Unfit (Katharine Tynan Poems)
With younger men he takes his stand, To the recruiting-sergeant nigh,Sees others chosen: lifts a hand In hopes to catch the unwilling ...
With younger men he takes his stand, To the recruiting-sergeant nigh,Sees others chosen: lifts a hand In hopes to catch the unwilling ...
Such innocent companionshipIs hers, whether she wake or sleep,'Tis scarcely strange her face should wearThe young child's grave and innocent ...
When a wild grace I see, A turn o' the neck, a curl, sweet hands, clear eyes,Gentleness, courtesy, dignity; In all these ...
THE cottages all lie asleep;The sheep and lambs are folded inWinged sentinels the vale will keepUntil the hours of life ...
For the first time since he was bornHer son, her rose without a thorn,They are at variance, they who wereAlways ...
Lord, for the one who dies aloneThis night without companion,I cannot rest, I cannot sleep.O shepherd of the piteous sheepRun ...
As up and down I fare by road and streetThe mothers of our men-at-arms I meet Who die for mine and ...
The boys come home, come home from war, With quiet eyes for quiet things --A child, a lamb, a flower, a ...
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 Christmas moon shines clear and right;There were poor travellers such a nightHad neither fire nor candle-light.One plucked them stars ...
The night darkens fast and the shadows darken,Clouds and the rain gather about mine house,Only the wood-dove moans, hearken, O ...
Since you were so young, child, I shallNot fear your noon or even-fall,Nor dread you are taken unawares,Nor weary Heaven ...
THE Kings to the StableThey brought sweet spice,The gold and the silver,And jewels of price.But the Dove by the mangerShe ...
To Ivo Alan Charteris, October 17th, 1915Requiescat is not my bidding,That is the weary man's right speeding;You, O Child, full ...
After SuvlaNow to the stricken doe And the wounded hindThere comes the Mercy of God That is cool and kind.To the hapless ...
She kneels by the cradleWhere Jesus doth lie;Singing, Lullaby, my Baby!But why dost Thou cry?The babes of the villageSmile sweetly ...
Bring flowers to strew His way,Yea, sing, make holiday;Bid young lambs leap,And earth laugh after sleep.For now He cometh forthWinter ...
Bring flowers to strew His way, Yea, sing, make holiday; Bid young lambs leap, And earth laugh after sleep. For ...
The house where I was born, Where I was young and gay, Grows old amid its corn, Amid its scented ...
The night darkens fast & the shadows darken, Clouds & the rain gather about mine house, Only the wood-dove moans, ...
Such innocent companionship Is hers, whether she wake or sleep, 'Tis scarcely strange her face should wear The young child's ...
She kneels by the cradle Where Jesus doth lie; Singing, Lullaby, my Baby! But why dost Thou cry? The babes ...
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