Margaret Widdemer Poems on Sleep Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

The Woodfolk Sweep ThroughThe Water-Spirit:Water flows in the wild wood deep, Dreamy water that slips and sighs,I shall whisper your heart ...

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 ...

All of the Old KingsAre wakened from their sleep,Arthur out of Avalon,Ogier from the deep,Redbeard from his Dragon-Rock,Sigurd from his ...

(For Jessie Rittenhouse)I AM so sorry for them allWhose ceaseless footsteps rise and fallAlong earth's highways endlessly,The people in the ...

I TELL my heart, to hush her achingWhen we are sleeping, when we're waking,Of things we loved well, she and ...

THESE others ask me little, clamoringFor such imperfect gifts as I can bring;A crown . . . with thorns along ...

YOU live as the world would have you do-Only the sleeping soul of youLies unwakened by wind or dew.Your soul, ...

Under dusky laurel leaf,Scarlet leaf of rose,I lie prone, who have knownAll a woman knows.Love and grief and motherhood,Fame and ...

WHETHER you live by hut or throne Whether your feet tread stone or grassComes the one lad you shall never own Or ...

I am the Dark Cavalier; I am the Last Lover: My arms shall welcome you when other arms are tired; ...

Margaret Widdemer Poems on Sleep (10 Poems)