The Soul of Nippon: A Mediaeval Legend of Japan (Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke Poems)
At winter dusk upon the hillside cold,While shivering trees made moan,Went Hojo Tokiyori all alone.Free of his Regent robes and ...
At winter dusk upon the hillside cold,While shivering trees made moan,Went Hojo Tokiyori all alone.Free of his Regent robes and ...
I.To me by early mornCame memories of Old Ireland by the sea,The tenderest and sweetest that there be,Wherein the songs ...
Victory! cry of all cries after battle,Victory! only cry worthy of breath,Lifting the soul up and thrilling the heart strings,Shaking ...
Clouds black with thunder o'er the Southern states;North, East and West a sickening fear;The Union on the dark laps of ...
So that's what you call good news for me,Young Janet who loves me so?For your poor blind grandmother sitting hereWhile ...
Oh, wilt thou ne'er again, when fade the eves,Loved Cynthius, come soul-trembling to my joy,Till raptured stars shall steal out ...
"Oh, wasn't he hard on poor sinners this mornin'?And his voice, begor! was no silver-tone fluteWhen he gave us," said ...
Do you ever hear the blackbird in the thorn,Or the skylark rising warbling in the morn,With the white mists o ...
"Whoso kneels down upon Easter mornOn the Druids stone, and prays,Shall see Christ's face zvhen the day is bornIn the ...
Can we add to his glory whose praise is ours?Can we rate him anew in the lists of fame?Shall our ...
Within the silver bowl beholdThe golden vintage of all friendly cheer,Fresh from the wine-press of our Merriewold,And not a drop ...
Where is he gone, the queer little man,Who made and mended boots and shoes;Who hammered the brogues and rushed the ...
Ah, long and narrow is Shadow Street,Where the sunlight never can fall;Whose mile after mile can but repeatThe crumbling house ...
Dark night along England's coast.Up from their ships come the swarming foemen;Harold Sigurd heads their host;Swordsmen and spearmen shouting to ...
For him who brake in thund rous fray the ocean power of SpainWe have rebuilt the Flavian arch of Titus, ...
Was there ever a net too fine for Love?Was there ever a gate too wide?Are there depths too deep?Are the ...
When I am gone, and swift the train has curvedBehind the bend,It may be that my light goodby has servedTo ...
At eve from the Pilgrim's lofty deck,As we cleave through the waveless Sound,I gaze on a hamlet's spire a speckFar ...
Princess of the Morning Light,Lean sparkling from thy throne of mist,The valley roses wait thee to be kissed.The jasmine stills ...
My lady's old point laceThat matches so her dainty grace,And adds an airy charm to herIn tracery of gossamer.Her lace ...
Love's message has no word:Scarce the crimson bow has stirred,Yet we capture all love's raptureIn a draught of warm delight,And ...
Three steps between the milestones of our years,Yea, scarce a heartbeat in the Larger TimeThat shrinks our cycles to a ...
Good night!May you dream of me:May stars be your lightStars in the deep, deep skiesSo my face may beLit dimly, ...
As under the spell of the sunset skiesWe ask, Shall the morrow be fair?So ever I ask of thy gracious ...
Let there be light!And whereso'er the lamp rays fall,May sorrows fly like shadows, and thro allThy comings and thy goings ...
The sunshine sang to the butterfly"I am touching thy wings with gold."The warm breeze whispered in rustling by,"At night thou'lt ...
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