The Legend of St. Austin and the Child (Katharine Tynan Poems)
St. Austin, going in thoughtAlong the sea-sands gray,Into another world was caught,And Carthage far away.He saw the City of GodHang ...
Katharine Tynan Poems on Faces (27 Poems)
The Nurse (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Such innocent companionshipIs hers, whether she wake or sleep,'Tis scarcely strange her face should wearThe young child's grave and innocent ...
Immortality (Katharine Tynan Poems)
So I have sunk my roots in earthSince that my pretty boys had birth;And fear no more the grave and ...
Flower of Youth (Katharine Tynan Poems)
LEST Heaven be thronged with grey-beards hoary, God, who made boys for His delight,Stoops in a day of grief and glory And ...
Menace (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Oh, when the land is white as milk With bloom that lets no leaf between,When trees are clad in grass-green silk And ...
The Golden Boy (Katharine Tynan Poems)
IN times of peace, so clean and bright,And with a new-washed morning face,He walked Pall Mall, a goodly sight,The finished ...
They Who Return (Katharine Tynan Poems)
To Mrs. WeigallInto the stricken house who steals on quiet feet And sudden brings the sunshine it used to wear?Whose is ...
The Summons (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Straight to his death he went, A smile on his lips,All his life's joy unspent, Into eclipse.The song of the shell he ...
Alienation (Katharine Tynan Poems)
For the first time since he was bornHer son, her rose without a thorn,They are at variance, they who wereAlways ...
Pilgrims To The East (Katharine Tynan Poems)
This Christmas-time my son will come, God willing, to the Holy PlaceAnd by the manger's little room Will bend his knee and ...
A Prayer { For Those Who Shall Return} (Katharine Tynan Poems)
LORD, when they come back again From the dreadful battlefieldTo the common ways of men, Be Thy mercy, Lord, revealed!Make them to ...
The Dead Coach (Katharine Tynan Poems)
At night when sick folk wakeful lie,I heard the dead coach passing by,And heard it passing wild and fleet,And knew ...
The Great Chance (Katharine Tynan Poems)
NOW strikes the hour upon the clockThe black sheep may rebuild the yearsMay lift the father's pride he brokeAnd wipe ...
The Bride (Katharine Tynan Poems)
WEAVE me no wreath of orange blossom,No bridal white shall me adorn;I wear a red rose in my bosom;To-morrow I ...
Quiet Eyes (Katharine Tynan Poems)
The boys come home, come home from war, With quiet eyes for quiet things --A child, a lamb, a flower, a ...
Comfort (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Now she need dread no more to growToo old for him, she need not knowThe bitterness when he who wasAll ...
The Doves (Katharine Tynan Poems)
The house where I was born,Where I was young and gay,Grows old amid its corn,Amid its scented hay.Moan of the ...
The Foggy Dew (Katharine Tynan Poems)
A splendid place is London, with golden store,For them that have the heart and hope and youth galore;But mournful are ...
The Predestined (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Dear, we might have known you were To die young--and were we blindTo the light on face and hair? Dear, so simple ...
Old Song Re-Sung (Katharine Tynan Poems)
I saw three ships a-sailing,A-sailing on the sea,The first her masts were silver,Her hull was ivory.The snows came drifting softly,And ...
The Old Soldier (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Lest the young soldiers be strange in heaven, God bids the old soldier they all adoredCome to Him and wait for ...
Immortality (Katharine Tynan Poems)
So I have sunk my roots in earth Since that my pretty boys had birth; And fear no more the ...
Old Song Re-Sung (Katharine Tynan Poems)
I saw three ships a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea, The first her masts were silver, Her hull was ivory. The ...
The Doves (Katharine Tynan Poems)
The house where I was born, Where I was young and gay, Grows old amid its corn, Amid its scented ...
The Foggy Dew (Katharine Tynan Poems)
A splendid place is London, with golden store, For them that have the heart and hope and youth galore; But ...
The Legend of St. Austin and the Child (Katharine Tynan Poems)
St. Austin, going in thought Along the sea-sands gray, Into another world was caught, And Carthage far away. He saw ...
The Nurse (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Such innocent companionship Is hers, whether she wake or sleep, 'Tis scarcely strange her face should wear The young child's ...