Mystery Of Carmel (Madge Morris Wagner Poems)
The Mission floor was with weeds o'ergrown,And crumbling and shaky its walls of stone;Its roof of tiles, in tiers and ...
The Mission floor was with weeds o'ergrown,And crumbling and shaky its walls of stone;Its roof of tiles, in tiers and ...
"Farewell?" No, not farewell, I'll worship ever Thy form divine.No death's despair, no voice of doom shall sever My heart from thine.Thou'st ...
Out from a narrow, crowded street,Sick'ning resort of shame and crime, Wearing upon her brow a curse,Out in the darkness, lost ...
You are watching a ship, O, maiden fair,With parted lips and wistful air,The ship that out from the sheltered bayWith ...
Unspoken words may thrill the heart, Their meaning be more deeply feltThan all the glowing oratory Poured at the shrine where reason ...
"How many times and oft" has the sweet, sweet word been sung insong and told in story. And he sang ...
Why into that darkened chamber Walk you with such noiseless tread?No slumbering one will awaken-- The sheeted form is dead.Why gaze on ...
They boast of Ormuz's milk-white pearls, The ruby's magic art,And proudly wear the crystal drop That fires the diamond's heart.And these may ...
You tell me you love me; you bid me believeThat never such lover could mean to deceive.You tell me the ...
They praised the baby's dimpled hands, His brow so broad and fair,They kiss the dainty rose-bud mouth, Caress the sunny hair.His lisping ...
All day on my pillow I wearily lay, With a stabbing pain at my heart,With throbbing temples, and a feverish thirst Burning, ...
I've a beautiful home, where I live in my dreams,So joyous and happy-an Eden it seems;All beautiful things in nature ...
Nay, do not ask me, Sweet, if I have loved before, Or if, mayhap, in other years to be,A younger, fairer ...
Only a sentence earnest spoke, With never a thought to word it,Fell like balm from the sea of calm, On the aching ...
They came in the hush of the midnight, In the glare of the noonday startOut from the graves we made them-- The ...
O! take your pale camellias back; Their soft leaves, waxen whiteAnd odorless, too ill accord With my dark mood to-night.I do not ...
O love, do not call me a star!'Tis too cold and bright, and too farAway from your arms; I would ...
O, let us leave this world behind-Its gains, its loss, its praise, its blame-Not seeking fame, nor fearing shame,Some far ...
When dead, no imposing funeral rite, Nor line of praise I crave;But drop your tears upon my face-- Put flowers on my ...
Farewell my darling, fare thee well, Life hence has only dearth;With thee it were too sweet a dream-- Too much Heaven, for ...
White honeysuckle, "bond of love," Emblem born in Orient bowers,Whence mythic Deities have wooed, And told the soul's desire in flowers.As sweet ...
If "life is love, and only love," Then never have I lived before;But for love's sack I'll sit me down And careful ...
Then, love, I'll give thee back thy perjured vow; I would not hold thee with one pleading breath;It may be best ...
Thy teacher, then, will take thee there, And ever watch with tender care,To guard they way to loftiest aim, And his reward ...
Life is love, and only love, Love that had its source above.It wreathes with flowers the chastening rod,And diamond decks the ...
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