My Lady Of Whims (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
(A medieval Spanish legend slanderously setting forth the utter unreason of woman.)ROMAQUIA sat and wept herLace mantilla full of tears.King ...
Katharine Lee Bates Poems on Nature (10 Poems)
To Heavy Hearts (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
HEAVY hearts, your jubileeDroops about the Christmas Tree.Sudden sighs cut off the laughter,For a haunting pain comes afterAll your gallant ...
Not Yet (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
NOT yet hath Nature, lovely colorist,Bestirred her from creative dream to flingSoft flame upon the woods, -nay, not to dipOne ...
Playmates (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
SUMMER fervors slacken;Sumac torches dim;There's bronze upon the bracken;September has a whimFor carmine, pearl and amberTouches on her green;Busy squirrels ...
The Submarine That Sank The “Lusitania” (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
SPINDRIFT white shall her victims standOn the ivory quay, untrodBy living feet, when she nears Ghoststrand,To point her out to ...
In The Oak (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
THE leaves and tassels of the oakWere golden-green with May,Pavilion whence forever brokeSome angel roundelay.A carol like a glory cameFrom ...
New Year (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
WHITE year, white year,Muffled soft in snow,A diamond spray whose gems are goneBefore their grace we know,A crystal-coated spray whose ...
The End Of May (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
THE fragrant air is full of down,Of floating, fleecy thingsFrom some forgotten fairy townWhere all the folk wear wings.Or else ...
Fodder For Cannon (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
Bodies glad, erect,Beautiful with youth,Life's elect,Nature's truth,Marching host on host,Those bright, unblemished ones,Manhood's boast,Feed them to the guns.Hearts and brains ...
NIght And Morning (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
THE night was loud with tumult; trees were tornSheer from their roots by the delirious wind;In some waste dreamland wandered ...