A Contrast (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Trained tenderly by Heaven and Earth,Up grew she to her gentle height,-Grew to the level of the lightThat shines by ...
Menella Bute Smedley Poems on Fear (29 Poems)
Old Donald (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Up in the Highlands of ScotlandThe fairies are very rude;I do not know if all are so-Some of them may ...
The Vow Of Cortes (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Word was brought where Cortes layOn the shores of Coronzel,That, pent from the blessed light of dayAnd the free breath ...
The Prince And The Outlaw (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Oh, it was our gallant Prince Edward,Rode forth into Alton wood;His plume was white, his sword was bright,His heart was ...
Heroes (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Children, when you sat wishing,Down last night on the sands,Beckoning moments of glory,With little helpless hands,I heard you saying and ...
Grizzel Hume (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
When midnight flung o'er earth and seaHer solemn veil of gloom,All fearless and alone was she,The Lady Grizzel Hume,-Lighted beneath ...
A North Pole Story (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
A FACTUp where the world grows cold,Under the sharp North star,The wrinkled ice is very old,And the life of man ...
The Wives Of Brixham (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
A TRUE STORYYou see the gentle water,How silently it floats;How cautiously, how steadily,It moves the sleepy boats;And all the little ...
The Lady And The Rooks (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Trust the grand and gentle trees,Never will their welcome fade;All that lives may lie at easeIn the haven of their ...
The New Forest (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
There moves a sad processionAcross the silent vale,With backward-glancing eyes of grief,And tearful cheeks all pale.Scatter'd and slow, without array,With ...
A Slight Confusion (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
"What's the use of fairies?" said the child,"What's the use of fairies at all?The weeds in my garden grow wild,And ...
A Letter (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Where were you when I suffered? My heart was very faint;It wanted a heart to lean on; where was yours ...
Ampola (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Twenty-five shots!And, out of all the spotsWhere a man could stand and shoot,You would have said, "Not there."Anywhere else it ...
Lines On The Greek Massacre (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
White Angels, listening all aroundThe terror, wrath, and strife of men,For faint heroic notes that soundThrough the mean tumult now ...
Hunting The Wind (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
When the fire is burning bright,And the kettle hums and singsIn the happy winter night,Children talk of many things:Talk of ...
A Nursery Rhyme (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
I found a little river in the sweet summer tide,Lily, O Lily!I wish that I were for ever by its ...
Two Journeys (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Under the straight, still Indian sunWent forth a pompous train,To see some due obeisance doneFor England's name and reign.Gaily the ...
The Mermaid (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
The moon is in the sky, and the stars are shining too,The summer-night is calm, and the sea is very ...
The Priest’s Speech (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
"Odin hath spoken! The king of heavenAnswer dark to my prayer hath given;Odin hath spoken a fearful thing,-Hear, O people! ...
To A Little Girl (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
AGED THREE YEARS AND A HALFDeep in thy round blue eyesAsleep thy spirit lies,Or half-awake and wanton in its play,As ...
Cavour (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
I met a woman, weeping by the sea,Not patiently, as women sit and weep,But running, white with passion, wild with ...
Love In Sorrow (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
What shall I do for thee? Thou hast my prayers,Ceaseless as stars around the great white throne;No passing angel but ...
He Preached To The Spirits In Prison (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Not only in that other world, O friends,Do spirits sigh against their chain!Not only there is long Remembrance vain,And Hope ...
What We May See (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Lying in the shadow, looking at the sky,Proud sweet hours glance back at us, smile in passing by;Show us something ...
Feeding The Fairies (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Fairies, fairies, come and be fed,Come and be fed like hens and cocks;Hither and thither with delicate tread,Flutter around me ...
Deaf And Dumb (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
He lies on the grass, looking up to the sky;Blue butterflies pass like a breath or a sigh,The shy little ...
Three Voices (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
What saith the Past to thee? Weep!Truth is departed!Beauty hath died like the dream of a sleep,Love is faint-hearted.Trifles of ...
For Music (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Weep not for death,'Tis but a fever still'd,A pang suppress'd, a fear at rest,A solemn hope fulfill'd;The moonlight on the ...
Song (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Take me from these dreary shades,Lift me to some softer morn,Where the laughing light invadesThat old silence of the gladesWhich ...