The Children of Lir (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Out upon the sand-dunes thrive the coarse long grasses;Herons standing knee-deep in the brackish pool;Overhead the sunset fire and flame ...
Katharine Tynan Poems on Night (40 Poems)
The Vision (Katharine Tynan Poems)
An average man was Private Flynn, Good stuff for soldiering, no doubt;Troublesome when the drink was in, A quiet lad when it ...
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 ...
Shamrock Song (Katharine Tynan Poems)
O, the red rose may be fair,And the lily statelier;But my shamrock, one in three,Takes the very heart of me!Many ...
The Open Road (Katharine Tynan Poems)
THE roads of the Sea Are thronged with merchantmen;East and West, North and South They go and come again.All precious merchandise They bear ...
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 ...
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 ...
No Man’s Land (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Not to an angel but a friendHe turned at the day's bitter end.It was so comforting to feelSome one was ...
Winter Sunset (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Roses in the sky, Roses in the seaBowers of scarlet sky-roses Take my heart and me.God was good to make, This December weather,All ...
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 Crown (Katharine Tynan Poems)
She had twelve stars for diadem; She had for footstool the full moon;Her quiet eyes, outshining them, Kept memories of the night ...
For the Airmen (Katharine Tynan Poems)
THOU who guidest the swallow and wren,Keep the paths of the flying men!Over the mountains, over the seasThou hast given ...
The Mother of Three (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Oh, to have a little farm, A little hearth so warm and bright,And three little boys all safe from harm In from ...
The Only Son (Katharine Tynan Poems)
His mother died last year and yetShe wearied Heaven with fear and fret,Wanting the son she left behind,And God was ...
The Watchers (Katharine Tynan Poems)
THE cottages all lie asleep;The sheep and lambs are folded inWinged sentinels the vale will keepUntil the hours of life ...
The Short Road To Heaven (Katharine Tynan Poems)
There's a short road to Heaven, but you must take it young,And if you're for long living the road is ...
The Little Old Woman (Katharine Tynan Poems)
There's a Little Old Woman walks in the night, Singing her love song like a falling keen;The Little Old Woman is ...
Vigil (Katharine Tynan Poems)
At night, when all the house is still, Wide-waked the chairs and tables comeAnd yawn and stretch their limbs until The maids ...
Wings In The Night (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Now in the soft spring midnight There's rush of wings and whirr,Birds flying softly, swiftly; The night's a-flutter, a-stir.Home by the bitter ...
A Birth-Night Song (Katharine Tynan Poems)
The Child is rocked on Mary's knee, Cold in the stall this bitter night,And "Lullalay-loo," soft singeth she, "My little Boy and ...
The Lowlands Of Flanders (Katharine Tynan Poems)
THE night that I was marriedOur Captain came to me:Rise up, rise up, new-married manAnd come at once with me.For ...
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 ...
A Hero (Katharine Tynan Poems)
He was so foolish, the poor lad, He made superior people smileWho knew not of the wings he had Budding and growing ...
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 Wild Geese (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Wild geese fly overhead In the wild Autumn weather.Souls of the newly-dead Crying and flying together.Home from the last great fight, The souls ...
Prayer At Night (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Lord, for the one who dies aloneThis night without companion,I cannot rest, I cannot sleep.O shepherd of the piteous sheepRun ...
Emptiness (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Where there is nothing God comes in: The Very God has room enoughIn the poor heart that's stripped so clean Of earth ...
The Mother Gives Up Her Daughter (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Though I must yield her up to you, her lover, I have had sweetness more than you can know,The little great-eyed ...
A Song Of Christmas (Katharine Tynan Poems)
THE Christmas moon shines clear and right;There were poor travellers such a nightHad neither fire nor candle-light.One plucked them stars ...
The End of the Day (Katharine Tynan Poems)
The night darkens fast and the shadows darken,Clouds and the rain gather about mine house,Only the wood-dove moans, hearken, O ...