Adventurers (Lesbia Harford Poems)
This morning I got up before the sunHad seized the hill,And scrambled heart-hot, noisy, past each oneIn sleep laid still.There ...
Lesbia Harford Poems on Fairness (16 Poems)
A Parlourmaid (Lesbia Harford Poems)
"I want a parlourmaid.""Well, let me seeIf you were God, what kind of maid she'd be.""She would be tall,She would ...
The Two Swans (Lesbia Harford Poems)
There's a big park just close to where we live -Trees in a rowAnd shaggy grass whereon the dead leaves ...
“He looks in my heart and the image there” (Lesbia Harford Poems)
He looks in my heart and the image thereIs himself, himself, than himself more fair.And he thinks of my heart ...
A Sophistical Argument (Lesbia Harford Poems)
Great crane o'ertopping the delicate treesWhy do you seem so fair,Swaying and raising your load with easeHigh in the misty ...
The Contest (Lesbia Harford Poems)
Our palm designed to growIn deserts, sent roots seeking far and wideChannels where waters flow.And in the city foundIntricate pipings ...
Appearances (Lesbia Harford Poems)
I hated them when I was four years old,The bright pink berries on the pepper tree.And now they seem quite ...
God Speaks (Lesbia Harford Poems)
I made a heaven for you filled with stars,Each star a songMeant to give happy music to your ear,Day and ...
“Cherry plum blossom in an old tin jug -” (Lesbia Harford Poems)
Cherry plum blossom in an old tin jug -Oh, it is lovely, beautiful and fair,With sun on it and little ...
Beauty And Terror (Lesbia Harford Poems)
Beauty does not walk through lovely days.Beauty walks with horror in her hair.Down long centuries of pleasant waysMen have found ...
The Tyrant (Lesbia Harford Poems)
When I was a child,I felt the fairies' power.Of a sudden my dry lifeWould burst into flower.The skies were my ...
“Emmie, Emmie Adams” (Lesbia Harford Poems)
Emmie, Emmie Adams,With her insolent air,Tied a little bit of ragIn her yellow hair.When Lena, wondering,Asked why it was there,Emmie ...
“O sweet and fair! These words are mine to use” (Lesbia Harford Poems)
O sweet and fair! These words are mine to use.O sweet and fair! A year ago I'ld chooseSome better words ...
“O great golden head lie in my lap” (Lesbia Harford Poems)
O great golden head lie in my lap,Sweet, sweet, lie there.Sleep and I'll watch thee lest evil behap.Sweet, sweet and ...
The Silent Dead (Lesbia Harford Poems)
There's a little boy who lives next doorWith hair like you,Pale, pale hair and a rose-white skinAnd his eyes are ...
“I found an orchid in the valley fair” (Lesbia Harford Poems)
I found an orchid in the valley fair,And named it for us both,And left it there.Two flowers upon one stem, ...