The Death Of Olaf Tryggvision (Katharine Lee Bates Poems)
IBLUE as blossom of the myrtleSmiled the steadfast eyes of OlafOn the host of ships that harriedHis enraged, gold-glittering Dragon,Snared ...
IBLUE as blossom of the myrtleSmiled the steadfast eyes of OlafOn the host of ships that harriedHis enraged, gold-glittering Dragon,Snared ...
WHAT fragrant-footed comer Is stepping o'er my head?Behold, my queen! the Summer! Who deems her warriors dead.Now rise, ye knights of many ...
OUR neighbor of the undefended bound,Friend of the hundred years of peace, our kin,Fellow adventurer on the enchanted groundOf the ...
Not the Prussian, the forsworn,By whose fury overborne,Martyred Belgium, you lieBruised with all injury.Through your peace red paths he clove,Burning, ...
MULTITUDINOUS the cry beating on the smokeveiled sky.Since the first war-wrath burst on immortal Belgium,- Roar of cannon, shriek of ...
NOT ours to clamor shame on you,Nor fling a bitter blame on you,Nor brand a cruel name on you,That evil ...
THESE August nights, hushed but for drowsy peepOf fledglings, tremble with a strange vibration,A sound too far for hearing, sullen, ...
Our fathers, in the years grown dim, reared slowly, wall by wallA holy dwelling-place for ...
WILD Europe, red with Woden's dreadful dew,On fire with Loki's hate, more savage thanBeasts that we shame by likening to ...
WHEN the Millennium comesOnly the kings will fight,While the princes beat the drums,And the queens in aprons white,Arnica bottle in ...
LIFE is a trifle;Honor is all;Shoulder the rifle;Answer the call."A nation of traders"!We'll show what we are,Freedom's crusadersWho war against ...
"The submarine was quite within its rights in sinking the cargo of the Armenian,-1,422 mules valued at $191,400."No matter; we ...
HOPE of the Nations, lift thy stricken heart.Thyself art Sorrow, and to thee the cryOf battle-anguish comes more piercinglyThan even ...
WHAT sudden voice peals to the Caucasus,To Finland and the bitter Caspian,To those Siberian prisons whither manShall seek as to ...
BRIGHT valor, smitten by so shrewd a blow,Drooping thy golden wing like wounded plover,What great, grieved faces o'er the battle ...
FAR road for words that rush,Arrowing space,Swifter than meteors flushStar-road in race.Wireless! Tireless, leaping the wave!Roger Bacon laughs in his ...
The battle will not ceaseTill once again on those white steeds ye ride,O heaven-descended Twins,Before humanity's bewildered host.Our javelinsFly wide,And ...
A WHIFF of forest scent,Balsam and fern,Won from dreary moodMy heart's return,From its discontent,Joy's run-away,To the sweet, wise woodAnd the ...
THE cup, the ruby cupWhence anguish drips,At last is lifted upAgainst our lips.Though we, till seas run dry,Your lovers are,How ...
White wing, white wing,Lily of the air,What word dost bring,On whose errand fare?Red word, red word,Snowy plumes abhor.I, Christ's own ...
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