A Ballad of the Wise Men (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
The Christ-Child lay in BethlehemAnd the Wise Men gave Him gold,And Mary-Mother she hearkened themAs they prayed in the cattle-fold:"Smile ...
Margaret Widdemer Poems on Gold (12 Poems)
Warning (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
AS long as you never marry me, and I never marry you,There's nothing on earth that we cannot say and ...
Swan-Child (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
(For Aline)MY feet have touched the Dancing Water, My lips have kissed the Singing RoseAnd I was born a swan-girl's daughter ...
The Wires (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
THE wires gleamed far and silver, Lines on a morning sky;I heard the white wires singing Their song as I went by;Far ...
The Garden (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
THERE were many flowers in my mother's garden, Sword-leaved gladiolus, taller far than I,Sticky-leaved petunias, pink and purple-flaring, Velvet-painted pansies staring at ...
Teresina’s Face (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
He saw it last of all before they herded in the steerage,Dark against the sunset where he lingered by the ...
The Unfound City (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
(For Alice Brown)THERE is a city burning in a dream All women know and search for secretly;The swift rose-hearted flame's eternal ...
Fulfilment (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
CROSSING through Heaven's doors, If Heaven may be for me,I shall not seek gold floors Nor jasper wall nor sea;Out from the ...
Dream Death (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
WHAT though no folk who saw her knew At heart she was Pierrette,Who went her sober wayIn robe and face of ...
Certainties (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
WHETHER you live by hut or throne Whether your feet tread stone or grassComes the one lad you shall never own Or ...
I Took His Dreams (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
I TOOK his dreams from him, Boy-dreams of gold and red,I gave him sorrows dim, White grief, instead, . . .And for ...
October (Margaret Widdemer Poems)
DONE with the Spring's unrest and gleam, The summer's toil and rich unrest, With nothing left to seek or keep Before she turns ...