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 ...
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 ...
I have listened to this cry of "Woman's Rights," this clamoringfor the ballot, for redress for woman's wrongs, and I ...
I'm a century old and more to-day-- A ripe old age for a modern man,--Yet they who rocked my cradle, they ...
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 ...
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 ...
A ring on the door bell, Some one at the door,Mute asking admittance Where never beforeA stranger in midnight, In silence and stealth,Sought ...
"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 ...
Oh, would the fairies to her whisper The truths which they to him impart,Teach her a beautiful hereafter, A Heaven to bless ...
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 ...
Friend of my heart, you say to me That your belief is this--The heaven is but a vision rare Of pure, ethereal ...
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 ...
Only a tramp by the roadside dead, Only a tramp--who cares?His feet are bare, his dull eyes stare, And the wind plays ...
I hear her rocking the baby-- Her room is just next to mine--And I fancy I feel the dimpled arms That round ...
Why is it we grasp at the shadow That flits from us swift as thought,While the real that maketh the shadow Stands ...
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 ...
Ruth was a laughing-eyed prattler, Thoughtless, and happy, and free;She planted a seed in the garden, And said: "It will grow to ...
Laugh, little bright-eyes, hang up your stocking; Don't count the days any more;Old Santa Claus will soon be knocking, Knocking, Knocking at the ...
Each was as fair as the other, And both as my life were dear;And the voices that lisped me mother, Heaven's music ...
"Be brave?" why, yes, I will; I'll never more despair; Who could, with such sweet comforting as yours?How, like the voice ...
Watching the shadows, the fire-light shadows, That gather and play on the wall;Dark, flitting shadows, fanciful shadows, That gather and rise and ...
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