Before Sunrise (Maurice Thompson Poems)
Mid foliage green and gold,And bloom-sprays manifold,I feelThe fragrance of eternal freshness stealForth from the rising day,And far away,Like the ...
Mid foliage green and gold,And bloom-sprays manifold,I feelThe fragrance of eternal freshness stealForth from the rising day,And far away,Like the ...
IThe singing streams, and the deep, dark woodBeloved of old by Robin Hood,Lift me a voice, kiss me a hand,To ...
You ask me whyI long to flyOut from your palace to the dreamy woodsAnd the summer solitudes,Why I pineIn this ...
IDreams come true, and everythingIs fresh and lusty in the spring.In groves that smell like ambergris,Wind-songs, bird-songs, never cease.Go with ...
I pulled my boat with even sweepAcross light shoals and eddies deep,Tracking the currents of the lakeFrom lettuce raft to ...
Is all discovery made?Is the hand of Conquest stayed?Are all the heroes dead, all epics told?Is Fame's grand tower no ...
When ice is thawed and snow is gone,And racy sweetness floods the trees;When snow-birds from the hedge have flown,And on ...
Ho, for the marshes, green with Spring,Where the bitterns croak and the plovers pipe,Where the gaunt old heron spreads his ...
Oriole—athlete of the air—Of fire and song a glowing core,From tropic wildernesses fair,Spring's favorite lampadephore,A hot flambeau on either wingRimples ...
Leap to the highest height of spring,And trill thy sweetest note,Bird of the heavenly plumes and twinkling wingAnd silver-ton(Maurice Thompson)
She had a bow of yellow horn,Like the old moon at early morn.She had three arrows strong and good,Steel set ...
Spirit that moves the sap in spring,When lusty male birds fight and sing,Inform my words, and make my linesAs sweet ...
When germs were quickening in the mould,And sap was rich and leaves were young,Deep in the fragrant wood a lute,As ...
I heard the woodpecker pecking,The bluebird tenderly sing;I turned and looked out of my window,And lo, it was spring!A breath ...
When Spring grows old, and sleepy windsSet from the south with odors sweet,I see my love, in green, cool groves,Speed ...
When Zephyr on his drooping wingsSoft sighs and spicy fragrance brings,How sweet to wander on the lawnsWrapped in the soft ...
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