In The Public Library (Lesbia Harford Poems)
Standing on tiptoe, head back, eyes and armUpraised, Kate groped to reach the higher shelf.Her sleeve slid up like darkness ...
Standing on tiptoe, head back, eyes and armUpraised, Kate groped to reach the higher shelf.Her sleeve slid up like darkness ...
This morning I got up before the sunHad seized the hill,And scrambled heart-hot, noisy, past each oneIn sleep laid still.There ...
There's a big park just close to where we live -Trees in a rowAnd shaggy grass whereon the dead leaves ...
Maisie's been holding down her head all day,Her little red head. And her pointed chinRests on her neck that slips ...
I can't feel the sunshineOr see the stars arightFor thinking of her beautyAnd her kisses bright.She would let me kiss ...
Sometimes I watch you, mark your brooding eyes,Your grave brow over-weighted with deep thought,Your mouth's straight line - details of ...
I have golden shoesTo make me fleet.They are like the windUnderneath my feet.When my lover's kissIs overbold,I can run awayIn ...
You may have other loves,Red mouths to kiss.Why should you loseThat loveliness for this?No loveliness of mineThat comes and goesWild-fuchsia-like,Need ...
Frolic mountain windsInnocent and shy,Kiss my darling's cheekAs they scurry by.Little fragrant leavesWith the dawn astir,Make a million songsFull of ...
Why does she put me to many indignities,Shifts to prevent myself thinking upon her,My golden Katie, who loveth not kisses?I ...
I bought a red hatTo please my lover.He will hardly see itWhen he looks me over,Though it's a fine hat.Yet ...
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