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 Soul (32 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Blessed Company (Lucy Larcom Poems)
GOD never meant us to be separatedFrom one another, in our work and thought;Spirits that share His Spirit He has ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Love’s Late Remorse (Lucy Larcom Poems)
How will it beWhen you at last in heaven we see, -Dear souls, whose footsteps in lost days,Made musical earth's ...
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 ...
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, ...
Children’s June Song (Lucy Larcom Poems)
LITTLE ones, let us be happy togetherIn this beautiful world of ours!Let us be glad in this sweet June weather,With ...
The King At The Door (Lucy Larcom Poems)
LIFT up the everlasting gates!The King before your threshold waits.Shall He who life's great building plannedUnwelcomed at its portal stand?Is ...
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 ...
Even As He Is Pure. (Lucy Larcom Poems)
THOU who seest my soul within,Thou who knowest my unknown sin,Through Thy holy eyes let meLearn what sin is unto ...
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, ...
Climbing To Rest (Lucy Larcom Poems)
STILL must I climb, if I would rest:The bird soars upward to his nest;The young leaf on the treetop highCradles ...
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 Christ (Lucy Larcom Poems)
IN Christ I feel the heart of GodThrobbing from heaven through earth;Life stirs again within the clod;Renewed in beauteous birth,The ...
Withdrawal, J.G.W. September 7, 1892 (Lucy Larcom Poems)
WAS it thy step on the mountain-side?Was it thy voice in the air? -Strange beauty illumined the landscape wide;The world ...