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 Life (44 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 ...
A Strip of Blue (Lucy Larcom Poems)
I do not own an inch of land, But all I see is mine,-The orchard and the mowing-fields, The lawns and gardens ...
A Canticle Of War (A. N. 1863) (Lucy Larcom Poems)
GLORY to Thee, Father of all the Immortal,Ever belongs:We bring Thee from our watch by the grave's portalNothing but songs.Though ...
His Star In The West (Lucy Larcom Poems)
OUR way stir is onward; the world is yet youngWith a beauty that never was dreamed of, or sung:Her wonders ...
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 ...
Praying Always (Lucy Larcom Poems)
Soul of our souls, only by TheeThe way we seeThrough earth's entangling mystery;We nothing know;But prayer unbars heaven's gate, and ...
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 ...
A Year In Heaven (Lucy Larcom Poems)
ONE year among the angels, beloved, thou hast been;One year has heaven's white portal shut back the sound of sin:And ...
The Still Hour (Lucy Larcom Poems)
THE quiet of a shadow-haunted pool,Where light breaks through in glorious tenderness;Where the tranced pilgrim in the shelter coolForgets the ...
His Birthday (Lucy Larcom Poems)
IT is His birthday - His, the Holy Child!And innocent childhood blossoms now anew,Under the dropping of celestial dewInto its ...
Hand In Hand With Angels (Lucy Larcom Poems)
HAND in hand with angels,Through the world we go;Brighter eyes are on usThan we blind ones know;Tenderer voices cheer usThan ...
Be Ye Therefore Perfect. (Lucy Larcom Poems)
OH, the beauty and the joy of livingAs the children of our Father, God!All we have and hope for gladly ...
Alive In Thee (Lucy Larcom Poems)
INTO the heaven of Thy heart, O God,I lift up my life, like a flower;Thy light is deep, and Thy ...
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 ...
The Perfect Word (Lucy Larcom Poems)
How satisfying is a perfect word!How great, to know the truth, and utter itSo that it shall eternally be heard,And ...
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 ...
Glimpses (Lucy Larcom Poems)
LIFE comes to us only by glimpses;We see it not yet as a whole,For the vapor, the cloud, and the ...
More Life (Lucy Larcom Poems)
NOT weary of Thy world,So beautiful, O Father, in Thy love, -Thy world, that, glory-lighted from above,Lies in Thy hand ...
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 ...
Our Daily Bread (Lucy Larcom Poems)
WHAT is the daily bread,Father, we ask of Thee, -We, who must still be fedOut of Thy bounty free?Not at ...
Saved (Lucy Larcom Poems)
WHAT is the soul He would save? -The being, with all its powers;The root, with its leaves and flowers:All possible ...
Sunrise In The City (Lucy Larcom Poems)
THE sunrise over the houses!The beautiful rose of dawnReddening the eastern windows, -The curtains of Night withdrawn!More lovely than boughs ...
His Church (Lucy Larcom Poems)
WITNESS to His eternal pityFor the world's wanderers it stands,The House of God, the Holy City,Builded of light, not made ...
A White World (Lucy Larcom Poems)
I NEVER knew the world in writeSo beautiful could beAs I have seen it here to-day,Beside the wintry sea;A new ...
Wanderer’s Hymn (Lucy Larcom Poems)
O GOD, from Thee we would not stray:Reveal to us Thyself, the Way!Recall us, claim us when we roam!Thou art ...
Christ Is Arisen (Lucy Larcom Poems)
VAINLY We make for Thee a grave apart,Each in the lonely garden of his heart: -Thou, who the Life and ...
God In Christ (Lucy Larcom Poems)
O THOU far-off, eternal God,Within all life, beyond all thought,We seek Thee through Thy worlds abroad;Thy footsteps trace, but find ...