empress said,"My good friend ...
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 ...
The Way To Heaven (John Hay Poems)
One day the Sultan, grand and grim,Ordered the Mufti brought to him."Now let thy wisdom solve for meThe question I ...
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 ...
God’s Vengeance (John Hay Poems)
Saith the Lord, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay," saith the Lord;Ours be the anger divine, Lit by the flash of his ...
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 ...
A Winter Night (John Hay Poems)
The winter wind is raving fierce and shrill And chides with angry moan the frosty skies, The white stars gaze with sleepless ...
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 ...
A Haunted Room (John Hay Poems)
In the dim chamber whence but yesterday Passed my beloved, filled with awe I stand; And haunting Loves fluttering on every handWhisper ...
The White Flag (John Hay Poems)
I sent my love two roses, - oneAs white as driven snow,And one a blushing royal red,A flaming Jacqueminot.I meant ...