Mistress Hale Of Beverly (Lucy Larcom Poems)
The roadside forests here and there were touched with tawny gold;The days were shortening, and at dusk the sea looked ...
Lucy Larcom Poems on Death & Dying (18 Poems)
The Heart Of God (Lucy Larcom Poems)
O LIFE, that breathest in all sweet thingsThat bud and bloom upon the earth,That fillest the sky with songs and ...
At The Beautiful Gate (Lucy Larcom Poems)
LORD, open the door, for I falter,I faint in this stifled air;In dust and straitness I lose my breath;This life ...
Himself He Cannot Save (Lucy Larcom Poems)
O SCOFFER! He who from the crossLooked down thy dark abysm of loss,And knew His pain alone could winSuch souls ...
Why Life Is Sweet (Lucy Larcom Poems)
BECAUSE it cometh up, a heavenly flower,Out of the earth, divinely sown therein,To gather grace from shadow and from shower,And ...
Near Shore (Lucy Larcom Poems)
THE seas of thought are deep and wide;Let those who will, O friend of mine,Sail forth without a chart or ...
Across The River (Lucy Larcom Poems)
WHEN for me the silent oarParts the Silent River,And I stand upon the shoreOf the strange Forever,Shall I miss the ...
Elizabeth, E.H.W. September 3, 1864 (Lucy Larcom Poems)
A WHITE stone glimmers through the firs,The dry grass on her grave-mound stirs;The sunshine scarcely warms the skies;Pale cloudlets fleck ...
God’s Best Gift (Lucy Larcom Poems)
WHAT is the best a friend can beTo any soul, to you or me?Not only shelter, comfort, rest,Inmost refreshment unexpressed;Not ...
The Lamb That Was Slain (Lucy Larcom Poems)
I HAD a haunting thought at Easter-tide,Musing between the twilight and the dawn,Of our dear Lord and Friend, who, having ...
The Lily Of Resurrection (Lucy Larcom Poems)
WHILE the lily dwells in earth,Walled about with crumbling mould,She the secret of her birthGuesses not, nor has been told.Hides ...
Easter, (Sunrise And Sunset) (Lucy Larcom Poems)
'T IS Easter eve; the day is fading;O Thou, with whom there is no death,While twilight every path is shading,Breathe ...
Winter Midnight (Lucy Larcom Poems)
SPEAK to us out of midnight's heart,Thou who forever sleepless art!The thoughts of Night are still and deep;She cloth Thy ...
Foretaste (Lucy Larcom Poems)
How do I know that after thisAnother life there is?Another life? There is but one!In mystery begun,Continued in a miracle, ...
Prayer On The Mountain (Lucy Larcom Poems)
GIRD me with the strength of Thy steadfast hills,The speed of Thy streams give me!In the spirit that calms, with ...
The Inmost One (Lucy Larcom Poems)
How near to me, my God, thou art!Felt in the throbbing of my heart,Nearer than my own thoughts to me:Nothing ...
Beside The Cross (Lucy Larcom Poems)
JESUS, in Thy death I seeWhat Thy life is unto me!Now no longer is the CrossSign to me of shame ...
At The Feast (Lucy Larcom Poems)
THIS is not only bread and wine -Thy body and Thy blood -It is Thyself, Thy Life Divine,That is our ...