Roses And Rue (Leigh Gordon Giltner Poems)
I.A swift thought flashed to my mind that dayWhen I first saw you, regally tall'Mid a throng of pigmies--a very ...
I.A swift thought flashed to my mind that dayWhen I first saw you, regally tall'Mid a throng of pigmies--a very ...
(To F. H.)In pale green twilight lands Under the seaHer rainbow palace stands, Irised and opaline; Agate and almondine,Corals and pearly shellsSwept from ...
Ah, God be merciful to him who seesThro' ermined pomp and pageantry of kings,Thro' regal mien and beauty's witcheriesThe poor, ...
To have lived, to have loved, to have triumphed!--what more can the world bestow?I stand at the close of the conflict, ...
He stands storm-browed, imperial, chief Of all Rome's gladiators; brave Beyond all others; fearless in belief, A captive--but no slave.His brow is like ...
Dear patient face and placid brow, Dear lips that smiled despite of pain,Brave toil-worn hands, so helpful now, Sweet spirit free from ...
What can it profit a man tho' he have the soul of a godSunk in the form of a beast, ...
Skies glooming overhead, Autumn winds sighing;Bare yonder garden bed, Flowers low lying.All their rich radiance fled,All their pale petals shed,Wan wraiths of ...
Gay was her garden as some gorgeous fabric Weft on an Orient loom,Star-set upon the sward quaint, old-time blossoms Wrought broidery of ...
To have known Heaven and then to walk in Hell!Is it not hell to know his face no more,Supplanted, spurned ...
Since we must sleep the endless Sleep at last,Since Life's grim juggernaut 'neath ruthless wheelsCrushes the heart; since Age like ...
Cold craft and avarice look from out his eyes,His face with evil passion marred and seamed,Looks frowningly upon a Christian ...
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