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 ...
In the twilight gray and shadowy, Deepening o'er the sunset's glow,Softly through the mystic dimness Flitting shadows come and go.As my thoughts ...
Some lilies grew by a brook-side, Tall and white, and cold,And lifted up to the sunshine Their great red hearts of gold.And ...
"I don't care," we hear it oft And oft, the words are seeming fair;But many a heartache lies beneath A careless "I ...
Good-bye, sweetheart, he said, and clasped her hand, And rained his kisses on her tear-wet face;Then broke away, and in a ...
Hurrying out to the gateway Go two little pattering feet;Eagerly out through the palings Peer two eyes bright and sweet.A footstep as ...
Oh, holy father, list thee to my prayer! I may not kneel to thee as others kneel,And tell my heart-aches with ...
Why into that darkened chamber Walk you with such noiseless tread?No slumbering one will awaken-- The sheeted form is dead.Why gaze on ...
When to the font, this morn, my lips I pressed, A fairy's gift my fingers trembled o'er;A sweeter prayer ne'er smile ...
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 ...
Why is it we grasp at the shadow That flits from us swift as thought,While the real that maketh the shadow Stands ...
Bring flowers, bring flowers, thou Queen of the Spring, Sweet flowers to garland the earth,Exotics to bloom in the mansions of ...
Is your heart bowed down with sorrow; Does your lot the hardest seem;Think you of a brighter morrow, Of a fairer future ...
A hearse all draped in mourning, With white plumes overhead,Bearing a little coffin-- Somebody's baby's dead.Upon the velvet cover Some hand has placed ...
Life of my life, my soul's best part,I could not live without thee now;And yet this love must break my ...
A little maid, with sweet brown eyes,Upraised to mine in sad surprise;I held two tiny hands in mine, I kissed the ...
Then, love, I'll give thee back thy perjured vow; I would not hold thee with one pleading breath;It may be best ...
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