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 ...
Lucy Larcom Poems (88 Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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THE sunrise over the houses!The beautiful rose of dawnReddening the eastern windows, -The curtains of Night withdrawn!More lovely than boughs ...
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 ...
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 ...
Burdened (Lucy Larcom Poems)
No burden ever had IThat I would not have had;Though times there were when I thought never againTo look up ...
Woman’s Easter (Lucy Larcom Poems)
WITH Mary, ere dawn, in the garden,I stand at the tomb of the Lord;I share in her sorrowing wonder;I hear ...
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, ...
As Strangers And Pilgrims (Lucy Larcom Poems)
As strangers, glad for this good in,Where nobler wayfarers have been;Yet asking but a little rest:Earth may not keep her ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Heart’s Prayer (Lucy Larcom Poems)
A PRAYER is in my thoughts to-nightI hardly dare to say:"Lord, put my wishes all to flight,Nor let me have ...
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 ...
The Heavenward Call (Lucy Larcom Poems)
WHAT shall I do, my Lord, my God,To make my life worth more to Thee?Within my heart, through earth abroad,Deep ...