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 ...
Lucy Larcom Poems on Love (34 Poems)
Song-Wefts (Lucy Larcom Poems)
THE grace of the bending grasses,The flush of the dawn-lit sky,The scent that lingers and passesWhen the loitering wind goes ...
Drawing Nearer (Lucy Larcom Poems)
ARE we daily drawing nearerThee, the Perfect, the Unseen?Grows the pathway ever clearer,Stretching sense and God between?Thine own messengers beside ...
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 ...
A Thanksgiving (Lucy Larcom Poems)
FOR the wealth of pathless forests,Whereon no axe may fall;For the winds that haunt the branches;The young bird's timid call;For ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hymns Of A Day (Lucy Larcom Poems)
DawnO GOD, Thy world is sweet with prayer;The breath of Christ is in the air;We rise on Thy free Spirit's ...
The Immortal Now (Lucy Larcom Poems)
SIT not blindfold, Soul, and sighFor the immortal By-and-by!Dreamer, seek not heaven afarOn the shores of some strange star!This a ...
From The Mountain-Top (Lucy Larcom Poems)
Dear World, looking down from the highest of heights that my feet can attain,I see not the smoke of your ...
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 ...
The Immortal Voyager (Lucy Larcom Poems)
I THANK Thee, Lord, for precious thingsWhich Thou into my life hast brought;More gratefully my spirit singsIts thanks for all ...
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 ...
For Larger Lives (Lucy Larcom Poems)
IN heaven, they say, is undisturbed and perfect peace; and yetAlong our heart-strings, even there, a tremor of regretMust sometimes ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
My Angel-Dress (Lucy Larcom Poems)
HEAVENLY Father, I would wearAngel-garments, white and fair:Angel-vesture undefiledWilt Thou give unto Thy child?Not a robe of many hues,Such as ...
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 ...
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 ...
Purified. (Lucy Larcom Poems)
How cleanse a heart that is defiled?God may forgive the sin,But guilt is canker, and eats in;Is tempest, bringing shipwreck ...
Show Me Thy Way (Lucy Larcom Poems)
DARK the night, the snow is falling;Through the storm are voices calling;Guides mistaken and misleading,Far from home and help receding:Vain ...
In The Air (Lucy Larcom Poems)
THE scent of a blossom from Eden!The flower was not given to me,But it freshened my spirit forever,As it passed, ...
Nearer To Christ (Lucy Larcom Poems)
DRAW Thou my soul, O Christ,Closer to Thine!Breathe into every wishThy will divine!Raised my low self above,Won by Thy deathless ...
Our Prayers (Lucy Larcom Poems)
ART Thou not weary of our selfish prayers?Forever crying, "Help me, save me, Lord!"We stay fenced in by petty fears ...